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.

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

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

The impact of Marx on the 20th century has been all-pervasive and world-wide. This program looks at ...

In 1872, in the cave of Cavillon in Monaco, archaeologist Émile Rivière (1835-1922) unearthed an app...

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

The NFL has staged 48 Super Bowls. Four photographers have taken pictures at every one of them. In K...

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

After rigorous testing in 1961, a small group of skilled female pilots are asked to step aside when ...

Turkey in the 1960s and 1970s was one of the biggest producers of film in the world. In order to kee...

Seventy years on, brothers Colin and Ewan McGregor take viewers through the key moments of the Battl...

Even today it is considered one of the greatest military feats ever. In 218 BC, a Carthaginian army ...


Michael Grade reveals the story of General Tom Thumb, the world's first global show business celebri...
Until 1942 around 100 German propaganda films were made, that were set in Africa. They were produced...

In this filmed version of cult film director John Waters' popular one-man show, the Pink Flamingos a...

Why has letterpress printing survived? Irreplaceable knowledge of the historic craft is in danger of...

Albert Fish, the horrific true story of elderly cannibal, sadomasochist, and serial killer, who lure...

Archival footage of an American Nazi rally that attracted 20,000 people at Madison Square Garden in ...

This feature-length film tells the story of the passion between Marie de l’Incarnation, a mid-sevent...