A triumph for the House of Windsor, but behind the scenes was a story of jealousy.

The Queen's Coronation: Behind Closed Doors

Taking documentary content from the world’s top producers and broadcasters, Timeline covers everything from Ancient Rome and Egypt through to Medieval Europe, the World Wars and right up until the turn of the 21st Century.

Timeline

Series 1

Documentary content from the world’s top producers and broadcasters.

A look into the methods behind a medieval meal.

Let's Cook History: The Medieval Feast

Dr Suzannah Lipscomb goes back to Tudor times in search of the household killers.

Hidden Killers: Tudor Home

Dr Suzannah Lipscomb goes back to Edwardian times in search of the household killers.

Hidden Killers: Edwardian Home

Dr Suzannah Lipscomb goes back to Victorian times in search of the household killers.

Hidden Killers: Victorian Home

The extraordinary story of how two RAF squadrons finally sank Tirpitz, Germany's most powerful and dangerous Second World War battleship, after 34 failed attempts.

Dambusters' Great Escape

Once the biggest and most influential city on the planet, founded by Alexander the Great and home to Cleopatra, Archimedes and the largest library in the world, how did this shining beacon for civilisation and knowledge meet its classical demise?

Alexandria

Gold, Silver & Slaves looks at how the business of slavery was a case of slave-trading by complicit Africans, fuelled by the greed of African kings. This is the untold story of the greatest slaving nation in history.

Britain's Slave Trade: Gold, Silver & Slaves

Britain’s Wicca Man tells the extraordinary story of Britain's fastest growing religious group - Wicca - and of its creator, an eccentric Englishman called Gerald Gardner.

Britain's Wicca Man

The legend of bloodsucking vampires has captured peoples' imagination for generations. A crack team of archaeologists and forensic scientists have uncovered hard evidence for the existence of the legend. We follow them on their investigative trail.

Vampire Island

A fresh look at the Armistice of 1918. Professor David Reynolds uncovers a story of wounded egos, political scheming and strategy behind the lines as statesmen and generals haggled over the terms of peace, while the soldiers fought on the front-line.

Armistice

Tony Robinson unearths new evidence that strongly suggests that Richard's brother, King Edward IV was illegitimate. If that were the case, the entire royal bloodline that traces its lineage to Edward has no legal right to the throne. In fact, according to our own constitutional rules, Britain's real monarch today is not Elizabeth II, but King Michael, a resident of Jerilderie, Australia.

Britain's Real Monarch

Were the Native Americans secret cannibals? New discoveries reveal that the Anasazi tribe killed and ate their victims.

Canyon Cannibals

Carthage was Rome's equal, rival and almost her conqueror. In 146 BC Roman general Scipio destroyed the city of Carthage so painstakingly and utterly that not a single building was left standing.

Carthage - The Roman Holocaust

Researching a climatic catastrophe that rocked the Earth in A.D. 535, causing two years of darkness, famine, drought and disease.

The Day the Sun Went Out

In the post 9/11 world, entrenched religious belief is often seen as a key factor in a "clash of civilisations" - Christians, Muslims and Jews locked into an age-old struggle.

Children of Abraham: part 1

Children of Abraham: Part 2

Children of Abraham: Part 3

Starkey focuses on the early years of Elizabeth’s rule and her reluctance to marry. Her dalliances with court favourites like Lord Dudley provoked speculation, but what concerned her advisers was her refusal to consider a suitor from France or Spain.

The Virgin Queen

Elizabeth’s finest hour - the rout of the Spanish Armada in 1588. Ironically, Elizabeth loathed war - as a woman, she could not lead her own troops and distrusted her military commanders.

Heart Of A King

This edition focuses on how Elizabeth presided over a golden age following the defeat of the Armada. National pride followed in the wake of the flourishing of literature, an age of prosperity and a new sense of England being a world power.

Gloriana

Episode 1 tell us how the egos of Major General Charles VF Townshend, Field Marshal Bernard L Montgomery and General Douglas MacArthur led to disaster for their troops.

Gods And Monsters

Discusses General Elphinstone in Kabul in 1839, General Redvers Buller in the Boer War, Reichsmarshall Hermann Goering at Dunkirk, and General Julian Thompson, commander of the British land forces in the Falklands in 1982.

Unfit To Lead

20th-century beliefs that a new military technology would bring about cleaner wars and reduce casualties are confounded in this look at modern warfare from the Battle of the Somme to the Gulf War.

Tin Soldiers

In 1942 two German battle-cruisers, the Scharnhorst and the Gneisenau, put into a French port for repairs and became trapped there, targets to be bombed at will by the RAF.

Best Laid Plans

Examining the strategic failures of politicians. Included: the defeat of the Crusaders at the Battle of Hattin in 1187; fascist Italy led by Benito Mussolini invades Ethiopian territory in 1935; and Ronald Reagan orders the invasion of Grenada.

Politics By Other Means

No shortlist of the greatest generals in history would be complete with out the name of Hannibal. This film shows why he was both feared and respected by his enemies.

Hannibal

Two Finnish filmmakers and a team of international divers go in search of a WWII German U-boat and attempt to uncover the facts of a 60-year mystery. The U-479 went missing in November 1944, in the Gulf of Finland.

Hunt for U-479 - Episode 1

The second episode begins with the tragic story of the biggest maritime disaster in history - the sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff - while the Swedes dive down to the wreck Steuben in the Baltic Sea.

Hunt for U-479 - Episode 2

In the final episode the team make the journey to the Finnish archipelago to hear the story of the world's only intact treasure ship, the Vrouw Maria.

Hunt for U-479 - Episode 3

Unfinished Business looks at how Liverpool became the greatest slaving port in human history. This is the untold story of the greatest slaving nation in history.

Britain's Slave Trade: Unfinished Business

This is the untold story of the greatest slaving nation in history. Up till now, Britain’s place in the history of slavery has been as the country that abolished the international slave trade.

Britain's Slave Trade: What Was Britain's Role In The Slave Trade?

The British dynasty on which Game of Thrones is based is skilfully brought to life.  Following one of the most shocking periods in British history, a new historical docu-drama brings to life the dynasty that dragged Britain out of the Dark Ages.

Britain's Bloodiest Dynasty: Plantagenets - Part 1

The British dynasty on which Game of Thrones is based is skilfully brought to life. Following one of the most shocking periods in British history, a new historical docu-drama brings to life the dynasty that dragged Britain out of the Dark Ages.

Britain's Bloodiest Dynasty: Plantagenets - Part 2

The intriguing personal life of Queen Victoria through her journals and letters.

Queen Victoria's Letters: A Monarch Unveiled - Episode 1

Queen Victoria's Letters: A Monarch Unveiled - Episode 2

Documentary about an illustrated medieval book (Fechtbuch) on weapons and fighting.

Medieval Fight Book

Inside the elite London casino ran by gangsters.

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The Queen's Coronation: Behind Closed Doors

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