An examination of the intimate life of America's most consequential president, Abraham Lincoln. As told by preeminent Lincoln scholars and never before seen photographs and letters, Lincoln's romantic relationships with men is detailed. The lens is widened into the history of human sexual fluidity and focuses on the profound differences between sexual mores of the 19th century and those we hold today.

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

Starting in 1881 this film shows the personal battle between Lenin's Ulyanov family and the royal Ro...

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

Debunking the mythology surrounding the 16th century French prophet, Nostradamus.

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

Marijuana is the most controversial drug of the 20th Century. Smoked by generations to little discer...

The story of the documentary The Sorrow and the Pity (1971), directed by Marcel Ophüls, which caused...

In the 19th century, China held the monopoly on tea, which was dear and fashionable in the West, and...

The story of a Franco-Belgian family living in Japan from 1927 to 1947, a time of prosperity and for...

Ferdinand de Lesseps, known as “The Great Frenchman”, will embark in the greatest adventure of his l...

In northern Peru, the unprecedented archaeological discovery of the largest known mass child sacrifi...

Druids have existed far longer than hitherto assumed, since the 4th century BC. Their traces are fou...

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

Keith Garner visits historical locations, elegant chapels and bustling city centres as he discovers ...