History's Youngest Heroes

Trailer

Nicola Coughlan shines a light on extraordinary young people from across history.

• 3 mins

History's Youngest Heroes

Nelson Mandela and the Defiance Campaign

A young activist attempts to overthrow apartheid in South Africa.

• 29 mins

History's Youngest Heroes

The Brief Reign of Lady Jane

Trapped in the Tower of London, Lady Jane Grey must choose between life or death.

• 28 mins

History's Youngest Heroes

Grace Darling: Maiden of the Sea

A reclusive young woman embarks on a perilous rescue mission

• 28 mins

History's Youngest Heroes

Audrey Hepburn’s Teenage Resistance

How did the young Audrey Hepburn take on the Nazis?

• 28 mins

History's Youngest Heroes

St Francis of Assisi: Teen Rebel

A wealthy young man severs ties with his family and embarks on a drastic new life.

• 28 mins

History's Youngest Heroes

Louis Braille: Code Maker

A young Frenchman invents a tool that will change the lives of blind people.

• 28 mins

History's Youngest Heroes

The Visionary Julian of Norwich

A young woman locks herself in a cell for years and becomes a literary trailblazer.

• 28 mins

History's Youngest Heroes

Rani Lakshmi Bai: The Warrior Queen

A 22-year-old Indian woman takes on the British Empire.

• 28 mins

History's Youngest Heroes

The Grisly World of Andreas Vesalius

A young man becomes a sensation when he starts dissecting corpses in front of crowds.

• 28 mins

History's Youngest Heroes

Vasily Arkhipov and the End of Days

A young naval officer must choose whether to save the world or trigger its destruction.

• 28 mins

History's Youngest Heroes

Hans and Sophie Scholl and the White Rose

A brother and sister mount a daring campaign against the Nazis.

• 28 mins

History's Youngest Heroes

Terry Fox’s Marathon of Hope

Terry Fox sets out to run the length of Canada on a prosthetic leg.

• 30 mins

History's Secret Heroes: Series 3

Trailer

Helena Bonham Carter shines a light on extraordinary stories from World War Two

• 2 mins

History's Secret Heroes: Series 3

Noor Khan: The Operator

In occupied France, can Agent Madeleine escape from the Nazis?

• 29 mins

History's Secret Heroes: Series 3

Curt Bloch and the Underwater Cabaret

A German refugee risks his life to ridicule Hitler.

• 28 mins

History's Secret Heroes: Series 3

Witold Pilecki: The Infiltrator

Why did Witold Pilecki volunteer to be sent to Auschwitz?

• 29 mins

History's Secret Heroes: Series 3

The Salon Albahari

A fashion boutique in Sarajevo houses an enormous secret.

• 28 mins

History's Secret Heroes: Series 3

Operation Anthropoid

Two men set out to assassinate one of Hitler’s most high-ranking officers.

• 28 mins

History's Secret Heroes: Series 3

The Night Witches

A group of Soviet women take to the skies to become night bombers.

• 28 mins

History's Secret Heroes: Series 3

Leif Larsen and the Shetland Bus

Will the Nazis uncover the secret of the Shetland Bus?

• 28 mins

History's Secret Heroes: Series 3

Dudley Clarke: The Great Deceiver

How did a British army officer use magic tricks to fool the Nazis?

• 28 mins

History's Secret Heroes: Series 3

Agent Zo's Leap of Faith

Can Agent Zo save the lives of thousands of women in Nazi-occupied Poland?

• 28 mins

History's Secret Heroes: Series 3

Ita Ekpenyon and the Blitz

Can a Nigerian warden stop a riot from breaking out in a London air raid shelter?

• 29 mins

Trailer

Historian Alex von Tunzelmann shines a light on remarkable people from across history.

• 3 mins

Saving Face with Harold Gillies

Can a doctor rebuild the shattered faces of World War One soldiers?

• 28 mins

Katharine Hepburn: Queen of the Screen

A Hollywood star takes on the double standards of the studio system.

• 28 mins