Secret History: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Secret History is a long-running documentary series that originally ran on British television. Using a combination of interviews and archival footage, the show re-examines key historical moments of international events, often utilizing little-known and previously suppressed information. In 1992, the show won the Royal Television Society award for Best Documentary Series.

Series details

• Title: Secret History
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Genres: History
• Premiere date: 1991-11-14
• Final broadcast date listed: 2019-03-17
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Channel 4
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 13863
• IMDb ID: tt1397131
• TVDB ID: 189431

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1991-11-14; final listed air date 1991-12-19; episode order: 6.
• Season 2: premiered 1992-06-26; final listed air date 1992-08-17; episode order: 8.
• Season 3: premiered 1994-01-20; final listed air date 1994-02-24; episode order: 6.
• Season 4: premiered 1996-07-11; final listed air date 1996-08-22; episode order: 6.
• Season 5: premiered 1997-06-23; final listed air date 1997-07-21; episode order: 5.
• Season 6: premiered 1998-05-11; final listed air date 1998-08-10; episode order: 11.
• Season 7: premiered 1999-08-10; final listed air date 1999-10-05; episode order: 10.
• Season 8: premiered 2000-08-10; final listed air date 2000-09-21; episode order: 7.
• Season 9: premiered 2001-08-09; final listed air date 2002-01-05; episode order: 7.
• Season 10: premiered 2002-06-06; final listed air date 2002-07-25; episode order: 8.
• Season 11: premiered 2003-05-15; final listed air date 2003-06-19; episode order: 6.
• Season 12: premiered 2004-06-07; final listed air date 2004-07-12; episode order: 6.
• Season 13: premiered 2013-11-10; final listed air date 2014-04-06; episode order: 6.
• Season 14: premiered 2014-09-14; final listed air date 2015-10-31; episode order: 12.
• Season 15: premiered 2016-03-26; final listed air date 2016-12-10; episode order: 10.
• Season 16: premiered 2017-01-01; final listed air date 2017-11-12.
• Season 17: premiered 2018-01-27; final listed air date 2018-02-11.
• Season 18: premiered 2019-03-17; final listed air date 2019-03-17.

Source and licence

Adapted from Secret History on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.