Best of 2023
All in one place - The history highlights from 2023
Preston to Rawtenstall—Great British Railway Journeys, Series 14
Michael Portillo strikes out to explore the Britain of his youth, starting in Preston.
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Women at War—We Were There
Memories of service from women who played their part in World War Two.
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Politics—Rise of the Nazis, Series 1
A political mastermind uses the sudden popularity of the Nazis for his own ends.
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Roman Towns and Tudor Shipwrecks—Digging for Britain, Series 10
A Roman town, a Tudor ship buried in a quarry and Henry VIII's financial forgery revealed.
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Episode 1—Family Footsteps, Series 3
The Quail Walkers discover what life was like for their ancestors in the early 1900s.
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The Reformation—Royal History’s Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley, Series 1
Lucy Worsley uncovers the myths written about the English Reformation.
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The Gladiators—Colosseum, Series 1
In AD80, the Colosseum opens. Emperor Titus plans 100 days of games to commemorate.
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Florence Nightingale: Nursing Pioneer
Film following the life of an extraordinary woman who revolutionised modern nursing.
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Episode 1—Berlin 1933, Series 1
As the new year dawns in Berlin, the city is fractured and divided.
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It Wasn’t Like a Movie Anymore—Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland, Series 1
When tensions between Protestants and Catholics explode, the British Army is deployed.
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The Roman Emperor’s Bathhouse—Digging for Britain, Series 11
An imperial Roman bathhouse, lost treasures of medieval pilgrims and a mountain fortress.
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The Making of Britain—Union with David Olusoga, Series 1
David Olusoga discovers how Scotland joined England and Wales to form Great Britain.
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The Golden Door (Beginnings-1938)—The US and the Holocaust, Series 1
A xenophobic backlash prompts the United States to pass laws restricting immigration.
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The Hunt—The Devil’s Confession: The Lost Eichmann Tapes, Series 1
Nazi criminal Adolf Eichmann records a comprehensive account of his career.
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Episode 1—The Australian Wars, Series 1
How modern-day Sydney was the first battleground of the frontier wars.
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Episode 1—Firebombers, Series 1
1979. Four holiday homes in Wales are torched. A 13-year arson campaign begins.
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The Agreement
The inside story of negotiating the Good Friday Agreement and the subsequent referendum.
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Absolute Power—The Prime Ministers of Northern Ireland, Series 1
Alvin Jackson explores the leadership of prime ministers James Craig and John Andrews.
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How the Holocaust Began
Using new evidence, historian James Bulgin reveals the origins of the Holocaust.
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Episode 1—Tuaman Na h-Èipheit/Tombs of Egypt, Series 1
A team of Egyptian scientists try to unravel remanining mysteries in Saqqara.
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High Priest—Julius Caesar: The Making of a Dictator, Series 1
Julius Caesar tears up the rulebook in his quest to become Rome’s greatest man.
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