When the cruise ship Oceanos was battered by a violent storm off South Africa in August 1991, maritime tradition collapsed.

For so long believed to be bit-players in histories dominated by men, some queens wielded extraordinary power, and ruled in ways that far surpassed their male counterparts.

Revealing the untold stories of outsiders who defied the odds and entered Japan when it was a closed country.

The explosive story of how Australia enabled hundreds of alleged Nazi war criminals to slink into their suburbs after WWII, and the last-ditch bid to bring them to justice.

For over 150 years, the mystery of the ‘ghost ship’, Mary Celeste, has baffled the world.

When Elvis Presley started performing in Las Vegas, the gaze of the Mafia, who helped build the city, fell upon him.

There never was a Maya Empire. In the 6th Century, Central America was divided into kingdoms locked in a fierce struggle for dominance. This series tells their story.

Queen Victoria: Secret Marriage, Secret Child? examines one of the great speculations of British royal history: how intimate was Queen Victoria’s relationship with her Highland servant John Brown?

Every episode presents three of the strangest deaths history has ever recorded – and the science that explains them.

The personal story of three exceptional astronauts who came together in America’s race for the Moon.

Six legendary gladiators. One epic tale of blood and glory in ancient Rome.

In this series - a ground-breaking blend of True Crime and Historical documentary, we will vigorously present the case against six formidable Kings who have left an indelible mark on the world.

This series follows Bradley Walsh on his first journey to Egypt as he seeks answers to some of ancient history’s greatest mysteries.

Female gladiators, called Gladiatrix, were as much a part of the violent Roman blood sport as the men.

Behind Essex’s beautiful coastlines and TOWIE glamour lies a dark history, rooted in suspicion, the supernatural, misogyny, torture and death.

Narrated by Tom Hardy, the Oscar-nominated star of Dunkirk, Band of Brothers and Black Hawk Down, this series celebrates the most spectacular true-life missions accomplished by the UK’s world-renowned Special Forces. 

On the 40th anniversary of the discovery of the world’s most famous ship, with access to the men who found it, this series tells the true story of how the Titanic was revealed at the bottom of the sea – and what happened afterwards.

This innovative series tells the story of the five-year Nazi rule on British soil in the Channel Islands in the words of those who lived through it.

4000 years ago, people dare to sail hand built canoes out into the unexplored Pacific Ocean, hoping to find islands to build new lives on.

No empire in history has risen so spectacularly as that of the Mongols.

A three-part documentary series visiting the once royal residences of Althorp House, Hatfield House and Glamis Castle. Each programme reveals the secrets each place hides and what it meant to the royals who lived there.

Behind the iron fist: a gripping exploration of how the world’s worst tyrants’ secret sexual behaviours became tools of control, terror, and political domination.

Following on from the Edinburgh TV Awards winning and Grierson/RTS nominated Secrets of the Human Zoos, Nadifa Mohamed will now uncover some of the most dramatic and untold stories to have happened on British shores during WWII.