Documentary examining the medieval myth of the Philosopher's Stone, a Holy Grail-type relic which supposedly held the key to alchemy and immortality. Many noted alchemists and adventurers searched obsessively for the artifact hoping to learn its powerful secrets, a quest which allegedly drove some to madness and others to celestial encounters.
Hitler's invasion of Russia was one of the landmark events of World War II. This documentary reveals...
It is the world’s most mysterious manuscript. A book, written by an unknown author, illustrated with...
Dan Snow, Dr Alice Roberts and Dr Albert Lin investigate a series of earth-shattering discoveries at...
This short explores the possibility that Louis XVII, son of King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, esc...
A BBC documentary uncovers, for the first time, the original manuscript where Newton forecast the da...
Kirsty Young, Huw Edwards, Sophie Raworth and Claire Balding are your guides for the historic corona...
Doomed attempt to get to California in 1846. More than just a riveting tale of death, endurance and ...
Regular opening times do not apply as we accompany Sir David Attenborough on an after-hours journey ...
In the week when Hindus celebrate the holy festival of Diwali, this documentary tells the story of o...
The Chukchi reindeer breeders are peculiar people. They are nomads. Reindeers are their welfare, the...
Haunted by uncanny similarities between Nazi stage techniques and the showmanship employed by modern...
This timely, bold set of one-on-one interviews presents two of the most venerable figures from the A...
In 1943, in a circus tent in Burbank, CA, a bunch of revolutionary thinkers first gathered together ...
Commentator-comic Bill Maher plays devil's advocate with religion as he talks to believers about the...
Carlin returns to the stage in his 13th live comedy stand-up special, performed at the Beacon Theatr...
For generations, we have believed that man is driven by ruthless self-interest. But over the past de...
It's 1974. Muhammad Ali is 32 and thought by many to be past his prime. George Foreman is ten years ...
A documentary about the technological progress responsibility in employment destruction, analyzed by...
AMERICAN JESUS is an exploration of Christianity in every faction of American Life, from the breadli...
As Australian cinema broke through to international audiences in the 1970s through respected art hou...