Unit 731 | Correspondent

04: The Battle Against the Spanish Armada | Battlefield Britain

Peter and Dan Snow take a look at the battles that shaped our nation. Drake's unlikely sea victory against th...

01: Medieval London | Filthy Cities

Dan Snow gets down and dirty in medieval grime to discover how the London of today was forged in the filth of the 14th century.

04: Revolution | Andrew Marr's History of Modern Britain

Andrew Marr revisits the Britain of Margaret Thatcher and comes to some surprising conclusions about the British nat...

S01E10: The Assassination of JFK | Days That Shook the World

The stories of a day that rocked the American presidency: the assassination of its youngest leader, John F. Kenn...

03: Paradise Lost | Andrew Marr's History of Modern Britain

As the 1960s progress, Harold Wilson takes centre stage in a rapidly changing Britain as the country looks to a f...

02: The Land of Lost Content | Andrew Marr's History of Modern Britain

The 1950s were a period of apparent calm, order and prosperity for Britain, but much of the populace w...

05: The Battle of Naseby | Battlefield Britain

Peter and Dan Snow take an in-depth look at the battles that shaped our nation using state-of-the-art graphics. They go back t...

They Shall Not Grow Old (2018)

Transforming archive footage more than a century old, Peter Jackson brings to life the people who can best tell the story of World War I: the ...

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...

1917 (2019)

During the First World War, two soldiers are ordered across no-man's-land and deep into enemy territory to deliver a message. If they fail, an entire battalion, ...

S01E01: Black Death | Lucy Worsley Investigates

How did the Black Death change Britain? Lucy Worsley examines the latest science and explores how the huge death toll affecte...

S01E06: Kristallnacht | Days That Shook the World

Two days defined the fortunes of 20th-century Jews: Kristallnacht on September 9, 1938, a turning point in Nazi persecution...

01: Advance Britannia | Andrew Marr's History of Modern Britain

Andrew Marr revisits Britain in 1945 and finds the country victorious but nearly bankrupt, beginning a battle...

05: Bloody Beginnings | Blood and Guts: A History of Surgery

Michael Mosley looks at how surgery dragged itself kicking and screaming out of the dark ages, transforming itse...

05: New Britannia | Andrew Marr's History of Modern Britain

In the final part of Andrew Marr's national saga, Britain enters the post-Thatcher era. Many have done well durin...

Civil Rights, USA | Witness

The programme uses footage from the BBC archives to explore the USA Civil Rights issues of the 1950s and 60s. Includes interviews with Malcolm X ...

01: Helped into Power | Nazis: A Warning from History

Documentary series examining how Hitler came to power. By January 1933, Germany had voted for a chancellor who was open...

01: A People Stolen | Enslaved with Samuel L Jackson

Samuel L Jackson and a team of journalists and divers explore 400 years of slavery. What happened to the 12 million ensl...

08: Their Finest Hour | Battlefield Britain

Peter and Dan Snow take an in-depth look at the battles that shaped our nation. The Battle of Britain was the pivotal air battle ...

God on Trial (2008)

In a block house in Auschwitz, a group of prisoners demand to know the nature of a God who can allow so much suffering. They attempt to settle their disp...