An account of the life and work of controversial German orchestra conductor Herbert von Karajan (1908-89), celebrated as one of the greatest musicians of the twentieth century.

The ruthless dictator Teodoro Obiang has ruled Equatorial Guinea with an iron hand since 1979. Juan ...

This is the story of a man who climbed the Hollywood ladder, one rung at a time, until he reached th...

Tucson, Arizona, September 1996. At the request of his son Martin, George Goldsmith tells him of his...

A tribute to Italian filmmaker Sergio Corbucci (1926-90), presented by American filmmaker Quentin Ta...

Barbra Streisand grew up in working class Brooklyn, dreaming of escape from her tough childhood. A s...

Sudan, East Africa, 1980. A team of Israeli Mossad agents plans to rescue and transfer thousands of ...

September 1st, 1939. Nazi Germany invades Poland. The campaign is fast, cruel and ruthless. In these...

Heaven Adores You is an intimate, meditative inquiry into the life and music of Elliott Smith. By th...

Eccentric and provocative, Lady Gaga is undoubtedly the greatest pop diva. The one who is actually c...

The story of Enrique Herreros (1903-1977), cartoonist, advertiser, poster designer, talent manager, ...

An account of the life and work of the Polish writer Stanisław Lem (1921-2006), a key figure in scie...

An intimate portrait, in his own words, of the Indian writer Salman Rushdie, author of The Satanic V...

You could be forgiven for mistaking Charlie Siem for James Bond. Whether he's driving an orange Pors...

Franco-American film pioneer Maurice Tourneur is a forgotten name in cinema history. This film trace...

The film covers a hundred years in the lives of the Ricordi family, the Milan publishing house of th...

Marco Paolini interviews Luigi Meneghello about growing up under fascism, his involvement with the I...
Pierre Boulez conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in a special concert from the Barbican,...

A young woman, who has inherited her grandparents' huge house, a fascinating place full of amazing o...

It is an unknown chapter of the German post-war history: On April 23rd, 1949, the kingdom of the Net...

19 years after the dropping of atomic bombs in Japan, the Olympic Games of 1964 took place in Tokyo....