Exploring the mysteries and unearthing the treasures of the ancient world.
Neil Oliver explores the mysterious world of the Vikings' prehistoric ancestors.
Bettany Hughes travels to India to investigate the revolutionary ideas of the Buddha.
A history of Haiti seen through the lens of its vibrant annual carnival.
Sir Mortimer Wheeler investigates the legacy of the Roman Empire. (1960)
Michael Scott uses 3D scans to reveal the historical secrets of Cairo and ancient Egypt.
A team of experts reconstruct our closest prehistoric relative - a Neanderthal.
The true story behind the discovery of Tutankhamun’s treasure.
At Pompeii, in the biggest dig in a generation, archaeologists excavate a new city block.
The story of the Black African Kingdom of Kush.
A team heads to Egypt in an attempt to uncover lost cities beneath the sands.
Documentary about the Vikings who allegedly discovered North America. (1966)
Henry Louis Gates Jr looks at how the origins of human existence can be traced to Africa.
The history of Kibworth's first 1,000 years, with a Roman villa, Anglo-Saxons and Vikings.
Richard Miles traces the roots of civilisation in Iraq, Syria, Egypt, Anatolia and Greece.
How the Irish saved Britain from cultural oblivion during the Dark Ages of 400-800AD.
Simon Schama examines how different Americans created visions of the postwar world.
Simon Schama visits the miraculously preserved Stone Age cottages of Skara Brae in Orkney.
Ben Fogle’s island pilgrimage follows the ancient sea roads of the Inner Hebrides.
Prof Mary Beard asks not what the Romans did for us, but what the empire did for Rome.
A look at the formative role art and imagination have played in the forging of humanity.
Jacob Bronowski opens the first programme at the Great Rift Valley of East Africa.
In AD80, the Colosseum opens. Emperor Titus plans 100 days of games to commemorate.
Simon Sebag Montefiore investigates how the Romans worshipped and sacrificed to the gods.
David Olusoga explores the 400-year history of London’s Covent Garden Piazza.
