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.
Annie Goldson and Kay Ellmers’ doco, expanded from the film they made for Maori Television, takes a ...

Druids have existed far longer than hitherto assumed, since the 4th century BC. Their traces are fou...

A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his "owner" as a side-show ...

In the heart of 20th-century Ukraine, Andriy Voron embarks on an epic journey of survival, love, and...

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

It was one of the great crimes of the Second World War: from 1941 to 1944, a total of 872 days, the ...

The story of the Trojan war is one of history's most enduring legends. A beautiful queen elopes with...

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

In 1609, Henry IV sent Inquisition judge Pierre de Lancre to the French Basque Country to investigat...

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

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

Shortly before Christmas 1744, Vienna, the center of power in the Habsburg Empire, is the scene of a...