Schedule

Treasures Decoded: Gangs of Pompeii

New investigations at Pompeii reveal a dark underbelly of lawlessness, murder and political intrigue. Could this explain the mystery of dozens of bodies found sheltering in a warehouse – some laden with treasure, others stripped of all worldly goods? Part 3 of 6.

Eons: Life and Death on Pangea: The Rise and Fall of An Ancient Reef

Life in the Middle Permian Period flourished. Reef complexes stretched for hundreds of kilometres in what’s now the Texas desert, while strange mammal-relatives and huge reptiles thrived on land. But this epoch ends in an extinction. Part 3 of 6.

Eons: Life and Death on Pangea: A Tale of Tusks and Saber Teeth

In the Late Permian Period, increasingly mammal-like traits were gradually emerging in our ancient relatives. The first sabre teeth and tusks evolved, and our ancestors, the cynodonts, appeared, all before the time of the dinosaurs. Part 4 of 6.

Impossible Peace: Just Like the Arabian Nights, 1922 - 1925

The victors of World War 1 believed that keeping their vanquished foes under-armed would guarantee peace. And so as the US and Great Britain began to increase their military holdings, it was at the expense of a humiliated Germany. Part 2 of 8.

The War: When Things Get Tough

July 1943 to December 1943. On daylight bombing missions, American airmen gamble with their lives against overwhelming odds to bring the war to the heart of Hitler's vast empire. Allied forces invade Sicily and then Italy but, as they grind their way towards Rome, the weather turns bad and the terrain grows more and more forbidding. Twisting mountain roads and blown bridges have to be negotiated while under constant German fire. A series by Ken Burns. Part 4 of 14.

Eons: Life and Death on Pangea: The Rise and Fall of An Ancient Reef

Life in the Middle Permian Period flourished. Reef complexes stretched for hundreds of kilometres in what’s now the Texas desert, while strange mammal-relatives and huge reptiles thrived on land. But this epoch ends in an extinction. Part 3 of 6.

Eons: Life and Death on Pangea: A Tale of Tusks and Saber Teeth

In the Late Permian Period, increasingly mammal-like traits were gradually emerging in our ancient relatives. The first sabre teeth and tusks evolved, and our ancestors, the cynodonts, appeared, all before the time of the dinosaurs. Part 4 of 6.

Impossible Peace: Just Like the Arabian Nights, 1922 - 1925

The victors of World War 1 believed that keeping their vanquished foes under-armed would guarantee peace. And so as the US and Great Britain began to increase their military holdings, it was at the expense of a humiliated Germany. Part 2 of 8.

Grand Tours of the Scottish Isles:

In this series, historian Paul Murton sets out to experience life on Scotland’s magnificent islands. He uncovers the past and reveals its connections with the present, pointing to all that makes these islands quirky, surprising and beautiful.

Teleshopping