Could King Richard III's spinal deformity have prevented him from leading the charge at the Battle of Bosworth? Modern scoliosis sufferer Dominic Smee and a team of scientists and medieval warfare experts embark on an extraordinary journey to reveal new research that's changing our knowledge of a defamed medieval king.

Resorting on a vast archive material of newsreels, photographs, letters, family videos, fiction movi...
Huw Edwards presents a documentary examining the relationship between Victorian prime ministers Benj...

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

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

Petar Peca Popović is one of the greatest, most famous, most authoritative and for sure, the best, c...

In Uganda, AIDS-infected mothers have begun writing what they call Memory Books for their children. ...

This documentary explores the creation of the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin as designed by architect ...
Documentary tracing the remarkable career of one of Britain’s best-loved and most successful comedia...

The biggest trial of Nazi war crimes ever: 360 witnesses in 183 days of trial - a stunning and gripp...
Music documentary about Billo Frómeta by director Rafael Marziano Tinoco from Venezuela.

Featuring Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Diana Vreeland, La Belle Epoque evokes "the beautiful era" of 18...

The Black Panther star uncovers the astounding true story of the Agoji, Benin’s female army – or as ...

Eminent classical historian Robin Lane Fox embarks on a journey in search of the origins of the Gree...

It's 1974. Muhammad Ali is 32 and thought by many to be past his prime. George Foreman is ten years ...

Was the Christ Story stolen from other, older religions? Theologian Dr Robert Beckford investigates ...

Using historically-accurate, battle-filled re-enactments and interviews with expert historians and n...

An excellent comprehensive look at all the music that came out of Cincinnati, Ohio. Cincinnati "Roc...
Kathy's family left on a Saturday morning in 1965. The rumble of bulldozers echoed through the neigh...

Discover the untold stories of D-Day from the men, women and children who lived through German occup...

At the peak of Perestroika, in 1987, in the village of Gorki, where Lenin spent his last years, afte...