History
How to Get Ahead
Writer and broadcaster Stephen Smith finds out what it took to survive and prosper in the most artistic, decadent and dangerous royal courts in history.
1. At Medieval Court (59 mins)
- Waris Hussein Remembers... A Passage to IndiaWaris Hussein shares his memories of directing the 1965 TV adaptation of Forster's novel.17 mins
- Remembering... The CopsKaty Cavanagh-Jupe and John Henshaw look back on hard-hitting police drama The Cops.15 mins
- Britain's Outlaws: Highwaymen, Pirates and RoguesThough romanticised in literature, the highwayman became a social menace on the roads.
- The First Georgians: The German Kings Who Made BritainIn 1714, Britain shipped in a ready-made royal family from the German state of Hanover.
- Britain's Pompeii: A Village Lost in TimeAlice Roberts joins the team excavating a 3,000-year-old Bronze Age village in the Fens.59 mins
- Archaeology: A Secret HistoryRichard Miles explores how archaeology began by trying to prove a biblical truth.
- Castles: Britain's Fortified HistoryHow the castle became a weapon with which unruly barons challenged the Crown.
- Genius of the Ancient WorldBettany Hughes travels to India to investigate the revolutionary ideas of the Buddha.
- Mysteries of the Bayeux TapestryExperts from archaeologists to astrophysicists offer new insights on the Bayeux Tapestry.59 mins
- The Latest Secrets of HieroglyphsCracking the code. A new generation of Egyptologists reanimate an entire civilisation59 mins
- Treasures of Ancient EgyptAlastair Sooke crosses the Sahara and travels the Nile to find Egypt's earliest art.
- Treasures of Ancient GreeceAlastair Sooke explores the surprising roots of Greek art, beginning his journey in Crete.
