02: CS Mackay-Bennett | Clydebuilt: The Ships That Made the Commonwealth

02: CS Mackay-Bennett | Clydebuilt: The Ships That Made the Commonwealth

Engineering and Manufacturing | BBC Two | 2014 | 58'41''

David tells the story of CS Mackay-Bennett, a cable repair ship launched on the Clyde in 1884. She k...

S05E03: The Lost Colonists | Punt PI

S05E03: The Lost Colonists | Punt PI

Empire, Slavery and Race | BBC Radio 4 | 2012 | 27'41''

Punt is called on to examine a map which may hold clues to the mystery of the first English colonists to America who disappeared without...

America’s hidden histories | Assignment

America’s hidden histories | Assignment

Empire, Slavery and Race | BBC Radio 4 | 2023 | 26'28''

It’s more than 150 years since the end of the American Civil War. But the replacement of a monument dedicated to the Confederat...

09: Disaster at Roanoke | This Sceptred Isle: Empire

09: Disaster at Roanoke | This Sceptred Isle: Empire

Empire, Slavery and Race | BBC Radio 4 | 2005 | 13'26''

Christopher Lee's ground-breaking narrative history series telling the story of the growth of Britain's Empire: Disaster...

S08E12: Roanoke | Horrible Histories

S08E12: Roanoke | Horrible Histories

Empire, Slavery and Race | CBBC | 2020 | 2'35''

Queen Elizabeth I loses a colony.

Scotland and the Klan

Scotland and the Klan

Empire, Slavery and Race | BBC Two | 2016 | 58'59''

Documentary in which Neil Oliver explores the possible links between racism in America's Deep South and the Scottish settlers that first occupied it.

Rich Hall’s Inventing the Indian

Rich Hall’s Inventing the Indian

European settlers in America | BBC Four | 2012 | 1'28'58''

Rich Hall goes in search of the real American Indian, a people who have too often been stereotyped on film and in literature, visiting...

Seven Journeys In The American West | Secondary Schools

Seven Journeys In The American West | Secondary Schools

European settlers in America | BBC Two | 2004 | 59'12''

The story of the American West through the words of seven eye-witnesses - settlers, gold diggers, ranchers, homestead...

The Mayflower Pilgrims: Behind the Myth

The Mayflower Pilgrims: Behind the Myth

European settlers in America | BBC Two | 2016 | 59'28''

Documentary exploring the Pilgrims' journey west across the Atlantic in the 17th century. Celebrated each year at Thanksgiving, the e...

03: Deserts | How the Wild West Was Won with Ray Mears

03: Deserts | How the Wild West Was Won with Ray Mears

European settlers in America | BBC Four | 2014 | 59'03''

Ray Mears looks at how the landscapes of America's five great deserts, from the Great Basin desert to Arizona's Sonora...

02: Great Plains | How the Wild West Was Won with Ray Mears

02: Great Plains | How the Wild West Was Won with Ray Mears

European settlers in America | BBC Four | 2014 | 59'04''

Ray Mears finds out how 500,000 square miles of flat, treeless grassland was the setting for Wild West stories of...

01: Mountains | How the Wild West Was Won with Ray Mears

01: Mountains | How the Wild West Was Won with Ray Mears

European settlers in America | BBC Four | 2014 | 59'01''

How the landscapes of America's three great mountain ranges - the Appalachians, the Rockies and the Sierra Nevada - ...

04: The Line | Seven Wonders of the Industrial World

04: The Line | Seven Wonders of the Industrial World

European settlers in America | BBC Two | 2003 | 49'02''

A drama-documentary about how two corporate giants raced to link the east and west coasts of America by rail.

03: Industrial New York | Filthy Cities

03: Industrial New York | Filthy Cities

European settlers in America | BBC Two | 2011 | 59'07''

Dan Snow looks at 19th century New York when migrants arrived in a city consumed by squalor, stench and soot.

03: The Gunfight at OK Coral | The Wild West

03: The Gunfight at OK Coral | The Wild West

European settlers in America | BBC One | 2007 | 57'25''

Drama-documentary after the famous shoot-out, Wyatt Earp was charged with murder and put on trial. So, was Wyatt Earp truly guil...

02: Billy the Kid | The Wild West

02: Billy the Kid | The Wild West

European settlers in America | BBC One | 2007 | 59'01''

Drama-documentary about Billy the Kid, notorious gunman of the Wild West. What is the case for the defence of a man who lived and died by t...

01: Custer’s Last Stand | The Wild West

01: Custer’s Last Stand | The Wild West

European settlers in America | BBC One | 2007 | 58'55''

Drama-documentary exploring General Custer's motives when, on a blistering hot Sunday in June 1876, 366 men of his 7th Cavalry ...

03: The Dry Crusade | Prohibition: 13 Years That Changed America

03: The Dry Crusade | Prohibition: 13 Years That Changed America

European settlers in America | BBC Two | 1997 | 50'00''

Examining the very beginnings of Prohibition from early colonial roots andnd the settlers of Kansas to the f...

Blackfeet | How the Wild West Was Won with Ray Mears

Blackfeet | How the Wild West Was Won with Ray Mears

European settlers in America | BBC Four | 2014 | 9'32''

Ray meets the descendants of the Blackfeet Native American tribe. The plentiful bison were the lifeblood of the tribes a...

The Cherokee | How the Wild West Was Won with Ray Mears

The Cherokee | How the Wild West Was Won with Ray Mears

European settlers in America | BBC Four | 2014 | 1'21''

Ray tells of the Pioneers who first encountered Native American's and while most meetings ended in clashes, the Chero...

