Documentary

Tony Robinson’s History of Britain – S1, Ep1 – The Tudors

The Tudors How a knacker became an executioner, and how clothes were made. Finding Henry’s sunken ship the Mary Rose.[…]

Wild West This program recreates two carefully planned events in the old west that went horribly wrong; the Yonger Brother[…]

Guadalcanal The extra-ordinary stories of several Marines who defended Guadalcanal from seemingly overwhelming Japanese attacks are re-enacted.

D-Day Fallujah This joint American, British, and Iraqi offensive, called “Operation Phantom Fury” . . . was led by the[…]

Blitz Richard Holmes visits the sites that encapsulate the memory of a night of the Blitz.

Dunkirk Walking the French beaches from which thousands of British troops escaped capture.

Boyne A visit to the site of the Battle of the Boyne, where James II was beaten by William III.

Battle of Naseby Richard Holmes travels to Naseby, where King Charles I lost the English Civil War.

Bosworth Professor Richard Holmes visits the scene of Henry Tudor’s victory over King Richard III.

Hastings Richard Holmes visits the sites that encapsulate the memory of a night of the Blitz.