iPlayer History category featured programmes
Lucy Worsley investigates real-life murders of the first half of the 19th century.
The story of 15 men and women on the front line of the 1984 miners' strike.
Two friends with a passion for the past explore the abandoned metal mines of mid Wales.
Michael Portillo embarks on a railway journey around the western coast of Wales.
When tensions between Protestants and Catholics explode, the British Army is deployed.
The story of the Black African Kingdom of Kush.
The Allies launch a high-stakes invasion of Nazi-occupied France to win the war.
Documentary about Gustave Eiffel's industrial feat in building France's famous landmark.
Spy-charged paranoia sees hostile superpowers heading to the brink of nuclear war.
A shell gallery needs shoring up, and a priceless Rubens is saved from falling down.
Julius Caesar tears up the rulebook in his quest to become Rome’s greatest man.
Film about a Swedish galleon which sank after setting off on her maiden voyage in 1628.