Today 14:05 - 15:05
Explore the tombs of China's Han Dynasty. Within lie opulent artworks, including terracotta armies, civilians, and livestock, all crafted and now excavated to reveal their story. (S)
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84: PBS America
Thu Apr 02
Today 15:05 - 16:15
The truth behind the death of one of the most ruthless tyrants in history. (S)
Today 16:15 - 17:20
A World Without War: May to December 1945. An American plane drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima. A second atomic bomb is dropped on Nagasaki and, finally, Japan surrenders. (Part 14 of 14)
Today 17:20 - 18:30
An Extraordinary Measure: Episode Four tells the last chapter of Japan's WW2 story. (Part 4 of 4)
Today 18:30 - 19:35
The truth behind the death of one of the most ruthless tyrants in history. (S)
Today 19:35 - 20:40
Explore the tombs of China's Han Dynasty. Within lie opulent artworks, including terracotta armies, civilians, and livestock, all crafted and now excavated to reveal their story. (S)
Today 20:40 - 21:50
A World Without War: May to December 1945. An American plane drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima. A second atomic bomb is dropped on Nagasaki and, finally, Japan surrenders. (Part 14 of 14)
Today 21:50 - 22:55
An Extraordinary Measure: Episode Four tells the last chapter of Japan's WW2 story. (Part 4 of 4)
Today 22:55 - 00:00
Explore the tombs of China's Han Dynasty. Within lie opulent artworks, including terracotta armies, civilians, and livestock, all crafted and now excavated to reveal their story. (S)
Fri Apr 03
Tomorrow 00:00 - 06:00
Programmes return at 1pm
Tomorrow 06:00 - 07:00
Programmes return at 1pm
Tomorrow 07:00 - 13:00
Programmes return at 1pm
Tomorrow 13:00 - 14:00
The truth behind the death of one of the most ruthless tyrants in history. (S)
Tomorrow 14:00 - 15:05
Explore the tombs of China's Han Dynasty. Within lie opulent artworks, including terracotta armies, civilians, and livestock, all crafted and now excavated to reveal their story. (S)
Tomorrow 15:05 - 16:00
In this definitive guide, new archaeological findings are revealed and we go behind the scenes with China's modern army. (S)
Tomorrow 16:00 - 17:00
A New World: The discovery of the New World by Christopher Columbus sparks an age of exploration for the Spanish empire and a dark new chapter in the history of the Americas. (Part 1 of 6) (S)
Tomorrow 17:00 - 18:00
The Caribbean Conquest: Columbus' return voyage to the Americas begins with bloodshed when he discovers that the Spanish left behind have been killed by the indigenous Taíno. (Part 2 of 6) (S)
Tomorrow 18:00 - 19:00
The Aztec Conquest: The ruthlessly ambitious Hernán Cortés travels deep into the Mexican interior to conquer one of the great empires in the Americas: the Aztecs. (Part 3 of 6) (S)
Tomorrow 19:00 - 20:00
The Inca Conquest: Following the success of Hernán Cortés' over the Aztecs, conquistador Francisco Pizarro sets his sights on conquering the largest civilisation in the Americas. (Part 4 of 6) (S)
Tomorrow 20:00 - 21:00
The Growth of the Colonies: The Spanish monarchy struggles to control these from afar and the discovery of a vast silver mine in Bolivia providing wealth heightens tensions. (Part 5 of 6) (S)
Tomorrow 21:00 - 22:00
Disdain for Spain's wealth and violence lead to European rulers propagating an anti-Spanish narrative. The 'Black Legend' is born and heralds the end of the era of the Conquistadors. (Part 6 of 6) (S)
Tomorrow 22:00 - 23:00
Explore the tombs of China's Han Dynasty. Within lie opulent artworks, including terracotta armies, civilians, and livestock, all crafted and now excavated to reveal their story. (S)
Tomorrow 23:00 - 00:00
In this definitive guide, new archaeological findings are revealed and we go behind the scenes with China's modern army. (S)
Sat Apr 04
Saturday 00:00 - 06:00
Programmes return at 1pm
