The BBC’s Written Archives Centre (WAC) is housed in an unassuming bungalow on the outskirts of Reading, 40 miles west of London. It holds one of the greatest document collections of British and ...

EXCLUSIVE: The BBC‘s natural history chief is swapping commissioning for program-making by taking up a newly-created role at the fabled BBC Studios Natural History Unit (NHU). Sreya Biswas, whose ...

BBC Factual has made four brand-new history commissions and renewed A House Through Time for BBC Two and iPlayer. “The titles we are announcing today show the incredible richness of BBC History,” said ...

Scientist Marie Curie is seen as the woman who has had the most significant impact on world history, according to a new poll conducted by the BBC. The Polish-born French physicist and chemist, who's ...

A range of documentaries for BBC Two and iPlayer includes a new historical crime series with Lucy Worsley and a sixth series of A House Through Time with David Olusoga BBC Factual has announced four ...

Vodafone TV is to add three thematic channels from BBC Studios to its line-up from 1 April, with BBC Earth, BBC Lifestyle and BBC History to be made available to all customers at no extra cost. The ...

We're launching The History Bureau to take advantage of two resources unique to the BBC: our 100-year-old archive and our vast network of correspondents reporting from all over the world." — Annie ...

BBC Factual has announced four brand new History commissions for BBC Two and iPlayer: Escaping Idi Amin (w/t); Legacy: Michael Jackson (w/t), Captured By IS (w/t), and Lucy Worsley’s Victorian Murder ...