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1. Locked Up Abroad (2007– )
TV-14 | 90 min | Documentary, Drama
Survivors share their stories and experience of survival abroad.
Stars: Natalie Dunne, Max Wrottesley, Manuel Villasenor, Jerry Murillo
Votes: 2,238
2. Who Do You Think You Are? (2004– )
60 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Celebrities study their lineages and family trees, usually learning surprising secrets they never knew about their families.
Stars: Mark Strong, Phil Davis, Cherie Lunghi, David Morrissey
Votes: 1,225
3. Andrew Marr's History of the World (2012)
Documentary, History
Andrew Marr's History of the World is a 2012 BBC documentary television series presented by Andrew Marr that covers 70,000 years of world history from the beginning of human civilisation, ... See full summary »
Stars: Andrew Marr, Pierre Marais, Joe Vaz, Aubrey Shelton
Votes: 1,404
4. Imagine (2003– )
TV-14 | 60 min | Biography, History
Wide-ranging BBC arts programme.
Stars: Alan Yentob, Tracey Emin, Chuck Close, Richard Rogers
Votes: 147
5. Hitler's Countdown to War (2021)
180 min | Documentary, History
An intriguing look at the countdown to World War 2 through the eyes of Adolf Hitler himself. The countdown started on 12th March 1938, when Hitler and his Nazi troops crossed the German ... See full summary »
Stars: David Leon, James Holland, Saul David
Votes: 26
6. The Normans (2010)
Not Rated | 58 min | Documentary, History
Professor Robert Bartlett examines the extraordinary expansion and unchecked ambition of the Normans, and shows how they transformed the history of Europe.
Star: Robert Bartlett
Votes: 267
7. The Story of Maths (2008)
TV-G | 60 min | Documentary, History
The history of mathematics from ancient times to the present day. Narrated by Oxford mathematics professor Marcus du Sautoy, the series covers the seminal moments and people in the development of maths.
Stars: Marcus du Sautoy, Eleanor Robson, Leonhard Euler, Jackie Stedall
Votes: 561
8. Empire (2012– )
Not Rated | 303 min | Documentary, History
Written and presented by English broadcaster, journalist, and author Jeremy Paxman, this richly detailed documentary follows the rise of the British Empire. At its height, the small island ... See full summary »
Stars: Jeremy Paxman, Michael Palin, Ashley Jackson, Sadiq Al-Mahdi
Votes: 166
9. Race for the White House (2016– )
43 min | Documentary, Drama, History
Notable US Presidential election races throughout American history are examined.
Stars: Kevin Spacey, Mahershala Ali, Tim Naftali, Pat Buchanan
Votes: 571
10. Europe's Last Warrior Kings (2017)
TV-PG | 59 min | Documentary, Drama, History
Drama-Documentary in which historian Dan Snow explores the political intrigues and family betrayals between Vikings, Anglo-Saxons and Normans that led to the Battle of Hastings.
Stars: Adam James, Clive Russell, Juliet Stevenson, Freya Parker
Votes: 270
11. The Box (2022– )
Documentary, Crime
Police detective Chris Loudon's mission to expose the truth behind one of America's worst serial killers.
Star: George Cheetham
Votes: 67
12. Armada: 12 Days to Save England (2015)
59 min | Documentary, History
Dramatic reconstruction, recovered documents, Dan Snow's maritime exploration chronicling England's close call during 1588 Spanish Armada invasion; stars Anita Dobson as Elizabeth I.
Stars: Anita Dobson, Joseph Balderrama, Rupert Frazer, Dominic Jephcott
Votes: 62
13. How Art Made the World (2005– )
300 min | Documentary
Documentary series looking at the influence of art on the current day situation of our society.
Stars: Nigel Spivey, Vilayanur Ramachandran, Stefano Mariottini, James David Lewis-Williams
Votes: 666
14. India's Partition: The Forgotten Story (2017 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary
In this documentary, British film-maker Gurinder Chadha, director of Bend It Like Beckham and Viceroy's House, travels from Southall to Delhi to find out about the Partition of India - one ... See full summary »
Star: Gurinder Chadha
Votes: 16
15. The Bush Years: Family, Duty, Power (2019)
Documentary, History
A look at the lives and presidencies of George HW Bush and his son George W. Bush.
Stars: Ed Harris, Mark K. Updegrove, Tim Naftali, Neil Bush
Votes: 136
16. First Civilizations (2018)
55 min | Documentary, History
Having lived as mobile foragers for 99 percent of our time on Earth, why did humans set out on the road to civilization? How did they create villages, towns, cities, and states, and ... See full summary »
Stars: Martin May, Achim Buch, Vijak Bayani, Christina von Weltzien
Votes: 73
17. A Very English Genius (2002 TV Movie)
Documentary, Biography, History
The work and unexplained death of Michael Ventris, the English architect, classicist, and philologist who deciphered the ancient Mycenaean Greek script Linear B, are portrayed.
