In this two-part series, Matt Lewis makes a spectacular journey into the so-called ‘Dark Ages’ as he seeks out the distant roots of England in the 7th century. It was a time of powerful warlords, kings and queens, fighting to control the land and battling for the souls of their people. Christia...

How has the sniper rifle evolved over the last 100 years? It's time to find out!

Luke Tomes returns to the Royal Armouries to fire some of the most iconic British sniper rifles of the last 100 years. As always, he is joined by Keeper of Firearms & Artillery, Jonathan Ferguson, who talks him thro...

The Palace of Holyroodhouse, in the heart of Edinburgh, has witnessed history first hand, from royal pageantry to rebel claimants holding court, even bloody murder in the dead of night.

Professor Suzannah Lipscomb and History Hit have special access to Holyroodhouse to explore its fascinating pa...

Mike Loades investigates the Bayeux Tapestry’s climactic battle sequence in a quest to unpick what this iconic embroidery tells us about the Battle of Hastings.

Working alongside a small band of expert practitioners and re-enactors, in a hands-on investigation, Mike examines fresh interpretation...

A major new discovery. For over two years Dan Snow and History Hit have been following a series of fascinating finds of weaponry and Viking era artefacts that reveal tantalising clues about the bloody Battle of Stamford Bridge.

On 25th September 1066 two armies fought a momentous battle on the b...

The wonders of Ancient Egypt extend far to the south, up the Nile. For millennia this was Egypt's shifting southern frontier - home to some of the greatest archaeological sites on earth.

Tristan Hughes explores the stories behind the spectacular monuments of Upper Egypt, Abu Simbel, Philae, E...

Matt Lewis and Eleanor Janega are back at the 14th century village at Cosmeston to uncover how our medieval ancestors endured the heat, hard labour, and high stakes of the medieval summer.

Joined by experimental archeologists Caroline Nicolay and Tom Timberell they are getting hands on with eve...

Astonishing objects at the Imperial War Museum shed light on 1945 and the final surrender of the Axis powers in World War Two. With curators Anthony Richards and James Taylor, Dan explores hand-picked artefacts from the museum's collection.

Over 900 gleaming gold coins. A mystery over 2,000 years in the making. Unearthed in the village of Great Baddow near Chelmsford, Essex, The Great Baddow Hoard is the largest discovery of Iron Age gold coins ever found in Britain. Buried deep in the earth during the Late Iron Age - around the sam...

Historian Emma Craigie and author of Hitler's Last Day answers the internet's most popular questions about Hitler

Tudor expert, Dr Elizabeth Norton, unveils remarkable new discoveries that transform our understanding of Jane Seymour.

Third wife of Henry VIII, for centuries Jane has been cast as the gentle, submissive queen who won the king's heart. But returning to the original evidence and uncovering overl...