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.

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

Featuring Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Diana Vreeland, La Belle Epoque evokes "the beautiful era" of 18...
HISTORY brings you an all-encompassing documentary event cantered around the 25th anniversary of the...

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

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

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

It was perhaps the most spectacular flourishing of imagination and achievement in recorded history. ...

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...

This documentary explores the creation of the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin as designed by architect ...

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

Short costume picture on the infamous Roman Emperor.

Using historically-accurate, battle-filled re-enactments and interviews with expert historians and n...

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

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

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

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...

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