The exciting story of the splitting of the atom, a scientific breakthrough of incalculable importance that ushered in the nuclear age, has a dark side: the many events in which people were exposed to radiation, both intentionally and by accident.

Eminent classical historian Robin Lane Fox embarks on a journey in search of the origins of the Gree...

The impact of Marx on the 20th century has been all-pervasive and world-wide. This program looks at ...
Documentary examining the medieval myth of the Philosopher's Stone, a Holy Grail-type relic which su...
At the end of the Victorian era, E. W. Barton-Wright combined jiujitsu, kickboxing, and stick fighti...

For over 1,000 years, chariots were indispensable weapons in ancient China. The art of chariot drivi...

In the spring of 2005, Jim Miller, a Native spiritual leader and Vietnam veteran, found himself in a...

Using government documents, archive footage and direct interviews with activists and former FBI/CIA ...

This documentary visits cities and towns and captures stunning landscapes along Europe's majestic Da...

Glasnevin Cemetery is the final resting place of 1.5 million souls; it is Ireland's national necropo...

Before the creation of the secret cities of Los Alamos, Oak Ridge and Hanford, the Manhattan Project...

Inside the dramatic search for a cure to ME/CFS (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome)...
Dragan Wende has lived in Berlin since the '70s and has seen the city change through the years. His ...

Poor physics student Marie is studying at the Sorbonne in 1890s Paris. One of the few women studying...

From double BAFTA nominated Writer and Director John Walsh. Monarch is part fact, part fiction and u...

A history of the French Revolution beginning from the decision of the king to convene the Etats-Gene...