Season 1
3 episodes · 2015
Episode 1. The Mary Rose
2015-02-03 · 60 min
Historian Dan Snow explores the greatest maritime archaeology project in British history - the Mary Rose. Using 40 years of BBC archive footage Dan charts how the Mary Rose was discovered, excavated and eventually raised, and what the…
Episode 2. Cleopatra
2015-02-10 · 60 min
Using the BBC film archives, historian Vanessa Collinridge explores how our view of Cleopatra has changed and evolved over the years - from Roman propaganda, through Shakespeare's role in casting her as a doomed romantic heroine, to her…
Episode 3. Roman Britain
2015-02-17 · 60 min
Using 50 years of BBC history archive film, Dr Alice Roberts explores how our views and understanding of Roman Britain have changed and evolved over the decades. Along the way she investigates a diverse range of subjects from the Roman…
Season 2
4 episodes · 2016
Season 3
4 episodes · 2016
Season 4
4 episodes · 2017