Season 2

episodes

1. 1. Stonehenge 2016-01-27 60 min Using 70 years of BBC history archive film, Professor Alice Roberts uncovers how the iconic ancient monument of Stonehenge has been interpreted, argued over and debated by some of Britain's leading hi...
2. 2. The Crusades 2016-02-03 60 min Historian Dr Thomas Asbridge explores the BBC's archive to reveal how television's telling of the Crusades has changed over the last 60 years. Using footage from Crusade documentaries shot during the...
3. 3. Queen Elizabeth I 2016-02-10 60 min Vanessa Collingridge examines the life of Elizabeth Tudor, with particular interest in how documentary television and the BBC has examined her legacy and interrogated her reign. Using Timewatch and ot...
4. 4. World War Two 2016-02-25 60 min Professor Saul David uses the BBC archive to chart the history of the world's most destructive war, by chronicling how the story of the battle has changed. As new information has come to light, and fo...