Five's award-winning history documentary with new and baffling insights into what seem, on the surface, to be familiar stories. Volcanoes, umbrellas and virgin queens are scrutinised in this series of mind-boggling and thought-provoking documentaries.
Five's award-winning history documentary with new and baffling insights into what seem, on the surface, to be familiar stories. Volcanoes, umbrellas and virgin queens are scrutinised in this series of mind-boggling and thought-provoking documentaries.
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Seasons (13)
Season 1
9 Oct 2002 – 27 Mar 2003 · 8 episodes
1Who Killed Tutankhamun?9 Oct 2002
2The Brits Who Fought for Hitler16 Oct 2002
3The First Pompeii23 Oct 2002
4Dambusters29 Oct 2003
5Was Hitler Gay?5 Nov 2002
6The Hindenburg Mystery19 Nov 2002
7The True Curse of the Mummy3 Jan 2003
8Abba's Greatest Secret27 Mar 2003
Season 2
1 Oct 2003 – 24 Mar 2004 · 7 episodes
1Who Killed Marilyn Monroe?1 Oct 2003
2Jason and the Argonauts8 Oct 2003
3Alexander the Great's Mysterious Death22 Oct 2003
4The Bridge Over the River Kwai25 Dec 2003
5The True Gladiators10 Mar 2004
6The Great Escape17 Mar 2004
7The Curse of the Titanic Sisters24 Mar 2004
Season 3
12 Dec 2004 – 6 Jun 2005 · 5 episodes
1Who Killed Cleopatra?12 Dec 2004
2Secrets of the Sphinx14 Dec 2004
3Bad Boys of the Blitz3 May 2005
4The Hunt for Hitler's Scientists10 May 2005
5The Battle for Hitler's Supership6 Jun 2005
Season 4
8 Nov 2005 – 14 Jun 2006 · 10 episodes
1Hannibal of the Alps8 Nov 2005
2Franklin's Lost Expedition15 Nov 2005
3Boudicca's Treasures22 Nov 2005
4The Da Vinci Code Myth29 Nov 2005
5Secrets of the Dating Agency6 Dec 2005
6The Man Behind the Da Vinci Code10 May 2006
7The Umbrella Assassin17 May 2006
8How England Won the World Cup31 May 2006
9When M&S Lost Its Billions7 Jun 2006
10The Secret Life of Elizabeth I14 Jun 2006
Season 5
24 Oct 2006 – 31 Jul 2007 · 10 episodes
1The Plot to Kill JFK: The Cuban Connection24 Oct 2006
2Jack the Ripper: The First Serial Killer21 Nov 2006
3Hitler's Private World28 Nov 2006
4Secrets of Lost Fighter Pilots5 Dec 2006
5JFK's Women: The Scandals12 Dec 2006
6Myra Hindley: The Prison Years19 Dec 2006
7Mao's Bloody Revolution24 May 2007
8Mussolini: The Rise of Italian Fascism3 Jul 2007
9Egypt's Lost Tomb10 Jul 2007
10Charles and Diana: The Wedding31 Jul 2007
Season 6
4 Sep 2007 – 30 Oct 2007 · 8 episodes
1The Real Dick Turpin4 Sep 2007
2The Aztec Massacre11 Sep 2007
3The Great Olympic Drug Scandal18 Sep 2007
4Auschwitz: The Great Escape25 Sep 2007
5The Captain Bligh Conspiracy2 Oct 2007
6The Yorkshire Ripper: Mind of a Killer16 Oct 2007
7The Family That Defied Hitler23 Oct 2007
8Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Boy King30 Oct 2007
Season 7
17 Jun 2008 – 16 Sep 2008 · 12 episodes
1Last of the Dambusters17 Jun 2008
2Legend of the Crystal Skulls24 Jun 2008
3Was Crippen Innocent?1 Jul 2008
4Camilla's Family Affair8 Jul 2008
5Hitler's Secret Bunkers15 Jul 2008
6Riddle of the Romanovs22 Jul 2008
7Sex and the Neanderthals29 Jul 2008
8The Ghosts of the Mary Rose5 Aug 2008
9Margaret the Tabloid Princess12 Aug 2008
10Julius Caesar and the Druids19 Aug 2008
11The Mystery of the Mary Celeste13 Nov 2008
12Mary Magdalene: Saint or Sinner16 Sep 2008
Season 8
24 Jun 2009 – 30 Jul 2009 · 6 episodes
1Jack the Ripper: Tabloid Killer24 Jun 2009
2The Da Vinci Shroud1 Jul 2009
3The Real Goldfinger9 Jul 2009
4Britain's Nazi King?16 Jul 2009
5Search for the Amazon Headshrinkers23 Jul 2009
6Blackbeard's Last Stand30 Jul 2009
Season 9
Season 10
Season 2011
4 Jan 2011 – 10 Nov 2011 · 12 episodes
1Goering's Last Secret: Revealed4 Jan 2011
2Secrets of the Blitz20 Jan 2011
3Britain's Secret Schindler: Revealed27 Jan 2011
4JFK - The Scandals: Revealed31 Mar 2011
5The King's Speech3 May 2011
6The Great Train Robber's Secret Tapes23 Aug 2011
7World War Two's Luckiest Man6 Sep 2011
8Children of 9/1130 Aug 2011
9Mysteries of the Vampire Skeletons: Revealed13 Sep 2011
10America's Planned War on Britain: Revealed20 Sep 2011