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.

The career of French comic author René Goscinny was a living blend of cultures and an expression of ...

1972 was a turning point in Ilie Nastase's career: he won his first US Open, while also reaching bot...

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

For over four decades the Rolling Stones have been on top. Arrests, drugs, fall-outs, death and rela...

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

Forbidden to Wander chronicles the experiences of a 25-year-old Arab American woman traveling on her...

AMIN portrays Qashqai musician Amin Aghaie, a young modern nomad and his family who despite facing s...

This short film is a series of vignettes of life in Saint-Henri, a Montreal working-class district, ...

In 1977, BBC music presenter Bob Harris was given exclusive and extensive access to the Queen. Condu...

A theatrical documentary about Hrytsko Chubai, a genius of Ukrainian poetry, a connoisseur of litera...

Experts say over the next hundred years the "perfect storm" of population growth, resource depletion...

Despite its Afro-American origins, the history of disco music, the soundtrack of the seventies, woul...

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

Finnish filmmaker and artist Sami van Ingen is a great-grandson of documentary pioneer Robert Flaher...

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

This award-winning, thrilling story is about a group of discarded kids who revolutionized skateboard...

Children get ready to start the first grade. They start learning the first letters.

Deng Xiaoping's economic and political opening in China. Margaret Thatcher's extreme economic measur...