02: Rasputin | The Last Days of…

S01E05: The Murder of the Romanovs | Days That Shook the World

This program examines events marking the beginning and end of communism in Eastern Europe, including the execu...

Bloody Sunday | Empire of the Tsars: Romanov Russia with Lucy Worsley

In 1905, 150,000 workers protested at the winter palace and after a year of revolution, Nicholas II ins...

The Soviets: 01: The Fall of Tsarism | History File

This programme at fall of Tsarism.

03: The Road to Revolution | Empire of the Tsars: Romanov Russia with Lucy Worsley

Lucy investigates how the Romanov family's grip on Russia unravelled in their final centur...

Tsar Nicholas II | Empire of the Tsars: Romanov Russia with Lucy Worsley

Lucy describes Tsar Nicholas II's rise to power and how his faith and attention to detail distracted...

01: Reinventing Russia | Empire of the Tsars: Romanov Russia with Lucy Worsley

Lucy looks at the beginning of the Romanovs' reign, from Mikhail to Peter the Great, the tsar ...

The October Revolution | Russia 1917: Countdown to Revolution

The events of the October Revolution.

Rasputin | Empire of the Tsars: Romanov Russia with Lucy Worsley

Nicolas II's son was a haemophiliac, and despite being on deaths door, Rasputin was able to heal him.

S18E10: Ivan the Terrible | Timewatch

The title bestowed by history on Russia's first tsar has become synonymous with tyranny and mass bloodshed, his 16th-century reign char...

The Winter Palace | Russia 1917: Countdown to Revolution

The assault on the Winter Palace.

02: Age of Extremes | Empire of the Tsars: Romanov Russia with Lucy Worsley

The story of the dynasty that ruled Russia for more than three centuries. Lucy examines the reign...

03: Smashing the Mould | The Art of Russia

Andrew Graham-Dixon tells the story of Russian art. He examines political revolution and how art was at the forefront of throwing ...

After the revolution | Russia 1917: Countdown to Revolution

The impact of the October Revolution on Russia to the present.

Lenin and Tsar Nicholas | Empire of the Tsars: Romanov Russia with Lucy Worsley

Lenin was the antidote to the Romanov rule and in 1917, his Bolsheviks stormed the Winter Pal...

Nicholas' abdication | Empire of the Tsars: Romanov Russia with Lucy Worsley

After the hardships of WWI, the people were hungry and poor, and the soldiers refused to carry o...

01: Out of the Forest | The Art of Russia

Critic Andrew Graham-Dixon tells the story of Russian art. He explores the origins of the Russian icon and visits a monastery found...

01: The Gilded Cage | Russia's Lost Princesses

The story of Tsar Nicholas II's four daughters. As they grew up, the sisters attracted frenzied press attention and grew close...

02: Roads to Revolution | The Art of Russia

Andrew Graham-Dixon follows the history of Russian art. Here, he looks at how art was affected by Russia's change from a feudal n...

02: The World Turned Upside Down | Russia's Lost Princesses

The last four years of the sisters' lives saw war, revolution, imprisonment and murder.

Ivan the Terrible | You're Dead to Me

Greg Jenner is joined by Professor Peter Frankopan and comedian Olga Koch to dive into the life and times (and crimes) of Russia's infa...