Female gladiators were a rarity in Ancient Rome, but the role they played was fascinating. Read on to find out more.

In the 1950s, the US began test-flying a new spy plane, the Lockheed U-2. A Sky HISTORY series explores how this led to UFO ...

Despite being accused of murdering his own wife, children and countless other innocents, King Herod is still known as 'the ...

Rather than focusing solely on the identity of the killer, Jack the Ripper: Written in Blood delves into how the Whitechapel Murders fuelled the rise of tabloid journalism in Britain. The series ...

The Bulgarian mystic Baba Vanga, often called the ‘Balkan Nostradamus’ is known for her eerie and often cryptic predictions about the future. Blind since childhood, the clairvoyant was apparently able ...

Can ancient history raise modern questions about masculinity? This is the untold saga of the world’s greatest military fighting force, made up of 150 pairs of male lovers, whose story has just been ...

One Small Step For Pac-Man, One Giant Leap For Pac-Man-KindHappy birthday to Pac-Man, who was first released in Japan on this day in 1980. Or should I say ‘Puck Man’ which was the character’s original ...

Through use of recently declassified CIA documents, X-Files alumnus David Duchovny uncovers some of the most closely guarded government secrets from post-war history - mysteries and conspiracies we’ve ...

One Small Step For Pac-Man, One Giant Leap For Pac-Man-KindHappy birthday to Pac-Man, who was first released in Japan on this day in 1980. Or should I say ‘Puck Man’ which was the character’s original ...

The real Hellfire Club was a very different beast from the after-school Dungeons & Dragons club depicted in the fourth series of Stranger Things. Founded in London in 1718, the Hellfire Club’s ...

One Small Step For Pac-Man, One Giant Leap For Pac-Man-KindHappy birthday to Pac-Man, who was first released in Japan on this day in 1980. Or should I say ‘Puck Man’ which was the character’s original ...