A profile of Hermann Goering - the dashing, young, down-on-his-luck war veteran who turned into an extravagant, heartless, obese, drug-addled Nazi billionaire.
From the Nuremberg Trials and the division of Germany to the founding of the United Nations, hear about the earth-shattering events that followed the end of World War II. Part two.
Exclusive series where Sir David Jason charts his extraordinary career. The first episode covers his journey from working class lad in Finchley to rising comic talent.
Mysteries from history. US writer Janice Bennett investigates claims that the Holy Chalice of Valencia is in fact the Holy Grail - and she is soon convinced.
Many Nazis escaped justice after World War II by fleeing to the Middle East. Tune in to hear how some Arab leaders recruited these war criminals to take advantage of their know-how.
Exhilarating expeditions to the seabed. Divers fathom how the World War I battleship HMS Audacious, thought to be unsinkable, capsized after a solitary blow.
Did King Arthur and his pram-pushing, Spam-eating Knights of the Round Table truly exist? In the 1960s, one archaeological team hoped to prove Camelot was real.
A Filipino fortune seeker searches for gold hidden by the Japanese during World War II. Join another history obsessive as they try to unearth legendary artefacts.
Hear about life and death in the last centuries of the Stone Age as Tony Robinson enjoys a 45-mile walk across Wiltshire, starting at the historic Windmill Hill near Avebury.
Dr Stephen Baxter reveals the human and political drama that lies within England's earliest surviving public record, the Domesday Book, which was commissioned by the Normans.
Sir David Attenborough looks at the amazing phenomenon of bioluminescence. Thanks to technological advances, we can now witness light-making lifeforms in their natural habitat.
Gold bullion is said to lie buried in the Rockies, but an awful curse seems to affect those who seek it out. Learn the truth about this enduring fable.
The Incan city of Machu Picchu was mostly unknown to the outside world until Hiram Bingham discovered its location in 1911. Hear about his intrepid quest.
Another slice of wartime farce in the French cafe. Rene panics when it appears that his hiding place for the ample 'Fallen Madonna' may have been rumbled.
Saucy laughs with amorous cafe owner Rene Artois. He finds himself knee-deep in a tunnel - all part of his quest to find uniforms for the British airmen.
Wartime farce as Rene and co struggle to find a way out of the German POW camp, but their series of desperate escape plans is only partially successful.
Paul Badde embarks on a quest of Biblical proportions to prove that an image of Jesus found in Italy is in fact the Veil of Veronica, a long-lost Catholic relic.
A profile of Josef Goebbels, the failed academic who channelled his resentment into a hatred of Jewish people, and enthusiastically led the Nazi campaign of terror.
December 7, 1941 saw the infamous Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Laurence Olivier revisits this pivotal moment of World War II in the much-praised documentary series.
Hear about the discovery of the only Roman circus ever found in Britain, just outside Colchester's Roman walls. Tony Robinson learns about chariot racing.
To mark the anniversary of VE Day, Tony Robinson's team of archaeologists and volunteers dig under Shoreditch Park. Interesting finds from WWII are unearthed.
Mary Magdalene is a key figure in Christianity, having witnessed Jesus' death and resurrection. But was she really a prostitute? Jamie Theakston reveals all.
This cutting-edge manufacturing plant in California produces an incredible 2,000 cars each week. So what links some enterprising Venetians to this operation? Find out.
A look at Werner von Braun, the gifted young scientist whose ambition led him to abandon any sense of morality in pursuit of his dream of space flight.
Hear how Augustus Pugin's 19th century ideas on architecture are still relevant today as Tony Robinson visits several of the Frenchman's iconic buildings.
Tony Robinson's crew take on the mammoth task of building a full-scale replica of Durrington Walls, a massive monument uncovered just one mile from Stonehenge.
Mystery still surrounds how fascist dictator Benito Mussolini met his end, before being hanged in Milan's Piazzale Loreto. Jamie Theakston seeks out answers.
It's the world's largest aircraft, with the ability to stay airborne for five days and land anywhere on Earth. Hear the incredible story behind Airlander 10.
The use of propaganda in Hitler's Nazi regime. The first episode examines the Fuehrer's fascination with propaganda, which began in the trenches of the First World War.
The 617 'Dambusters' Squadron and 9 Squadron made history in November 1944. Hear how Nazi Germany's most powerful battleship, the Tirpitz, was finally sunk after 34 attempts.
Sir David Jason charts his extraordinary career. The second episode looks at how he made the transition from comic sidekick to leading man, most famously as Del Boy.
Hear about the shockwaves caused by Queen Victoria's affection for her Indian servant Abdul Karim, who became an intimate confidant despite the Victorian taboos of race and class.
The soil-loving crew help excavate a naval cemetery near Portsmouth's dockyards. The findings give an amazing insight into what life was like in the Georgian Navy.
Located in the Gulf of Mexico, Perdido is the world's deepest floating oil platform and is almost as tall as the Eiffel Tower. Hear about its construction.
The railroads ended slavery in the USA, but trains can be agents of oppression too. The British Empire built railways to rule the world, enabling it to control the empire.
In 1944, as an Allied convoy made for France, an explosion rocked the American freighter SS Ezra Weston. Sixty years on, the extent of the catastrophe is revealed.
Humbling tales of heroism from WWII. Hear first-hand about America's astonishing first air raid on the Japanese archipelago, led by Colonel 'Jimmy' Doolittle.
