PBS America (Freeview) Friday

The historian reveals how Egypt's enemies exploited a country weakened by internal strife, and looks at how Alexander the Great came to its rescue

Diarmaid MacCulloch argues that the 16th-century statesman was not corrupt and manipulative, but an idealist whose radicalism laid the foundations for the modern British state

The true story of an American parachuted into France with a small team just after D-Day to organise the French Resistance into a cohesive army

Alexander Armstrong and Dr Michael Scott explore the hidden side of Florence, and uncover the history of the birthplace of the Italian renaissance

The historian reveals how Egypt's enemies exploited a country weakened by internal strife, and looks at how Alexander the Great came to its rescue

Diarmaid MacCulloch argues that the 16th-century statesman was not corrupt and manipulative, but an idealist whose radicalism laid the foundations for the modern British state

The true story of an American parachuted into France with a small team just after D-Day to organise the French Resistance into a cohesive army

Alexander Armstrong and Dr Michael Scott explore the hidden side of Florence, and uncover the history of the birthplace of the Italian renaissance

Diarmaid MacCulloch argues that the 16th-century statesman was not corrupt and manipulative, but an idealist whose radicalism laid the foundations for the modern British state