Writers and historians including Hilary Mantel and Philippa Gregory revisit the last days of Anne Boleyn, who in 1536 became the first queen in British history to be executed.

It's a condition known as "hypertrichosis" or "Ambras Syndrome," but in the 1500s it would transform...

Mother India is home to many castes, tribes and religions and one common factor that brings this div...
Documentary tracing the remarkable career of one of Britain’s best-loved and most successful comedia...

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

From double BAFTA nominated Writer and Director John Walsh. Monarch is part fact, part fiction and u...

Featuring Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Diana Vreeland, La Belle Epoque evokes "the beautiful era" of 18...
Documentary film with play scenes about the rise and fall of the short-lived Bavarian Soviet Republi...

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

What if the events in a key era in our history were actually completely different than what our hist...

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

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

Seekers of Oblivion explores the exciting life and adventures of Isabelle Eberhardt. Born in Geneva,...

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

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

In 1928, Lady Heath became the first person to fly solo from Cape Town to London. Eighty-five years ...

Paris, 1884. Bella Fontanges, a renowned ballerina, is married to Georges de Segar. But after just a...

Short costume picture on the infamous Roman Emperor.

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

Over the period of 25 years the director met General Võ Nguyên Giáp, a legendary hero of Vietnam’s i...