Power, Politics and Society

Suffragettes with Lucy Worsley

Documentary, presented by Lucy Worsley, which uses dramatised testimony to tell the story of a group of working-class women conducting a dange...

Clare Balding's Secrets of a Suffragette

In 1913 Suffragette Emily Davison stepped into the path of the King's horse at the Derby. Clare Balding examines the story of Emily,...

Selma (2014)

Biopic chronicling the three-month period in 1965 which saw Dr Martin Luther King Jr lead a turbulent march from Selma to Montgomery in a bid to secure equal vo...

Martin Luther King Jr | Icons

Martin Luther King Jr was arguably the most influential figure of the civil rights movement, King masterminded a campaign which fought not only...

Suffragette City | A History of the World

It was the campaign that changed the lives of British women forever. Actress Sheila Hancock is given unprecedented access to the Mu...

20th Century Wrap: 02: 1910s: Why Didn't Suffragettes Win the Vote? | History File

This programme investigates the Suffragette movement.

Suffragettes: Battling for Votes

When women were battling to win the vote, Parliament was on the front line. Rosalyn Ball looks back at the Suffragettes' campaign.

Episode 2 | Suffragettes Forever! The Story of Women and Power

Documentary series presented by Amanda Vickery. During Victoria's reign extraordinary women gradually changed ...

Alan Turing | Icons

A genius of mathematics, Turing developed machines which were the forerunners of modern computers. Called upon to help crack Nazi codes, his work at Blet...

Mahatma Gandhi | Icons

Mahatma Gandhi employed non violent tactics of passive resistance in the face of the largest empire the world had ever known, he not only helped to se...

Episode 1 | Suffragettes Forever! The Story of Women and Power

Documentary series presented by Amanda Vickery exploring the origins of the suffragette movement, beginning wi...

05: Activists | Icons

Exploring the achievements of the greatest figures of the 20th century. Examining the lives of Emmeline Pankhurst, Mahatma Gandhi, Helen Keller and Mar...

Episode 3 | Suffragettes Forever! The Story of Women and Power

Documentary series presented by Amanda Vickery. Vickery explores how the Edwardian suffragette movement became...

Martin Luther King and the March on Washington

Documentary commemorating the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King's March on Washington, speaking to the people who organis...

Martin Luther King: American Prophet

Since his assassination in 1968, Martin Luther King has become known as a champion of freedom. Oona King goes on a journey through the D...

S11E03: Rosa | Doctor Who

The Doctor and her friends find themselves in the Deep South of America. As they encounter a seamstress by the name of Rosa Parks, they begin to wo...

Rosa Parks | Face to Face

Martin Luther King tells the story of Rosa Parks, the ''Bus Boycott'' and how this lead to his rise a civil rights leader.

Segregation and violence | Face to Face

Martin Luther King speaks of his experiences of segregation and violence as a child.

04: Christabel Pankhurst | Shoulder to Shoulder

Black Friday - 18 November 1910. A violent struggle in Parliament Square between suffragettes and police. But why don't the p...

Episode 1 | A Very English Scandal

Politician Jeremy Thorpe begins a whirlwind affair with a stable hand, Norman Scott. But when the relationship turns sour, Norman becomes ...

00: Goes Back in Time | Operation Ouch!

Dr Chris and Dr Xand turn back the clock and look at what medicine was like in the First World War. They meet a Paralympian runner wh...

02: Pus | Pain, Pus and Poison: The Search for Modern Medicines

Dr Michael Mosley explores our earliest attempts to tackle infection and how scientists, chemists and doctors...

Jenner's Marvellous Medicine | A History of the World

Professor Mark Horton tells the epic story of the world's greatest medical discovery. Edward Jenner's vaccination for s...

Medicine Through Time (1989): 05: Medicine, Technology and The Individual | History File

The principal of the germ theory of disease is credited to Louis Pasteur. But why wa...

20th Century World: 05: Poverty in the 20th Century | History File

Programme examining poverty in Britain during 20th Century and where changes in society have caused new fo...

