Lion Television Movies
- 2024
Mysteries of the Terracotta Warriors
Mysteries of the Terracotta Warriors6.82024HD
Thousands of terracotta warriors guarded the first Chinese emperor's tomb. This is their story, told through archeological evidence and reenactments.
- 2020
Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb
Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb7.32020HD
This documentary follows a team of local archaeologists excavating never before explored passageways, shafts, and tombs, piecing together the secrets...
- 2010
First Light
First Light5.52010HD
In May 1940, feeling the RAF needs every man to fight to Luftwaffe, Geoffrey 'Boy' Wellum joins at 18, becoming the youngest ever Spitfire pilot....
- 2016
How Dogs Got Their Shapes
How Dogs Got Their Shapes72016HD
With many breeds and countless variations, canines are one of the most diverse species on Earth. From ears to tails, coats to paws, every part of...
- 2003
Lawrence of Arabia: The Battle for the Arab World
Lawrence of Arabia: The Battle for the Arab World02003HD
An exploration into the man behind the film-inspired myth, from both Western and Arab perspectives. Thomas Edward Lawrence, a 24-year-old British...
- 2015
China - Treasures of the Jade Empire
China - Treasures of the Jade Empire82015HD
- 2019
Guedelon II: Rebuilding the Past
Guedelon II: Rebuilding the Past9.32019HD
For the past twenty years, in the Burgundy region of France, archaeologists and craftsmen have been working on the reconstruction of the fortified...
- 2013
Caligula with Mary Beard
Caligula with Mary Beard7.62013HD
What is true and what is false in the hideous stories spread about the controversial figure of the Roman emperor Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus...
- 2003
Martin Luther
Martin Luther6.12003HD
Learn how one man reluctantly took on the most powerful institution of his day and won. Martin Luther is credited with expounding a new vision of...
- 2012
Going Medieval
Going Medieval102012HD
In this two-hour H2 special, historian and weapons expert Mike Loades goes medieval diving deep into the world of the Middle Ages. From the 5th to...
- 2010
Alexandria: The Greatest City
Alexandria: The Greatest City82010HD
Bettany Hughes goes in search of this lost civilisation, revealing the story of a city founded out of the desert by Alexander the Great in 331 BC to...
- 2014
The Great Wall of China: The Hidden Story
The Great Wall of China: The Hidden Story6.42014HD
It's the most extraordinary feat of engineering in history, and one of the most iconic man-made structures on the planet - the Great Wall of China,...
- 2007
Consenting Adults
Consenting Adults5.72007HD
Fifty years ago, a Home Office committee chaired by Wolfenden, then vice-chancellor of Reading University, recommended the decriminalization of...
- 2021
Saving Venice
Saving Venice7.22021HD
Rising sea levels and sinking land threaten to destroy Venice. Leading scientists and engineers battling the forces of nature to try to save this...
- 2008
Hitler's Britain
Hitler's Britain62008HD
A "What if?" alternative history sees Nazi Germany prevailing in the second World War. First the occupiers establish their power bases, before they...
- 2004
The Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance
The Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance7.32004HD
From a small Italian community in 15th-century Florence, the Medici family would rise to rule Europe in many ways. Using charm, patronage, skill,...
- 2023
Hidden Volcano Abyss
Hidden Volcano Abyss8.52023HD
In January 2022, one of the most powerful volcanic eruptions in recorded history rocked the Pacific islands of Tonga, sending shockwaves around the...
- 2009
Cleopatra: Portrait of a Killer
Cleopatra: Portrait of a Killer6.72009HD
Cleopatra - the most famous woman in history. We know her as a great queen, a beautiful lover and a political schemer. For 2,000 years almost all...
- 2010
The Battle of Britain
The Battle of Britain6.32010HD
Seventy years on, brothers Colin and Ewan McGregor take viewers through the key moments of the Battle of Britain, when 'the few' of the RAF faced the...
- 2015
Guédelon, Renaissance d'un château médiéval
Guédelon, Renaissance d'un château médiéval8.82015HD
This documentary explores the construction of the Château de Guédelon, a site where a team of craftsmen with the expertise of...