Journalist Afua Hirsch explores how African countries are throwing off their colonial pasts and becoming 21st-century...
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Egypt captivates us like few other ancient civilizations, but what was it like to live there? Egyptologist Joann...
Colourized archival footage tells the story of the First World War, taking us to the battlefields, the strategy rooms...
Archaeologist Richard Miles shares the extraordinary stories of archaeological pioneers, the breakthroughs that built...
Berlin 1945 looks back at the city's most fateful year through the eyes of those who experienced it: the German...
Sixty years of Cuba's history and its place in the world is explored, with views from every side - the Cubans, the...
Professor Joann Fletcher explores what it was like to be a woman of power in ancient Egypt - from the realities of...
Historian Bettany Hughes retraces the lives of three great thinkers whose ideas shaped the modern world - Karl Marx...
Mary Beard investigates the real Julius Caesar, separating fact from fiction and revealing how his influence is still...
Historian and author Helen Castor explores how people in the Middle Ages handled life's most fundamental moments of...
British historian Mary Beard puts aside the stories of Emperors and armies, blood, guts and gore, to take a fresh look...
Acclaimed British horticulturist Monty Don heads across the Channel to find out what makes French gardens, and the...
World-famous gardener Monty Don takes us on a trip around Italy's most beautiful gardens.
Monty Don travels across the Islamic world and beyond in search of Paradise Gardens, whose beauty and symbolic meaning...
Leading experts examine events that have shaped our world over the past 30 years, including the collapse of the Soviet...
Historian Mary Beard answers questions that have fascinated people for centuries. How could a mediocre city in central...
In Medieval and Tudor England there was no question in peoples' minds – men ruled and women didn't. Historian Helen...
Journalist Afua Hirsch explores why people are uncomfortable with the true history and legacy of Britain's heroes.
Explore the impact of the world's huge gold mines, tiny artisanal mines and the ever-expanding gold financial industry...
Kate Humble travels through India, Sri Lanka and Indonesia, discovering how spices were once so coveted that a small...
From the settlement of the Nile by a handful of nomads to the building of the pyramids and the burial of King Tut...
Experts illuminate moments in Winston Churchill's life that informed his decisions during the war, revealing how he...
Rob Bell reveals the secrets of the historic ships that shaped the world. He visits each of these monumental vessels as...
In this episode Dr. Richard Miles explores the archaeological watersheds of the 20th century and how they have helped us build up a picture of the 'ordinary man's journey throughout time.
Afua's artistic journey through South Africa begins in Soweto, where creativity is propelled by what locals call "ekasi" - the cool, authentic swag of the townships.
Archaeologist Richard Miles explores how discoveries in the 18th and 19th centuries overturned ideas of when and where civilization began as empires competed to literally "own" the past.
Small-scale miners are exploited by vicious warlords and betrayed by the collusion of refineries and the retail gold industry, but fair and sustainable gold is possible - if we want it.
Afua explores the energy and ambition of Nigeria's young cultural creators, asking what drives their success in everything from Afrobeats to Nollywood.
Archaeologist Richard Miles goes back 2,000 years to explore how archaeology began by trying to prove a biblical truth - a quest that soon got archaeologists into dangerous water.
Big mines, big markets, big deals and big disasters result in pollution and corruption that the big players don't want us to see.
The Shadow of Gold
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Dreams & Disasters
Expires on Dec 19
Big mines, big markets, big deals and big disasters result in pollution and corruption that the big players don't want...
Archaeology: A Secret History
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In the Beginning
Expires on Dec 20
Archaeologist Richard Miles goes back 2,000 years to explore how archaeology began by trying to prove a biblical truth -...