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Documentary series that investigates a momentous event in history, the trial and execution of King Charles I, an act that changed politics and power...

Adam Nicolson looks at how and why whale populations were so drastically reduced in the 20th century, and attempts to see whaling through the eyes of...

Marking the 250th anniversary of Beethoven's birth in 1770, a documentary series that focuses on the real, complex and often difficult man behind the...

Professor Robert Bartlett, a leading authority on the Middle Ages, presents a series which examines the way we thought during Medieval times.

During the reign of Henry VIII much was created buildings, music, artworks. Did this compensate for the destruction of the monastries and their...

Dr Jago Cooper explores the extraordinary and resilient culture of the American Northwest, revealing one the most inspiring stories in human history.

In search of World Speed Records by land, air and water

Series looking at three Everest expeditions - by balloon, canoe and climbing without oxygen.

Leading musical artists perform live for the cameras

Professor James Shapiro re-examines the work of Shakespeare during King James I's reign.

Travellers' Century is a 2008 BBC Television documentary series presented by Benedict Allen that profiles the lives of three influential 20th century...

Doctors to Be: 20 Years On is a biographical documentary series first broadcast on BBC Four by the BBC in 2007. It is a sequel to the series about...

Arabic scholar Tim Mackintosh-Smith journeys 75,000 miles through 40 countries in the footsteps of 14th century traveler Ibn Battutah, who was born...

The Battle That Made Britain is a 2006 BBC Television documentary telling the Battle of Culloden.

Art historian Dr James Fox traces the momentous impact of the west's contact with the peoples and cultures of the Pacific. It is a story of...

Historian Lisa Hilton discovers how, in just fifty tempestuous days, Charles I’s rule collapsed, laying the foundations for civil war, the loss...

This is a story of a revolution which has affected every person in the West, and nearly every country in the world. It is a revolution which...

Writer and woodsman Rob Penn begins a year-long project to bring part of an abandoned woodland, Strawberry Cottage Wood, back to life.

Join Grace Dent on a televisual trip back in time.