The Singer Story: Made in Clydebank

S2E3: The Price of Progress | A History of Scotland

Neil Oliver examines how, in the late 18th century, Scotland was transformed from a poor country into one of the richest ...

2: Creating Britishness | Union with David Olusoga

David Olusoga reveals how, in the 18th century, a new British identity was forged in the face of multiple threats from wit...

3: The Bell Rock Lighthouse | Seven Wonders of the Industrial World

In 1800 Robert Stevenson set about building a lighthouse on the deadly Bell Rock reef off the east of Sco...

S1E3: Scotland | Local Heroes

Bicycling scientist Adam Hart-Davis looks at pioneers of science and invention. Includes the pocket calculator, kaleidoscopes, weighing the ear...

S2E2: Scotland | Local Heroes

Adam Hart-Davis goes in search of pioneers of science and invention in Scotland. He investigates the achievements of Alexander Bain, Charles Ma...

S2E4: This Land Is Our Land | A History of Scotland

Neil Oliver looks at how, in the early 19th century, rural workers fled from Scotland's countryside into the industrial t...

5: 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 ...

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...

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 ...

Why the Industrial Revolution Happened Here

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

S2E3: 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 b...

S10E9: Crime and Punishment: The Story of Capital Punishment | Timeshift

Documentary tracing the story of the ultimate sanction, examining such matters as the protocols of t...

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 progr...

3: Health and Housing | History File

Compilation of secondary schools programme on British History 1750-1900. Looks at how industrialisation changed the day-to-day lives of ...

7: Age of Industry | Andrew Marr's History of the World

In this episode, Andrew Marr tells how Britain's Industrial Revolution created the modern world.

S1E6: Victorians | The Worst Jobs In History

Tony tries his hand at some of the most difficult and disgusting jobs from Victorian England's history.

Britain's Forgotten Slave Owners

In 1834 Britain abolished slavery, a defining and celebrated moment in our national history. What has been largely forgotten is that aboliti...

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 ...

Episode 1 | Back in Time for School

Fifteen pupils and three teachers embark on a time-travelling adventure to discover how much life at school has changed. The class start ...

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...