The Last Crusaders...
A modern-day warrior, Green Beret Terry Schappert, reveals how 700 Christian soldiers defeated 40,000 Ottomans in one of the history's greatest siege battles
Battle of Agincourt...
The Battle of Agincourt was a major English victory against a numerically superior French army in the Hundred Years War.
The Last Duel...
James Landale retraces the steps of his ancestor, a well respected merchant who met his adversary at dawn in a field just outside of Kirkcaldy ...
The Greatest Knight...
Dr Saul David investigates the violent world of the medieval melee tournament.
Famine to Freedom: T...
During Ireland's potato famine in the 19th century, over a million people died of starvation and disease. Another 1.5 million emigrated to other countries.
Killer Cloud...
In 1783, thousands in Britain died as a result of an environmental disaster, choking on poisonous gases from a huge volcanic eruption in Iceland.
Da Vinci and the Cod...
Renowned as the "Mind of the Renaissance," the genius of Leonardo da Vinci reaches beyond the centuries.
The Irish: Warriors ...
Discovery Channel documentary about Brian Boru and Ireland during the Viking Age.
Agincourt’s Da...
A forensic documentary that explores the battlefield in Agincourt and tells the story based on scientific evidence of the major English victory
Normans of the South...
Professor Robert Bartlett explores the impact of the Normans on southern Europe and the Middle East. The Normans spread south in the 11th century
Atlas 4D: The Medite...
The Mediterranean once was a vast, dry basin until 5.3 million years ago when pressure from the Atlantic Ocean broke the strait of Gibraltar
The Medieval Mind: T...
In 1307, the sleepy town of Hereford was awoken with an inquiry called by the Church to investigate whether a dead English bishop was actually
War and Civilization...
Detailed looks at the Roman Empire and their advanced method of warfare, as well as the various Chinese empires and their bloody wars of attrition. ...
War and Civilization...
The Seven Years War, American and French Revolution. The civilian revolutions of the 18th and 19th century are looked at, with special emphasis
Hastings 1066: Tapes...
On October 14, 1066, William, Duke of Normandy led a victorious army near the town of Hastings and ended the Anglo-Saxon rule of Harold II ...
Battle of Bannockbur...
The Battle of Bannockburn took place late June 1314 and was a significant Scottish victory in the Wars of Scottish Independence.
War and Civilization...
Attila the Hun, Genghis Khan and Samurai Warriors. The introduction of the horse to war explodes the boundaries of where a war can be fought
War and Civilization...
The Fall of Constantinople and the Aztec Empire. With the invention and subsequent widespread use of gunpowder, primitive weapons such as swords