Medicine Through Time (1998): 05: Medicine and Surgery | History File

Programme concentrates on looking at medicine and surgery, and looks at the rise of surgery and inventi...

Medicine Through Time (1998): 02: Medicine and Science | History File

Schools prog on history.

01: Pain | Pain, Pus and Poison: The Search for Modern Medicines

Michael Mosley discovers what pain is and how we were able to control it with the discovery of morphine at t...

Medicine Through Time (1989): 04: Medicine and Long Term Change | History File

Paul Viragh presents programme on medicine and long-term change - Harvey's theory of the circu...

Medicine Through Time (1989): 02: Medicine, Public Health and Government | History File

With the fall of the Roman Empire came the collapse of the public health system which...

03: Poison | Pain, Pus and Poison: The Search for Modern Medicines

Dr Michael Mosley explores how scientists went from finding antidotes to poisons to applying poisons as cu...

Medicine Through Time (1989): 03: Medicine, Women and Society | History File

Only one in four GP's in Britain is a woman. How were women excluded from medicine during the Mi...

03: Darwin | Great Britons (2002)

Andrew Marr presents the case for Charles Darwin as the greatest Briton, reporting from the Galapagos Islands, where Darwin first witnessed...

Workers or Shirkers? Ian Hislop's Victorian Benefits

Ian Hislop presents an entertaining and provocative look at Victorian attitudes to the poor, exploring the views of five...

Ian Hislop: When Bankers Were Good

Ian Hislop presents a film about Victorian financiers known for their spectacular philanthropy, including Samuel Gurney, George Peabody, A...

Mad George III | Fit to Rule: How Royal Illness Changed History

Lucy Worsley discusses the bad health and supposed madness of George III.

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...

20th Century Wrap: 01: 1900s: Britain at its Peak? | History File

This programme investigates the myth of the Edwardian ''Golden Age''.

Chartism | Union with David Olusoga

Discover the history of class unity in the fight for voting rights across nations with David Olusoga. Explore the Chartism movement and t...

01: The Making of Britain | Union with David Olusoga

David Olusoga tells the story of attempts to form a united Britain in the 17th and early 18th centuries, a period define...

Blair's educational policies | Andrew Marr's History of Modern Britain

Andrew Marr describes the rise of Tony Blair as a leader and his educational policies.

S03E04: Empire | Monarchy By David Starkey

George I and his two namesakes forged new relationships with parliamentary leaders, creating a dynamic that survives in British go...

Robert Peel and The Corn Laws | Reflections: When Parties Split

In the first programme in a series of half-hour unscripted talks on party splits, political journalist Steve ...

John Bright | Speaker's House

Recorded coverage of the lecture delivered by Conservative MP Sir Bill Cash on John Bright (1811-1889), the British radical and liberal statesm...

The Two Party System | Fit to Rule: How Royal Illness Changed History

Lucy Worsley investigates the beginnings of the two party system.

Why the Industrial Revolution Happened Here

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

01: A New Dawn | Andrew Marr's The Making of Modern Britain

Andrew Marr revisits Britain at the dawn of the 20th century. He finds the country mourning the death of Queen Vi...

02: 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 wi...

Royal Coronation | Newsround Specials

Ricky explores the special coronation ceremony at London's Westminster Abbey on Saturday 6 May.

George I's Mistresses | The First Georgians: The German Kings Who Made Britain

Lucy Worsley investigates depictions of King George I's Mistresses.

06: Jubilee Special | National Treasures

Special edition of the history magazine show presented by Dan Snow and Sian Williams. Filmed at Westminster Abbey, the programme cel...

05: Erddig House | National Treasures

Dan Snow and Sian Williams are at Erddig House in North Wales, where they see what life was really like for Victorian servants. Sheila ...

Medieval Realms: 04: The Welsh Borders | History File

Edward I defeats Llewelyn ap Gruffydd, last prince of independent Wales. Edward's aim is British unity under English ru...

