Esteemed film director Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey has sparked plenty of excitement. An adaptation of the hugely influential Ancient Greek epic of the same name, its star-stacked cast includes ...

The British monarchy has many deep-rooted German links. The first two Hanoverian monarchs — George I and George II — grew up in German lands. George III and Queen Victoria had German-born spouses. The ...

The historians behind World War II with Tom Hanks have written some brilliant books. Here's what to read next if the series ...

Over recent years, we’ve become accustomed to seeing husband-and-wife pairs present together on British TV. Usually, though, these have been restricted to the gentle confines of daytime TV. There’s ...

Great British Castle Rescue follows Rick Edwards as he ventures inside some of the UK’s most spectacular and endangered castles. From crumbling medieval towers to collapsing royal chambers, engineers ...

When it comes to disgusting events in history, you can’t get much worse than the Erfurt Latrine Disaster. Also known as the Erfurter Latrinensturz in German – translating to 'Erfurt latrine fall' – ...

We all have a History Crush. Lord Byron was a stone-cold smash. Cleopatra was one of history’s most famous hotties. But, have we ever really stopped to consider if our history crushes are suitable?

Rather than focusing solely on the identity of the killer, Jack the Ripper: Written in Blood delves into how the Whitechapel Murders fuelled the rise of tabloid journalism in Britain. The series ...

Kursk: 10 Days That Shaped Putin is a dramatic and forensic examination of events that took place in August 2000, after an explosion onboard the Kursk submarine trapped a group of survivors at the ...

In 2000, boxes containing top-secret files were found in a garden shed in Cornwall. They detailed the lives and code names of Britain’s first female agents sent to the front line during the war. The ...

The Bulgarian mystic Baba Vanga, often called the ‘Balkan Nostradamus’ is known for her eerie and often cryptic predictions about the future. Blind since childhood, the clairvoyant was apparently able ...

The Air Force wanted a mushroom cloud so large it would be visible on earth.