iPlayer History Category :: Featured Episodes

New evidence of a brutal massacre, Bradford’s first Muslim burial and a 1970s skatepark.

Lucy Worsley takes on the case of a Victorian serial killer who was never caught.

The story of the conclave that elected Pope Leo XIV, told by the cardinals who were there.

After hitting an iceberg, the captain realises Titanic is going to sink.

A weak emperor. A divided empire. Enemies at the gate. Is this the end for ancient Rome?

Reeling from World War I, residents feel the impact of a new political party, the Nazis.

The search for missing British army Captain Nairac by a former enemy - nearly 50 years on.

Jane Austen is 17 and beginning to write stories.

Though romanticised in literature, the highwayman became a social menace on the roads.

The story of 15 men and women on the front line of the 1984 miners' strike.

David Olusoga tells the story of the beginnings of the British Empire under Elizabeth I.

The secrets of the Neanderthal discoveries in the Mandrin Cave in France are revealed.

The minute-by-minute story of the world’s deadliest oil platform disaster.

Families of six Lockerbie bombing victims tell the story of their lost loved ones.

Andrew Garfield goes on a quest worthy of a film plot to explore his Jewish roots.

Mary Beard uncovers the hidden world of the emperors of Rome.