Best of 2025
All the biggest History documentaries from 2025.
Episode 1—The Balkans: Europe’s Forgotten Frontier, Series 1
The BBC's Europe editor, Katya Adler, travels to Croatia, Bosnia and Albania.
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Episode 1—Empire with David Olusoga, Series 1
David Olusoga tells the story of the beginnings of the British Empire under Elizabeth I.
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Saxon Gold and Buried Coins—Digging for Britain, Series 12
Including an Anglo-Saxon sword, a Roman sarcophagus and an exquisite coin hoard.
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The Orphan—Walking With Dinosaurs, Series 1
An orphaned baby triceratops must outwit a deadly T. rex. Can she survive?
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What Happened at Auschwitz—What Happened at...?, Series 1
Journalist Jordan Dunbar meets survivors of Auschwitz-Birkenau.
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Kamikaze: An Untold History
Japanese and US veterans reflect on the 'kamikaze' attacks of World War II.
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Bryan Cranston—Who Do You Think You Are? USA
Bryan Cranston traces his father’s family line, uncovering a pattern of desertion.
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The Last Chapter—Rebuilding Notre-Dame
Five years after the fire, Lucy Worsley revisits Notre-Dame ahead of its reopening.
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Episode 1—The Architecture the Railways Built, Series 1
Tim Dunn explores disused tube station Down Street, which played a crucial role in WWII.
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Pula to Pazin—Great Continental Railway Journeys, Series 8
Michael mounts a valiant defence against latter-day gladiators in Pula's amphitheatre.
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Rome—Civilisations: Rise and Fall, Series 1
A weak emperor. A divided empire. Enemies at the gate. Is this the end for ancient Rome?
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Dormant Treasures—Japan’s Master of Restoration, Series 1
Mayuyama brings two important tea ceremony pieces back to life.
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House of Treasures—Pompeii: The New Dig
At the biggest dig in a generation, archaeologists strike gold in a lavish Pompeiian home.
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Episode 1—7/7: The London Bombings, Series 1
On 7 July 2005, four bombs explode. Is it a suicide attack? Will the bombers strike again?
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Simon Schama: The Road to Auschwitz
Simon Schama confronts the Holocaust as a Europe-wide crime of complicity.
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Episode 1—Jane Austen: Rise of a Genius, Series 1
Jane Austen is 17 and beginning to write stories.
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The Last Musician of Auschwitz
It was hell. But music gave prisoners at Auschwitz a lifeline - and even a way to resist.
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The Mystery of the Desert Kites
An international team of archaeologists explores megastructures in the Arabian desert.
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The Lost Neanderthals
The secrets of the Neanderthal discoveries in the Mandrin Cave in France are revealed.
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The Day That Changed the World—Michael Portillo's 200 Years of the Railways, Series 1
Railway enthusiast Michael Portillo leads a landmark journey through 200 years of rail.
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