The Prince and the Bomber

Fifty years on from the investiture of Prince Charles as the Prince of Wales, this film explores the tumultuous period leading up to the ceremony a...

The Real George V

Documentary about the grandfather of Queen Elizabeth II and the creator of the modern House of Windsor.

The Badness Of King George IV

King George IV's style and taste defined the Regency period, but as Prince Regent and as king, George IV's extravagance and self-indulgence att...

Episode 3 | The First Georgians: The German Kings Who Made Britain

In her story of Britain's imported German dynasty, Lucy Worsley shows how Britain's new ruling family foug...

Episode 2 | The First Georgians: The German Kings Who Made Britain

In her story of Britain's imported German dynasty, Lucy Worsley shows how George II had to adapt to a grow...

Episode 1 | The First Georgians: The German Kings Who Made Britain

Dr Lucy Worsley's series begins in 1714 when, to prevent the crown falling into the hands of a Catholic, B...

S02E10: The Abdication of Edward VIII | Days That Shook the World

A British royal scandal: the abdication of Edward VIII.

S01E01: The Coronation of Elizabeth II | Days That Shook the World

A look at the June 2, 1953 coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.

The King | Newsround Specials

Ricky explores the life of King Charles III, ahead of his special coronation ceremony at London's Westminster Abbey on Saturday 6 May.

George's Power Slips | The First Georgians: The German Kings Who Made Britain

Lucy Worsley discusses Jacobean opposition to George I.

Georgian Architecture | The First Georgians: The German Kings Who Made Britain

Lucy Worsley investigates Georgian neo-Palladian architecture.

The Stuarts Vs George I | The First Georgians: The German Kings Who Made Britain

Lucy Worsley discusses the differences between painting depictions of the Stuarts and the Ha...

Suffragettes with Lucy Worsley

Documentary, presented by Lucy Worsley, which uses dramatised testimony to tell the story of a group of working-class women conducting a dange...

Clare Balding's Secrets of a Suffragette

In 1913 Suffragette Emily Davison stepped into the path of the King's horse at the Derby. Clare Balding examines the story of Emily,...

20th Century Wrap: 02: 1910s: Why Didn't Suffragettes Win the Vote? | History File

This programme investigates the Suffragette movement.

Suffragette City | A History of the World

It was the campaign that changed the lives of British women forever. Actress Sheila Hancock is given unprecedented access to the Mu...

Episode 2 | Suffragettes Forever! The Story of Women and Power

Documentary series presented by Amanda Vickery. During Victoria's reign extraordinary women gradually changed ...

Kate Adie's Women of World War One

Distinguished war reporter Kate Adie examines the impact of women's work on the Home Front during the First World War.

Episode 1 | Suffragettes Forever! The Story of Women and Power

Documentary series presented by Amanda Vickery exploring the origins of the suffragette movement, beginning wi...

05: Activists | Icons

Exploring the achievements of the greatest figures of the 20th century. Examining the lives of Emmeline Pankhurst, Mahatma Gandhi, Helen Keller and Mar...

The First World War: 03: The Home Front | History File

The First World War was a total war. Nobody escaped, even the women and children at home. In this third section we loo...

S02E03: The Russian Revolution | Royal History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley

Lucy explores the myths and fibs that swirl around the dramatic events of 1917 and discovers ...

Episode 3 | Suffragettes Forever! The Story of Women and Power

Documentary series presented by Amanda Vickery. Vickery explores how the Edwardian suffragette movement became...

Modern British History | GCSE Bitesize Revision

Exam revision programme focusing on the Liberal reforms, women's suffrage, the Home Front, the General Strike, the Depression...

Florence Nightingale: Nursing Pioneer

Film following the life of an extraordinary woman, a trailblazer who revolutionised modern nursing and reformed healthcare at home and ...

22: 1970: Half the People | People's Century

Women struggle to win political and economic rights in societies gamed to entrench male privilege. Even with limited suffrage, a...