Director: Robin Dashwood | Stars: Lynden Edwards, Sam Baron, Jack Davenport, Judy Cowne
Votes: 26
18. Sex and the Church (2015– )
TV-14 | 50 min | Documentary
Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch explores how Christianity has shaped western attitudes to sex, gender and sexuality throughout history.
Star: Diarmaid MacCulloch
Votes: 55
19. Voyages of Discovery (2006)
60 min | Documentary
Paul Rose presents this 60-minute documentary about Captain Cook's first voyage on the Endeavour, via Tahiti, New Zealand and Australia.
Stars: Paul Rose, Tim Berrington, Tom Godwin, Qarie Marshall
Votes: 60
20. Art of Spain (2008)
Documentary
Andrew Graham-Dixon travels to 3 areas of Spain to examine and interpret the various art of this country. He also has other series about art, one of German art and the other in Sweden.
Star: Andrew Graham-Dixon
Votes: 116
21. Andrew Marr's History of Modern Britain (2007)
60 min | Documentary, History
Andrew Marr presents a history of Britain from the end of the Second World War to the start of the third millennium.
Star: Andrew Marr
Votes: 207
22. The Victorians (2009– )
59 min | Documentary
Jeremy Paxman, presenter of the BBC's current affairs program Newsnight examines the life and times of the Victorian era. In the first program he focuses on the styles of Victorian artists ... See full summary »
Stars: Jeremy Paxman, Ian Maine, Alasdair Bruce, Conrad Varley
Votes: 73
24. There's Only One Madonna (2001 TV Movie)
58 min | Documentary, Music
A look back over Madonna's career from a British perspective.
Director: Jo Shinner | Stars: Trevor Nelson, Phil Straight, Kim Wilde, Anna Nolan
Votes: 96
25. Andrew Marr's The Making of Modern Britain (2009– )
History
Andrew looks at the first period of the 20th century, in the wake of the death of Queen Victoria - a new dawn for Britain.
Stars: Andrew Marr, Katie Hardwick
Votes: 118
26. Britain's Great War (2014– )
59 min | Documentary, History, War
To commemorate the centennial of the horrific event, this four part documentary mini-series presented by host Jeremy Paxman explains how Britain faced the horror that was World War One and how the country profoundly changed in the process.
Stars: Jeremy Paxman, Julian Fellowes, Angela Hartnett, William Lloyd George
Votes: 60
27. Domesday (2010 TV Movie)
Documentary
Director: Andrea Illescas | Stars: Stephen Baxter, Christopher Austin, Wim Vischer
Votes: 15
28. The Search for Alfred the Great (2014 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary
Neil Oliver is given exclusive access to a team of historians and scientists investigating the final resting place of Alfred the Great. Alfred's bones have been moved so many times over the... See full summary »
Director: Robin Dashwood | Star: Neil Oliver
Votes: 38
30. Designing the Decades (2003– )
Documentary
Stars: Penelope Keith, Adam Faith, Mary Quant, Tony Benn
31. On Hannibal's Trail (2010– )
29 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Three Australian brothers follow the path of the Carthaginian warrior Hannibal on bicycles. On their two thousand mile journey from Spain to Tunisia, they tell the story of Hannibal's war with Rome.
Stars: Ben Wood, Sam Wood, Danny Wood, Danny Wood
Votes: 30
32.
How Art Made the World (2005– )
Episode:
The Day Pictures Were Born
(2005)
Documentary
Directors: Robin Dashwood, Mark Hedgecoe | Stars: Nigel Spivey, Dominic Ffytche, James David Lewis-Williams
Votes: 35
33.
The Bush Years: Family, Duty, Power (2019)
Episode:
Part Six: The End of a Dynasty?
(2019)
Documentary, History
Director: Robin Dashwood | Stars: Ed Harris, James Baker III, Tony Blair, Joshua Bolten
Votes: 8
34.
Voyages of Discovery (2006)
Episode:
The Making of Captain Cook
(2006)
Documentary
Director: Robin Dashwood | Stars: Paul Rose, Tim Berrington, Eddie Elks, Doug Benson
Votes: 11
35.
Imagine (2003– )
Episode:
The Portrait of Omai
(2003)
TV-14 | Biography, History
Director: Robin Dashwood | Stars: Moses Rockman, Kate Batter, Emma Fenney
36.
Race for the White House (2016– )
Episode:
Johnson vs Goldwater
(2020)
Documentary, Drama, History
Director: Robin Dashwood | Stars: Mahershala Ali, Saladin Ambar, Douglas Brinkley, Kate Dickson
Votes: 13
37.
Race for the White House (2016– )
Episode:
Wilson vs Roosevelt vs Taft
(2020)
Documentary, Drama, History
Director: Robin Dashwood | Stars: Mahershala Ali, Saladin Ambar, Henry William Brands, Douglas Brinkley
Votes: 9
38.
