Together, Friday and 13 were the unholy pairing no one wanted to see on the calendar. Over time, the combination made Friday ...

The Battle of Amiens in August 1918 was the beginning of the Allied Hundred Days Offensive, which would ultimately lead to ...

From William Kidd to Helen Gloag, meet the daring Scots whose exploits rivalled the Caribbean’s most famous buccaneers.

Historian Helen Carr details exactly what went wrong during the foiled Gunpowder Plot of 1605 and how it came to an explosive ...

Ayrton Senna, one of F1’s greatest drivers, died 30 years ago. Explore his career, his tragic death and the lasting legacy he ...

On 1st February 1959, nine Russian hikers on the trek of a lifetime through the Ural Mountains pitched a tent and settled in for the night. Hours later, all nine fled the safety of the tent and ...

Gunpowder Siege dramatically reimagines the most infamous rebellion plot in British history, shattering the myths to reveal the largely forgotten, gripping truth behind the Gunpowder Plot. Prepare to ...

Today, the word ‘terrible’ can be used to describe anything from a particularly bad meal to a natural disaster that kills millions of people. Back in the 16th Century when it was a nickname bestowed ...

Ah Nostradamus. The gift that keeps on giving. The seer that keeps on seeing. Credited with foretelling major world events such as the death of the French king Henry II and the rise to power of Adolf ...

Genovese, Gambino, Bonnano, Colombo and Lucchese. For decades, these Five Families ruled New York and built the American Mafia into an underworld empire. Five Families, based on Selwyn Raab's New York ...

Mafia bosses, capos and hitmen have lived all over the UK, some in the most unlikely of places, from caravan parks to shoe shops, semi-detached houses to coffee shops. Ross Kemp goes on a global ...

As the years have passed since World War II, the world has learned more about the secret endeavours Allied forces undertook in their desperation to win. Some of these efforts, like the spy mission ...