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 documentary that traces the life and times of Bhagat Singh, a committed Marxist who most ably exem...

Documentary on the French comedian, actor, humanitarian and legend Coluche.

Is the story of a generation of thieves who achieved their greatest victories in the sixties; their ...

Klaus Kinski has perhaps the most ferocious reputation of all screen actors: his volatility was docu...

In the Arab world, women are fighting a two-front war against repressive internal constraints and in...

In 1966 a group of determined young men defied the New Zealand government and launched a pirate radi...

The chronicle of the mind-blowing journey that was Hollywood during the seventies; the true and grip...

A captivating portrait of French actor Michel Piccoli, who has worked with the greatest filmmakers o...

The film documents modern slave trade through a number of African countries, under dictatorship rule...

In the fifties, when the future Democratic Republic of Congo was still a Belgian colony, an entire g...

1962. A crystalline voice becomes a planetary tube. A Belgian nun jostles Elvis and the Beatles on t...

13 August 1961: the GDR closes the sector borders in Berlin. The city is divided overnight. Escape t...

Martin Scorsese's documentary intertwines footage from The Band's incredible farewell tour with prob...

On August 7th 1974, French tightrope walker Philippe Petit stepped out on a high wire, illegally rig...

In 1972, a seemingly typical shoestring budget pornographic film was made in a Florida hotel: "Deep ...

For three decades now, Qatar, this small desert kingdom, has not stopped being talked about; because...

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

"England 79" - 17 scenes from Great Britain the winter of discontent, 1979.