Most popular History TV programmes available on BBC iPlayer 2009-07-04T12:29:30Z tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:/iplayer/feed/categories/factual/history/tv/popular BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:PIPS:b00lh03b 2009-07-03T13:56:47Z <p> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00lh03b/Crude_Britannia_The_Story_of_North_Sea_Oil_Episode_3/?src=a_syn30"> <img src="http://node2.bbcimg.co.uk/iplayer/images/episode/b00lh03b_150_84.jpg" alt="Crude Britannia: The Story of North Sea Oil: Episode 3" /> </a> </p> <p> The Gulf War of 1991 brought home the fragility of global energy supplies. </p> tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:PIPS:b0078yr8 2009-06-29T23:50:51Z <p> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0078yr8/Days_that_Shook_the_World_Series_1_Concorde_Atlantic_Crossing/?src=a_syn30"> <img src="http://node2.bbcimg.co.uk/iplayer/images/episode/b0078yr8_150_84.jpg" alt="Days that Shook the World: Series 1: Concorde - Atlantic Crossing" /> </a> </p> <p> Recalling the day that Concorde made its first supersonic flight across the Atlantic. </p> tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:PIPS:b00lc7nr 2009-06-28T07:58:53Z <p> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00lc7nr/Crude_Britannia_The_Story_of_North_Sea_Oil_Episode_2/?src=a_syn30"> <img src="http://node1.bbcimg.co.uk/iplayer/images/episode/b00lc7nr_150_84.jpg" alt="Crude Britannia: The Story of North Sea Oil: Episode 2" /> </a> </p> <p> Boom turned to bust in the late 1980s and the industry was rocked a series of tragedies. </p> tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:PIPS:b00l7r9j 2009-06-24T23:24:08Z <p> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00l7r9j/Crude_Britannia_The_Story_of_North_Sea_Oil_Episode_1/?src=a_syn30"> <img src="http://node2.bbcimg.co.uk/iplayer/images/episode/b00l7r9j_150_84.jpg" alt="Crude Britannia: The Story of North Sea Oil: Episode 1" /> </a> </p> <p> The men who discovered the oil and risked their lives to get it ashore tell their stories. </p> tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:PIPS:b00kpvbt 2009-07-03T23:50:09Z <p> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00kpvbt/The_Lions_Roar/?src=a_syn30"> <img src="http://node2.bbcimg.co.uk/iplayer/images/episode/b00kpvbt_150_84.jpg" alt="The Lions' Roar" /> </a> </p> <p> Documentary about the sporting and social impact of the Lions' 1974 tour to South Africa. </p> tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:PIPS:b00lglxw 2009-07-01T18:46:39Z <p> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00lglxw/The_PreRaphaelites_Episode_3/?src=a_syn30"> <img src="http://node2.bbcimg.co.uk/iplayer/images/episode/b00lglxw_150_84.jpg" alt="The Pre-Raphaelites: Episode 3" /> </a> </p> <p> How the Pre-Raphaelites outgrew the avant-garde and began to embrace fame and fortune. </p> tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:PIPS:b008l3ph 2009-06-29T20:06:43Z <p> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b008l3ph/Vienna_City_of_Dreams/?src=a_syn30"> <img src="http://node2.bbcimg.co.uk/iplayer/images/episode/b008l3ph_150_84.jpg" alt="Vienna: City of Dreams" /> </a> </p> <p> Joseph Koerner explores the art, architecture and music of fin de siecle Vienna. </p> tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:PIPS:b00fm74j 2009-07-02T21:44:01Z <p> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00fm74j/Hidden_Histories_Episode_3/?src=a_syn30"> <img src="http://node2.bbcimg.co.uk/iplayer/images/episode/b00fm74j_150_84.jpg" alt="Hidden Histories: Episode 3" /> </a> </p> <p> Huw Edwards and his team examine a Tudor house, a Roman theatre and a chapel. </p> tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:PIPS:b00lc6x8 2009-06-30T02:21:04Z <p> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00lc6x8/The_PreRaphaelites_Episode_2/?src=a_syn30"> <img src="http://node2.bbcimg.co.uk/iplayer/images/episode/b00lc6x8_150_84.jpg" alt="The Pre-Raphaelites: Episode 2" /> </a> </p> <p> How they transformed landscape painting by microscopically examining the natural world. </p> tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:PIPS:b00l7qpy 2009-07-01T11:06:32Z <p> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00l7qpy/The_PreRaphaelites_Episode_1/?src=a_syn30"> <img src="http://node2.bbcimg.co.uk/iplayer/images/episode/b00l7qpy_150_84.jpg" alt="The Pre-Raphaelites: Episode 1" /> </a> </p> <p> A look at the origins of the Brotherhood and some of the movement's key early works. </p>