All Seasons

Season 1

  • S01E01 Jewel Of Denial

    • November 1, 2022
    • ABC (AU)

    Marc Fennell unravels the true history of the Koh I Noor diamond which sits at the heart of the Crown Jewels. But beyond the glitz, he reveals the tragedy of a 10-year-old Sikh boy ripped from his mother and kingdom.

  • S01E02 Stoned

    • November 8, 2022
    • ABC (AU)

    When King Charles III has his Coronation, will he sit on a potent and sacred symbol of the Scottish people? Marc Fennell investigates a wild Scottish heist to steal back an object - quite literally -from the British throne.

  • S01E03 Chipped Away

    • November 15, 2022
    • ABC (AU)

    Marc Fennell is on a scavenger hunt for pieces of a mysterious, ancient Palestinian Mosaic, when put together, reveals how the British Empire shaped the modern Middle East.

  • S01E04 Shadow Boxer

    • November 22, 2022
    • ABC (AU)

    In a mystery binding together China, UK & Australia, British colonial forces took a golden warrior statue following an epic rebellion by Chinese martial artists. But how did it end up in a prestigious Australian building?

  • S01E05 The Crow Files

    • November 29, 2022
    • ABC (AU)

    Crowfoot, a Chief of Blackfoot nation, negotiated one of the most controversial treaties in Canadian history and his personal regalia ended up in a British museum.

  • S01E06 The Return

    • December 6, 2022
    • ABC (AU)

    For well over a century the remains of Yagan, an Indigenous Noongar warrior from WA, were missing in the UK. The search for Yagan and the fight to bring him home is one of history's wildest detective stories.

Season 2

  • S02E01 Parthenon Sculptures

    • June 17, 2024

    Stephen Fry joins Marc Fennell on a gripping adventure, from the pinnacle of the Acropolis to a secluded robotics lab high in the Tuscan mountains to a shipwreck under the Aegean Sea.

  • S02E02 Australia's Egyptian Mystery

    • June 24, 2024

    Marc Fennell travels to the Pyramids of Giza, down the Nile and to the very heart of the British Empire to uncover the truth of how the ancient Egyptian mummified remains of a child ended up in Australia's oldest university.

  • S02E03 World's Biggest Diamond

    • July 1, 2024

    Marc Fennell delves into South Africa's first diamond mine and the opulent realms of London to uncover the intriguing tale of how the largest gem-quality diamond ultimately reached the hands of the British Royal family.

  • S02E04 Girl And Her Doll

    • July 8, 2024

    In 2022, a tattered black doll was sent from Britain to the First Nations people of lutruwita/Tasmania, carrying with it a devastating story of a stolen child. Marc Fennell unravels a story of heartbreak and injustice.

  • S02E05 Irish Giant

    • July 15, 2024

    Imagine lying on your deathbed, knowing that doctors can't wait to dissect your body. That is how the tallest man from Ireland ended his short life. Marc Fennell unpicks the twisting story of Charles Byrne, the Irish Giant.

  • S02E06 Operation Legacy

    • July 22, 2024

    Duration: 29 minutes 14 seconds29m From the bustling streets of Nairobi to a secluded royal retreat in the Kenyan mountains, Marc Fennell is on the hunt for secret documents that reveal a brutal history of war and a crumbling empire.

  • S02E07 Great Rubber Heist

    • July 29, 2024

    Look around you. Rubber is everywhere now, but it wasn't always this way. Marc Fennell takes you deep into the Amazon jungle to unravel an elaborate botanical heist that changed the world.

  • S02E08 Mystery Sphinx

    • August 5, 2024

    For years, visitors to the British Museum have been puzzled by an exhibit: a sphinx that looks almost identical to those from Egypt. Marc Fennell discovers the wild story of theft and the secrets of a breathtaking island. (Final)