History
Archaeology: A Secret History
Dr Richard Miles seeks our ancient treasures and explores our relationship with the past.
1. In the Beginning (58 mins)
- Shoulder to Shoulder: Remembered by Siân Phillips, Waris Hussein and Moira Armstrong...Siân Phillips, Waris Hussein and Moira Armstrong look back on the 1974 Â鶹ԼÅÄ TV series.19 mins
- Windrush: Portraits of a GenerationA lasting memorial to honour a generation that gave so much, as commissioned by the King74 mins
- Building SightsArchitect Sir Norman Foster looks at the jumbo jet. (1991)
- Inside CinemaThe woman in red: a traffic-stopping fixture of film culture since the dawn of cinema.
- Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us'When art met activitism – a host of stars on the quest for inclusion on and off screen.
- Fighting for King and Empire: Britain's Caribbean HeroesCaribbean veterans tell their extraordinary wartime stories in their own words.59 mins
- Listening through the Lens: The Christopher Nupen FilmsA pioneering filmmaker who recorded artists of the 20th century and made music TV history90 mins
- The First Georgians: The German Kings Who Made BritainIn 1714, Britain shipped in a ready-made royal family from the German state of Hanover.
- Britain's Pompeii: A Village Lost in TimeAlice Roberts joins the team excavating a 3,000-year-old Bronze Age village in the Fens.59 mins
- How to Get AheadStephen Smith explores the flamboyant Baroque court of the Sun King, Louis XIV.59 mins
- Mysteries of the Bayeux TapestryExperts from archaeologists to astrophysicists offer new insights on the Bayeux Tapestry.59 mins
- Genius of the Ancient WorldBettany Hughes travels to India to investigate the revolutionary ideas of the Buddha.
