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Morgan Freeman in front of a tunnel with helicopters circling

Watch Great Escapes with Morgan Freeman Trailer

Great Escapes with Morgan Freeman
Professor Alice Roberts

Everything you need to know about Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts

Curse of the Ancients
Rendering of a volcanic eruption

The most devastating and deadly natural disasters from ancient history

Curse of the Ancients
Reconstruction of prison mugshots from 1962

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

Modern History
Ross Kemp dives underwater

Ross battles strong currents on dive - Ross Kemp: Shipwreck Treasure Hunter

Ross Kemp: Shipwreck Treasure Hunter
Portrait of an Ottoman Emperor

Seven sadistic sultans from the Ottoman Empire

Historical Figures
Ross Kemp wearing a wetsuit on a boat

Ross Kemp on filming Shipwreck Treasure Hunter: 'I am as soft as it gets!'

Ross Kemp: Shipwreck Treasure Hunter
The first and last President of the Confederate lost the war along with his loot

The Lost Confederate Gold of Jefferson Davis, the Outlaw President

Curse of Civil War Gold
Ross onboard as he prepares to dive the wreck of sunken steam ship Iona IIIona II

The Iona II dive - the search for lost cargo - Ross Kemp: Shipwreck Treasure Hunter

Ross Kemp: Shipwreck Treasure Hunter
Hot cross buns on a wooden chopping board

Why do we eat hot cross buns on Good Friday?

Popular Culture
Divine Mercy of Jesus Christ Christian God

6 Things You Didn’t Know About Jesus

Religion
Former NBA player and historian Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: 'History is often far more complex, multi-layered, and diverse'

Black Patriots
William Simpson - Charge of the light cavalry brigade

‘Gallant’, ‘brilliant’ and ‘useless’ - the Charge of the Light Brigade

Battles
Lots of colourful Easter Eggs

The unknown history and symbolism of Easter Eggs

Popular Culture
Two women wearing extravagant hats adorned with colourful flowers and eggs

Easter Bonnets: The weirdest Easter tradition you've never heard of

Popular Culture
Model of Leonardo's tank

9 wacky medieval war machines

Medieval History
The Great Pyramids

Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts: Episode Guide

Curse of the Ancients
Photograph of the Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin at a press conference during his visit to Finland.

60 years of space travel: From Yuri Gagarin to the Mars Rover

Science and Technology
Ross Kemp wearing a wetsuit and scuba diving gear talking to camera

Ross Kemp: Shipwreck Treasure Hunter: Official Trailer

Ross Kemp: Shipwreck Treasure Hunter

10 Weird Things Found in the Ocean

Billion Dollar Wreck
A Finnish Easter Witch

Five peculiar Easter traditions that don't involve chocolate eggs

Popular Culture
Jesus and the rich young man by Heinrich Hofmann

The lost years of Jesus: The mystery of Christ's missing 18 years

Religion
The Easter Island statues

Rise and Fall: What causes the strongest civilisations to collapse?

Ancient History
Craig Charles and Sarah Cruddas who star in Craig Charles: UFO Conspiracies

Craig Charles: UFO Conspiracies: Official Trailer

Craig Charles: UFO Conspiracies
King Henry VIII

Henry VIII and the 'spare heirs' who were never meant to be king

Kings and Queens
Oliver Meeson

60 Seconds of Skill: Pipemaker Oliver Meeson

Craft
A small hare in a meadow next to a basket of Easter eggs

What day is Easter 2022 and why does it change every year?

Popular Culture
Stockholm City Hall - Inside the arch there is a marble sculptural composition "Punishment of Loki", 1923

Loki’s most mischievous tricks in Norse mythology

Vikings
Traditional Easter Eggs

The pagan roots of Easter

Ancient History

Hunting Eichmann - Capturing the Notorious Nazi Fugitive

The Holocaust
Navajo Yebichai dancers

Skinwalkers and other Native American myths and legends

American History
Black and white picture of a hangman’s gallows with a noose.

Hang 'em High: 7 of history's most famous executioners

Medieval History
Duchess of Gordon painted by Daniel Gardner

What does Bridgerton get right about the Regency period?

Popular Culture
A mother smiles as her young daughter hides a card and present behind her back

The real reasons we celebrate Mother's Day

Popular Culture
Margaret Thatcher giving a speech in 1991

The seven longest-serving British Prime Ministers

Politics
Viking warrior holding an ax and a shied on a foggy landscape

Seven of the most important gods and goddesses in Norse mythology

Vikings