Alisdair Simpson

On 24 August AD79 Mount Vesuvius erupted. Combining expert investigations and CGI, this dramatisation recreates a vivid and engaging account of the last day.

The story of the Third Reich and what caused its rapid decline. From the relationships to the economics of the time, this dramatic retelling of the most evil regime in history shows how Hitler lost the war.

Profiling history's most notorious despots, from Hitler to Saddam, this series explores the cruelty of men who seized power and terrorized nations.

A series that uncovers the true and thrilling details upon which some of the most famous, Oscar-nominated movies of the 2010s were based.

From PBS - It is the most famous painting in the world, created by the hand of a genius, marveled at by millions every year in the Louvre in Paris. But could there be a second Mona Lisa? In 1913, an interesting portrait surfaced. It depicts a younger Mona Lisa in a slightly different setting and it's left unfinished: the so-called "Isleworth Mona Lisa." Is this the earlier version? There are only two contemporary references to the painting from the 15th century and both suggest da Vinci could have painted the woman in the masterpiece more than once. Now, using sophisticated scientific analysis, scientists will test both paintings to determine whether there is another Mona Lisa. Is the Mona Lisa the world knows so well the original version? Or did Leonardo da Vinci paint an earlier version of the iconic portrait? Or is it a cunning forgery painted by a fraud?

Wildlife adventure series following explorers on the tropical island of Borneo.