The ultimate series on the fight against the Mafia, told by the people who tried to stop them - the FBI. The stories involve many twists and turns as the Mafia tried to combat the FBI by recruiting FBI agents into their pay. It will feature dramatic

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A fascinating combination of history, science and archaeology that traces the changing rules humanity set itself for sex, from the Stone Age to ancient Egypt and Greece.

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The crew travels to a field in Hertfordshire in search of a Roman temple site, an archaeological find which has eluded the team throughout the years. The dig begins promisingly as they start to find walls, Roman bricks and tiles and what appears to b

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Tony Robinson and the team investigate a very unusual wedding present, Scargill Castle in Durham. When two archaeologists married, groom Neil Hammond gave his bride, Caroline, a ruined castle as a wedding present. However, the castle was reputed to h

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The team braves the harsh conditions of fierce winds, strong rain and getting lost in thick fog to reveal the secrets of one of the biggest monuments at Knockdhu in the County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The headland at Knockdhu on the County Antrim co

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Around the turn of the first millennium Leif Eriksson sailed west and discovered North America. This daredevil Viking sailed from Iceland, via Greenland, the Canadian Arctic to New Foundland to build the first "European" settlement on the new contine

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After the loss of HMS Hood, Britain is in a state of shock, its capital ship sunk by just one shell. Churchill has ordered every British warship or plane within striking distance to sink the Bismarck! This second feature-length documentary reveals th

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After the smoke cleared on that fateful day in Tombstone in the autumn of 1881 with Tom McLaury, his brother Frank and Billy Clanton lying dead in the dusty street, Wyatt Earp wasn't seen as a hero but a villain. The legendary lawman was arrested and

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The ultimate series on the fight against the Mafia, told by the people who tried to stop them - the FBI. The stories involve many twists and turns as the Mafia tried to combat the FBI by recruiting FBI agents into their pay. It will feature dramatic

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Born Octavius, he founded a dynasty despite Rome's republican Senate. His rule lasted 45 years, steering the Empire towards its greatest period of power and prosperity.

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It is the largest freestanding sculpture ever carved from a single block of stone, an icon recognised around the globe. The Sphinx, a lion with the face of a mighty pharaoh, towers over the Giza Plateau. Yet it remains one of history's most enigmatic

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Canal enthusiast Alan Herd travels a popular inland waterways route - The Stourport Ring in central England. Along the way, Alan catches lifts on a variety of boats and visiting boat yards and industrial heritage sites. Alan arrives in the city of Wo

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David Heathcote goes to spend the weekend at Casa Del Rio - a remarkable art deco fantasy house hidden away in rural Devon. He uncovers the story of Walter Price, a baker from Devon who went to visit California in the 1930s and who was so impressed b

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The World From Above, reveals our globe's most beautiful and dramatic places - from floating Venice and the mighty Danube to twenty chateaux in the Loire Valley, the Civil War Battlefields of Virginia and one of the world's largest bridges between tw

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George was the third British monarch of the House of Hanover, but the first to be born in Britain and use English as his first language. During George III's reign, Britain lost many of its colonies in North America, which became the United States. Al

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This programme paints a moving and revealing portrait of an extraordinary royal marriage and assesses the remarkable achievements of Prince Albert, whose premature death cast, for almost forty years, a long shadow over the rest of Victoria's reign. I

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The Thames has been the lifeblood of London for thousands of years; as a major site for trade, crime, industry and war. For food, drink, death, debauchery and even as the capital's giant rubbish bin. Britain's most iconic river is one of the world's

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Conventional wisdom has recently changed as more and more secrets have been revealed, particularly in the last five to 10 years as documents, files and photographs have been released. Code-breaking revelations and newly released government papers on

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At 4.6 billion years old, the Solar System is our solid, secure home in the Universe. But how did it come to be? In this episode we trace the system's birth from a thin cloud of dust and gas. Shocked by a nearby supernova, the pull of gravity and nat

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During the summer of 1940, the world held its breath and watched, as the British RAF and German Luftwaffe were locked in a battle to the death. Its a battle that will last 114 days, take down almost 3000 aircraft and kill or wound over 3800 air crew.

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During World War II, Britain was absolutely reliant on maritime trade for its survival and therefore the protection of its merchant fleet became an issue of paramount importance. After June 1940, however, German U-boats began to operate in the Atlant

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Forty kilometres off the coast of Poland lie three of the top-five worst shipwrecks of all time, all within a few miles of each other. Their stories have never been fully told, but early in 1945 over 15,000 mostly young people lost their lives on the

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This programme paints a moving and revealing portrait of an extraordinary royal marriage and assesses the remarkable achievements of Prince Albert, whose premature death cast, for almost forty years, a long shadow over the rest of Victoria's reign. I

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Charles Dickens called him "a spot of blood and grease on the history of England" - a man who achieved worldwide infamy for his cruelty, girth and six suffering wives. But King Henry VIII was also a man of energy and education. He was a scholar, a gi

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The Thames has been the lifeblood of London for thousands of years; as a major site for trade, crime, industry and war. For food, drink, death, debauchery and even as the capital's giant rubbish bin. Britain's most iconic river is one of the world's

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