S02E02 | Hidden Wales with Will Millard

03: Seaside (Llandudno) | How Britain Worked

Guy Martin helps to get Llandudno - the queen of Victorian sea-side resorts - up to scratch in time for the summer season, worki...

02: Trade and Industry | Wales and the History of the World

Wales powered the world by exporting coal, our lager quenched the thirst of the Empire and our tinplate kept food...

S01E01 | Hidden Wales with Will Millard

Will Millard begins his tour in the north, uncovering long-unseen historical gems such as the biggest abandoned slate mine in the world.

S02E03 | Hidden Wales with Will Millard

Will Millard goes in search of the lost and hidden locations from Wales's coal history and explores the abandoned buildings of some f...

S02E04 | Hidden Wales with Will Millard

Will Millard goes in search of the lost and hidden locations from Wales's coal history and explores the abandoned buildings of some f...

S02E05 | Hidden Wales with Will Millard

Will Millard discovers the hidden history of the Welsh slate industry by exploring forgotten and usually inaccessible locations that ...

S02E05: Wales | Local Heroes

Adam Hart-Davis recalls heroes of science and invention in Wales. Amongst others, he reveals the inventions of Harry Grindell Matthews and Richa...

The Full Story: Episode 1 | Snowdonia 1890

Two families experience life on the hillsides of 19th-century Snowdonia. The Braddock and Jones families say goodbye to the 21st c...

The Full Story: Episode 2 | Snowdonia 1890

It's almost a week since the Jones and Braddock families went back in time to experience everyday life as smallholders in 1890 Sno...

The Full Story: Episode 3 | Snowdonia 1890

During the Jones and Braddock families' second week of life as 1890 Snowdonia smallholders, making ends meet is proving a struggle.

The Full Story: Episode 4 | Snowdonia 1890

The first day of spring on the Jones and Braddock families' 1890 smallholding sees tempers fray as 21st-century expectations clash...

The Full Story: Episode 5 | Snowdonia 1890

The final week for the Jones and Braddock families on their 1890 smallholding. As everyone prepares to return to their normal 21st...

The Children Who Built Victorian Britain

Using animation and actual recorded testimony, historian Jane Humphries tells the story of the child workers whose exploitation was ...

S02E03: The Worst Industrial Jobs in History | The Worst Jobs In History

Among the Worst Industrial Jobs in History are: Bridge builders, Canal leggers, bone cleaner to make...

The 1860s | The Victorian Slum

A group of 21st-century people move into a recreated Victorian slum. In this episode, the slum dwellers move into the 1860s, when London was t...

05: Sewer King | Seven Wonders of the Industrial World

As 19th century London's sewage problem reached crisis point and cholera was rife, Joseph Bazalgette proposed a scheme...

Episode 1 | Empire with David Olusoga

David Olusoga tells the story of the British Empire, from its origins under Elizabeth I to the establishment of colonies in America, th...

Children in the Industrial Revolution | The Children Who Built Victorian Britain

How children were treated and how this began to change.

Why the Industrial Revolution Happened Here

Professor Jeremy Black explains the unique economic, social and political factors that helped Britain transform itself almost ent...

04: Crime and Punishment | What the Victorians Did For Us

Adam Hart-Davis investigates the Victorian innovations that left a lasting impression on British society. In this p...