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.

Phil Comeau shines a spotlight on the Ordre de Jacques-Cartier, a powerful secret society that opera...

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

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

In Imperial Russia, Anna, wife of the officer Karenin, goes to Moscow to visit her brother. On the w...

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

At the height of the space race, three U.S. astronauts are tapped as the first Apollo crew. With daz...

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

Using archival footage, cabinet conversation recordings, and an interview of the 85-year-old Robert ...

This documentary delves into the mysteries surrounding the Neanderthals and what their fossil record...

Beginning just after the bloody Sioux victory over General Custer at Little Big Horn, the story is t...

Revealed in independant movies such as My Own Private Idaho, blockbuster movie star in Point Break a...

Inspired by the book of the same name, film-maker James Marsh relays a tale of tragedy, murder and m...

Beneath the turquoise waves of the Bay of Naples lies an extraordinary underwater archeology site, t...

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

Controversy and legal problems follow Dr. Jack Kevorkian as he advocates assisted suicide.

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

A legend of the Hollywood Golden Age, Gregory Peck (1916-2003) had an exemplary career, working unde...

Montelusa, Sicily, Italy, 1877. Giovanni Bovara, the new chief inspector of the mills, is charged wi...