Today 00:00 - 06:00
Programmes return at 1pm
Today 00:00 - 06:00
Programmes return at 1pm
Today 06:00 - 07:00
Programmes return at 1pm
Today 07:00 - 13:00
Programmes return at 1pm
Today 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)
Today 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)
Today 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)
Today 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)
Today 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)
Today 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)
Today 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)
Today 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)
Today 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)
Today 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)
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 - 14:10
This moving documentary is based on the recent exhumation and translation of diaries unveiling everyday life in the ghettos. (S)
Tomorrow 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)
Tomorrow 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)
Tomorrow 16:20 - 17:35
This moving documentary is based on the recent exhumation and translation of diaries unveiling everyday life in the ghettos. (S)
Tomorrow 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)
Tomorrow 18:40 - 19:50
This moving documentary is based on the recent exhumation and translation of diaries unveiling everyday life in the ghettos. (S)
Tomorrow 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)
Tomorrow 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)
Tomorrow 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)
Tomorrow 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)
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)
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)
Friday 00:00 - 06:00
Programmes return at 1pm
Friday 06:00 - 07:00
Programmes return at 1pm
Friday 07:00 - 13:00
Programmes return at 1pm
Friday 13:00 - 14:05
We follow the Titanic's journey from construction to catastrophe, and chart the ten key mistakes that brought about the most famous naval disaster in history. (S)
Friday 14:05 - 15:05
The Tale Of henry Morgan: Henry Morgan - takes humans, treasure and Spanish colonial towns with no mercy. (Part 4 of 8)
Friday 15:05 - 16:20
A 100-year-old veteran of the 4th Marine Division who returns to Iwo Jima for the final time and the son of a marine who has spent decades searching for details of his father's time on the island.
Friday 16:20 - 17:30
We follow the Titanic's journey from construction to catastrophe, and chart the ten key mistakes that brought about the most famous naval disaster in history. (S)
Friday 17:30 - 18:40
After Stalin's death, the countries of the Eastern Bloc hope for the end of communist dictatorship. (Part 3 of 3) (S)
Friday 18:40 - 19:50
We follow the Titanic's journey from construction to catastrophe, and chart the ten key mistakes that brought about the most famous naval disaster in history. (S)
Friday 19:50 - 20:45
The Tale Of henry Morgan: Henry Morgan - takes humans, treasure and Spanish colonial towns with no mercy. (Part 4 of 8)
Friday 20:45 - 21:55
A 100-year-old veteran of the 4th Marine Division who returns to Iwo Jima for the final time and the son of a marine who has spent decades searching for details of his father's time on the island.
Friday 21:55 - 23:00
After Stalin's death, the countries of the Eastern Bloc hope for the end of communist dictatorship. (Part 3 of 3) (S)
Friday 23:00 - 00:00
The Tale Of henry Morgan: Henry Morgan - takes humans, treasure and Spanish colonial towns with no mercy. (Part 4 of 8)
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 - 13:40
Paul Murton sets out to visit the myriad of islands that hug our coastline. He heads straight for Britain's two remotest island communities, Foula and Fair Isle in Shetland. (Part 1 of 6) (S)
Saturday 13:40 - 14:50
Age of Ice: Neil Oliver travels back to ice age Britain as he begins the epic story of how our land and its people came to be over thousands of years of ancient history. (Part 1 of 4)
Saturday 14:50 - 15:55
Age of Ancestors: Neil Oliver continues the story of how today's Britain and its people were forged over thousands of years of ancient history. (Part 2 of 4)
Saturday 15:55 - 17:05
