What life was like in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii moments before it was devastated by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79.

The rebellious Thracian Spartacus, born and raised a slave, is sold to Gladiator trainer Batiatus. A...

Titus Andronicus returns from the wars and sees his sons and daughters taken from him, one by one. S...

After fierce Roman commander Marcus Vinicius becomes infatuated with beautiful Christian hostage Lyg...

Terry Jones' Barbarians is a 4-part TV documentary series first broadcast on BBC 2 in 2006. It was w...

A series of bawdy and satirical episodes written during the reign of the emperor Nero and set in imp...

From the legendary times of Romulus and Remus to the present day, the compelling story of the eterna...

Herzog and cinematographer Peter Zeitlinger go to Antarctica to meet people who live and work there,...

For over 85 years, steamship Ste. Claire transported generations of Detroiters to Boblo Island, an a...
Features volcano watches in Iceland from 1984-91, showing the country's highlands, Askja, Kverkjoll,...

Forensic experts scan Pompeii’s victims to investigate why they didn’t escape the eruption.

Thanks to new excavations in Mauritius and Madagascar, as well as archival and museum research in Fr...

Family farmers in southwest France practice an ancestral way of life under threat in a world increas...

Mark and Dan Jury document the gradual demise of a community nestled within the Cuyahoga National Re...

Naples faces dual volcanic threats from Vesuvius and Campi Flegrei. Amid increasing tremors, archaeo...

Restoration expert Giancarlo Napoli takes on the important task of saving 86 plaster casts of Pompei...

After the death of Emperor Constantine in Rome, the persecutions of the Christians threaten the cent...

Two iconic British buildings - the Wellington Rooms in Liverpool and the Coal Exchange in Cardiff - ...