PBS America

Everyone knows Columbus, but few know Vespucci. And yet, the continent of America was named after the banker and explorer Amerigo Vespucci.

Series exploring the expansion of railways in the Victorian era. The team find out how more leisure time and cheap rail transport meant more freedom for working-class Victorians. (Part 6 of 6) (S).

Egyptologist Dr Joann Fletcher discovers what life was really like for ordinary Egyptians 3,500 years ago. (Part 1 of 2) (S).

Using rare archive footage, this series revisits the dramatic chain of events that started the war, and explains how the causes of WWI triggered every major contemporary conflict since. (Part 1 of.

Everyone knows Columbus, but few know Vespucci. And yet, the continent of America was named after the banker and explorer Amerigo Vespucci.

Series exploring the expansion of railways in the Victorian era. The team find out how more leisure time and cheap rail transport meant more freedom for working-class Victorians. (Part 6 of 6) (S).

Egyptologist Dr Joann Fletcher discovers what life was really like for ordinary Egyptians 3,500 years ago. (Part 1 of 2) (S).

Using rare archive footage, this series revisits the dramatic chain of events that started the war, and explains how the causes of WWI triggered every major contemporary conflict since. (Part 1 of.

Everyone knows Columbus, but few know Vespucci. And yet, the continent of America was named after the banker and explorer Amerigo Vespucci.

Series exploring the expansion of railways in the Victorian era. The team find out how more leisure time and cheap rail transport meant more freedom for working-class Victorians. (Part 6 of 6) (S).

Egyptologist Dr Joann Fletcher discovers what life was really like for ordinary Egyptians 3,500 years ago. (Part 1 of 2) (S).

Using rare archive footage, this series revisits the dramatic chain of events that started the war, and explains how the causes of WWI triggered every major contemporary conflict since. (Part 1 of.

Series exploring the expansion of railways in the Victorian era. The team find out how more leisure time and cheap rail transport meant more freedom for working-class Victorians. (Part 6 of 6) (S).