iPlayer History category featured programmes
Back-to-back history shows bringing the past to life
Neil pieces together the evidence on the murder of his mother, Sandra Rivett.
Reeling from World War One, residents feel the impact of a new political party, the Nazis.
A look at the Brighton bombing of 1984, with new testimony from many of those affected.
A night out that turned to horror - the true story of the Birmingham pub bombings.
First-hand account of the 1984 bombing of the Conservative Party Conference in Brighton.
The story of 15 men and women on the front line of the 1984 miners' strike.
The story of how Castro saved his revolution post-Cold War.
Killer and spy: the Stakeknife inquiry leads Peter Taylor back to victims of the Troubles.
Shane Richie travels around his home city of London to learn about the Blitz.
True story of a secret film unmasking the IRA, which subsequently vanished for decades.
When tensions between Protestants and Catholics explode, the British Army is deployed.
Lucy Worsley investigates real-life murders of the first half of the 19th century.
Two friends with a passion for the past explore the abandoned metal mines of mid Wales.
Simon Schama looks at what forests have come to represent in the world of culture.
A film that explores the human cost of atomic bombs used in wartime.
At Pompeii, in the biggest dig in a generation, archaeologists excavate a new city block.
Michael Portillo embarks on a railway journey around the western coast of Wales.
The story of the Black African Kingdom of Kush.
TV star Gemma Collins goes on an emotional journey in search of her family history.
Documentary about Gustave Eiffel's industrial feat in building France's famous landmark.
Spy-charged paranoia sees hostile superpowers heading to the brink of nuclear war.
The Allies launch a high-stakes invasion of Nazi-occupied France to win the war.
Mary Beard uncovers the hidden world of the emperors of Rome.
