Plot: Presented by Dr Suzannah Lipscomb and Dan Jones, this three-part docudrama series starring former supermodel Lily Cole centres around the life and reign of Queen Elizabeth I and her many enemies. Lily Cole takes on the daunting role of Elizabeth I from when she was 20 and narrowly avoided execution...
Plot: Presenter Chris Barrie explores pivotal moments in Britain's recent engineering past. Beginning with the 1910s, he examines the inventions that industrialised the nation and paved the way for World War I, then moves to the technology of the 1920s and decades beyond. From a nostalgic look at trains...
Plot: Biographer A.N. Wilson uncovers the intriguing personal life of Queen Victoria through her journals and letters in this psychological portrait of Britain's longest reigning monarch. With Queen Victoria's writings read by Anna Chancellor.
Plot: Dan Cruickshank explores famous buildings throughout Britain, discovering their histories and some of the stories that have accompanied them through the years.
Plot: Historian David Olusoga explores Britain's history, examining the country's relationship with people of African descent. Throughout the documentary Olusoga visits historically significant sites and erects 20 plaques over Britain, Africa and the Caribbean to commemorate events and people. Beginning...
Plot: For 17 years from 1981 to 1998, the Humber Bridge was the longest single-span suspension bridge in the world, and many consider it to be Britain's most beautiful. Rob Bell discovers the facts about its ground-breaking construction.