What can the past teach us about the present? Come along as charismatic historian Michael Wood (The Story of India) travels the globe to trace the...

Tutored by Aristotle, helpless witness to his father's assassination, and a brilliant, pioneering tactician, Alexander the Great had conquered the...

Dr Xand Van Tulleken and Raksha Dave investigate the Great Smog of 1952 - the deadliest environmental disaster ever recorded and one of the world's...

A look back at the lives of some of the famous people who died in the past year.

Expert interviews and gripping reenactments combine to reveal the extraordinary life of Alexander the Great and his burning desire to conquer the...

John Romer recreates the glory and history of Byzantium. From the Hagia Sophia in present-day Istanbul to the looted treasures of the empire now...

Bettany Hughes take viewers on armchair travels to explore household-name treasures and new finds from across the world.

Part detective story, part true-life drama, long-running series explores some of the most iconic moments in history to debunk myths and shed new...

An immersive, action-packed and discovery-led series following International teams of Egyptologists as they unearth the world's richest seam of...

Explore the surprising things we know (and don’t know) about why people are the way they are through expert interviews, rare footage from...

Morgan Freeman presents his quest in order to find how most religions perceive life after death, what different civilizations thought about the act...

A series of standalone documentaries powered by the unparalleled journalism and insight of The New York Times, bringing viewers close to the...

Investigates a wide range of historically compelling topics and the mysteries surrounding each including the Titanic, D.B. Cooper, Roswell, John...

Real crimes, disease outbreaks and accidents around the world are solved by experts using scientific laboratory analysis which helps them find...

Deadliest Warrior was a television program in which information on historical or modern warriors and their weapons are used to determine which of...

An in-depth look at the history and pop cultural significance of horror films.

Infographics and archival footage deliver bite-size history lessons on scientific breakthroughs, social movements and world-changing discoveries.

Through bodycam footage, texts and interviews with loved ones, this documentary investigates the horrifying murder of four University of Idaho...

This enlightening series from Vox digs into a wide range of topics such as the rise of cryptocurrency, why diets fail, and the wild world of K-pop.