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Sarah Cruddas stood in front of the James Webb Telescope, the largest and most powerful of its kind.

James Webb: The latest generation of 'time-travelling' technology

Craig Charles: UFO Conspiracies

Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts: Episode Guide

Curse of the Ancients

English-style pancakes with lemon and sugar, traditional for Shrove Tuesday

The pagan roots of pancake day: Why do we eat pancakes one Tuesday each Year?

Popular Culture

Fireworks explode from an decorative cart outside Florence cathedral

Five peculiar Easter traditions that don't involve chocolate eggs

Popular Culture

Great Escapes with Morgan Freeman

Great Escapes delivers an in-depth look into eight cases of renowned breakouts from some of history’s toughest prisons

Modern History

Reconstruction of prison mugshots from 1962

The story behind the Alcatraz escape, history's most daring prison break

Was the infamous escape in 1962 a successful one? We may never know.

Modern History

An actor portraying a WW2 soldier

The true story of The Great Escape

The real story of the Great Escape from Stalag Luft III is a far cry from Steve McQueen on a motorbike

WW2

Henry V | Wikipedia | Public Domain

Would Henry V have conquered all of France, had he lived?

British History

George IV of the United Kingdom by Henry Bone | Public Domain

Language and politeness in Regency Britain

British History

Large Battle Between Medieval Warriors

9 facts about 'the Anarchy': England's dark period of lawlessness and war

British History

Washington, DC - January 6, 2021: Protesters seen all over Capitol building where pro-Trump supporters riot and breached the Capitol

The burning of the White House: When British forces invaded Washington

History of America

A man crouches next to a destroyed tent on the side of a snowy mountain

How did nine Russian hikers lose their lives in the Dyatlov Pass incident?

Mysteries

Sarah Cruddas from Craig Charles: UFO Conspiracy

Sarah Cruddas: 'I hope the viewers will be left with a sense of wonder'

Craig Charles: UFO Conspiracies

Craig Charles and Sarah Cruddas

Craig Charles: UFO Conspiracies - Episodes

Craig Charles: UFO Conspiracies

A contemporary portrait of Kaspar Hauser

The enigma of Kaspar Hauser: Secret prince, hoaxer, or victim?

Mysteries

A photograph showing Althea Gibson playing tennis

Althea Gibson: The woman who shattered the race barrier at Wimbledon

Sport

A portrait of Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela: The prison years

Black History

Darwin used taxidermy to preserve Galapagos goldfinches. The differences he observed between species played an important part in developing the theory of evolution.

John Edmonstone – the man who taught Darwin

Not What You Thought You Knew

Bust of the Emperor Caracalla who was of African descent

The history of black Britain: Roman Africans

Ancient History

Pottery print of Ancient Greek soldiers fighting

The army of same-sex lovers who made up Sparta's biggest rivals

Ancient History

A Sarcophagus coffin inside an Ancient Egyptian tomb

The curse of King Tutankhamun and the mummy's tomb

Ancient History

Punishment of Ixion

Who were the major Roman gods and goddesses?

Ancient History

A Beltane bonfire

The Wheel of the Year: the calendar of pagan festivals explained

Ancient History

Mumbai, Maharashtra/India - April 6, 2019 : A young girl dressed up as Rani Lakshmi Bai with a sword, riding the horse, leading the procession of people,

Lakshmi Bai and the Indian Rebellion of 1857

Battles

The Battle of Isandlwana painted by Charles Edwin Fripp, and photographic image of Zulu king, Cetshwayo, 1875

The Battle of Isandlwana and the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879

Battles

Squadron Leader Douglas Bader, CO of No. 242 Squadron, seated on his Hawker Hurricane at Duxford, September 1940 | Public Domain

Douglas Bader: The double-amputee flying ace of the Battle of Britain

Battles

Mametz, Western Front, a winter scene, painting by Frank Crozier | Public Domain

Lesser known facts about The Battle of the Somme

WW1

Joan of Arc: The French heroine who saved her nation but became a martyr

Medieval History

Germaine Delapierre

The 1921 Women's Olympiad: 100 years of women's sport

Women's history

Artemisia I of Caria

Three little known warrior women from history

Women's history

Noor Inayat Khan

The real-life women who inspired WW2 screen heroines

Women's history

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King Edward VIII and Mrs Simpson on holiday in Yugoslavia, 1936.

Heirs behaving badly: Playboy princes and other royal bad boys

Kings and Queens

Her Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth II visits Liverpool Albert Dock during her Diamond Jubilee tour of Great Britain

The life of Queen Elizabeth II: The world's longest-serving monarch

Kings and Queens

Princess Elizabeth In Auxiliary Territorial Service uniform, April 1945

Four surprising ways that Queen Elizabeth II contributed to WW2

Kings and Queens

Surprising facts about England's lesser-known kings and queens

Kings and Queens

The Curse of Oak Island Series 2

The Curse of Oak Island

Curse of Oak Island Tunnel Discovery

Curse of Oak Island Tunnel Discovery

The Curse of Oak Island

The Curse of Oak Island season 7 quiz

The Curse of Oak Island

Could the the Holy Grail be on Oak Island?

Vote for what you think is under Oak Island

The Curse of Oak Island