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- The true story of the Christmas Day truce between opposing British and German forces that took place in No Man's Land during World War 1. Told through archive interviews and reconstructions of the event.
- While on a school field trip, two friends travel through time and meet Martin Luther King Jr. at different points in his life.
- Titanica reveals the clearest motion pictures ever captured of the Titanic. Witness startling images of the long-lost ruin contrasted with never-before-seen 1912 archival photos showing her in all her splendor. Feel the passion of the explorers, each obsessed with a different aspect of the expedition.
- On November 26, 1922, Howard Carter made one of the greatest discoveries ever; the tomb of the Egyptian boy king Tutankhamun. The news was spread all over the world. But when people who had entered the chamber began to die, stories of the "curse of the pharaoh" spread. Were the deaths a coincidence or stories to sell newspapers? Can modern science explain the truth behind the legend?
- Finding the orgin of words
- Documents the works of three generations of Gothic architects Sir George Gilbert Scott (1811-1878), George Gilbert Scott Jr (1839-1897) and Sir Giles Gilbert Scott (1880-1960). Between them they designed the Chapel of Exeter College, Oxford; the Albert Memorial; the Foreign & Commonwealth Office; Midland Grand Hotel, St Pancras Station; the churches of All Hallows, Southwark, St Agnes, Kennington, and St Mary Magdalene, East Moors, North Yorkshire; the Avenues district of Hull; St John the Baptist (Catholic) Cathedral, Norwich; Liverpool (Anglican) Cathedral; Battersea Power Station; Waterloo Bridge; Bankside Power Station which is now the Tate Modern Gallery; and the iconic K2 and K6 red telephone boxes.
- Chronicling the romantic life of Britain's royal family in the 20th century, this documentary explores the history of royal marriages and asks what's next for a royal family increasingly battered by media pressures and whose business is shared with the whole world.
- Alexander Armstrong presents a documentary about the marriage of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip on 20th November 1947 featuring archive footage, home-movies and interviews with attendees.
- Michael Grade traces the raucous history of the music hall in a revelatory journey that takes him from venues such as Wilton's Music Hall in London to Glasgow's once-famous Britannia.
- This program analyzes the great rebel leader Michael Collins and his commitment to a free Ireland, the truth and the facts behind the myth in the light of Neil Jordan's (at the time) upcoming film, released in 1996. Jordan's film was such an important and awaited project in Ireland that even the IRA revolutionaries, protestants, catholics, all parties declared a cease fire through the whole film shooting period in 1995. Historians discuss the real Collins while Jordan discusses about his epic movie.
- Susan concludes the second series by heading to the breath-taking isles of Lewis and Harris, where she learns more about Harris Tweed and Stornoway Black Pudding, learns how to Step-Dance and visits Neolithic standing stones.
- 2021–7.7 (7)TV Episode
- 2019–202159m7.7 (15)TV EpisodeJanina travels to Turkey on the trail of a young explorer who found the world's oldest city and rewrote the beginning of civilisation. But then his reputation was destroyed by a scandal.
- Michael embarks upon a series of railway journeys, this time through the Britain of the inter-war period. He begins with a tour of the Home Counties, starting in the city of dreaming spires, Oxford. He visits the home of MG Sports Cars.
- 2010– 29m7.6 (5)TV Episode
- Dan explores the ups and downs of a climactic 19th century in naval and British history. Rapacious and ruthless, the Navy used 'gunboat diplomacy' to push British interest further afield than ever before, the control of the sea was the key to Britain's growing wealth...
- Michael Portillo journeys through Kent, from London Bridge around the scenic south coast to Hastings. First, he visits the Royal Observatory at Greenwich to see how the railways standardised time.
- Michael explores a secret port that ran the first train ferries to France carrying vital supplies during the WWI, visits Walmer castle and the home of the Duke of Wellington.