The First Emperor – The Man Who Made China
Emperor Chin or Shi Huangdi , is known as the Tiger of Qin, and the unifier of all China who ruled between 221 and...
History’s Mysteries: The Inquisition
This installment of the “History’s Mysteries” series reveals the myths surrounding one of the darkest events in the history of man and religion — the...
The Last Duel
After quarreling over a bank loan, two men took part in the last fatal duel staged on Scottish soil. BBC News's James Landale retraces...
Civilisation – Romance and Reality
Beginning at a castle in the Loire, then travelling through the hills of Tuscany and Umbria to the cathedral baptistry at Pisa as he...
Ghosts of the Black Sea
Seven years ago, on his third trip to the Black Sea, Dr. Robert Ballard discovered a miraculously well-preserved Byzantine shipwreck, but his team could...
The Battle Of Verdun
The battle unleashed in February 1916 was only to kill, not capture ground. It prompted slaughter on a terrifying scale. Nearly one death per...
Rome – Rise and Fall of an Empire
A thirteen hour series which focuses on the Germanic, Britannic and other barbarian tribal wars with Rome which ultimately led to the decline and...
Falklands Most Daring Raid
On 30 April 1982, the RAF launched a secret mission: to fly a Vulcan bomber to the Falkland Islands and bomb Port Stanley's runway,...
Andrew Marr’s the Making of Modern Britain – The Great War
Andrew Marr examines the social changes brought about by the First World War, both for those who fought on the front line, and the...
Royal Babylon
This is an investigative poem about the criminal record of the British Monarchy. Heathcote Williams has devised a form of polemical poetry that is...
