iPlayer History category featured programmes
Back-to-back history shows bringing the past to life
The story of 15 men and women on the front line of the 1984 miners' strike.
The story of the Black African Kingdom of Kush.
Olly Murs uncovers his grandfather鈥檚 wartime journey from Latvia to Essex.
A film that explores the human cost of atomic bombs used in wartime.
Drawing on the latest science, this documentary rewrites the story of Easter Island.
How Paris went from site of the French Revolution to the world's first great modern city.
Extraordinary fossil hunters unearth secrets from a time when dinosaurs walked the land.
At Pompeii, in the biggest dig in a generation, archaeologists excavate a new city block.
Documentary about Gustave Eiffel's industrial feat in building France's famous landmark.
Lucy Worsley investigates real-life murders of the first half of the 19th century.
Ken Burns recounts the collision between two opposing views of the natural world.
Alice Roberts follows a decade-long quest that reveals Stonehenge's oldest secret.
Immediately after WWII, the hunt is on to capture the highest-ranking Nazis.
Spy-charged paranoia sees hostile superpowers heading to the brink of nuclear war.
The Allies launch a high-stakes invasion of Nazi-occupied France to win the war.
Killer and spy: the Stakeknife inquiry leads Peter Taylor back to victims of the Troubles.
The Vasa, the majestic Swedish galleon, sank just after setting off on her maiden voyage.
Mary Beard uncovers the hidden world of the emperors of Rome.
A shell gallery needs shoring up, and a priceless Rubens is saved from falling down.
Eighty years on, Rachel Burden hears the stories and memories of the UK's D-Day veterans.
Julius Caesar tears up the rulebook in his quest to become Rome鈥檚 greatest man.
Michael Portillo embarks on a railway journey around the western coast of Wales.
In AD80, the Colosseum opens. Emperor Titus plans 100 days of games to commemorate.
