History
Rewind
Journey through the news, music and TV through the decades.
2000s - Shortened Versions: 3. 2005 (14 mins)
- The People鈥檚 Piazza: A History of Covent GardenAn immersive journey through the history聽of a place of produce, performance and protest88 mins
- Simon Schama's ShakespeareSimon Schama explains how Shakespeare came to belong 'to all time'.
- The First Georgians: The German Kings Who Made BritainIn 1714, Britain shipped in a ready-made royal family from the German state of Hanover.
- Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan DoyleThe ultimate power struggle. The famed super-sleuth and the writer who came to resent him
- Agatha Christie: Lucy Worsley on the Mystery QueenA life as dramatic as her work. The secret factors that shaped her dark imagination
- Irish Music IconsMary Black chats to John Toal about forty years in music.
- Archaeology: A Secret HistoryRichard Miles explores how archaeology began by trying to prove a biblical truth.
- Britain's Pompeii: A Village Lost in TimeAlice Roberts joins the team excavating a 3,000-year-old Bronze Age village in the Fens.59 mins
- The Man Who Shot TutankhamunThe story of photographer Harry Burton, who documented the Tutankhamun excavation.60 mins
- Treasures of Ancient EgyptAlastair Sooke crosses the Sahara and travels the Nile to find Egypt's earliest art.
- Treasures of Ancient GreeceAlastair Sooke explores the surprising roots of Greek art, beginning his journey in Crete.
- Genius of the Ancient WorldBettany Hughes travels to India to investigate the revolutionary ideas of the Buddha.
