The Story of the British Isles

Using new evidence, Alice Roberts pieces together a true portrait of Dark Age Britain.

Simon Armitage traces the evolution of the Arthurian legend through medieval literature.

Story behind the festival which showed how to carve out a bright future through design.

Dan Snow explores the family betrayals between Vikings, Anglo-Saxons and Normans.

New revelations about the Northern Ireland conflict, 50 years after troops were sent in.

Kirsty Wark explores the 1970s and early 1980s, an era of shops, pop, new towns and oil.

Huw Edwards presents an in-depth history of Wales.

David Dimbleby tells the story of an array of adventurers, explorers and smugglers.

The history of Kibworth's first 1,000 years, with a Roman villa, Anglo-Saxons and Vikings.

Documentary charting the radically changing attitudes towards Scotland's gay community.

A film looking back on three centuries of contact and conflict with Roman invaders.

Lucy debunks the foundation myth of one of our favourite royal dynasties, the Tudors.

David Olusoga discusses moments in Black British history that we're not taught in schools.

The team recreate a Tudor Christmas, which featured 12 days of celebrations and feasts.

Neil Oliver retells the 17th-century conflict between royalist clans and parliamentarians.

David Olusoga uncovers the remarkable history of a sea captain’s house in Bristol.

Andrew Marr revisits Britain in 1945 and finds the country victorious but nearly bankrupt.

Andrew Marr picks the new Elizabethans who shaped our society during the Queen’s reign.

Forty years on, Scottish factory workers discover the impact of their act of solidarity.

Lucy Worsley uncovers the myths written about the English Reformation.

Tracing Mrs Thatcher’s startling rise to power and her Iron Lady image in the 1970s.