In 1971, Bahrain, Qatar and the UAE ceased to be part of Britain’s empire in the Middle East and became fully independent states. BBC News Persia and BBC Arabic collaborate in this gripping film, to uncover the secrets and shady deals that underpinned the decolonization process. From eye-witness accounts of a British-organised coup to Iran being left in control of disputed islands, it's a fascinating insight to a murky history.

A verité legal drama about Judge Kholoud Al-Faqih, the first woman appointed to a Shari'a court in t...

The vivid and inspiring story of British film icon Michael Caine's personal journey through 1960s sw...

Watching My Name Go By is a 1976 BBC documentary on the birth of graffiti in New York City, and the ...

Stop-motion animation on the arranging of marriages in 1950/60s set in the Eastern-Polish borderland...

Documentary on New York Graffiti featuring art by Cliff, Phase 2, Comet, Blade, IN, Billy167, LSD OM...

The individual journeys of the four members of the band, as they move through the music scene of the...

Since World War II North Americans have invested much of their newfound wealth in suburbia. It has p...

This documentary explores Life and Art of Queen bassist John Deacon.

'L'ultimo pugno di terra' (The Last Fistful of Land) is a 1966 documentary film directed by Fiorenzo...

A documentary account by award-winning filmmaker John Ferry of the events that led up to the 1969 Na...

In a community of a Muslim majority, the first woman pastor in the Middle East leads a parish in one...

From the sweaty basement bars of 70s New York to the glittering peak of the global charts, how disco...

Discover Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo (The Trocks), an all-male company that for 45 years h...
May 27th, 1971 was a rainy day. In the small town Radevormwald, the world seems to be still in order...

In 1972, officer Frank Serpico exposes the corruption which poisons the roots of the NYPD and become...

In May 1974, the Israeli Air Force carried out an extermination operation against the Palestinian re...