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- Dr Alice Roberts visits archaeological excavations around the UK, linking together the results of digs and investigations the length and breadth of the country to build up a picture of the year in British archaeology.
- From its beginnings in 1096 until its final defeat in 1291, the Christian Crusaders fight intermittent battles against the Muslims for control of Jerusalem.
- The historian explores the land that inspired her passion for the past by embarking upon a 900-mile journey along the river Nile and examining how it shaped ancient Egypt.
- Observational documentary series following the work of staff at three very different veterinary practices located within the ancient Kingdom of Mourne in Northern Ireland.
- James May gives a scientific explanation to - well just about everything; from human evolution and functions, meteorology, chemistry, physics, and so many other subjects.
- Rome: The World's First Superpower follows award-winning actor Larry Lamb as he tells the story of Rome 3,000 years ago, an extraordinary people rose and conquered the known world. He looks at how the Romans then went onto creating the greatest empire mankind has ever seen, stretching from Britain to the middle east and how it lasted a thousand years.
- England greatest knight who served under 5 kings and story is told in an ancient manuscript of French verse.
- Using archive footage from the long-running Timewatch series and the BBC in general, the televised evolution of a particular subject is examined each time.
- The outbreak of a deadly 'flu virus is a major threat to the UK, to predict the impact of the next pandemic more accurately scientists need more data. Mathematician Dr Hannah Fry is 'Patient Zero' in this ground-breaking experiment.
- Lusitania: an ocean liner to rival Titanic. On May 7th 1915 11 miles off the Old Head of Kinsale she was struck by a single torpedo from a German U-boat. 18 minutes later she was gone: a death toll of nearly 1200. Who will live and who will die, as the political shockwave is felt around the world?
- The Titanic's twin sister, the Britannic, was bigger and better built, but she sank to the bottom three times faster. Why she sunk has remained a mystery until now.
- Professor Alice Roberts joins the team excavating a 3,000-year-old Bronze Age village in the Cambridgeshire Fens that's been called the 'British Pompeii' due to the remarkable levels of preservation.
- What are the five engineering innovations that made the 747 the game-changer of aviation? What makes a power plant's giant turbine rotor blades spin at incredible speeds? What does it take to keep a floating city in perfect working order during critical overseas missions? Former NASA rocket engineer Chad Zdenek takes apart some of the world's mightiest machines and uncovers their secrets. Join him on his mission to go "under the hood" of these massive conquerors of air, land, and sea.
- Belfast's Forgotten Hero: HMS Caroline is the story of the last remaining ship from the Battle of Jutland, the largest sea battle in the First World War. One hundred years later, we follow Caroline's journey.
- Documentary charting Ireland's involvement in the Great War and how this sparked a revolution at home, leading to the partition of the country.
- This documentary talks with the descendants of families affected by the sinking of the Titanic in 1912. It includes stories from the builders, the passengers, the rescuers and even some who ignored the call for help.
- The surprising tales behind treasures such as the Tara Brooch, the Broighter Hoard, the Waterford Charter Roll and others that have helped to shape and create modern Ireland.
- The Heroes of the Somme uses original archive from the Western Front to uncover the stories of seven of the men whose remarkable bravery won them the Victoria Cross, Britain's most prized military medal.
- Maurice is called out to an extraordinarily rare birth. Rachael gets an emergency call to a smallholding where a donkey has attacked a goat. Cahir collects semen from a pedigree bulldog.
- Maurice examines a newborn lamb in danger of succumbing to hypothermia. Rachael examines a heavily pregnant ewe and realises something is very wrong. Dachshund Flame and Monty, a fell pony, both present challenging diagnoses.
- In the first episode of Dig WW2, historian Dan Snow investigates the history of the Second World War in Northern Ireland, participating in archaeological digs and dives of military sites across the country.
- Dan Snow heads out to sea to hear the story of the Empire Heritage, a cargo ship filled with Sherman Tanks sunk off Malin Head during the Battle of the Atlantic in 1944.
- Dan Snow travels to Lough Foyle to dive on a Flying Fortress that never made it on a bombing raid.
- The big questions about the mystery of our weather, such as why the sky is blue, if it can be too cold to snow and when is a hurricane not a hurricane?
- James covers all things Einstein. How did he become a celebrity pinup? Does god play dice? And what happened to his brain?
- If you've ever wondered: What did steam ever do for us? How high can we build? And when can I move to mars? Then prepare to have your nuts tightened.
- An exciting race against time to uncover the lost wrecks of WWII's most epic campaign... the Battle of the Atlantic. Ian Lawler and a team of deep sea divers are on a mission to map the lost wrecks of the battle. But it isn't easy.
- Dan explores the vicious Battle of the Atlantic by digging up a Spitfire in Northern Ireland, diving into an underwater graveyard of tanks, and taking a U-boat hunting seaplane for a spin.
- Dan explores both sides of D-Day, the greatest amphibious landing in history, follows the Allied push into occupied France, and checks out an incredible submarine graveyard.
- Larry looks at how during the mid-second century BC, Rome enjoyed the spoils of war - with a bounty of slaves, treasure and art coming into it's republic. But not everyone reaped the benefits, with a ever-widening gap between the poor and the privileged. He looks at the history of Tiberius Gracchus, a man from Rome's elite ruling classes who began championing the rights of the common farmer
- The team gather at Norwich Castle Museum to look at some of the finds from a range of exciting excavations across the East of England. Including Colchester, Silchester and the remarkable Must Farm site in Cambridgeshire.
- A huge Roman settlement in an area the Romans were not thought to have conquered, a leper hospital, a Bronze Age hoard and the Durotrigues Big Dig are discussed as the team meet at Dorset County Museum.
- Professor Saul David uses the BBC archive to chart the history of the world's most destructive war.
- The year's most outstanding archaeology. Alice Roberts and Matt Williams visit sites in the west of Britain, while archaeologists in the Salisbury Museum look at the finds.
- Professor Alice Roberts looks at some of the year's most exciting archaeological discoveries from across Eastern Britain. Including a mass grave and the find of a lifetime for a metal detectorist.
- The team gather to look at some of the most interesting sites across northern Britain. Including a graveyard of Iron Age warriors, a hoard of Viking treasure and clues to Scotland's first kingdoms.
- Military historian Saul David explores how the West saw the USSR and Russia throughout the 20th and the 21st century using footage from classic Timewatch documentaries.
- For centuries the story of exploration has been packed with incredible tales of adventure, but the last fifty years has seen a dramatic shift in our attitude towards explorers. To find out how television has reflected this, Prof Fara Dabhoiwala delves into the BBC television archives, revealing that the pace of this change was faster than you would imagine.
- Alice Roberts explores BBC film archive to show how the views on Vikings and their culture have changed since the 1960s by shifting from their brutal side to their pioneering trading endeavors and integration into other cultures.