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Secrets of Britain

  • Category: History

Documentary series visiting British buildings and institutions to explore their secrets.

Secrets of Britain is not currently available on demand.

  • Last Heroes of D-Day

    Description: Dan Snow reveals how the D-Day landings were conducted.; Category: Military & War; 2 episodes available.

  • Churchill's Toy Shop

    Description: Documentary about Churchill's group of scientists working on secret weapons during WWII.; Category: History; 1 episode available.

  • Operation Grand Canyon with Dan Snow

    Description: Dan Snow is taking on a massive historical challenge, to run the Grand Canyon.; Category: Factual Entertainment; 2 episodes available.

  • The Men and the Machines that Beat Hitler

    Description: Documentary about the veterans who fought in the 5th Royal Tank Regiment during WWII.; Category: Military & War; 2 episodes available.

  • Guy Martin's World War 1 Tank

    Description: Guy builds a working replica of a WWI tank and drives it at a Remembrance Day parade.; Category: Factual Entertainment; 1 episode available.

  • How Britain Worked

    Description: Guy Martin recreates technical achievements of the 19th century.; Category: Engineering; 6 episodes available.

  • Guy Martin's Spitfire

    Description: Guy joins the two-year restoration of a Spitfire that was buried in a French beach.; Category: Engineering; 1 episode available.

  • Churchill's Bodyguard

    Description: Historical documentary series based upon the memoirs of Walter Thompson.; Category: History; 13 episodes available.

  • D-Day: Last Words

    Description: The recollections of those involved in D-Day on June 6, 1944.; Category: Military & War; 2 episodes available.

  • The Battle of Britain

    Description: An in-depth look at one of the most pivotal battles of the war.; Category: Military & War; 1 episode available.

  • War's Secret Shame: Shell Shock

    Description: Dan Snow examines the devastating impact war has on the mental health of soldiers.; Category: Military & War; 1 episode available.

  • 1066: A Year to Conquer England

    Description: Historian Dan Snow explores events leading up to the Battle of Hastings.; Category: History; 3 episodes available.