"Women first" evacuation | Titanic Sinks Tonight

This clip stresses how women were the first to be evacuated from Titanic as a result of the Edwardian belief that women were...

03: Women | Not Forgotten

Women, discussing how women's roles and expectations in society changed as a result of the war.

04: Christabel Pankhurst | Shoulder to Shoulder

Black Friday - 18 November 1910. A violent struggle in Parliament Square between suffragettes and police. But why don't the p...

Medicine Through Time (1989): 03: Medicine, Women and Society | History File

Only one in four GP's in Britain is a woman. How were women excluded from medicine during the Mi...

06: Sylvia Pankhurst | Shoulder to Shoulder

1914: War is declared, and women still do not have the vote.

S03E02: Victoria and Her Sisters | A History of Britain by Simon Schama

A look at the social and economic changes which took place during Queen Victoria's reign, such as ind...

Hillsborough

Documentary on the Hillsborough disaster. Witness interviews show the horror of the day and expose the failures of the police and press in the wake of the tragedy.

Episode 5 | Back in Time for School

The class enters the experimental 1970s. They rewrite the rule book and learn weird and wonderful lessons as the free spirit of the era c...

02: 1960s | Back in Time for Dinner

The family and their home are transported to the space-age 60s, with a gleaming fitted kitchen and the arrival of a host of new tastes an...

04: The 80s | Back in Time for the Weekend

A family gives up its 21st-century technology and travels back in time. The family embrace the 80s, where TV and shopping dominate...

Episode 2 | Back in Time for School

Pupils and teachers embark on a time-travelling adventure. The class enters the interwar years. They learn bizarre new languages, test th...

20th Century Wrap: 05: 1960s: The 'Me' Generation? | History File

Schools history programme looking at the 1960's.

01: The Sound of the Crowd | The 80s with Dominic Sandbrook

Dominic Sandbrook takes a look at a dynamic decade. This episode looks at how the early 80s saw new forces of cho...

Episode 4 | Back in Time for School

Pupils and teachers embark on a time-travelling adventure. In the swinging 60s, the class experience bricklaying, typing, cooking and eve...

I Hate the Sixties: The Decade That Was Too Good to Be True

Documentary exploring the myth of the 1960s and "Swinging Britain." The decade's social revolution led to a fragm...

S01E06: Victorians | The Worst Jobs In History

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

04: The Winner Takes It All 77-79 | The 70s

Dominic Sandbrook looks at the final years of the decade, marked by concerns that appear startlingly current.

Episode 6 | Back in Time for School

The class embrace the new world of the 1980s. With robots, early computers and synths, the kids get to grips with Britain's new high-tech...

01: The 50s | Back in Time for the Weekend

A family gives up their 21st-century technology and travels back in time. As they enter the 50s, it's goodbye to the flat-screen T...

03: The 70s | Back in Time for the Weekend

A family gives up its 21st-century technology and travels back in time. Rob and Steph share more time together, playing darts with...

01: 1950s | Back in Time for Dinner

A British family experiences 1950s life, including a diet of dried eggs, dripping and liver prepared in a basic kitchen. Presented by Gil...

Episode 3 | Back in Time for School

Pupils and teachers embark on a time-travelling adventure. The class enters the 40s and 50s - deportment, debate and even dancing are on ...

The Supersizers Go...2: Restoration | The Supersizers

Restaurant critic Giles Coren and writer and performer Sue Perkins try the food of Restoration Britain in the 1660s, a ...

Football and Fascism

Documentary looking at the manipulation of football by Mussolini, Hitler and Franco, as they seized upon the sport as a way to win the hearts and minds ...

03: 1970s | Back in Time for Dinner

The family and their home strut into the 70s, and culinary innovations from powdered orange juice to boil-in-the-bag cod come thick and f...

21: 1968: New Release | People's Century

The baby boom produced a cohort of children in the affluent and secure post-war world who for the first time would question establis...