Elizabeth’s birthday | Blue Peter

Britain and the Start of WW1 | Learning Zone

Dan Snow recreates a map of Europe on the beach to explain how Britain became involved in World War I.

Finding My Family - Windrush | Newsround Specials

Seventy years since the Windrush's UK arrival, two kids head to the Caribbean to discover why their grandparents left for a...

Episode 2 | Back in Time for Tea

The Ellis family discover how life has changed for northern working class families. The postwar years see the family on rations with no frid...

Bristol Blitz | A House Through Time

Guinea street was targeted in the Bristol Blitz, due to its close proximity to the docks.

Clydeside Blitz | Blitz: The Bombs That Changed Britain

Clydeside was almost entirely destroyed in the Blitz.

Episode 1 | Back in Time for Tea

The Ellis family travel back in time to reveal how life has changed for northern working-class families over the past 100 years. Their exper...

The Toxteth Riots | A House Through Time

In July 1981 riots broke out in Liverpool, following longstanding tensions between police and the black community. David Olusoga inv...

Blitz experience | Blitz: The Bombs That Changed Britain

Survivors share their experiences of the Blitz in Hull. Contains some strong language.

Liverpool in the sixties | A House Through Time

David Olusoga explores the boom in art, music and culture in Liverpool during the swinging sixties.

Liverpool slums | A House Through Time

David Olusoga investigates the conditions that many families in Liverpool were living in during the sixties.

S9E3: Protesting with Pankhurst | Horrible Histories

Protests about inequality or environmental damage are common today, but how have people protested in the past? Emmeline ...

The New Cross Fire | Soon Gone: A Windrush Chronicle

Yvonne explains how attitudes towards her have changed in the aftermath of the New Cross Fire.

A house built on profits from the slave trade | A House Through Time

David Olusoga investigates the owner Number 10 Guinea Street, the prolific Bristol slave trader Edmund S...

Death and spiritualism in Victorian Britain | A House Through Time

High mortality rates in Victorian Newcastle lead many to spiritualism.

Number 10 Guinea Street in Bristol | A House Through Time

David Olusoga begins his investigation into the history of number 10 Guinea street in Bristol.

School children writing about the Blitz | Blitz: The Bombs That Changed Britain

The Hull History Centre archive holds a collection of essays written by school children about...

The Suffragettes' (Song) | Horrible Histories

Emily Pankhurst and Millicent Fawcett sing about their involvement in getting the right to vote for women.

A soldier's daughter | Learning Zone

Sarah was a child in Bolton during the Second World War. With family friend Tyler, she remembers the outbreak of the war and the effect ...

An evacuee's adventure | Learning Zone

Betty lived in Cardiff during the war and was evacuated to Aberdare. With her family friend, Anesha, she retraces the journey and desc...

Black Saturday | Blitz: The Bombs That Changed Britain

Survivor accounts of the Black Saturday bombing on East London.