Schedule

Teleshopping

Grand Tours of Scotland: The True Spirit of Scotland

Paul Murton travels out to Islay in a canoe that is a replica of an original from the 1890s. Part 5 of 6.

Wrecks That Changed the World: Failed Invasions

Two of the greatest failed invasions in the history of naval warfare. How the Spanish Armada was defeated and why the Allied fleet was crushed in WW1. Part 6 of 10.

The Hundred Years' War: Chivalry and Betrayal: Trouble in the Family 1337-1360

Dr Janina Ramirez explores the fallout of the longest and bloodiest divorce in history, when little England dared to take on the superpower France. Edward III rips up the medieval rule book and crushes the flower of French knighthood at the Battle of Crecy with his low-born archers. His son, the Black Prince, conducts a campaign of terror, helping to bring France to her knees. Part 1 of 3.

The Wheelchair President: Part 1

Re-examining the leadership of American president Franklin Roosevelt, historian David Reynolds exposes the cover-up of his failing health and explores how that impacted on the war’s endgame and his gruelling negotiations with Stalin and Churchill. Part 1 of 2.

The Ghettos & The Holocaust

A new perspective on the Holocaust reveals the role of the ghettos in the extermination of the Jewish community. This moving documentary is based on the recent exhumation and translation of diaries unveiling everyday life in the ghettos.