S02E01: The Kingdom of Asante | Lost Kingdoms of Africa

01: Holy War | The Crusades

Dr Thomas Asbridge re-examines the story of the Crusades. He traces the epic journey of the first crusaders as they marched from Europe to recapt...

06: Richard the Lionheart | Heroes and Villains

Drama-documentary about Richard the Lionheart. Was he the heroic warrior of Robin Hood? Or was he just a thug who looted the ...

S01E04: West Africa | Lost Kingdoms of Africa

Gus Casely-Hayford travels to Nigeria and Mali to explore the story behind a series of magnificent 16th-century bronzes made in...

Episode 1 | The Silk Road

Sam Willis traces the story of the famous trade route. He explores Venice's Renaissance architecture and art before travelling to the beginning of ...

Simon Sudbury and the 1381 Peasants' Revolt | Chivalry and Betrayal: The Hundred Years War

Dr Janina Ramirez examines the scull of Simon Sudbury, the Lord Chancellor of Engl...

02: Cortes | Heroes and Villains

The Spanish adventurer Hernan Cortes is supposed to have taken the Aztec empire with a few soldiers and 16 horses. Can that be true?

02: Jerusalem | Crusades

Encased in armour, Terry Jones sets out on the walk to the Holy City - a journey that took the Crusaders two years and killed most of them.

Episode 1 | The Ottomans: Europe's Muslim Emperors

Rageh Omaar examines the history of the Ottoman empire. He starts by looking at the unlikely roots of the Ottomans, as nom...

Medicine Through Time (1998): 01: Medicine and Religion | History File

Programme begins with looking at Ancient Greece, then the Roman Empire then looking at Muslim and Chri...

S02E06: Reach for the Stars: Trials of Galileo | Days That Shook the World

Galileo's ideas challenging views of the world.

05: Age of Plunder | Andrew Marr's History of the World

Andrew tells the story of Europe's rise from piracy to private enterprise, starting with Columbus's discovery of Amer...

Medicine Through Time (1989): 01: Medicine, Religion and Natural Causes | History File

This programme looks at ancient Egypt, Hippocrates, Christianity and Islam.

04: Destruction | Crusades

Terry Jones reports on how Richard the Lionheart set out to battle with Saladin and on rise of Muslim fanaticism as a mirror to Christian ferocity.

The impact of the 1381 Peasants' Revolt | Chivalry and Betrayal: The Hundred Years War

Dr Janina Ramirez investigates the impact of the 1381 Peasants' Revolt.

The Promise of redemption | The Crusades

Thomas Asbridge discusses the Pope's promise of redemption, which reconciled violence and faith in order to draw noblemen into the c...

The trial and execution of Joan of Arc | Chivalry and Betrayal: The Hundred Years War

Dr Janina Ramirez examines the official Latin trial record of the heresy trial of Joan ...

04: The Eye of Faith | Civilisations

Professor Mary Beard explores the controversial topic of religion and art. How, and at what cost, do different religions make the unseen...

05: The Enterprise of England | Elizabeth R

With the threat of war against Spain suddenly imminent, Elizabeth must place her faith in the strength of the navy, led by Sir Fr...

Episode 2 | The Ottomans: Europe's Muslim Emperors

Rageh Omaar explores the contrasts between two very different Ottoman sultans, Suleiman the Magnificent in the 16th centur...

The fall of Jerusalem | The Crusades

Thomas Abridge recounts the events of the brutal fall of Jerusalem.