1792. Louis XVI, his wife Marie Antoinette, and their children have been arrested and imprisoned in the Tour du Temple, a sinister chateau in Paris, awaiting their trial. Far from the splendour of Versailles, they are isolated and vulnerable for the first time in their lives.
Rogue Trader tells the true story of Nick Leeson, an employee of Barings Bank who--after a successfu...
Seville, 1968. Honorio, Rafa, and Vicente are about to turn 20 and dream of escaping their routine. ...
The retelling of France’s iconic but ill-fated queen, Marie Antoinette - from her betrothal and marr...
A Texas congressman sets a series of events in motion when he conspires with a CIA operative to aid ...
A history of the French Revolution beginning from the decision of the king to convene the Etats-Gene...
A woman is detained at La Conciergerie. She's 37 but her hair are already white. She's suffering fro...
Brilliant physicist Albert Einstein, and English scientist Arthur Eddington form an unlikely friends...
In the late 1960s, an aging Dion DiMucci, struggling to stay relevant in a rapidly changing America,...
Benjamin is in love with Manette, the innkeeper's beautiful daughter, but she has no intention of gi...
The story of life on our planet by the man who has seen more of the natural world than any other. In...
In the year 1590, the mighty warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi is close to fulfilling his ambition of unify...
It's 1974. Muhammad Ali is 32 and thought by many to be past his prime. George Foreman is ten years ...
Using archival footage, cabinet conversation recordings, and an interview of the 85-year-old Robert ...
In autumn 1944, during the Liberation of Brittany, writer Louis Guilloux worked as an interpreter fo...
A tribute to Italian filmmaker Sergio Corbucci (1926-90), presented by American filmmaker Quentin Ta...
Brought to Versailles as the companion of courtier D'Aigullon, former street waif Madame du Barry ch...
On July 14, 1789, a mob of angry Parisians stormed the Bastille and seized the King's military store...
Oscar François de Jarjayes was born female, but her father insisted she be raised as a boy as he had...
The true life story of Wendell Scott, the first black stock car racing driver to win an upper-tier N...