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An exploration of the stories that have gripped European imaginations for centuries, revealing the fascinating and unexpected history behind them.

Myths & Monsters

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The Scottish King Robert Bruce sought to drive the British out of their homeland, sparking the long war for Scottish independence.

After Braveheart

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Human bones can hide the most shocking of secrets. Join Dr. Tori Herridge as she examines some of the UK's most mysterious archeological burial sites.

Bone Detectives

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Helen Castor explores how the people of the Middle Ages handled the most fundamental moments of transition in life: Birth, marriage and death.

Medieval Lives: Birth, Marriage, Death

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This classic series looks at history's major warring civilizations and documents how they lived, fought, trained, died, and changed the world.

Ancient Warriors

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Legendary warlike cultures were known for their achievements on the battlefield, their military strategy, and innovative weapons and armor.

Warrior's Way: The Original Superheroes

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In the late 16th century, Europe was in the grip of a brutal witch hunt fever. Thousands were tortured and burnt at the stake in France and Germany.

War on Witches

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Go back hundreds of years before our first fictional vampire, Dracula, to peer into the darkest depths of humanity’s earliest fears of the undead.

Vampire Skeletons

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The fierce warriors known as knights flourished a millennium ago. They lived brutal lives, glorified by tales of chivalry and courtly love.

Knights

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This series focuses on using archaeology to reveal how we used to live in great detail. Each episode boasts a different dig site or famous historian.

Time Team

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Across the centuries, the tales of King Arthur have gripped the popular imagination. This documentary celebrates the power of the great myth.

King Arthur: The Legend

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How did engineers organize machines and men to create medieval castles? Using CGI and dramatic reconstructions, this series shows how they did it.

Castle Builders

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Scientists, scholars, and historians have uncovered striking evidence that the son of Venetian merchants visited the mysterious middle kingdom.

Secret File of Marco Polo

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Travel back back to ancient times in search of the roots of technologies and social customs that set the stage for the world we know today.

Ancient Inventions

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Delve into the Celtic origins of Halloween. The Irish called it the Vigil of Saman. Christians described it as a time for divinations and witches.

Halloween: Feast of the Dying Sun

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Historian of the medieval period Helen Castor presents an in-depth and insightful series covering England's early Queens.

History

Living in the Middle Ages