The Pendle Swindle | The Pendle Witch Child

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...

Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot

In a one-off precursor to his Historyonic's series, Nick Knowles gets a behind-the-scenes look at why a Yorkshire-born zealot called Guy Fa...

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...

06: The Men Who Wouldn't Fight | Not Forgotten

In this special edition of Not Forgotten, Ian Hislop explores the powerful and often overlooked stories of conscientious objec...

Setting and background to the murders | Timewatch

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

S02E02: The Gunpowder Plot | Lucy Worsley Investigates

On 5 November 1605, a group of conspirators planned to blow up parliament. Lucy Worsley investigates the Gunpowder Plo...

'Witches'' impact on women | Lucy Worsley Investigates

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

Episode 3 | Elizabeth I's Secret Agents

A look at the world's first secret service. England has a new monarch and Robert Cecil exposes the most infamous terrorist threat in ...

The Pendle Witch Child

The story of the most disturbing witch trial in British history and how a young girl's testimony sent her mother, brother, sister and many of her neig...

Transportation of Convicts to Australia | Empire with David Olusoga

David explains how Britian sent their problem convicts abroad to the colonies for cheap labour, and many ...

The East End | Timewatch

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

04: Gunpowder, Treason and Plot | Plague, Fire, War and Treason

In 1605 conspirators plotted to blow up Parliament and kill King James I. This film seeks out the truth behin...

04: Dick Turpin | Historyonics

Nick Knowles reveals the truth behind the romantic reputation of highwaymen. He introduces arguably the most famous highwayman of all, Duck Tu...

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.

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 plot is uncovered | Gunpowder 5/11: The Greatest Terror Plot

An anonymous letter tips off Lord Monteagle and leads to the discovery of Guy Fawkes beneath Parliament.

06: The Gunpowder Plot | Landmarks

This programme tells the story of the plot to blow up King James I.

20th Century Wrap: 04: 1950s: Britain - A Time of Change? | History File

Schools history programme looking at 1950's, a period of great change. How did British people react...

Episode 1 | Firebombers

It's 1979, and four holiday homes in Wales are torched in one night. It’s the beginning of an arson campaign. The story of Meibion Glyndwr told by th...

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...