A young Bulgarian girl digs into her grandfather's turbulent life in an attempt to unravel the past and find answers and explanations for the catastrophic fall of communism.

The story of Salvador Puig Antich, one of the last political prisoners to be executed under Franco's...

In this adaption of the 22th chapter of Jose Rizal's iconic novel Noli Me Tángere, the town of San D...

The political ad "Peace Little Girl" aired during the 1964 presidential campaign ushered in a new er...

Stonehenge is an icon of prehistoric British culture, an enigma that has seduced archaeologists and ...

Professor Saul David uses the BBC archive to chart the history of the world's most destructive war, ...

An inventive remembrance of the impact of the Hollywood blacklist on two American classics, rendered...
Michael Cockerell sheds new light on the tragi-comedy of the 1970s by focusing on some of its most c...

The Hobbit Enigma examines one of the greatest controversies in science today: what did scientists f...

Every year, tens of thousands don the Red Suit for families, parties and parades, but only a handful...

Filmmaker Irene Lusztig unearths a dark family secret in search of answers and reconciliation in her...

Resorting on a vast archive material of newsreels, photographs, letters, family videos, fiction movi...

Dr Janina Ramirez travels across glaciers and through the lava fields of Iceland to find out about o...

Gdańsk, Poland, September 1980. Lech Wałęsa and other Lenin shipyard workers found Solidarność (Soli...

A history of the French Revolution beginning from the decision of the king to convene the Etats-Gene...
Pianist Richard Glazier offers a unique view of Broadway and Hollywood music using fascinating inter...

The long-suppressed story of 12,000 Japanese Americans who dared to resist the U.S. government's pro...

Examines the early 1980s Hong Kong filmmaking community. Tony Rayns interviews some of the new gener...

The story of journalist Edward R. Murrow's stand against Senator Joseph McCarthy's anti-communist wi...

A group of soldiers are sentenced for the murders of key political figures in the night of October 1...