Did suffragette Emily Davison intend to throw herself beneath the King's horse at the 1913 Epsom Derby? Clare Balding revisits this tragic day - and reveals some fresh discoveries.
Witness an ambitious plan to excavate the POW camp tunnel from which 76 Allied airmen famously escaped in 1944. Find out how the troops eluded the German guards at Stalag Luft III.
Hear about the shockwaves caused by Queen Victoria's affection for her Indian servant Abdul Karim, who became an intimate confidant despite the Victorian taboos of race and class.
The discovery of China's Terracotta Army in 1974 was an astonishing archaeological find. Hear about the latest findings at this site, which dates from the late third century BCE.
Feature-length special. Tony Robinson visits Westminster Abbey as the Cosmati pavement - a beautiful mosaic floor - is uncovered for the first time in 100 years.
Tony Robinson reveals the results of a five-year dig at the site of the Battle of Bosworth, which could change the entire understanding of this iconic clash.
In World War I, troops were encouraged to take up sports in an attempt to boost morale. For many, it was their first encounter with team games. Hear how WWI left a sporting legacy.
Tony Robinson learns about the industrial revolution on a trek through the Peak District, visiting the site of the world's first factory and a 900-year-old stately home.
Join historian Tracy Borman as she shares the intimate details of Henry VIII's later life, from his interests and clothing to the accidents he endured.
Elizabeth I was the last monarch of the Tudor dynasty. Hear about her relationships, diet and power as Tracy Borman lifts the lid on the 'Virgin Queen'.
Saucy Brit humour and a dash of French farce. Rene and his fellow prisoners continue their escape attempt from the German POW camp dressed as Folies Bergere girls.
Wartime laughs and French farce from Rene's cafe, where the Resistance supply a new waitress. An Italian liaison officer arrives to work with the Colonel.
Rene uses bizarre means to establish radio contact with England. Meanwhile, Herr Flick suspects the Colonel and the General of plotting an assassination attempt.
Two years after a valuable Anglo-Saxon treasure hoard was discovered in a Staffordshire field, see the exciting results of the dig with Tony Robinson and friends.
Tony Robinson and co dig up a windswept island off Wales, which may have once been a religious hub. But was it Romans, Vikings, Celts or Druids that lived here? Find out.
Radical new insights into our Iron Age ancestors are literally unearthed as Tony Robinson's archaeological team focus on the array of hill forts that litter the British Isles.
Recalling America's entry into World War II after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the great Laurence Olivier sheds more light on the deadliest conflict in history.
Tony Robinson and co team up with the locals in the village of Bitterley as they exhume the parish's rich past. More hands-on history in the adored archaeology show.
Before Dunwich is lost to sea erosion, the team are eager to learn about the village's Anglo-Saxon origins and locate a medieval hospital. See what they unearth.
Rumours of a secret investigation into a Viking boat burial lead the team to Yorkshire. And there's strain between archaeologists and metal detectorists.
Join the ace archaeologists as they explore the remains of Buck Mill in Somerset, whose owners believe an 11th-century flour mill once graced the land.
Archaeological findings and CGI shed new light on key conflicts. Obersalzberg was an ordinary Bavarian mountain retreat until Adolf Hitler discovered it in 1923.
New. Advanced freight trains can haul the weight of 170 Boeing 747s across thousands of miles. The freight train is the leviathan that keeps the world on track
This final episode of the military series reveals how Swiss Army knives, sub-machine guns, body armour and laser sights are made. There is no room for error when lives are at stake.
Join Tony Robinson's team as they horse around in Newmarket in search of Charles II's lost racing stables - said to be the first of their kind in the world.
The team think human bone fragments found in a Northumberland village may date from the 7th century, but the grisly discovery of tiny skeletons adds to the mystery.
Jamie Theakston visits Qumran Caves near the Dead Sea to uncover the truth about a set of manuscripts found there. Who wrote them, and why did they hide them?
A century since the guns fell silent, archaeological findings shed new light on World War I. Expert accounts and 3D reconstruction help piece the sombre picture together.
New. As travelling between cities became easier, crossing them was impossible. The solution was steam train that ran under the city - the London Underground
The decade of propaganda, impassioned speeches, newspaper articles, posters and campaigning that led to one moment - Hitler being made Chancellor of Germany in 1933.
Discover the history that lurks beneath the soil. The team revisit a once-great industry as they excavate White Rock, one of the first copper works in Swansea.
Property magnate Paul Whight invites our archaeologist friends to dig up his stately home in Essex, which lies on land once owned by the famous de Vere family.
The events of June 6, 1944 changed the course of WWII. Personal items unearthed in digs and the discovery of underground passages offer insight into the Normandy landings.
New. China is the champion of high-speed rail and 75 million people now live within an hour's commute of Shanghai - more than the entire population of the UK
Final part of this revealing and personal look at David Jason's career. He revisits key people and places that informed his later roles, including A Touch of Frost.
The beachcombing bunch try to locate a lost town on the south coast of Wales, which has been buried under sand dunes for over 500 years. See what they unearth.
Join Tony Robinson and his expert excavators to discover the identity of a mystery structure found near the well-preserved Roman legionary fort of Caerleon in Wales.
Locusts, boils, frogs and blood - is there a scientific explanation for the Plagues of Egypt? Hear about a quest to prove the authenticity of this biblical tale.
Learn about the fall of Imperial Japan, which brought WWII to an end. Testimonies from survivors, CGI models and archaeological findings help recount the events of 1945.
