iPlayer History category featured programmes
Back-to-back history shows bringing the past to life
The story of King Akhenaten and Queen Nefertiti鈥檚 reign, and its mysterious end.
Incredible stories from ancient Egypt and the dedication of those who discovered them.
How did the Jack the Ripper case fuel today's true crime obsession?
At the biggest dig in a generation, archaeologists strike gold in a lavish Pompeiian home.
On 7 July 2005, four bombs explode. Is it a suicide attack? Will the bombers strike again?
An incredible Anglo-Saxon sword, a Roman sarcophagus and an exquisite coin hoard.
A political mastermind uses the sudden popularity of the Nazis for his own ends.
The story of photographer Harry Burton, who documented the Tutankhamun excavation.
Journalist Jordan Dunbar meets survivors of Auschwitz-Birkenau.
Neil pieces together the evidence on the murder of his mother, Sandra Rivett.
The shocking tale of Britain鈥檚 nuclear tests, the human cost and allegations of cover-up.
In AD80, the Colosseum opens. Emperor Titus plans 100 days of games to commemorate.
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.
TV star Gemma Collins goes on an emotional journey in search of her family history.
Adam Hart-Davis investigates the lavish lifestyles of the Romans.
First-hand account of the 1984 bombing of the Conservative Party Conference in Brighton.
Engineer Rob Bell explores the new inventions that made the Normandy invasion possible.
Killer and spy: the Stakeknife inquiry leads Peter Taylor back to victims of the Troubles.
Lucy Worsley investigates real-life murders of the first half of the 19th century.
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.
Two friends with a passion for the past explore the abandoned metal mines of mid Wales.
