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Lucy Worsley travels to Russia to tell the extraordinary story of the dynasty that ruled the country for more than three centuries - the Romanovs.

Professor Jim Al-Khalili shows how, by uncovering its secrets, scientists have used light to reveal the universe.

Julia Bradbury dons her walking boots to explore her own British backyard, travelling along the country's network of canals and their accompanying...

A mini-odyssey along the coast from Cornwall to Wales in the company of the actor Timothy Spall and his wife Shane on their Dutch barge.

From the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus in Mumbai, Dan Snow, Anita Rani and Robert Llewellyn explore the science behind the world's busiest railway....

Through this three part series Art Historian Dr Janina Ramirez tells the story of the Medieval monarchy as preserved through stunning illuminated...

This 3 part series is presented by the British Art Critic, Andrew Graham-Dixon. He explores the Low Countries of the Netherlands and Belgium and how...

Author and historian Simon Sebag Montefiore presents a three-part series that illuminates the history of the sacred, and peerlessly beautiful city -...

The First Georgians: The German Kings Who Made Britain, will present the revealing and surprising story of Britain in the reigns of George I and...

A ghost story about a cursed house. The cursed house - Geap Manor - weaves together three ghost stories set during Georgian times, the 1920s and the...

Three-part dark comedy series about three days in the life of a sandwich generation couple - a care worker and a limo driver - who have put their...

How the invention of writing gave humanity a history. From hieroglyphs to emojis, an exploration of the way in which the technology of writing has...

A three-part series tracing the history of American rock 'n' roll music from the 1950s onwards.

In a landmark 7-part series, Spotlight - Northern Ireland’s leading team of investigative journalists - reveal important new discoveries about...

Documentary series looking at maps in incredible detail to highlight their artistic attributions and reveal the stories that they tell.

Series looking at the 1920s and 30s, which creates a portrait of an age so daring, influential and exciting that it still shapes who we are today.

Art historian James Fox tells the story of our ever-changing relationship with nature through the lens of some of the world’s most...

Presenter Charles Hazlewood stages a 140-person flashmob clog dance and explores the history of this folk dance that originated in the collieries and...

Precision: The Measure of All Things is a three-part British television series outlining aspects of the history of measurement. It was originally...