Episode 2 | The Spartans

2: Age of Empire | Andrew Marr's History of the World

In this episode, Andrew Marr tells the story of the first empires which laid the foundations for the modern world.

1: Son of God | In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great

Michael Wood walks in the footsteps of Alexander the Great as he travels from Macedonia in Northern Greece, crosses t...

Episode 3 | The Spartans

In the final episode of Bettany Hughes spartan trilogy the war between Sparta and Athens reaches a brutal and bloody climax.

The Spartans

The Spartans chronicles the rise and fall of one of the most extreme civilizations the world has ever witnessed. A civilization that was

1: Democrats | Ancient Greece: The Greatest Show on Earth

Michael Scott discovers that from the start, drama was about more than entertainment - it was a reaction to real ev...

1: The Age of Heroes | Treasures of Ancient Greece

Series in which Alastair Sooke explores Greek art. He begins his journey in Crete at the palace of Knossos and travels to ...

1: The Age of the Heroes | In Search of the Trojan War

Series on the veracity of the Trojan War. Michael Wood traces Heinrich Schliemann's search for the site of Troy.

2: How Do We Look? | Civilisations

Mary Beard explores images of the human body in ancient art, from Mexico and Greece to Egypt and China.

2: Kings | Ancient Greece: The Greatest Show on Earth

Michael Scott looks at the decline of Athens and the triumph of theatre, which spread throughout the Greek world and be...

2: Lord of Asia | In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great

Michael Wood follows in the footsteps of Alexander the Great through the Zagros mountains to Persepolis - the great...

2: The Classical Revolution | Treasures of Ancient Greece

Alastair Sooke unpicks the reasons behind the dazzling revolution that gave birth to classical Greek art, asking ho...

2: The Legend Under Siege | In Search of the Trojan War

Michael Wood traces the developments in archaeological techniques that unraveled the truth from the legend of the Tro...

3: Across the Hindu Kush | In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great

Michael Wood treks over the Khawak pass, crosses the Oxus river and follows the golden road to Samarkand w...

3: Romans | Ancient Greece: The Greatest Show on Earth

Dr Michael Scott explores how the Romans absorbed Greek theatre and how their empire provides a crucial connection bet...

3: The Long Shadow | Treasures of Ancient Greece

Filming in Italy, Germany, France and Britain, Alastair Sooke explores the extraordinary afterlife of Greek masterpieces tha...

3: The Singer of Tales | In Search of the Trojan War

Michael Wood continues his search to discover whether Homer's story of Trojan War is a myth by studying modern bardic tr...

4: The Women of Troy | In Search of the Trojan War

Michael Wood in his search for the reality of the Trojan War looks at the reality behind Helen and Mycenae's wealth and of...

4: To The Ends of the Earth | In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great

Michael Wood traces Alexander the Great's route through Pakistan, the plains of Punjab, down the Indus ...

5: Empire of the Hittites | In Search of the Trojan War

Michael Wood in his search for the reality of the Trojan War looks at how the war would have been viewed by Agamemnon...

6: The Fall of Troy | In Search of the Trojan War

Michael Wood searches for the reality of the Trojan War. Homer says the Greek Heroes returned from Troy to an era of death ...