iPlayer History Category :: Featured Episodes

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

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

In 1996, the oil tanker Sea Empress ran aground, spelling disaster for the Welsh coast.

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

How modern-day Sydney was the first battleground of the frontier wars.

A look at how the era's sculpture casts a new light on medieval times in Britain.

How the castle became a weapon with which unruly barons challenged the Crown.

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

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

The Clan Buchanan family celebrate the inauguration of their newly confirmed chief.

Programme exploring how Berlin has developed since the fall of the wall in 1989.

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

Dr Jon Henderson tells the story of the Norsemen in Scotland.

Jane Austen is 17 and beginning to write stories.

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.

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