British History

Part reality TV and part historical documentary, Netflix’s Churchill’s Secret Agents will tick all the boxes for you. Come for the World War II history and stay for the exploding rats!

How accurate is the history in the new Masterpiece drama Atlantic Crossing? Has the true story been sacrificed to create an engaging narrative? And if you're loving the series anyway, does it matter? Let's investigate.

Lara Maiklem's book Mudlark is a marvel: A history lesson that challenges the senses and the imagination and a love letter to England's River Thames.

Cable network Starz is continuing their comment to telling female-focused historical stories and is developing a new drama based on the famous life of Eleanor of Aquitaine.

Sanditon is the only novel by Jane Austen to feature a black character. But given the diversity of late Georgian society, wouldn't her contemporary readers have assumed people of color were there anyway?

The real-life story of reckless, tempestuous colonel Edward Despard is woven through much of Poldark Season 5.

But was he a dangerous revolutionary or a flawed idealist? We'll give you the history to decide for yourself. 

On October 14, 1066 William of Normandy won the Battle of Hastings, taking the English crown and changing history. How did this happen? Why is it so important that all Brits can remember it?

Let's take a look at the myths and facts of England's most important date.