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

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

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

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

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

A French documentary or, one might say more accurately, a mockumentary, by director William Karel wh...
Annie Goldson and Kay Ellmers’ doco, expanded from the film they made for Maori Television, takes a ...

Between June 1940 and March 1943, the 1,200 kilometer long demarcation line broke France in two. For...

The battles between the ruling empires and houses of nobility that would decide the fate of the Cauc...

In 1900, the eyes of the whole world are on Paris. The World's Fair welcomed 50 million amazed visit...

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

Debunking the mythology surrounding the 16th century French prophet, Nostradamus.

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

Thirty years after the release of his film JFK (1991), filmmaker Oliver Stone reviews recently decla...