Dick Whittington is developing a film based on his own story, while enthusiasts of prehistoric technology form lengthy queues for the unveiling of a Bronze Age artifact. Elsewhere, a group of German bomber pilots discover an unexpected util…

A television program featured an unexpected cast of historical figures. King Henry VIII sought financial support for the preservation of his antique abbeys, while Charles Darwin delivered a spirited rendition of his theory of Natural Select…

Elizabeth I, Queen of England, ventures into the realm of online courtship; Socrates, the Athenian philosopher, orchestrates his own escape from imprisonment; and Emicho of the Rhineland embarks on a crusade, guided by remarkably unconventi…

Mike Peabody, HHTV’s war reporter, now looks back with regret on his assignment covering the siege of Palermo, the Pilgrim Fathers' verses about Jamestown, and the unfortunate bowel incident experienced by a German submarine captain – an ev…

Discussions among the seasoned, those now in their twilight years, often revolve around the ambitious notion of constructing the world’s first city. Bob Hale elucidates the complete narrative of the Renaissance, while Mary Seacole recounts,…

In a state of bewilderment, Christopher Columbus proclaimed his arrival in India. Meanwhile, a woman from Georgia recounted a remarkably foolish demise. Queen Victoria and Prince Albert graced the opening of the Great Exhibition, while Tsar…

Napoleon, Emperor of France, finds himself embroiled in a peculiar game of chess; a Victorian inventor perfects a vessel designed to ward off seasickness, only to be undone by a single, unforeseen imperfection; a public execution descends i…

Nero, the emperor, made a public appearance among those who had suffered in the recent conflagration that had ravaged Rome. Elsewhere, a group of Crusaders undertook instruction in the specialized techniques required to combat fantastical b…

The wedding of King Edward III took place amidst the clamor of construction, while Julius Caesar divulged his methods for concealing a receding hairline. "Real Victorian Hustle" unveils the intricacies of criminal enterprise, and we delve …

The Norman King, William, encountered unexpected resistance in his attempt to subdue the town of Ely. Meanwhile, the philosopher Diogenes unveiled a particularly distasteful method for removing those he disliked. A Saxon, seeking connection…

Dr. Culpeper extends an invitation to his peculiar health retreat, a place of questionable wellness. Meanwhile, a Crusader knight finds himself vying for culinary supremacy on Historical Masterchef. King John grapples with the anxieties of …

A woman of Victorian sensibilities purchased passage on an unusually peculiar railway. A contemporary patient suffered a regrettable experience at the hands of a Roman dentist. Alfred the Great proposed a film detailing his life story. And …

A constellation of figures illuminates the currents of history: the resolute monarch, Mary I; the poet who shaped a language, William Shakespeare; the promise and peril of a new world; those who resisted progress, the Luddites; the era defi…