TV and radio

Peaky Blinders V. (Image by BBC/Caryn Mandabach Productions Ltd 2019/Robert Viglasky)

History TV and radio: what’s on next week? (17–23 August 2019)

19th-century mugshots

The real Peaky Blinders

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)

Poldark, Peaky Blinders and 6 other historical TV shows that have tourists flocking to Britain

The Spanish Princess, starring Charlotte Hope as Catherine of Aragon, charts the story of the woman who married into the Tudor dynasty. (Image credit: Starz)

The real history behind The Spanish Princess

Gentleman Jack, Suranne Jones as Anne Lister (Photo by BBC/Lookout Point/Jay Brooks)

Gentleman Jack

The food served at the wedding of Joffrey Baratheon and Margaery Tyrell may be inspired by accounts of ancient Roman excess, says Ayelet Haimson Lushkov. (© Home Box Office, Inc/Sky Atlantic)

Power plays and scheming queens: the ancient history behind Game of Thrones

Call the Midwife

14 of the best historical TV shows on Netflix

Clockwise from top left: Olivia Colman as Queen Anne in 'The Favourite'; Matt Smith as Prince Philip in 'The Crown'; Saoirse Ronan in 'Mary Queen of Scots'; a colourised scene from 'They Shall Not Grow Old'. (Images: © 2018 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation | Robert Viglasky / Netflix | © 2018 Focus Features LLC | WingNut Films/Peter Jackson. Original black and white film © IWM)

History Extra Film and TV Awards, 2019

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

Napoleon Bonaparte: facts about his life, death and career

Soon Gone: A Windrush Chronicle. (Image Credit: BBC/Douglas Road Productions/Carlton Dixon)

“A platform to ask ‘was it really like that?’”: Sir Lenny Henry on new Windrush drama

Danny Dyer’s Right Royal Family. (Image Credit: BBC/Wall to Wall Media/Jack Coathupe)

Danny Dyer is “making people think again” about history, say historians

Christmas historical TV (clockwise): The Crown, Mindhunter, Vikings and The Long Song. (Images Netflix/BBC)

12 historical series to watch this Christmas

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