iPlayer History category featured programmes
Two friends with a passion for the past explore the abandoned metal mines of mid Wales.
True story of a secret film unmasking the IRA, which subsequently vanished for decades.
Michael Portillo embarks on a railway journey around the western coast of Wales.
When tensions between Protestants and Catholics explode, the British Army is deployed.
Simon Schama looks at what forests have come to represent in the world of culture.
The story of the Black African Kingdom of Kush.
Mary Beard uncovers the hidden world of the emperors of Rome.
The Allies launch a high-stakes invasion of Nazi-occupied France to win the war.
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.
A shell gallery needs shoring up, and a priceless Rubens is saved from falling down.
An imperial Roman bathhouse, lost treasures of medieval pilgrims and a mountain fortress.
Julius Caesar tears up the rulebook in his quest to become Rome鈥檚 greatest man.
The Vasa, the majestic Swedish galleon, sank just after setting off on her maiden voyage.
