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Bonnie and Clyde

Forged by the Great Depression, Bonnie and Clyde became icons of lawlessness.

• 56 mins

Nelson Mandela

What drove Nelson Mandela to become an activist against South Africa’s apartheid regime?

• 52 mins

Apollo 13

An explosion on board Apollo 13 threatens the lives of the crew 200,000 miles from Earth.

• 51 mins

Butch Cassidy

What's the real story behind Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch?

• 50 mins

The Underground Railroad

The Underground Railroad helped up to 100,000 enslaved people to freedom.

• 55 mins

Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso was one of the most celebrated and radical artists of the 20th century.

• 53 mins

The Ottoman Empire

The story of the Ottomans is full of alliances, enemies, trade, war and progress.

• 56 mins

The Battle of Stalingrad

The Battle of Stalingrad is one of the bloodiest battles in the history of warfare.

• 54 mins

The Berlin Wall

Starting out as a barbed wire fence, the Berlin Wall became a symbol of the Cold War.

• 47 mins

The Forbidden City

The Forbidden City is the largest palace complex anywhere in the world.

• 57 mins

The Suffragettes

Refused the right to vote, the Suffragettes refused to take no for an answer.

• 49 mins

Ludwig Van Beethoven

One of the world's most influential composers, what's the story of Beethoven?

• 50 mins

The Watergate Scandal

How did a bungled break-in at an office in Washington DC topple President Richard Nixon?

• 46 mins

The Printing Press

How did the invention of the printing press fuel the fires of the Renaissance?

• 52 mins

Prohibition

The age of prohibition was rowdy. Why was it needed, and who were its heroes & villains?

• 58 mins

Christopher Columbus

Columbus is famous for reaching the Americas and opening a new world to European pioneers

• 46 mins

The Knights Templar

How did such a powerful international organisation suddenly find itself brought down?

• 51 mins

The Tudors, Part 1 of 2

Marked by political, religious, and cultural change, the Tudors shaped English history.

• 58 mins

The Vikings

Who were the mortal men and women behind the immortal legends of the Norsemen?

• 51 mins

The Tudors Part 2

The later Tudor years were marked by turmoil, intrigue, and national transformation.

• 55 mins

The Real Greatest Showman

Behind all the smoke and mirrors, was PT Barnum really the Greatest Showman on Earth?

• 56 mins

Introducing...Titanic: Ship of Dreams

Explore life and death on the most infamous ship in history.

• 51 mins

The Titanic

In 1912, a collision with an iceberg sent Titanic to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean.

• 44 mins

The Egyptian Sphinx

The Great Sphinx is one of Egypt’s most spectacular and mysterious monuments.

• 50 mins

Pearl Harbor, Part 1 of 3

In 1941, the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor changed the course of the Second World War.

• 45 mins

The Salem Witch Trials

In 1692, the most infamous witch hunt in history took place in Salem, Massachusetts.

• 54 mins

Pearl Harbor, Part 2 of 3

Chaos reigns in the immediate aftermath of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

• 49 mins

VE Day

Amid the devastation of WW2, how do Europe's citizens look forward with optimism?

• 50 mins

Pearl Harbor, Part 3 of 3

As the smoke clears after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the blame game begins.

• 54 mins

The Anglo-Saxons

How did the Anglo-Saxon period shape England as we know it today?

• 58 mins