Saturday 06:00 - 07:00
Programmes return at 1pm
Saturday 07:00 - 13:00
Programmes return at 1pm
Saturday 13:00 - 13:35
Not 'Business as Usual': Maiya May goes to Cheyenne to visit a supercomputer. In Michigan, she observes the explosive end of a coal plant. (Part 5 of 6) (Ep5)
Saturday 13:35 - 14:55
Historians Ruth Goodman, Alex Langlands and Peter Ginn explore how the introduction of steam railways in the early 19th century changed Britain. (Part 1 of 6) (S)
Saturday 14:55 - 16:10
Series exploring the expansion of railways in the Victorian era. This episode looks at how railways began to move people, rather than just goods, around the country. (Part 2 of 6) (S)
Saturday 16:10 - 17:30
Series exploring the expansion of railways in the Victorian era. Ruth Goodman, Alex Langlands and Peter Ginn find out how railways transformed the British diet. (Part 3 of 6) (S)
Saturday 17:30 - 18:45
Series exploring the expansion of railways in the Victorian era. Alex Langlands and Peter Ginn help get the most famous locomotive in the world, the Flying Scotsman, into steam. (Part 4 of 6) (S)
Saturday 18:45 - 20:05
Series exploring the expansion of railways in the Victorian era. The team visit the South Devon Railway to explore the life of the branch line before the Beeching cuts of the 60s. (Part 5 of 6) (S)
Saturday 20:05 - 21:25
Series exploring the expansion of railways in the Victorian era. The team find out how more leisure time and cheap rail transport meant more freedom for working-class Victorians. (Part 6 of 6) (S)
Saturday 21:25 - 22:45
Crossroads explores Sicily's ancient past when it was the breadbasket of the ancient and then medieval world and occupied by Greeks, Romans, Carthaginians, Arabs and Normans. (Part 1 of 2) (S)
Saturday 22:45 - 00:00
Borderlands examines the island's role on the frontlines of a clash of civilisations during the Spanish era, when its glorious baroque buildings were also created. (Part 2 of 2) (S)
Sun Apr 05
Sunday 00:00 - 06:00
Programmes return at 1pm
Sunday 06:00 - 07:00
Programmes return at 1pm
Sunday 07:00 - 13:00
Programmes return at 1pm
Sunday 13:00 - 14:00
This revealing documentary shows the extent of the Duke of Windsor's treachery during WW2. (S)
Sunday 14:00 - 15:10
The Ghost Front: Winter 1944 to 1945. The Allies are unprepared for Hitler's counterattack in the Battle of the Bulge - the biggest battle of the war on the Western Front. (Part 11 of 14)
Sunday 15:10 - 16:15
Terrible Choices: Winter to Spring 1945. On Iwo Jima, the marines face 21,000 Japanese who have been ordered to kill as many Americans as possible before being killed themselves. (Part 12 of 14)
Sunday 16:15 - 17:25
A Long Tough Road: Spring 1945. In the Pacific, Americans fight on the islands while kamikaze pilots wreak havoc on the fleet offshore. In Europe, allied forces push across Germany. (Part 13 of 14)
Sunday 17:25 - 18:35
A World Without War: May to December 1945. An American plane drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima. A second atomic bomb is dropped on Nagasaki and, finally, Japan surrenders. (Part 14 of 14)
Sunday 18:35 - 19:35
This revealing documentary shows the extent of the Duke of Windsor's treachery during WW2. (S)
Sunday 19:35 - 20:45
Rising Sun: Episode One explores the origins of Japan's involvement in WW2. (Part 1 of 4)
Sunday 20:45 - 21:50
For the Sake of the Country: Episode Two examines Japan's war preparations and entrance into WW2. (Part 2 of 4)
Sunday 21:50 - 22:55
The Sun That Shines: Episode Three focuses on Japan's home front and expanding empire. (Part 3 of 4)
Sunday 22:55 - 00:00
An Extraordinary Measure: Episode Four tells the last chapter of Japan's WW2 story. (Part 4 of 4)
Mon Apr 06
Monday 00:00 - 06:00
Programmes return at 1pm
Monday 06:00 - 07:00
Programmes return at 1pm
Monday 07:00 - 13:00
Programmes return at 1pm
Monday 13:00 - 14:00
