Tag: History
The First World War – Blockade
The evolving naval and intelligence war during the First World War, which saw enemy submarines turn the North Sea into a no-go area. The...
Lock N Load – Blades
R. Lee Ermey goes through the history of the blade starting with the ancient bronze swords through the Japanese samurai swords up to the...
A Woman’s Touch – The National Museum of Women in the Arts
The National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington D. C. offers the single most important collection of art by women in the...
The Battle Against Rome
A Province Too FarThe first part deals with the search for Arminius identity. Coming from a simple village of the Cherusci settlement and the...
The Pendle Witch Child
Simon Armitage presents the extraordinary story of the most disturbing witch trial in British history and the key role played in it by one...
The Story of English
A PBS documentary detailing the development of the English language. Initially arising as a mix of Gaelic, Norse and Saxon, the language gradually developed...
Byzantium: The Lost Empire
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...
The Town That Time Forgot
Two-part series in which archaeologists investigating a series of mysterious objects stumble across a massive Roman town. Metal detectorists and the local landowner have...
Henry VII: Winter King
Author Thomas Penn takes an extraordinary journey into the dark and chilling world of the first Tudor, Henry VII. From his victory over Richard...
