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.

In 1940, the Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle against the might of the Luftwaffe for contro...

In this hour-long documentary, Oxford academic Janina Ramirez tours the country in search of Anglo-S...

During the 13th century, a small village fights for freedom in the frontier landscape of the Carpath...

The story of Hitler’s final hours told by people who were there. This special features exclusive for...

The Great Northwest is a documentary film based on the re-creation of a 3,200 mile road-trip made in...

The opening of The Vasulka Effect couldn’t be more apt: Steina Vasulka addresses her husband Woody t...

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

It is the year 2546. Corporations rule the world, and an agent is on a secret mission to explore the...

Over the period of 25 years the director met General Võ Nguyên Giáp, a legendary hero of Vietnam’s i...
In 1553, England’s first Queen, Mary I, takes the throne. The country is on the brink of chaos, and ...

Documentary looking at a century of cycling. Commissioned to mark the arrival of the 2014 Tour de Fr...
This short-form documentary focuses on the true story of Alfons Heck, who as an impressionable 10-y...

A sumptuous and sensual tale of intrigue, romance and betrayal set against the backdrop of a definin...

The story of the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962—the nuclear standoff with the USSR sparked by the disc...

A fascinating compilation tracing the development of British trains throughout the 20th century. Thi...

The Prince of Guastalla falls in love with the young citizen Emilia Galotti, who is soon to marry Co...

Beginning just after the bloody Sioux victory over General Custer at Little Big Horn, the story is t...

In 208 A.D., in the final days of the Han Dynasty, shrewd Prime Minster Cao convinced the fickle Emp...

James May presents a celebration of the toys which have survived across the decades, including Mecca...