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 causes underlying the collapse of civilizations are usually traced to overuse of resources. As w...

Hong Kong, 1978. South Korean actress Choi Eun-hee is kidnapped by North Korean operatives following...

We reveal how the oil industry has been secretly funding scientific studies, launching false media r...

In the summer of 1959, as a magazine correspondent, writer and filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922-7...

In celebration of the 40th anniversary of smash hit I'm Not in Love, the original members of 10cc - ...

55 years ago, on October 1 1968, the first brand advertising spot appeared on the French television ...

In 1965 actor and hopeful first time director Titus Moede befriended ‘Preacher’ of the outlaw motorc...

In 1975, Ryszard Kapuściński, a veteran Polish journalist, embarked on a seemingly suicidal road tri...

At the beginning of the 1960s, in Salisbury (now Harare), in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), the g...

A feature documentary film set in Hollywood, examining a radical experiment in '70s utopian living. ...

Documentary about Brazilian music circa 1969, with extremely rare scenes, such as the only color foo...

ABBA Silver, ABBA Gold takes Abba from the Swedish heats of the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest, where ...

The never-before-told story of the Brotherhood of Eternal Love – a spiritual group of surfers and hi...
A documentary about the life of former U.S. Secret Service agent, Clint Hill, who served under five ...

Italy, 1970. An increasing legion of harmless warriors begins a peaceful struggle for sexual freedom...

The French researcher Bertrand Monnet visits pirates in Nigeria and Somalia to learn how they make m...

Everything you've ever wanted to know about Saddam Hussein (but were afraid to ask).

Two South Africans set out to discover what happened to their unlikely musical hero, the mysterious ...