Sir John Franklin set off from England in 1845 with two ships and 129 men to be the first to navigate the Northwest Passage, a new trade route over the top of the world, when Franklin’s ships vanished without a trace. Now, a team of explorers attempts to solve the mystery by retracing Franklin’s route in search of his long-lost tomb.

Five times, Earth has faced apocalyptic events that swept nearly all life from the face of the plane...

King Henry II keeps his wife Eleanor locked away in the towers because of her frequent attempts to o...

A showcase of German chancellor and Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler at the 1934 Nuremberg Rally.

Documentary about jazz great Chet Baker that intercuts footage from the 1950s, when he was part of W...

Forensic experts scan Pompeii’s victims to investigate why they didn’t escape the eruption.

Billions of years ago, Venus may have harbored life-giving habitats similar to those on the early Ea...

The story of the Londoners recruited to be freedom fighters during the South African apartheid durin...

Jane Austen is about to turn 40, but she still hasn't found her ideal man. When Jane is approached b...

Set in a rustic English village in the mid 19th century, Under The Greenwood Tree tells the story of...

In the first decades of the 20th century, when life was being transformed by scientific innovations,...

Palermo, Sicily, 1984. Examining magistrate Giovanni Falcone allies with Tomasso Buscetta, a former ...

A portrait of the inventor of the letterpress, who was a key figure in the history of mankind, but a...

Using cutting-edge scanning technology and state-of-the-art CGI, a team of experts creates the first...

Naples faces dual volcanic threats from Vesuvius and Campi Flegrei. Amid increasing tremors, archaeo...

On January 6, 2021, Americans witnessed an attack on the U.S. Capitol without precedent in our histo...

Thanks to new excavations in Mauritius and Madagascar, as well as archival and museum research in Fr...