03: Presumed Innocent | The Strange Case of the Law

04: Revolution | Andrew Marr's History of Modern Britain

Andrew Marr revisits the Britain of Margaret Thatcher and comes to some surprising conclusions about the British nat...

05: New Britannia | Andrew Marr's History of Modern Britain

In the final part of Andrew Marr's national saga, Britain enters the post-Thatcher era. Many have done well durin...

'Witches'' impact on women | Lucy Worsley Investigates

Lucy Worsley discusses the violence and interrogation women faced when being accused of witchery.

Setting and background to the murders | Timewatch

The setting and context in which the murders in Whitechapel were committed.

S10E03: Witchfinder General | Secret History

Documentary account, drawn from court records and testimonies, of how Matthew Hopkins and John Stern convicted hundreds of men, ...

The East End | Timewatch

An investigation of the East End of London at the time of the Whitechapel murders.

The Bloody Code | The Strange Case of the Law

An era when England imposed harsh capital laws for even minor crimes.

00: Learning Zone | The Strange Case of the Law

A series of 12 films in which barrister Harry Potter looks at the history of English justice, from the early concept of compe...

Episode 1 | Lucy Worsley's Victorian Murder Club

Lucy Worsley takes on the historical cold case of a forgotten Victorian serial killer, dubbed the Thames Torso Murderer, who...

Episode 2 | Lucy Worsley's Victorian Murder Club

Lucy Worsley is hunting a Victorian serial killer who has scattered the remains of three women across London. Could the disc...

Henry II, Thomas Becket and the church courts | The Strange Case of the Law

The clash between royal authority and church justice in the 12th century.

Legacy of Jack the Ripper | Timewatch

An introduction to the creation of the myth surrounding Jack the Ripper and why people are still so interested in the case.

London: A Tale of Two Cities with Dan Cruickshank

Dan Cruickshank follows in the footsteps of chroniclers John Stow and John Strype to explore London in the 17th century, on...

01: Laying Down the Law | The Strange Case of the Law

Harry Potter traces English law back to the compensation culture of Anglo-Saxon Kent, explores the rise of trial by ord...

02: The Pursuit of Liberty | The Strange Case of the Law

Harry Potter relives the struggles and achievements of the 17th and 18th-century figures who used the law to challen...

A theft from Ravensworth Terrace | A House Through Time

David Olusoga explores poverty, law and punishment in 19th century Newcastle through a case of the theft of two umbre...

Art Behind Bars | True North

For the first time since his release, Stephen Greer returns to the prison where he learnt to paint to teach art to offenders. Will art transform...

Episode 3 | Lucy Worsley's Victorian Murder Club

The trail has gone cold, but could a new murder 12 years later provide fresh leads? Lucy Worsley’s hunt for a Victorian seri...

Habeas Corpus and Slavery | The Strange Case of the Law

The role of Habeas Corpus in challenging the legality of enslavement.

Jack the Ripper the doctor | Timewatch

The construction of the theory that Jack the Ripper was a doctor or surgeon.