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Princess Margaret: The Rebel Royal

December 2024 •English

This two-part series profiles Princess Margaret, whose life and loves reflected the social and sexual revolution that transformed Britain during the 20th century.

Abroad Again in Britain

December 2024 •English

Jonathan Meades gives a personal perspective of British history.

Susan Calman's Grand Day Out

December 2024 •English

The comedian explores the British isles in her vintage camper van, Helen, taking in some dramatic scenery, unspoilt countryside and incredible historic sights along the way.

Carved with Love: The Genius of British Woodwork

December 2024 •English

Series looking at the British genius for woodwork over the centuries.

If Walls Could Talk: The History of the Home

December 2024 •English

Lucy Worsley, chief curator of the historic royal palaces, takes us through 800 years of domestic history by exploring the British home through four rooms, meeting experts and historians on the way.

In the Footsteps of... with Gyles Brandreth

December 2024 •English

This four-part series tells the stories of the landscapes, towns and cities which inspired four of the UK's greatest writers - Jane Austen, Thomas Hardy, Charles Dickens and the Brontes.

Britain's Most Historic Towns

December 2024 •English

In this unique take on British history, Professor Alice Roberts explores Britain's rich and varied past through the stories of individual towns and cities. In each programme Alice studies one key period in history by delving into the secrets of a historic town that encapsulates the era, providing an accurate impression of what life was really like at key moments in our turbulent past. At the climax of each programme, cutting-edge CGI reveals the entire historic town in all its former glory.

Tony Robinson's History of Britain

December 2024 •English

Taking a 'bottom-up' view of history by exploring everyday lives of the nations ordinary people.

A History of the European Rural Life

December 2024 •French

The history of the European peasantry, which has undergone many upheavals over the centuries: from its rise in the Middle Ages after the fall of the Roman Empire, through the oppression of the nobility and the Church, to the struggles for freedom and modernization in the present era.

King Alfred and the Anglo Saxons

December 2024 •English

Michael Wood argues that the most important and influential British kings were a father, son and grandson who lived over a thousand years ago during the age of the Vikings.

Andrew Marr's The Making of Modern Britain

December 2024 •English

Andrew Marr's The Making of Modern Britain is a 2009 BBC documentary television series presented by Andrew Marr that covers the period of British history from the death of Queen Victoria to the end of the Second World War. It was a follow-up to his 2007 series Andrew Marr's History of Modern Britain.

Time Team

December 2024 •English

Time Team is a British television series which has been aired on British Channel 4 from 1994. Created by television producer Tim Taylor and presented by actor Tony Robinson, each episode featured a team of specialists carrying out an archaeological dig over a period of three days, with Robinson explaining the process in layman's terms. This team of specialists changed throughout the series' run, although has consistently included professional archaeologists such as Mick Aston, Carenza Lewis, Francis Pryor and Phil Harding. The sites excavated over the show's run have ranged in date from the Palaeolithic right through to the Second World War.

London: 2000 Years of History

December 2024 •English

History series telling the glorious and gory story of the city's rise to power.

Lucy Worsley Investigates

December 2024 •English

Lucy Worsley re-investigates some of the most dramatic chapters in British history. She uncovers forgotten witnesses, re-examines old evidence and follows new clues.

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December 2024 •Polish

Digging for Britain

December 2024 •English

Dr Alice Roberts follows a year of British archaeology, joining up the results of digs and investigations the length of the country.

A History of Antisemitism

December 2024 •French

A detailed account of the two millennia of intolerance and persecution suffered by the Jews, from antiquity to the present day.

Prejudice and Pride: The People's History of LGBTQ Britain

December 2024 •English

Stephen K. Amos and Susan Calman present a unique series in which LGBTQ people from across the UK talk about the objects that helped to define their lives over the past 50 years.

Chivalry and Betrayal: The Hundred Years War

December 2024 •English

The Hundred Years’ war between England and France gave us the victories of Crecy and Agincourt, and made the reputations of Edward III and Henry V. It gave France a national heroine in Joan of Arc. But, even now, the jury is out as to its causes and outcome. Was it the final swansong of a redundant knightly class whose only reason for being was to fight? Was it a battle over ever more important territory to the emerging economies of England and France? Or was it the painful birth of two distinct national identities, forged through their long and violent divorce? Dr Janina Ramirez guides us through the stories of kings, great knights, bloody battles and cultural triumphs of this momentous conflict.

Seven Ages of Britain

December 2024 •English

Seven Ages of Britain is a BBC television documentary series which is written and presented by David Dimbleby. The seven part series was first aired on Sunday nights at 9:00pm on BBC One starting on 31 January 2010. The series covers the history of Britain's greatest art and artefacts over the past 2000 years. Each episode covers a different period in British history. In Australia, all seven episodes aired on ABC1 each Tuesday at 8:30pm from 7 September 2010.