iPlayer History category featured programmes
Back-to-back history shows bringing the past to life
Reeling from World War One, residents feel the impact of a new political party, the Nazis.
The shocking tale of Britain’s nuclear tests, the human cost and allegations of cover-up.
Neil pieces together the evidence on the murder of his mother, Sandra Rivett.
A look at the Brighton bombing of 1984, with new testimony from many of those affected.
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.
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.
The story of 15 men and women on the front line of the 1984 miners' strike.
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.
A film that explores the human cost of atomic bombs used in wartime.
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.
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.
Mary Beard uncovers the hidden world of the emperors of Rome.
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.