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

Stonehenge is an icon of prehistoric British culture, an enigma that has seduced archaeologists and ...

Professor Saul David uses the BBC archive to chart the history of the world's most destructive war, ...

It was perhaps the most spectacular flourishing of imagination and achievement in recorded history. ...

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

Was the Christ Story stolen from other, older religions? Theologian Dr Robert Beckford investigates ...
Michael Cockerell sheds new light on the tragi-comedy of the 1970s by focusing on some of its most c...

Every year, tens of thousands don the Red Suit for families, parties and parades, but only a handful...

In Uganda, AIDS-infected mothers have begun writing what they call Memory Books for their children. ...
Pianist Richard Glazier offers a unique view of Broadway and Hollywood music using fascinating inter...

A documentary about the history of settler groups that came to New Zealand from Europe.

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

It's 1974. Muhammad Ali is 32 and thought by many to be past his prime. George Foreman is ten years ...
Documentary film with play scenes about the rise and fall of the short-lived Bavarian Soviet Republi...

The biggest trial of Nazi war crimes ever: 360 witnesses in 183 days of trial - a stunning and gripp...

Discover the untold stories of D-Day from the men, women and children who lived through German occup...
Over the period of 25 years the director met General Võ Nguyên Giáp, a legendary hero of Vietnam’s i...

1969. Man lands on the moon. Half a million strong at Woodstock....and Led Zeppelin perform in the g...