The impact of Marx on the 20th century has been all-pervasive and world-wide. This program looks at the man, at the roots of his philosophy, at the causes and explanations of his philosophical development, and at its most direct outcome: the failed Soviet Union.

A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign...

The film's protagonists are the orphaned children taken into custody by the state and institutionali...

Featuring Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Diana Vreeland, La Belle Epoque evokes "the beautiful era" of 18...

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

When the revolution in Nicaragua won its victory nearly 40 years ago, the world began to dream. A yo...

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

In 1973 Yorkshire public television made a short film of the Nobel laureate while he was there. The ...

The opening of The Vasulka Effect couldn’t be more apt: Steina Vasulka addresses her husband Woody t...

Albert Fish, the horrific true story of elderly cannibal, sadomasochist, and serial killer, who lure...

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...

Rubiks’ Road is a bicycle path built in the 1980s and named after Alfreds Rubiks, leader of the Latv...

This revealing portrait of Cuba follows the lives of Fidel Castro and three Cuban families affected ...

REVOLUTION OS tells the inside story of the hackers who rebelled against the proprietary software mo...

Salem, Massachusetts. A small town—with no clear governing body—became embroiled in a scandal that f...

In China, there exists an astonishing place. A burial ground to rival Egypt’s Valley of the Kings, w...

The last shots had been fired in the First World War — but peace had yet to be made. Inspired by Mar...