Schedule

Treasures Decoded: Mystery of Rome's Sunken City

A stunning discovery in the Mediterranean reveals a lost Roman city – and the untold story of an industrial capital made rich by supplying every corner of the empire before succumbing to one of the world's greatest natural disasters. Part 4 of 6.

Eons: Life and Death on Pangea: That Time Almost Everything Died

The Permian Period ended with the biggest mass extinction of all time; more than 80% of species vanished. It altered the course of evolution in ways that we can still feel. And it was caused by a rapidly changing climate. Part 5 of 6.

Eons: Life and Death on Pangea: Who Survived the Great Dying - and Why

Around 250 million years ago, at the dawn of the Triassic Period, life on Earth was devastated. Eventually, the survivors of the Permian were replaced by new ecosystems. The age of reptiles was beginning. Part 6 of 6.

Impossible Peace: Mussolini is Always Right, 1925 - 1929

Technological advances were embraced by some—but not all—whilst Mussolini began his autocratic rule in Italy. Part 3 of 8.

The War: A Helluva War

November 1943 to February 1944. In November, the US marines take the tiny Pacific atoll of Tarawa, but at a terrible cost. Back home, Japanese-Americans are permitted to form a special segregated infantry unit and begin to train for combat. As the war economy booms, ugly racial violence erupts in cities across the country. Overseas, in the mountains south of Rome, the allies try to fight their way around the edges of Monte Cassino, but are stopped cold. A series by Ken Burns. Part 5 of 14.

Eons: Life and Death on Pangea: That Time Almost Everything Died

The Permian Period ended with the biggest mass extinction of all time; more than 80% of species vanished. It altered the course of evolution in ways that we can still feel. And it was caused by a rapidly changing climate. Part 5 of 6.

Eons: Life and Death on Pangea: Who Survived the Great Dying - and Why

Around 250 million years ago, at the dawn of the Triassic Period, life on Earth was devastated. Eventually, the survivors of the Permian were replaced by new ecosystems. The age of reptiles was beginning. Part 6 of 6.

Impossible Peace: Mussolini is Always Right, 1925 - 1929

Technological advances were embraced by some—but not all—whilst Mussolini began his autocratic rule in Italy. Part 3 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. Part 5 of 6.

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