Work Tag: history

In 1993, 76 members of a religious sect, called the Branch Davidians, died during an infamous 51-day siege by the FBI. Of these, 23 were British. These are their stories. >>>

Part 1: Cold War With the threat of nuclear Armageddon dominating politics and seeping into the country’s psyche, a handful of Brits influence the Cold War in ways no-one >>>

After a lifetime of travels that have taken her across the globe, Joanna Lumley is making her most personal journey yet, travelling around the UK. >>>

This two-part documentary tells the inside story of Princess Diana’s 1995 interview with Martin Bashir that shocked the nation, in the process threatening the future of the monarchy and >>>

With coloured black & white archive of the Nazi death camps, survivors tell their story of Auschwitz. They celebrate life and tell of the fight for survival against extreme >>>

To mark Remembrance Day 2019, David Lammy MP explores the decisions taken to deny individual memorials for thousands of Black Africans who died in their own continent serving the >>>

The “hostile environment” of the Windrush Scandal isn’t the first time the British Caribbean community has had to fight to be seen as British. David Olusoga opens secret government files >>>

Filmed over 18 months, this series goes into the heart of the British Army. Through the eyes of the rank and file and the leaders, it shows the challenges >>>

This is a forensic examination into how and why on the 11th November 1918 the allies gained a decisive victory but also set the world on a collision course >>>

In intimate interviews with the HRH Prince William and Prince Harry, they talk candidly and in depth about their mother and how her influence has shaped their lives. >>>

Australia's Secret Heroes tells the story of "Z" Special Unit. A remarkable group of men were plucked from the Australian military in World War II, trained in explosives, camouflage, >>>

One British family embark on an extraordinary time-travelling adventure to discover how a post-war revolution in the food we eat has transformed the way we live. >>>

Singer and 60's pop icon Marianne Faithfull investigates her mother's side of the family and her Jewish ancestry.

Born in the mining village of Essington, in the West Midlands, a place she once famously described as "a cross between 'Twin Peaks' and 'Crossroads' ", Meera Syal searches >>>

Dressed in stiff Edwardian attire, a 60-year-old woman pitches a small white tent in the scorching sandhills on the edge of the Nullarbor. She reigns in the desert, as >>>

My Mother India tells the story of a mixed marriage set against the tumultuous backdrop of modern Indian history. With an Indian father who collects kitsch calendars, an Australian >>>