Discovery History Monday

Buying goods from home

The actor examines a pivotal day in the history of the modern world, looking at the key events that made VE Day such a momentous 24 hours

Bruce Crompton and his team, buy, repair and sell Second World War military gear, travelling the world in search of rare artefacts to restore and sell

A prehistoric megastructure on the sands of an English shore could reveal lost mysteries of the Bronze Age. Experts uncover ancient rituals once performed here

The Tower of London is shrouded in a mysterious, grisly past. Experts use pioneering archaeological methods to examine how it became an infamous prison

Drew Pritchard visits Cornwall for a major buying mission. In Penzance, he haggles with a hoarder who owns a reclamation yard, before heading to the county's busiest auction house

In Sussex, Drew Pritchard has some luck when he is offered first pick of a shop packed full of French items. Then in Kent, he's invited behind the scenes of a historic railway

Experts investigate theories surrounding the possibility of time travel, and ask whether it could ever be more than science fiction

Terry O'Quinn sheds light on scientific evidence that suggests that three convicts who were believed to have drowned escaping Alcatraz prison in 1962 actually made it to shore

Josh heads to the Holy Land to find a lost city where Jesus performed many of his miracles. He reveals an inscription that has not been seen in 1,400 years

The team investigate a Texas swamp. The area is filled with snakes, but what frightens Phil and Jess are mysterious lights that have haunted locals for decades

Don Wildman examines extra-terrestrial bacteria, a monstrous hand and a mysterious insect.

Don Wildman investigates a high society murder, an ominous orb and a pesky plant turned cash crop.

The evolution of galaxies, from clouds of cold gas floating in space 13 billion years ago, to the vast gravitationally bound systems of today

The actor examines a pivotal day in the history of the modern world, looking at the key events that made VE Day such a momentous 24 hours

A 500-year-old map guides explorers Justin Fornal and Emiliano Ruprah travels to Florida and Arkansas in search of a source of water said to grant eternal life

A look at the development of the finest oyster knives, and the lights transforming sport worldwide. Plus, how diamonds grown in a greenhouse are behind a gemstone revolution

A look at the process behind the making of cheddar, widely considered the world's most popular cheese. Plus, the mechanisms inside Resusci Anne - the learning aid used to teach CPR

Bruce Crompton and his team, buy, repair and sell Second World War military gear, travelling the world in search of rare artefacts to restore and sell

Experts investigate theories surrounding the possibility of time travel, and ask whether it could ever be more than science fiction

Don Wildman examines extra-terrestrial bacteria, a monstrous hand and a mysterious insect.

Don Wildman investigates a high society murder, an ominous orb and a pesky plant turned cash crop.

Josh heads to the Holy Land to find a lost city where Jesus performed many of his miracles. He reveals an inscription that has not been seen in 1,400 years

The team investigate a Texas swamp. The area is filled with snakes, but what frightens Phil and Jess are mysterious lights that have haunted locals for decades

Buying goods from home

Buying goods from home

Buying goods from home