In 1914, the suffragette Mary Richardson attacked the Rokeby Venus at the National Gallery in London. But why did this painting fire such outrage? Professor Bettany Hughes embarks on a voyage of discovery to reveal the truth behind the Venus depicted in the painting, proving that this mythological figure is so much more than just an excuse for sensual nudity and chocolate-box romance. Because Venus Uncovered is the remarkable story of one of antiquity's most potent forces. And more than that - hers is the story of human desire, and how desire transforms who we are and how we behave.
The Concorde remains a legend of the sky. In both looks and performance, it was incomparable, and th...
The story of a Japanese diplomat, sometimes called the Schindler of Japan, and his life lading up to...
A close look at Alexander the Great - from Macedonia to India. Alexander the Great has always enjoye...
An intimate portrait of the woman whose groundbreaking books revolutionized our relationship to the ...
From dreamy aerial opening shots, we are sent on an expedition through the storied land of our fifth...
Did you know that the quaint custom of Christmas caroling actually began with drunk and rowdy revele...
The story of Salvador Puig Antich, one of the last political prisoners to be executed under Franco's...
This World War II documentary rests on an unusual thesis: it argues that, in the wake of Pearl Harbo...
The U.S. Bullion Depository, better known as Fort Knox, is home of the United States Army and one of...
A historical and present day look at the Wilmington Massacre of 1898 and how the descendants of the ...
July 1969. America made history and sent the first humans to the moon. High-quality NASA footage and...
Documentary tells the story of the book and shows what impact its racist and ultra-nationalist conte...
The film accompanies the investigation of the historian Sidney Aguilar after the discovery of bricks...
A documentary about the concrete sections of the Berlin Wall that have been acquired by institutions...
Biopic of Louis Cyr, strongest man in the world at the end of the 19th Century.
‘Spitfire— Birth of a Legend‘ tells the story of the Spitfire from a radical design on the drawing boa...
For centuries Troy was believed to be a mythical city. Now, a leading team of American archaeologist...