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- 99% of those who carried out the murders in the Holocaust were never prosecuted. Why not?
- The altogether new panel show that takes a leisurely jaunt through the annals of time, bringing to light the lesser told stories and unsung heroes of our past. The parts of history and culture that so often get overlooked.
- Documentary telling the story of the 1951 Festival of Britain, which in a period of austerity showed how to carve out a bright new future through design and ingenuity.
- The gunpowder plot analysed using the confessions of the plotters- a mixture of documentary and reconstruction.
- Presenter and former England football captain Gary Lineker follows in the footsteps of his grandfather, Stanley Abbs, to explore a brutal but often overlooked chapter of World War Two.
- Mary and John were born to British women and never knew their dads, who were African American GIs. Now, they embark on an emotional journey to learn about their fathers and their Black heritage.
- During two devastating Luftwaffe air raids in 1941, the town of Clydebank in Scotland was largely destroyed. 528 people died, 617 people were seriously injured, and hundreds more were injured by blast debris.
- Barristers Jeremy Dein and Sasha Wass investigate if the 15-year-old boy convicted of murdering the landlady of the local inn in the sleepy Oxfordshire hamlet of Gallowstree Green in 1921 was truly guilty.
- Barristers re-investigate the murder of a young German woman at the hands of her Greek-Cypriot mother-in-law in Hampstead in 1954. The murdered woman's son believes his grandmother was the victim of a miscarriage of justice.
- The barristers reexamine the 1962 armed robbery of a Co-op depot in South London which resulted in an employee being shot dead. Was a career criminal 'fitted up' for murder as claimed by his widow?
- Saha and Jeremy examine the murder of a young woman in a local 'lovers lane' in Leighton Buzzard in 1937. Her ex-boyfriend was found guilty of her murder but his nieces believe he was innocent.
- The barristers examine the tragic case of a failed suicide pact in Birmingham in 1942 that left a young woman dead and her married lover convicted of her murder and hung.
- The barristers explore a case involving domestic violence, adultery, revenge and murder in a Yorkshire town in 1903. 125-years on the great-granddaughter of one of those convicted of murder.
- Sasha and Jeremy re-examine the poisoning of a man by his wife in 1930s Lincolnshire, a crime that was exposed by an anonymous note to the police. 84 years on the cousin of the woman hanged for the crime wants answers.
- Historian David Olusoga pays his first visit to Ravensworth Terrace and investigates a vengeful lawyer, a scientist faced with financial ruin and a doctor entangled in a workhouse scandal.
- Jeremy and Sasha look back at their examination of the case of Edith Thompson that they tackled in the very first edition of the show. 1 year on they meet Edith's cousin Nicki to find out what has happened since.
- David Olusoga investigates the residents of an 18th-century house in Bristol over time, uncovering stories of piracy, an abandoned baby, a notorious political writer and a runaway slave.
- Sasha and Jeremy examine the brutal murder of a 41-year-old landlady in Leeds in 1926, for which the prime suspect, a 31-year-old mother, was convicted and hanged.
- Over the past century, a new breed of ocean giant has emerged. Maritime archaeologists and historians go in search of the biggest wrecks ever sunk beneath the seas. New scientific data combines with cutting-edge computer graphics to drain the oceans to investigate the world's most awe-inspiring wrecks.
- In this episode of World War II: Witness to War, hear the first-hand accounts of the incredible sacrifices and momentous feats endured by the Allies alongside the devastating consequences of the German capture of France.
- In this episode of World War II: Witness to War, the battle progresses from the ground, to the sky. The British begin to face the Germans over the buildings of London and other British towns, and brave young pilots give their all for the Ally cause.
- In this episode of World War II: Witness to War, the global reach of the war reveals itself, as the incredible stories of those at sea are heard. Relentless attacks by U-Boats push the British to develop new strategies to defeat this evil empire.
- Sasha and Jeremy examine the mysterious murder of a Yorkshire farm owner in 1933. Had a love affair led to an employee shooting his employer and trying to destroy the evidence?
- Jeremy and Sasha examine the case of a Sussex poultry farmer who buried the body of his fiancee under a chicken run in 1924, but claimed he hadn't killed her. His trial saw two eminent pathologists disagree over cause of death.
- The barristers examine the case of a lawyer and former army major who was hanged for poisoning his wife with arsenic in Hay-on-Wye in 1921.
- Sasha and Jeremy investigate the 1935 morphine poisoning of a resident of a Nottingham care home, for which the owner of the nursing home was convicted and hanged.
