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 biggest trial of Nazi war crimes ever: 360 witnesses in 183 days of trial - a stunning and gripp...

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

A documentary on the late American entertainer Dean Reed, who became a huge star in East Germany aft...

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

Eminent classical historian Robin Lane Fox embarks on a journey in search of the origins of the Gree...

In 1977, a book of photographs captured an awakening - women shedding the cultural restrictions of t...

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

During the 13th century, a small village fights for freedom in the frontier landscape of the Carpath...

The Xbox Originals documentary that chronicles the fall of the Atari Corporation through the lens of...

Professor Niall Ferguson argues that Britain's decision to enter the First World War was a catastrop...

Sean McAllister's bleak, extraordinarily intimate film offers an insight into the lives of 35 year o...
There was also flower power under socialism. From the late 1960s to the late 1980s, hippies from Eas...

As the Communist Party of China celebrates its 100th anniversary, this documentary looks back at the...

The epic tale of a class struggle in twentieth century Italy, as seen through the eyes of two childh...

1969. Man lands on the moon. Half a million strong at Woodstock....and Led Zeppelin perform in the g...

The Feminist Library: A Short Film was made in support of the Save the Feminist Library Campaign, do...

No matter what your age you'll love watching this impressive and comprehensive story of the developm...

Between 1968 and 1970, J M Goodger, a lecturer at the University of Salford, made a film record of t...