Removal of the Cherokee | How the Wild West Was Won with Ray Mears

Removal of the Cherokee | How the Wild West Was Won with Ray Mears

European settlers in America | BBC Four | 2014 | 1'13''

Ray explains about how the government rounded up and rid the Appalachian mountains of the Cherokee.

Pioneer Mountain Men | How the Wild West Was Won with Ray Mears

Pioneer Mountain Men | How the Wild West Was Won with Ray Mears

European settlers in America | BBC Four | 2014 | 2'13''

Ray speaks to a modern day Mountain Man about what life was like for the Pioneers who tried to earn money off...

Pioneer routes | How the Wild West Was Won with Ray Mears

Pioneer routes | How the Wild West Was Won with Ray Mears

European settlers in America | BBC Four | 2014 | 1'13''

Ray maps out the common routes of the Pioneers as they met and left the Rocky Mountains.

The Donner Party | How the Wild West Was Won with Ray Mears

The Donner Party | How the Wild West Was Won with Ray Mears

European settlers in America | BBC Four | 2014 | 6'08''

Ray tells the story of the Donner Party, a group of Pioneers who chose some poor routes through the Sierra Nevada...

The Gold Rush | How the Wild West Was Won with Ray Mears

The Gold Rush | How the Wild West Was Won with Ray Mears

European settlers in America | BBC Four | 2014 | 6'01''

Ray details the discovery of gold and why its influence drew so many West across America.

Gold and Boomtowns | How the Wild West Was Won with Ray Mears

Gold and Boomtowns | How the Wild West Was Won with Ray Mears

European settlers in America | BBC Four | 2014 | 7'11''

As interest in gold mining grew, small towns and gold mining businesses developed almost overnight. Ray explore...

The Oregon Trail | How the Wild West Was Won with Ray Mears

The Oregon Trail | How the Wild West Was Won with Ray Mears

European settlers in America | BBC Four | 2014 | 3'09''

Ray explains the route Pioneers would take through the Great Plains and how naturally this was dictated by a river.

The Pioneers | How the Wild West Was Won with Ray Mears

The Pioneers | How the Wild West Was Won with Ray Mears

European settlers in America | BBC Four | 2014 | 1'23''

Ray explains what kind of people the Pioneers were and why they headed West to find a new way of life.

Death and the Pioneers | How the Wild West Was Won with Ray Mears

Death and the Pioneers | How the Wild West Was Won with Ray Mears

European settlers in America | BBC Four | 2014 | 2'15''

Ray examines the types of illnesses common amongst the Pioneers and how many wouldn't survive the long trip.

The Homestead Act | How the Wild West Was Won with Ray Mears

The Homestead Act | How the Wild West Was Won with Ray Mears

European settlers in America | BBC Four | 2014 | 6'59''

Ray visits old sod-houses built during the Homestead Act. The scheme encouraged families to grow crops off the P...

Buffalo killings | How the Wild West Was Won with Ray Mears

Buffalo killings | How the Wild West Was Won with Ray Mears

European settlers in America | BBC Four | 2014 | 7'55''

Between 1800 and 1890, the Pioneers killed over 30 million bison, leaving them nearly extinct in North America.

Cowboys and cattle | How the Wild West Was Won with Ray Mears

Cowboys and cattle | How the Wild West Was Won with Ray Mears

European settlers in America | BBC Four | 2014 | 8'17''

Ray meets a third generation cowboy and learns about life as a rancher on the Great Plains, running cattle drives.

The Navajo | How the Wild West Was Won with Ray Mears

The Navajo | How the Wild West Was Won with Ray Mears

European settlers in America | BBC Four | 2014 | 6'51''

Ray meets some descendants of the Navajo who existed on the sparse and cruel terrain of Monument Valley and finds out w...

Soldiers in the desert | How the Wild West Was Won with Ray Mears

Soldiers in the desert | How the Wild West Was Won with Ray Mears

European settlers in America | BBC Four | 2014 | 5'16''

Ray meets a historian who takes him through life as a soldier who governed the early Pioneers and the harsh...

The Apache | How the Wild West Was Won with Ray Mears

The Apache | How the Wild West Was Won with Ray Mears

European settlers in America | BBC Four | 2014 | 4'04''

Ray details the innovations of the Apache, including moccasins for footwear and use of the agave plant.

Apache warriors | How the Wild West Was Won with Ray Mears

Apache warriors | How the Wild West Was Won with Ray Mears

European settlers in America | BBC Four | 2014 | 4'35''

Ray describes the war between the Apache's and the Frontier army that lasted over 40 years.

Stagecoaches | How the Wild West Was Won with Ray Mears

Stagecoaches | How the Wild West Was Won with Ray Mears

European settlers in America | BBC Four | 2014 | 6'16''

Ray takes a ride on a refurbished stagecoach which, before the railroad, became the main transport choice for people ...

Outlaws | How the Wild West Was Won with Ray Mears

Outlaws | How the Wild West Was Won with Ray Mears

European settlers in America | BBC Four | 2014 | 5'47''

Ray discovers the truth posses and outlaws, the likes of which we see in Hollywood.

Wagon life | How the Wild West Was Won with Ray Mears

Wagon life | How the Wild West Was Won with Ray Mears

European settlers in America | BBC Four | 2014 | 5'41''

Ray meets a wagon master who recreates the conditions the Pioneers endured and what it took to travel in a wagon.

Pilgrim origins | The Mayflower Pilgrims: Behind the Myth

Pilgrim origins | The Mayflower Pilgrims: Behind the Myth

European settlers in America | BBC Two | 2016 | 6'25''

The Pilgrims' story that ''Thanksgiving'' celebrates had a tricky beginning. A group of Evangelists were ousted fro...
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