Age of Cosmology: Neil Oliver continues his journey through Ancient Britain as he encounters an age of cosmological priests and some of the greatest monuments of the Stone Age. (Part 3 of 4)
Saturday 17:05 - 18:15
Age of Bronze: Neil Oliver reaches the end of his epic tour of our distant past with the arrival of metals and the social revolution that ushered in a new age. (Part 4 of 4)
Saturday 18:15 - 19:15
The truth behind the death of one of the most ruthless tyrants in history. (S)
Saturday 19:15 - 20:25
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)
Saturday 20:25 - 21:35
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)
Saturday 21:35 - 22:50
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)
Saturday 22:50 - 00:00
After Stalin's death, the countries of the Eastern Bloc hope for the end of communist dictatorship. (Part 3 of 3) (S)
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 - 13:40
In the second episode of the series, Paul Murton turns his back on the sea and discovers the secrets of Scotland's landlocked islands, on the bonnie, bonnie banks of Loch Lomond. (Part 2 of 6) (S)
Sunday 13:40 - 14:50
Age of Iron: Neil Oliver discovers how a golden age of bronze collapsed into social and economic crisis set against a period of sharp climate change. (Part 1 of 4)
Sunday 14:50 - 16:00
Age of Warriors: Neil Oliver explores the age of Celtic Britain - a time of warriors, druids and kings of unimaginable wealth. (Part 2 of 4)
Sunday 16:00 - 17:05
Age of Invasion: Neil Oliver explores the remains of brutal Iron Age battles and Celtic rebellion as he reaches the moment when Celtic Britain was ripped apart by Rome. (Part 3 of 4)
Sunday 17:05 - 18:15
Age of Romans: Neil Oliver completes his epic journey through thousands of years of ancient history with the modern marvels of Rome. (Part 4 of 4)
Sunday 18:15 - 19:35
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)
Sunday 19:35 - 20:35
London Burns: In this first chapter, the three presenters look at how a single spark started The Great Fire of London and look at the tragedy it caused to the people of London. (Part 1 of 3) (S)
Sunday 20:35 - 21:40
Death and Destruction: In the second chapter, the three presenters explore the devastation that the fire caused. (Part 2 of 3) (S)
Sunday 21:40 - 22:45
A City Rebuilt: In the final chapter, the presenters discover what ended The Great Fire and how the city rebuilt itself from the ashes. (Part 3 of 3) (S)
Sunday 22:45 - 00:00
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)
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 - 13:40
On this Grand Tour Paul sets off from Mallaig to visit a group of islands famed for their unusual names: Rum, Muck and Eigg. (Part 3 of 6) (S)
Monday 13:40 - 14:40
Assassins of the Deep: This episode looks at three different German U-Boat wrecks, including the UC-66, the first to be sunk by a plane, and the U480, the world's first stealth sub. (Part 1 of 10) (S)
Monday 14:40 - 15:40
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 15:40 - 16:50
The Rise to Power: At the end of a bloody civil war, Francisco Franco seized power and ruled Spain with an iron hand for nearly four decades. (Part 1 of 4) (S)
Monday 16:50 - 18:00
Franco experienced a remarkable rise through the ranks of the Spanish army. The Civil War became his opportunity to seize absolute power in Spain. (Part 1 of 2) (S)
Monday 18:00 - 18:40
On this Grand Tour Paul sets off from Mallaig to visit a group of islands famed for their unusual names: Rum, Muck and Eigg. (Part 3 of 6) (S)
Monday 18:40 - 19:40
Assassins of the Deep: This episode looks at three different German U-Boat wrecks, including the UC-66, the first to be sunk by a plane, and the U480, the world's first stealth sub. (Part 1 of 10) (S)
Monday 19:40 - 20:40
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 20:40 - 21:50
The Rise to Power: At the end of a bloody civil war, Francisco Franco seized power and ruled Spain with an iron hand for nearly four decades. (Part 1 of 4) (S)
Monday 21:50 - 23:00
Franco experienced a remarkable rise through the ranks of the Spanish army. The Civil War became his opportunity to seize absolute power in Spain. (Part 1 of 2) (S)
Monday 23:00 - 00:00
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)
Tuesday 00:00 - 06:00
Programmes return at 1pm