TV and radio

Victoria & Albert: The Royal Wedding. (Photo by BBC)

History TV and radio: what’s on next week (15–21 December 2018)

Napoleon Bonaparte, published in London, 1909. (The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)

Napoleon Bonaparte: facts about his life, death and career

Actor Errol Flynn as Robin Hood in the film 'The Adventures of Robin Hood', 1938. (Photo by Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images)

Robin Hood: 3 films

British author Bernard Cornwell, author of 'The Last Kingdom' and 'Sharpe' series. (Photo by Daniel Sorabji via Getty Images)

Bernard Cornwell on writing historical fiction and his blockbuster series The Last Kingdom: your questions answered

Bernard Cornwell. (Photo by Felix Clay)

Bernard Cornwell on The Last Kingdom

6th August 1965: A scene from 'Mission to the Unknown', an episode of the popular British television sci-fi series 'Doctor Who', shows a meeting in the Dalek city on Kembel, 6th August 1965. Representatives of the seven galaxies meet and approve the Daleks' plan to conquer Earth.(Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Doctor Who through the ages

Aidan Turner as Ross Poldark. The BBC television drama is putting Cornwall’s coastline at risk of "over-tourism” as visitors flock to the area to visit the show's scenic filming locations, tourism chiefs have warned. (Photo by BBC/Mammoth Screen/Mike Hogan)

The ‘Poldark effect’ and 7 other historical TV shows that have tourists flocking to Britain

Alias Grace. (Photo by Jan Thijs/Netflix)

14 of the best historical TV shows on Netflix

Ross Poldark in London in the BBC's drama. The capital city was described in contemporary magazines and newspapers as the "vortex of dissipation", says Hannah Greig. (Image Credit: BBC/Mammoth Screen/Robert Viglasky)

From politics to pleasure gardens: the real history behind Poldark’s 18th-century London

Actor William Gillette playing the detective Sherlock Holmes. (Photo by Gillette/London Stereoscopic Company/Getty Images)

11 things you (probably) didn’t know about Sherlock Holmes

Young women labour on a farm during the First World War. The radio series Home Front explores life in Britain during the conflict. (Photo by Popperfoto/Getty Images)

First World War

Sanitising the past: should historical drama reflect modern sensibilities?

Podcast Website large Maggie Andrews

First World War

World War One at home

Winston Graham’s central relationship – between the gentlemanly Ross Poldark and Demelza Carne, an illiterate young kitchen maid – is highly unusual. But was there a real ‘Ross and Demelza’ in history? (Photo by Mammoth Screen/BBC)

Poldark series 3 recap – what happened and what is the real history behind the hit TV series?

The Vietnam War podcast

The Vietnam War on film