The Thirty Years’ War devastated central Europe. Here’s how a revolt in Prague drew in the Danes, Swedes and French.

Bradley Walsh talks UFOs, Rendlesham Forest and the search for Atlantis ahead of his new Sky HISTORY series Out of this World ...

In 1884, 25 nations voted to make Greenwich the world’s prime meridian. Here’s why it won, and why the vote never created the ...

In July 1963, an orange light was seen over Wiltshire and a mysterious crater appeared in a farmer’s field. Here’s the story ...

Lynsey Shaw retraces Arbella Stuart's 17th-century journey from London to the Midlands, revealing why it is a story that ...

Deep Water Secrets sets out to explore the unexplained and the never-before-seen, detailing encounters with history’s ...

Lost Gold of World War II uncovers the quest to solve one of the last great mysteries of World War II. In 1945, as Allied forces closed in, Japanese troops commanded by the notorious Japanese General ...

We asked our Facebook fans to let us know which British cities’ histories they’d like to know more about. We received loads of votes, with the top cities being Glasgow, Portsmouth and Liverpool. In ...

When we think of ancient civilisations, we often picture archaeological sites such as the Great Pyramids or Stonehenge, both of which date to around 2500 BC. However, Skara Brae is older than both.

The mystery of the Amber Room During WWII, Adolf Hitler’s Nazis stole some 600,000 pieces of art from across Europe. By the end of the war, billions of pounds worth of artwork had been scattered to ...

Big enough to bail out the US, buy in a President & build the first billion dollar company. Meet JP Morgan. His millionaire father, Junius, made his fortune by investing other people’s money and ...

Find out how the first coins were created, why paper money was first introduced and all the discoveries and social changes that led to our current monetary system.