Doomed attempt to get to California in 1846. More than just a riveting tale of death, endurance and survival. The Donner Party's nightmarish journey penetrated to the very heart of the American Dream at a crucial phase of the nation's "manifest destiny." Touching some of the most powerful social, economic and political currents of the time, this extraordinary narrative remains one of the most compelling and enduring episodes to come out of the West.

Seventy years on, brothers Colin and Ewan McGregor take viewers through the key moments of the Battl...

Seekers of Oblivion explores the exciting life and adventures of Isabelle Eberhardt. Born in Geneva,...

The story of Salvador Puig Antich, one of the last political prisoners to be executed under Franco's...

Paris, 1884. Bella Fontanges, a renowned ballerina, is married to Georges de Segar. But after just a...

More than 2.000 years ago, Narbonne in today's Département Aude was the capital of a huge Roman prov...

As a general, he had fought to preserve the Union. As president, he helped to oversee the transforma...

In 1928, Lady Heath became the first person to fly solo from Cape Town to London. Eighty-five years ...

Dr Janina Ramirez travels across glaciers and through the lava fields of Iceland to find out about o...

What if the events in a key era in our history were actually completely different than what our hist...

A group of soldiers are sentenced for the murders of key political figures in the night of October 1...

The impact of Marx on the 20th century has been all-pervasive and world-wide. This program looks at ...

In February 1939, more than 20,000 Americans filled Madison Square Garden for an event billed as a “...

Beginning just after the bloody Sioux victory over General Custer at Little Big Horn, the story is t...

The Prince of Guastalla falls in love with the young citizen Emilia Galotti, who is soon to marry Co...
Music documentary about Billo Frómeta by director Rafael Marziano Tinoco from Venezuela.

Set halfway through the 17th century, a church play is performed for the benefit of the young aristo...

Over the period of 25 years the director met General Võ Nguyên Giáp, a legendary hero of Vietnam’s i...