03: The Aztecs, Maya and Incas | What the Ancients Did for Us

01: Survival | Andrew Marr's History of the World

Andrew Marr traces 70,000 years of history, beginning with the earliest humans. From Africa, they spread around the world, ...

01: The Islamic World | What the Ancients Did for Us

Adam Hart-Davis builds and tests some of the most extraordinary inventions from the early Islamic World.

S01E01: The Cult | The Battle for Britain's Soul

With disease and famine a constant threat, superstitious Iron-Age Britons sought to appease their pagan gods through ritual ...

S02E07: Dinosaurs & Duplicity: Discovery of the First Dinosaur | Days That Shook the World

Using dramatized reconstructions, this program recalls the first discovery of a di...

01: Beginnings | Michael Wood: The Story of India

Michael Wood journeys through the subcontinent, tracing the diversity of its peoples, cultures and landscapes. He charts th...

S01E06: Latton Mammoths | The Big Monster Dig

Lucy and the team try to unlock the mysteries of an ice age mammoth graveyard in the Cotswolds in this episode.

Woolly Mammoth: Secrets from the Ice

Professor Alice Roberts on the natural history of the woolly mammoth, revealing adaptations that helped the species evolve from their or...

01: New Dawn | Walking with Beasts

The series following on from Walking with Dinosaurs. begins 49 million years ago. The world is heavily forested and birds rule the planet,...

03: Land of Giants | Walking with Beasts

25 million years ago in the Oligocene Epoch lived the Indricotheres. Weighing 15 tonnes and standing 7 metres tall, they were the la...

05: Sabre Tooth | Walking with Beasts

This episode follows the progress of a Smilodon called Half Tooth. Smilodon was the largest of all the sabre tooth cats which roamed So...

Bronze Age Britain | Learning Zone

Life in Bronze Age Britain through the eyes of one family as they learn how copper and tin is mined, and make bronze using a furnace.

Bronze Age Stonehenge gold | Learning Zone

There are also lots of barrow burials around Stonehenge and one of them, Bush Barrow Man, is used to find out about Bronze Age times.

Bronze Age: wool | Learning Zone

Raksha visits the Bronze Age at an ancient farm and learns how to make woollen cloth.

S01E01: Age of Ice | A History of Ancient Britain

Neil Oliver travels back to ice age Britain as he begins the epic story of the evolution of the land and its occupants over...

S02E07: Piltdown Man | Days That Shook the World

Using dramatized reconstructions, this program recalls the 'Piltdown Man' hoax in 1953.

02: Whale Killer | Walking with Beasts

36 million years ago mammals ruled the world. It is in the sea, however, that the most monstrous mammals can be found.

04: Next of Kin | Walking with Beasts

We travel back 3 million years to Ethiopia, where Australopithecus, one of the first upright apes, lived in danger of being hunted by s...

04: The Indians | What the Ancients Did for Us

Adam Hart-Davis builds and tests some of the greatest inventions from the ancient Indian world.

05: The Mesopotamians | What the Ancients Did for Us

Adam Hart-Davis builds and tests some of the greatest inventions from the world of the Mesopotamians.

06: Mammoth Journey | Walking with Beasts

Last in the series follows a herd of mammoths as they make their way south for winter, running a gauntlet of ice-age hunters includ...