- Jeremy and Sasha examine the violent assault and murder of a teenage girl in south east London in 1918 and how a button and a badge found near her body led to the conviction of a former serviceman.
- The barristers investigate whether a canalside murder in 1927 by a man impersonating a police officer led to a miscarriage of justice. A young couple were stopped by a man claiming to be a policeman, who then attacked them.
- Was a wealthy female tenant poisoned by her landlord, to whom she had signed over her assets just before her death in the belief that he would look after her recently adopted 10-year-old son?
- Helena Bonham Carter goes in search of the truth behind her relatives' involvement in World War II. Both sets of her grandparents, one pair in France the other in England, were unconventional war heroes.
- Mark follows his grandfather's POW story, talks to the people whose families were also sent to the Japanese interment camps in Hong Kong and learns about the horrific devastation caused by the fire and atom bombs dropped on Japan.
- 2016– 47mTV EpisodeGeorge takes on a classic 1930s terraced home with a tiny kitchen and two mismatched fireplaces. He also revisits a Victorian home that he previously helped renovate.
- Michael Portillo's rail tour of south east Asia reaches Malaysia, and on the island of Penang, Michael traces the origins of the former British colony in Georgetown.
- 2020–7.4 (17)TV EpisodeMichael Portillo's journey resumes in Kuala Kangsar, where he taps into the source of the lucrative rubber industry that boomed at the time of his 1913 Bradshaw's Guide.
- Michael Portillo discovers Kuala Lumpur's 19th-century origins as a tin mine and tries his hand crafting jewellery at the Royal Selangor pewter factory.
- In Melaka, Malaysia, Michael Portillo tastes the spicy cuisine of the Kristang community, descendants of early 16th-century Portuguese settlers who mixed with local Malays.
- 2020–7.9 (16)TV EpisodeMichael Portillo discovers Singapore's maritime origins and the vision of the 19th-century Englishman who put it on the map. At the iconic Raffles Hotel, Michael treats himself to a Singapore sling.
- 2020–7.8 (15)TV EpisodeIn Tai Seng, Michael goes underground to marvel at the world's largest subterranean rail depot, where self-driving MRT trains are maintained.
- A young George Washington hungers for fame and prestige as an officer in the British military. Sent by the British royal governor to deliver an ultimatum to the French in the West, the inexperienced young Washington learns a hard lesson about leadership when his failures in the field inadvertently kick off a world war. Washington emerges from this conflict as America's first folk hero, just as he begins to grow disenchanted with the empire he once aspired to serve. And with a wealthy new wife at his side and a lucrative business at Mount Vernon, Washington has put himself at the center of this country's story--chosen to lead the coming revolution.
- Phil visits Hampton Court Palace, once the home of King Henry VIII, and explores its labyrinth of rooms to discover how it was built and how much it cost to construct.
- The third series concludes by tracing the lives of 10 Guinea Street's occupants through World War Two to the present day, discovering stories of love, loss and renewal.
- In summer 1940, Great Britain stood alone against the Nazis. Now we uncover the wrecks that reveal the truth behind the Battle of Britain.
- David begins to uncover the history of 5, Grosvenor Mount, Leeds starting with its first resident - an idealistic Victorian lawyer. He learns the rags to riches story of later resident Ann Dawson and of master builder William Nicholson.
- David uncovers the story of the next resident of the house, a ruthless factory owner. He learns of a pacifist couple who took a stand against the Boer War and of Edward Partridge Fearnley, who worked on luxury ships in the 1920s.
- David follows the trails of a traumatised soldier on the run, a family man who is at breaking point and a married couple with a shared interest in the spiritual movement of theosophy, one of whom developed an interest in the paranormal.
- WWII puts residents of Number 5 in danger. Leeds is a shock to a Greek war bride with a tragic past. The post-war period sees No. 5 home to a film critic and his wife. There is a return for students who lived here at the Millennium.
- Sasha and Jeremy examine an infamous Victorian murder case, where a young American woman was charged with poisoning her husband in Liverpool in 1889.
- The Barristers examine the case of a young off-duty soldier who was convicted of murdering a family friend in Bishop Auckland, County Durham on New Year's Eve in 1934.
- Sasha and Jeremy reassess the case of a petty criminal who was sentenced to death for murdering a policeman in an Essex country lane in 1927.
- Jeremy and Sasha re-examine a case from 1884 in which three men stood trial for the murder of a policeman, but only one received a death sentence.