The Tale of Francis Drake: Sir Francis Drake - From his journeys as a slave trader to his vicious attacks on Spanish colonial towns. (Part 1 of 8)
Monday 14:00 - 15:00
The Tale of Grace O'Malley: Grace O'Malley - Born to a seafaring family, using marriage to wrangle her political position and securing lands through a meeting with Queen Elizabeth. (Part 2 of 8)
Monday 15:00 - 16:00
The Tale of John Ward: John Ward - tired of the drudgery and poverty of the English navy. (Part 3 of 8)
Monday 16:00 - 16:55
The Tale Of henry Morgan: Henry Morgan - takes humans, treasure and Spanish colonial towns with no mercy. (Part 4 of 8)
Monday 16:55 - 17:55
The Tale of William Kidd: Captain Kidd - when the legitimate prizes of the Red Sea are not to be found, he quickly turns from pirate hunter to pirate. (Part 5 of 8)
Monday 17:55 - 18:50
The Tale of Blackbeard: Living off plunder and raiding, Calico Jack, Anne Bonny and Mary Read form a troublesome trio who successfully rob ships and live off the spoils of the sea. (Part 6 of 8)
Monday 18:50 - 19:50
The Tale of Anne Bonny & Mary Reed: Blackbeard - the name synonymous with chaos. His stolen flagship The Queen Anne's Revenge careers through the Caribbean. (Part 7 of 8)
Monday 19:50 - 20:50
The Tale of Bartholomew Roberts: Bartholomew Roberts, aka Black Bart-the most successful pirate of the Golden Age and famous for the 'pirate code'. (Part 8 of 8)
Monday 20:50 - 22:50
'The Endurance' recounts one of the history's greatest tales of survival, Sir Ernest Shackleton's 1914-1916 expedition to Antarctica. Narrated by Liam Neeson. (S)
Monday 22:50 - 00:00
In 1975, an expedition led by Chris Bonington set out to achieve the impossible. To climb the South West Face of Everest, and put the very first British Mountaineers on her summit. (S)
Tue Apr 07
Tuesday 00:00 - 06:00
Programmes return at 1pm
Tuesday 06:00 - 07:00
Programmes return at 1pm
Tuesday 07:00 - 13:00
Programmes return at 1pm
Tuesday 13:00 - 14:10
This moving documentary is based on the recent exhumation and translation of diaries unveiling everyday life in the ghettos. (S)
Tuesday 14:10 - 15:10
The Tale of Francis Drake: Sir Francis Drake - From his journeys as a slave trader to his vicious attacks on Spanish colonial towns. (Part 1 of 8)
Tuesday 15:10 - 16:20
This film unpacks solar science and reveals the best places and the safest ways to view the 2026 solar eclipse, featuring interviews with heliophysicists and the history of total eclipses. (S)
Tuesday 16:20 - 17:35
This moving documentary is based on the recent exhumation and translation of diaries unveiling everyday life in the ghettos. (S)
Tuesday 17:35 - 18:40
The resistance of a handful of Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian partisans against the Soviet Union's stranglehold on their territory at the end of WWII. (S)
Tuesday 18:40 - 19:50
This moving documentary is based on the recent exhumation and translation of diaries unveiling everyday life in the ghettos. (S)
Tuesday 19:50 - 20:50
The Tale of Francis Drake: Sir Francis Drake - From his journeys as a slave trader to his vicious attacks on Spanish colonial towns. (Part 1 of 8)
Tuesday 20:50 - 21:55
This film unpacks solar science and reveals the best places and the safest ways to view the 2026 solar eclipse, featuring interviews with heliophysicists and the history of total eclipses. (S)
Tuesday 21:55 - 23:00
The resistance of a handful of Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian partisans against the Soviet Union's stranglehold on their territory at the end of WWII. (S)
Tuesday 23:00 - 00:00
The Tale of Francis Drake: Sir Francis Drake - From his journeys as a slave trader to his vicious attacks on Spanish colonial towns. (Part 1 of 8)
Wed Apr 08
Wednesday 00:00 - 06:00
Programmes return at 1pm
Wednesday 06:00 - 07:00
Programmes return at 1pm
Wednesday 07:00 - 13:00
Programmes return at 1pm
Wednesday 13:00 - 14:10
