Industrial Revolution

Join historian Sam Willis as he travels the open roads, the high seas and urban alleyways to explore Britain's 17th- and 18th-century underworld of highwaymen, pirates and rogues.

Journey through time with professor Simon Schafer as we explore the bizarre and untold history of androids and automata.

The Secret Versailles of Marie Antoinette re-enacts the life of Marie Antoinette in Versailles and her life in her get-away home "the Queen’s Hamlet".

BBC brings the Wild West timeline (1865-1895) back to life in a three-part documentary series, viewing its history through new research and technology.

Join in, as famed BBC presenter and professor Jim Al-Khalili unlocks the history of energy manipulation and information technology - the two most important concepts of the human modern age.

Go back in time to the decisive battle of Waterloo with Sean Bean, as we chronologically go through the history behind the end of the Napoleonic wars.

Take a historical journey with Jeremy Paxman as he traces the story of one the greatest empire the world has ever known: the British Empire.

Historians Ruth Goodman, Alex Langlands and Peter Ginn bring back to life the golden age of steam, exploring how Victorian railways helped to shape modern Britain.