Locked Up Abroad (2007– )
Episode:
Miami Mobster Take Down
(2020)
TV-14 | Documentary, Drama
When Miami mobster Tony Galeota opens a club in Panama City, the competition frames him for drug dealing and human trafficking. Locked up in one of the world's worst prisons, Tony has to prove his innocence and attempt an audacious escape.
Director: Robin Dashwood | Stars: Alex Andreas, Ricardo Burgos, Tony Galeota, Timóteo Heiderick
Votes: 14
39.
Andrew Marr's History of Modern Britain (2007)
Episode:
Revolution
(2007)
Documentary, History
Promising to restore order, confidence and national pride, Margaret Thatcher unleashed a dramatic and divisive transformation of British society. In a period of extreme ideological ... See full summary »
Director: Robin Dashwood
Votes: 15
40.
Who Do You Think You Are? (2004– )
Episode:
David Walliams
(2020)
Documentary, Biography, History
Comedian David Walliams learns about his great-grandfather on his father's side, a tragic shell-shocked World War One veteran, and his great-great-grandfather on his mother's side, a blind organ grinder turned successful traveling showman.
Director: Robin Dashwood | Stars: David Walliams, Phil Davis, Tony Lidington, Kathleen Williams
Votes: 53
41.
The Victorians (2009– )
Episode:
Having It All
(2009)
Documentary
Director: Robin Dashwood | Stars: Jeremy Paxman, Ian Maine, Marion Brudenell, David Miliband
Votes: 6
42.
Andrew Marr's The Making of Modern Britain (2009– )
Episode:
A New Dawn
(2009)
History
In this first episode, Andrew examines how events in the early part of the 20th Century affected Britain and its empire, including the Boer War, music hall, free trade, poverty and the rise of the tabloid newspaper.
Director: Robin Dashwood | Star: Andrew Marr
Votes: 12
43.
Andrew Marr's The Making of Modern Britain (2009– )
Episode:
The Great War
(2009)
History
In this third episode, Andrew charts the story of World War 1 from the British point of view - looking at the stories, the battles and the atrocities.
Director: Robin Dashwood | Stars: Andrew Marr, H.H. Asquith
Votes: 10
44.
The Normans (2010)
Episode:
Conquest
(2010)
Not Rated | 60 min | Documentary, History
William the Conqueror's Westminster coronation accidentally turned into bloodshed, prophetic of the grim way Norman rule was imposed on the reluctant Anglo-Saxon subjects. Any resistance ... See full summary »
Director: Fatima Salaria | Star: Robert Bartlett
Votes: 27
45.
The Normans (2010)
Episode:
Men from the North
(2010)
Not Rated | 60 min | Documentary, History
The name Normans originally simply refers to Vikings, Germanic people raiding the Eurpean coast from their Scandinavian homes for centuries. As the clergy, their main prey, wrote histories,... See full summary »
Director: Robin Dashwood | Star: Robert Bartlett
Votes: 33
46.
The Normans (2010)
Episode:
Normans of the South
(2010)
Not Rated | 60 min | Documentary, History
Independent of duke William's conquest of England, poor Norman knights sought and found landed fortune in southern Italy, defeating the Byzantines, Saracens on Sicily and even a papal army.... See full summary »
Director: Charles Colville | Star: Robert Bartlett
Votes: 24
47.
On Hannibal's Trail (2010– )
Episode:
Barca! Barca! Barca!
(2010)
Documentary, Biography, History
The Wood brothers continue to cycle north along the east coast of Spain, calling in at Barcelona's famous Camp Nou stadium to watch a football match before visiting the ancient Greek ruins ... See full summary »
Director: Robin Dashwood | Stars: Ben Wood, Danny Wood, Sam Wood
48.
On Hannibal's Trail (2010– )
Episode:
Crossing the Rhone
(2010)
Documentary, Biography, History
From the Roman amphitheatre of Arles, the brothers retrace Hannibal's steps through the south of France to the foothills of the Alps. They recreate Hannibal's historic crossing of the River... See full summary »
Director: Fiona Cushley | Stars: Danny Wood, Sam Wood, Ben Wood
49.
On Hannibal's Trail (2010– )
Episode:
Hitting the Road
(2010)
Documentary, Biography, History
The brothers hit the road, cycling up the east coast of Spain, passing through the palms of Elche, the beaches of Benidorm and Valencia's zoo before arriving at Sagunto, where Hannibal's ... See full summary »
Director: Robin Dashwood | Stars: Ben Wood, Danny Wood, Sam Wood
50.
On Hannibal's Trail (2010– )
Episode:
Hannibal at the Gates
(2010)
Documentary, Biography, History
As they come towards the end of their epic journey, the Wood brothers make a sacrifice to the gods at Lake Averno, come face to face with Hannibal in Rome and cross the Mediterranean to ... See full summary »
Director: Andrea Illescas | Stars: Danny Wood, Sam Wood, Ben Wood