The Making of Britain

Uncovering the secrets of the homes of two of Britain’s most beloved writers.

David Olusoga tells the story of the beginnings of the British Empire under Elizabeth I.

Lucy Worsley explores Agatha Christie’s haunted early life, revealing some secrets.

Simon Schama explores how artists have shaped who we are in an era of bewildering change.

Alice Roberts follows a decade-long quest that reveals Stonehenge's oldest secret.

The secretive artist revealed as never before, with his voice lip-synced by Ian McKellen.

The story of how three British artists responded to the cataclysm of World War One.

Simon Schama visits the miraculously preserved Stone Age cottages of Skara Brae in Orkney.

Story behind the festival which showed how to carve out a bright future through design.

Jane Austen is 17 and beginning to write stories.

David Olusoga discovers the extraordinary stories of a Victorian house’s first residents.

JMW Turner’s sketches reveal how he became one of Britain’s most celebrated artists.

Film following the life of an extraordinary woman who revolutionised modern nursing.

The story of Paul McCartney’s original Höfner bass and the fan-powered quest to find it.

David Olusoga explores the 400-year history of London’s Covent Garden Piazza.

A look at the relationship between Arthur Conan Doyle and his creation Sherlock Holmes.

Shakespeare arrives in London, a hotbed of violence, and writes his bloodiest play.

How the Georgian age saw courtship rules being rewritten as romantic love was glamorised.

Philomena Cunk explores the Big Bang and interviews Robert Peston about British politics.

Lucy Worsley restages the wedding of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.

A look at how Cornish landscapes have influenced sculptor Barbara Hepworth's work. (1961)

Lucy debunks the foundation myth of one of our favourite royal dynasties, the Tudors.

Neil Oliver explores a recently-discovered, 5,000-year-old temple in Orkney.

Lucy Worsley tells the story of Bolsover Castle in Derbyshire.