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.

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

Tucson, Arizona, September 1996. At the request of his son Martin, George Goldsmith tells him of his...

A young Bulgarian girl digs into her grandfather's turbulent life in an attempt to unravel the past ...

From double BAFTA nominated Writer and Director John Walsh. Monarch is part fact, part fiction and u...

Buddhist monks open up about the joys and challenges of living out the precepts of the Buddha as a f...
Kathy's family left on a Saturday morning in 1965. The rumble of bulldozers echoed through the neigh...

An excellent comprehensive look at all the music that came out of Cincinnati, Ohio. Cincinnati "Roc...

A history of the French Revolution beginning from the decision of the king to convene the Etats-Gene...

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

It is the year 2546. Corporations rule the world, and an agent is on a secret mission to explore the...

Over the course of 10 months, a camera travels to Buenos Aires, Argentina and Hanover, Germany to me...

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

It's 1974. Muhammad Ali is 32 and thought by many to be past his prime. George Foreman is ten years ...

Aaron Eliyahu, a Jewish man, travels to a small village called Mala, Kerala in search of his Jewish ...

Mark Gatiss explores and celebrates Dracula, an icon of popular culture, asking just why we keep com...

James May presents a celebration of the toys which have survived across the decades, including Mecca...

Host Grant Jeffrey discusses how technology and government activities are changing the way our infor...

Guy Martin undertakes a challenge to restore a plane from the Second World War, and recreate a parac...

The story of Hitler’s final hours told by people who were there. This special features exclusive for...