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 ...
Mountain men Joseph R Walker was probably the first non-Indian to see Yosemite, in 1833, but not unt...
1969. Man lands on the moon. Half a million strong at Woodstock....and Led Zeppelin perform in the g...
At the peak of Perestroika, in 1987, in the village of Gorki, where Lenin spent his last years, afte...
This documentary explores the creation of the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin as designed by architect ...
Albert Fish, the horrific true story of elderly cannibal, sadomasochist, and serial killer, who lure...
A look at contemporary Paris through the lens of theories and ideologies of the past two centuries, ...
Produced by CBN Documentaries and Biblical Productions, "In Our Hands" tells the story of the Battle...
Pianist Richard Glazier offers a unique view of Broadway and Hollywood music using fascinating inter...
Eminent classical historian Robin Lane Fox embarks on a journey in search of the origins of the Gree...
The impact of Marx on the 20th century has been all-pervasive and world-wide. This program looks at ...
It's 1974. Muhammad Ali is 32 and thought by many to be past his prime. George Foreman is ten years ...
Johan van der Keuken went against the grain in 1980: from Amsterdam (on April 30 with the coronation...
The long-suppressed story of 12,000 Japanese Americans who dared to resist the U.S. government's pro...
Was the Christ Story stolen from other, older religions? Theologian Dr Robert Beckford investigates ...
Examines the early 1980s Hong Kong filmmaking community. Tony Rayns interviews some of the new gener...
HISTORY brings you an all-encompassing documentary event cantered around the 25th anniversary of the...
Seekers of Oblivion explores the exciting life and adventures of Isabelle Eberhardt. Born in Geneva,...
In 1928, Lady Heath became the first person to fly solo from Cape Town to London. Eighty-five years ...
Board a traditional felucca sailboat and travel down the Nile from Aswan to Cairo, visiting spectacu...