The tragic and shocking story of the notorious Magdalene Laundries, a shameful system, created by the Irish State but supported by all strata of Irish society, which enslaved more than ten thousand women between 1922 and 1996.

In 150 years, twice marked by total destruction —a terrible earthquake in 1923 and incendiary bombin...


Michael Collins plays a crucial role in the establishment of the Irish Free State in the 1920s, but ...

Narrated by Oscar-winning actor Jeremy Irons, The Genius of George Boole assembles academics and ind...

A short documentary exploring the ways LGBT couples show affection, and how small interactions like ...

Romantic art was a response to the social upheavals of the 19th century, as shown by works by its em...

Georgie Godwin is the fattest man in Britain. A tourist attraction, thanks to greedy 'agent, cabbie ...

Based upon the true story of Olga Benário, the German-born wife of Brazilian communist leader Luís C...

A dying man in his forties recalls his childhood, his mother, the war and personal moments that tell...

The dramatised story of the Irish civil rights protest march on January 30 1972 which ended in a mas...

The documentary of the Nuremberg War Trials of 21 Nazi dignitaries held after World War II.

A comic study of 20th-century history, reconstructing the life of writer, creator and professional p...

In 1944 Poland, a Jewish shop keeper named Jakob is summoned to ghetto headquarters after being caug...

An Irish rogue uses his cunning and wit to work his way up the social classes of 18th century Englan...

Today London, tomorrow Paris, the day after New York – the life of the "jetsetter." Long before the ...

In 2012, Stephen Vaughan and Kay Ferreter are invited to address the congregation at St. Joseph's Re...

A montage of newscasts tracing the events of the "damned war" and the German invasion of 1940.

In rural Ireland in the 1840s, a land dispute makes a man kill his brother. He buries the body at t...