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Lisa is forced to stop when the unrelenting road knocks her engine apart, and Todd attempts an ambitious bush fix to muscle his load back onto the trailer. Meanwhile, rookie Scooter gets creative to squeeze his wide load down the narrow winter roads

Henry VIII's law against witches in 1542 led to thousands of women being persecuted and many burned at the stake. New investigative techniques and historical records are to re-examine the fates of women accused of witchcraft during 16th and 17th-century witch trials in Essex. Rylan and Alice Roberts explores the events, lives, and alleged crimes of those accused, often bringing the stories to life through scripted drama and featuring expert testimony from historians and psychologists

St Osyth, a village near Brightlingsea in Essex, was home to 14 women who were put on trial for witchcraft, some of whom were duly convicted according to the law of the time. Rylan and Alice Roberts investigate the 1582 St Osyth witch hunt, where a petty disagreement over money spiralled into mass hysteria and death

Rylan and Alice Roberts visit Manningtree, the focal point for the 1645 witch hunt where self-appointed Witchfinder General Matthew Hopkins orchestrated the persecution of many women accused of witchcraft. He terrorised those accused with brutal Puritan zeal and torture

Alice Roberts visits more archaeological sites around the country, with digs in southern England revealing a previously unknown Roman town, a Tudor ship buried beneath a quarry and evidence of Henry VIII's financial forgery under the Tower of London

Alice Roberts visits more archaeological digs around the country, finding out about discoveries that shed new light on British history during the prehistoric, Roman, Saxon and Tudor eras. In this edition she heads to a spectacular monument that is older than Stonehenge, a 200-year-old mine trapped in time, and a lost medieval friary

Alice Roberts visits more archaeological digs around the country, finding out about a gatehouse riddled with Civil War bullets, a unique Iron Age shield made from bark, and Roman burials with pots where the heads should be

Alice Roberts visits more archaeological digs around the country, finding out about discoveries that shed new light on British history during the prehistoric, Roman, Saxon and Tudor eras. In this edition, she examines a Dutch ship sunk by the English, a Cornish Roman fort and a 5,000-year-old Neolithic monument

A further look at some of the world's most strange unexplained phenomena. This second episode looks at the mysterious disappearance of US union official Jimmy Hoffa in July 1975. He was declared dead seven years later

Many historical figures have resided in The White House and the US building is one of the most-famous and most-haunted residences in the world. Experts investigate claims of extraordinary paranormal activity

A look at some of the world's most strange unexplained phenomena. Since the 1950s, multiple air disasters have had one thing in common - flight number 191. Is it a coincidence, or something more sinister?

Lisa heads to Huntington Beach, Darrell spends the right amount of time going through his locker, Kenny rides a recent string of luck right into his unit, while Rene puts his bankroll up against a pair of safes

In West Covina, Brandi makes a serious land grab and it pays off handsomely. Rene can't resist the mystery of a good safe. Kenny can't seem to satisfy his hunger, while Barry takes an opportunity to poach from the competition

Rene has lukewarm results seeking profits in Stanton. Dusty finds a hoard of quality equipment, inking himself a decent payday. Looking for treasure, Brandi does end up with the green - just not in the way she expected

An epic journey through the birth of the American West, examining the relentless competition for land, power, and identity that forged a nation's history, spanning a century of pivotal events. The host reflects on late 18th-century war leader Chief Little Turtle's battle to resist American expansion into the Northwest Territory. This represented a struggle for sovereignty and survival for the Native American tribes during a time of great change. The stakes were high as Chief Little Turtle rallied his people, showcasing their bravery and determination

Hunter and explorer John Colter, who was one of the first Americans to explore the West. He later entered the booming fur trade. When he repeatedly ignored warnings from the Blackfeet Indians tribe about hunting sacred beaver on their land, he was taken captive and forced to make a run for his life

The lives of Protestant missionaries Marcus and Narcissa Whitman, who sought to spread their Christian faith and bring their way of life to the Cayuse people. They helped facilitate the colonisation of the Oregon Country via the Oregon Trail before ultimately being killed during an attack on the mission site in 1847

Cynthia Ann Parker, Naduah, Narua, or Preloch, was a woman who was captured, aged around nine, by a Comanche band during the Fort Parker massacre in 1836, in which several of her relatives were killed. The crime triggered a series of increasingly deadly confrontations between her Comanche captors and the newly independent Texas

How, in Gold Rush California, Mexican immigrant Joaquin Murrieta formed a gang of outlaws that spread terror across the newly formed state. His legend as a hero to the downtrodden endured despite being hunted down by the California Rangers

Lisa heads to Huntington Beach, Darrell spends the right amount of time going through his locker, Kenny rides a recent string of luck right into his unit, while Rene puts his bankroll up against a pair of safes

In West Covina, Brandi makes a serious land grab and it pays off handsomely. Rene can't resist the mystery of a good safe. Kenny can't seem to satisfy his hunger, while Barry takes an opportunity to poach from the competition

Rene has lukewarm results seeking profits in Stanton. Dusty finds a hoard of quality equipment, inking himself a decent payday. Looking for treasure, Brandi does end up with the green - just not in the way she expected

How, in Gold Rush California, Mexican immigrant Joaquin Murrieta formed a gang of outlaws that spread terror across the newly formed state. His legend as a hero to the downtrodden endured despite being hunted down by the California Rangers

How Kansas became a battleground in the US national debate over slavery. Settlers on both sides of the issue poured into the territory to determine its future as a free or slave state in its eventual admission to the Union