Rome was famed for the decadence of its ruling class, however, what about the ordinary citizens of these ancient cultures? How did they lead their day to day lives in an age when the average life expectancy was little more than forty? Did they believe in the Pagan Gods? What were their sex lives like? What did they do for entertainment? How ordinary Romans lived is, for the most part ...
Leningrad, 1970. A group of young Jewish dissidents plot to hijack an empty plane and escape the USS...
The life and work of stage designer ADOLPHE APPIA, originator of the most profound agitations in con...
For over 4000 years, the Sphinx has puzzled all who have laid eyes on it. What is this crouching lio...
This timely, bold set of one-on-one interviews presents two of the most venerable figures from the A...
In Uganda, AIDS-infected mothers have begun writing what they call Memory Books for their children. ...
The enigma of the personality cult is revealed in the grand spectacle of Stalin’s funeral. The film ...
It's 1974. Muhammad Ali is 32 and thought by many to be past his prime. George Foreman is ten years ...
In 2007, the Writers Guild of America, the Screenwriters Union, hit an impasse in their contract neg...
Tour of the White House with Mrs. John F. Kennedy was a television special featuring the First Lady ...
Prof. Robert Michelson takes you on a journey to a time when the Watchers roamed the Earth, corrupti...
Lost Heroes is the story of Canada's forgotten comic book superheroes and their legendary creators. ...
In 1943, in a circus tent in Burbank, CA, a bunch of revolutionary thinkers first gathered together ...
The Richardson Olmsted Campus, a former psychiatric center and National Historic Landmark, is seeing...
In 1910, the Pennsylvania Railroad successfully accomplished the enormous engineering feat of buildi...
Thundering across the sky on elegant white wings, the Concorde was an instant legend. But behind the...
To commemorate the 75th anniversary of D-Day, this special presents the key events of the Allied inv...
In the 19th century, China held the monopoly on tea, which was dear and fashionable in the West, and...
1969. Man lands on the moon. Half a million strong at Woodstock....and Led Zeppelin perform in the g...
In the beginning was sex. To the ancient cultures, sexuality, love and sex were inextricably connect...