Dr Janina Ramirez travels across glaciers and through the lava fields of Iceland to find out about one of the most compelling of the great Viking stories - the Laxdaela Saga. This hour-long film explores how the unique literary achievements of the Saga writers were possible at a time of such immense cultural, political and religious upheaval.

1968, The Socialist Republic of Romania. Women catch up on the latest tendencies in beachwear, the y...

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

Featuring Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Diana Vreeland, La Belle Epoque evokes "the beautiful era" of 18...
Documentary film with play scenes about the rise and fall of the short-lived Bavarian Soviet Republi...

Was the Christ Story stolen from other, older religions? Theologian Dr Robert Beckford investigates ...

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

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

A Muslim ambassador exiled from his homeland joins a group of Vikings, initially offended by their b...

Looking for Angelina is based on one of the most important murder trials in Canada. Angelina Napolit...

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

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

The Black Panther star uncovers the astounding true story of the Agoji, Benin’s female army – or as ...

Discover the untold stories of D-Day from the men, women and children who lived through German occup...

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

In 1928, Lady Heath became the first person to fly solo from Cape Town to London. Eighty-five years ...
HISTORY brings you an all-encompassing documentary event cantered around the 25th anniversary of the...

It's a condition known as "hypertrichosis" or "Ambras Syndrome," but in the 1500s it would transform...