History
Civilisations
Thousands of years of visual culture explored on the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ and beyond.
Series 1: 1. Second Moment of Creation (59 mins)
- Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan DoyleThe ultimate power struggle. The famed super-sleuth and the writer who came to resent him
- Agatha Christie: Lucy Worsley on the Mystery QueenA life as dramatic as her work. The secret factors that shaped her dark imagination
- Simon Schama's History of NowA lifetime in art – and the enduring power of culture in shaping the defining issues
- A Life in Ten PicturesEvery picture tells a story. Freddie's defining moments, revealed by those who were there
- The First Georgians: The German Kings Who Made BritainIn 1714, Britain shipped in a ready-made royal family from the German state of Hanover.
- Britain's Pompeii: A Village Lost in TimeAlice Roberts joins the team excavating a 3,000-year-old Bronze Age village in the Fens.59 mins
- Genius of the Ancient WorldBettany Hughes travels to India to investigate the revolutionary ideas of the Buddha.
- The Latest Secrets of HieroglyphsCracking the code. A new generation of Egyptologists reanimate an entire civilisation59 mins
- Archaeology: A Secret HistoryRichard Miles explores how archaeology began by trying to prove a biblical truth.
- A Timewatch GuideHow Stonehenge has been interpreted by leading historians and archaeologists.
- The Fairy-Tale Castles of King Ludwig II with Dan Cruickshank...Examining the extravagant castles and palaces created by King Ludwig II of Bavaria.59 mins
- Rossetti - Sex, Drugs and Oil PaintAndrew Graham-Dixon considers the work of Dante Gabriel Rossetti. (2003)29 mins
