Bronze-Age Apocalypse
Life in the eastern Mediterranean was flourishing in the Late Bronze Age (around 1250 B.C. / B.C.E); the Hittites had established a…
Expedition series
Chauvet: Humanity's First Great Masterpiece
We follow scientists on a 30-year quest to uncover who created the Chauvet cave paintings; we learn how it survived millennia and…
Out of Europe
For decades most experts have been convinced that Africa is the cradle of mankind, but researchers have come across more finds in…
The Enigma of the Swamp Mummy
The Tollund Man is a natural mummy offering a rare face-to-face encounter with the past; who was he, how did he live,…
Mummies Unwrapped
Come on a journey to some of the greatest mysteries of the ancient Egyptian world to discover the remarkable secrets behind unmarked…
The Black Death: Patient Zero
In this two-part series, we reveal the devastation inflicted on medieval Europe by the 14th-century outbreak of the plague that remains the…
Mesopotamia Rediscovered
A new generation of archaeologists reopens the mythical Mesopotamian sites of Nineveh, Lagash and Larsa; using new technologies, they make astounding discoveries…
Cities of the Underworld
Don Wildman attempt to shine new light on the most vexing mysteries of our past and delves deep as he journeys to…
The Pharaohs: Greater Than The Pyramids
Djoser, Khufu, Ramses II, Ramses III, Alexander the Great and Cleopatra - this series explores the life and reign of these pharaohs…
Queen Victoria: Secret Marriage, Secret Child?
How intimate was Queen Victoria's relationship with her Highland servant John Brown? Criminal barrister Rob Rinder and British historian Dr Fern Riddell…