Dan Snow explores the political intrigues and family betrayals between the Vikings, Anglo-Saxons and Normans that led to war.

Historian Diarmaid MacCulloch explores both what it means to be English and what has shaped English identity, from the Dark Ages, through the...

What's life like when you have enough children to field your own football team?

Four kings from the House of Stuart sat on the English throne from 1603 to 1688. It was a time of great religious struggle and political...

A look into Frida Kahlo's world, revealing an artist driven by politics, power, sex and identity, with her epic love affair with Diego Rivera at...

The Art of Punk, a series of documentaries from MOCAtv, the video channel of Los Angeles’ Museum of Contemporary Art. Emphasizes its focus on...

With sumptuous palaces, exquisite artworks and stunning architecture, every great city offers a dizzying multitude of cultural highlights. So what...

Michelangelo, Rembrandt van Rijn, Vincent van Gogh - the documentary series "Giants of Art" dedicates a film to each of these three artists. Three...

Seven Ages of Britain is a BBC television documentary series which is written and presented by David Dimbleby. The seven part series was first...

Andrew Graham-Dixon explores how a group of 19th-century architects and artists spurned the modern age and turned to Britain's medieval past to...

Travelogue of England, Ireland and Wales, presented by Billy Connolly, including clips from his stand-up performances.

Articulate connects audiences to the human stories behind art, offering a trustworthy, visually stimulating, never ordinary take on classical...

After he's shot in 1968, Andy Warhol begins documenting his life and feelings. Those diaries, and this series, reveal the secrets behind his persona.

Covering the ancient world through the age of technology, this illustrated lecture by Eugen Weber presents a tapestry of political and social...

A series on Renaissance painting presented by Matthew Collings.

In this three-part documentary series Waldemar Januszczak discovers paintings, sculptures and architecture of the Baroque period. Starting from the...

In this blend of historical drama and original source material, the story of this decisive year is remagined, not from the saddles of kings and...

Andrew Graham-Dixon embarks on his most ambitious journey yet, an exploration of the rich, exciting and diverse art history of the United States of...