Titles broadcasted by Viasat History

A group of archaeologists have 3 days to discover historical artifacts in different sites around Britain.

Tony Robinson visits various periods in history, literally getting involved in the worst jobs our ancestors had to endure.

The Life of Tolstoy, from his gambling and youtful escapades, to his powerful religious conversion and finally death.

Celebrities study their lineages and family trees, usually learning surprising secrets they never knew about their families.

Celebrities are given the opportunity to research their family trees with surprising and often unexpected results.

Despite earlier promises to pass his crown to one of his Flemish, Viking, or Norman relatives, English King Edward the Confessor dies in 1066, leaving his crown to Anglo-Saxon Harold Godwinson, causing a bloody succession war.

Garrow's Law is the true tale of William Garrow, who acted as counsel for the accused, introducing the concept of 'innocent until proved guilty' at London's Old Bailey.

'Charlemagne' recounts the dramatic, violent and bawdy lie of the Middle Ages' most important emperor: His life as a political strategist, a passionate lover, a man that conquered most of Europe and a cultural visionary. The mix of feature film and documentary gives a journey to the roots of European culture.

Through a focus on the life of Dalton Trumbo (1905-1976), this film examines the effects on individuals and families of a congressional pursuit of Hollywood Communists after World War II. Trumbo was one of several writers, directors, and actors who invoked the First Amendment in refusing to answer questions under oath. They were blacklisted and imprisoned. We follow Trumbo to prison, to exile in Mexico with his family, to poverty, to the public shunning of his children, to his writing under others' names, and to an eventual but incomplete vindication. Actors read his letters; his children and friends remember and comment. Archive photos, newsreels and interviews add texture.

Follows nine overweight people as they try to lose weight using dieting and fitness regimes from the Victorian era and the 1920s.

Documents the rise of Mary Whitehouse during the 1960s, and the relationship between her and Sir Hugh Carleton Greene, the Director General of the BBC.

British historian Bettany Hughes tours the eastern Mediterranean in search of facts behind the legends of "the face that launched a thousand ships," exploring the ways Greeks made love and war circa 1300 B.C.

This documentary TV series explores the truth about the Icelandic Sagas and brought to life in 6 episodes. History, mythology and science join forces to shed some light on these extraordinary events.

A series of documentaries exploring modern efforts to solve historic mysteries.

Acclaimed British historian Mary Beard fell in love with the intrigue of classical Rome as a child.

Until recently, electricity was seen as a magical power. It could slay the living, revive the dead, and bend the laws of nature. It is now the lifeblood of the modern world, fueling our lives and underpinning every aspect of technological advancement. Without it, we would be lost. Professor Jim Al-Khalili tells the electrifying story of our quest to master nature's most mysterious force.

In the later years of her life, as she's approaching the age of forty, the novelist Jane Austen helps her niece find a husband.

A historian and professor Amanda Vickery explores why Jane Austen's books have been popular for nearly 200 years.

Documentary series about native Croatian medieval kings, their kingdom and people who lived then. Story of rise of the kings, their peak and fall.

Historian of the medieval period, Helen Castor, presents an in depth and insightful series covering England's early Queens, from the High Middle Ages with Eleanor and get daughter-in-law Eleanor of Aquitane, through the Late Middle Ages with Isabella of France and Margaret of Anjou and finishing with Lady Jane Grey, Mary I and Elizabeth I.

A hero of all our childhoods, Tintin is without doubt one of the 20th century's greatest travelers. An intrepid, bighearted adventurer who crisscrossed the world, introducing eager readers to exciting and exotic destinations. Peru, Egypt, India, Scotland, Morocco, Tibet, etc., an endless series of globe-trotting voyages. Braver than James Bond, more intrepid than Indiana Jones, more curious than Sherlock Holmes, smarter than Clark Kent, Tintin is a timeless, universal hero. A legend, a myth, who has inspired and fascinated whole generations of readers.