History

Tony Robinson’s History of Britain – S1, Ep2 – The Georgians

The Georgians Tony travels back to the 1800s, meeting a 13-year-old girl who worked 14-hour shifts in a match factory,[…]

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.