PBS America TV Guide — Wednesday, 2 September 2026

The story of how William III's plans to knock down Hampton Court were scuppered when he became caught up in an expensive nine-year war with Louis XIV of France. Kate Williams explores more gruesome stories of palace history, including how St James's Palace doctors killed their queen, why a young African prince is buried in Windsor, and how Queen Anne had two confidantes, possibly lovers, fighting over her

A look at the fall of Mediterranean superpower Carthage, which was annihilated by the Romans, leaving little trace of its legacy

Part two of two. From the Liberation of Paris to the Évian Accords signing Algeria's independence, via major social crisis of 1947, Abbé Pierre's appeal against poverty, the rise of modern comfort or the OAS attacks, this documentary paints a vast picture of a country torn between unity and division in the wake of the Second World War

Part two of two. Dramatised documentary revealing the story of the iconic Egyptian ruler's fall from grace in Egypt after the death of Julius Caesar. Plus, how Cleopatra tried to win the heart of Mark Antony, which turned out to be a fatal decision

The story of how William III's plans to knock down Hampton Court were scuppered when he became caught up in an expensive nine-year war with Louis XIV of France. Kate Williams explores more gruesome stories of palace history, including how St James's Palace doctors killed their queen, why a young African prince is buried in Windsor, and how Queen Anne had two confidantes, possibly lovers, fighting over her