The incredible untold story of Witold Pilecki, a Polish officer who managed to infiltrate the Auschwitz death camp to smuggle information. (S)
Wednesday 14:10 - 15:10
The Tale of Grace O'Malley: Grace O'Malley - Born to a seafaring family, using marriage to wrangle her political position and securing lands through a meeting with Queen Elizabeth. (Part 2 of 8)
Wednesday 15:10 - 16:15
From 1933 to 1942: This first episode goes back to the roots of the indoctrination of young German girls within the female branch of the Hitler Youth (BDM). (Part 1 of 2) (S)
Wednesday 16:15 - 17:25
The incredible untold story of Witold Pilecki, a Polish officer who managed to infiltrate the Auschwitz death camp to smuggle information. (S)
Wednesday 17:25 - 18:35
As his Red Army advances towards Berlin to liberate Europe from Nazism, Stalin pursues another goal: to join the countries of Eastern Europe to his empire. (Part 1 of 3) (S)
Wednesday 18:35 - 19:50
The incredible untold story of Witold Pilecki, a Polish officer who managed to infiltrate the Auschwitz death camp to smuggle information. (S)
Wednesday 19:50 - 20:50
The Tale of Grace O'Malley: Grace O'Malley - Born to a seafaring family, using marriage to wrangle her political position and securing lands through a meeting with Queen Elizabeth. (Part 2 of 8)
Wednesday 20:50 - 21:50
From 1933 to 1942: This first episode goes back to the roots of the indoctrination of young German girls within the female branch of the Hitler Youth (BDM). (Part 1 of 2) (S)
Wednesday 21:50 - 23:00
As his Red Army advances towards Berlin to liberate Europe from Nazism, Stalin pursues another goal: to join the countries of Eastern Europe to his empire. (Part 1 of 3) (S)
Wednesday 23:00 - 00:00
The Tale of Grace O'Malley: Grace O'Malley - Born to a seafaring family, using marriage to wrangle her political position and securing lands through a meeting with Queen Elizabeth. (Part 2 of 8)
Thu Apr 09
Thursday 00:00 - 06:00
Programmes return at 1pm
Thursday 06:00 - 07:00
Programmes return at 1pm
Thursday 07:00 - 13:00
Programmes return at 1pm
Thursday 13:00 - 14:10
With exclusive access to a new excavation, Alice Roberts discovers what King Arthur's Britain was really like, including the surprisingly modern connections we all share with our ancient past. (S)
Thursday 14:10 - 15:10
The Tale of John Ward: John Ward - tired of the drudgery and poverty of the English navy. (Part 3 of 8)
Thursday 15:10 - 16:10
In 1942, a new phase of the genocide took place: the "Final Solution". Women, far from being mere witnesses or accomplices, played a role as important as it was deadly. (Part 2 of 2) (S)
Thursday 16:10 - 17:30
With exclusive access to a new excavation, Alice Roberts discovers what King Arthur's Britain was really like, including the surprisingly modern connections we all share with our ancient past. (S)
Thursday 17:30 - 18:35
Soviet domination of Eastern European countries will be total and will remain so until the dictator's death in 1953. (Part 2 of 3) (S)
Thursday 18:35 - 19:55
With exclusive access to a new excavation, Alice Roberts discovers what King Arthur's Britain was really like, including the surprisingly modern connections we all share with our ancient past. (S)
Thursday 19:55 - 20:50
The Tale of John Ward: John Ward - tired of the drudgery and poverty of the English navy. (Part 3 of 8)
Thursday 20:50 - 21:50
In 1942, a new phase of the genocide took place: the "Final Solution". Women, far from being mere witnesses or accomplices, played a role as important as it was deadly. (Part 2 of 2) (S)
Thursday 21:50 - 23:00
Soviet domination of Eastern European countries will be total and will remain so until the dictator's death in 1953. (Part 2 of 3) (S)
Thursday 23:00 - 00:00
The Tale of John Ward: John Ward - tired of the drudgery and poverty of the English navy. (Part 3 of 8)
Fri Apr 10
Friday 00:00 - 06:00
Programmes return at 1pm