In 79 A.D., Mount Vesuvius erupted, killing 2,000 people. This documentary asks what happened next as experts explore Ancient Rome's crisis management.

Buddhist monks open up about the joys and challenges of living out the precepts of the Buddha as a f...

The story of Tasmanian-born actor Errol Flynn whose short & flamboyant life, full of scandals, adven...

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

What killed King Tutankhamun? Ever since his spectacular tomb was discovered, the boy king has been ...

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...

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...

Thousands of terracotta warriors guarded the first Chinese emperor's tomb. This is their story, told...

What is true and what is false in the hideous stories spread about the controversial figure of the R...

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

Mark Gatiss explores and celebrates Dracula, an icon of popular culture, asking just why we keep com...

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

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

Documentary about Ilyich Ramírez Sánchez, aka "Carlos the Jackal", international terrorist.

Using home videos recorded by her voice coach, Diana takes us through the story of her life.

An international team of art restorers and archaeologists begin work on the restoration of medieval ...

Terry Jones' Barbarians is a 4-part TV documentary series first broadcast on BBC 2 in 2006. It was w...