- The Royal Navy in the age of sail
Nelson, Trafalgar, the frigate captains and the sailors of the Royal Navy, told one story at a time. 125 stories. - Abolition and the British slave trade
The British slave trade, the people it enslaved, and the campaigners and court cases that ended it. 66 stories. - The First World War
Britain and its empire at war from 1914 to 1918: the trenches, the war at sea and the home front. 82 stories. - The Second World War
Britain at war from 1939 to 1945: the Blitz, Dunkirk, D-Day and the people who saw it through. 85 stories. - India under the East India Company and the Raj
From the East India Company's first forts to the end of the Raj, including the rising of 1857. 162 stories. - Polar exploration
The Arctic, the Northwest Passage and the Antarctic: the expeditions, the ships and the people on them. 47 stories. - Exploring Africa
Mungo Park, David Livingstone, Richard Burton, John Speke and the search for the Niger and the Nile. 37 stories. - Drake, the Armada and the Elizabethan sea dogs
Francis Drake, John Hawkins, Martin Frobisher and the war at sea against Spain. 40 stories. - Colonial Australia and New South Wales
New South Wales and the Australian colonies: convicts, settlers, governors and explorers. 80 stories. - The Anglo-Zulu War and Rorke's Drift
The war of 1879 and the years around it: Isandlwana, Rorke's Drift, Ulundi and the people on both sides. 31 stories.