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.
A French documentary or, one might say more accurately, a mockumentary, by director William Karel wh...
May 5, 1821. Napoleon Bonaparte, deposed emperor exiled on the island of St. Helena, is about to tak...
Debunking the mythology surrounding the 16th century French prophet, Nostradamus.
Queen Elizabeth II is the longest-reigning monarch in the history of Great Britain and the Commonwea...
In November 1947 forty-one people died in a massive blaze that gutted the huge Ballantynes Departmen...
Coffee is the second most important commodity in the world after oil. The drink has a long history a...
1942 Paris. Annette is 20 years old, Jean is barely older, they love each other and the future is br...
The story of how Norma Jeane Mortenson became Marilyn Monroe (1926-62), a lucid path of self-discove...
The murder of Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh by an Islamic extremist in 2004, followed by the publish...
Biography of a star and figure study : This fascinating portrait is for anyone who wants to know mor...
On 28 January 1901 the great musician Giuseppe Verdi died from the consequences of a stroke that had...
With exclusive behind-the-scenes access into Herzog’s everyday life, rare archive material and in-de...
Beginning just after the bloody Sioux victory over General Custer at Little Big Horn, the story is t...
Gdańsk, Poland, September 1980. Lech Wałęsa and other Lenin shipyard workers found Solidarność (Soli...
On September 11, 2001, the unimaginable transpired when devastating attacks on the World Trade Cente...
The incredible story of Lucrezia Borgia (1480-1519), daughter of Pope Alexander VI (1431-1503), deli...