A four-part program for Channel 4 following Trump across five decades as a businessman, developer, media star, and politician before … More
Category: History
1066: A Year to Conquer England
Drama-documentary series. Dan Snow explores the political intrigues and family betrayals between the Vikings, Anglo-Saxons and Normans that led to war.
Royal Wives at War
A revealing new look at the abdication crisis of 1936 through the eyes of the two women at its very heart. In a series of dramatised monologues set in 1967, Elizabeth the Queen Mother and Wallis Simpson look back at the dramatic events which led to King Edward VIII giving up the throne for the woman he loved.
Dan Cruickshank’s Warsaw: Resurrecting the Past
Dan Cruickshank returns to his childhood home of Warsaw for the first time in almost 60 years. In a personal and moving film, he recalls his boyhood memories to explore the memories of the city and the memories of its people
Britain’s Great War
Jeremy Paxman traces the story of the dramatic early stages of the war, from stunned disbelief to the mass recruitment of volunteer soldiers.
Shakespeare in Italy
Shakespeare was in love with Italy. Following the trail of his imagination, Francesco da Mosto hosts this beautiful travelogue exploring … More
Empire
A 2012 BBC and Open University co-production, written and presented by Jeremy Paxman, charting the rise of the British Empire from … More
The Normans
Conquest. Professor Robert Bartlett explores the impact of the Norman conquest of Britain and Ireland. Bartlett shows how William the … More
The Victorians
Jeremy Paxman continues his exploration of the Victorian world by entering the typical Victorian home, a haven of order, respectability … More
Francesco’s Mediterranean Voyage (12 x 30”)
The series follows Venetian architect Francesco da Mosto as he follows the historical trading route from Venice through the Adriatic Sea, Corinth Canal, Aegean Sea and the Dardanelles to Istanbul.
Shepperton Babylon – 2005
A sardonic look at the dark secrets of the British Film Industry of the 1920s and 30s, where scandal and … More
HOW ART MADE THE WORLD
“One upon a time” How Art Made The World is a 2005 five-part BBC One documentary series, with each episode … More