Adventurers, explorers and conquerors: the Vikings are considered the greatest heroes of the Middle Ages. Is this interpretation justified? In fact, they left a far darker and lesser-known mark on history: they were ruthless slavers, human traffickers and hostage-takers. „Victims of the Vikings“ is the first TV documentary to investigate this infamous and often horrifying aspect of the Nordic warriors.

A Muslim ambassador exiled from his homeland joins a group of Vikings, initially offended by their b...

Drama-led documentary following the life of Signe, an orphaned Chief's daughter, who, driven by reve...

Dr Janina Ramirez travels across glaciers and through the lava fields of Iceland to find out about o...

Einar, brutal son of the viking Ragnar and future heir to his throne, tangles with clever slave Eric...

In this swords-and-sorcery tale, good-hearted blacksmith Eyvind hides away infant Prince Siegfried a...

This is based on a true story. Solomon Northrop is a black man in the mid 19th century before slaver...

Living in Kentucky prior to the Civil War, Amantha Starr is a privileged young woman. Her widowed fa...

Vikings pillage Ireland, seeking silver and slaves, slaying men and women in the process. A young bo...

A.D. 1519: When Huldrych Zwingli begins preaching as a priest in Zurich, the plague affects him. Loo...

Ewan McGregor narrates a captivating portrait of wild Shetland and traces the course of a breeding s...

The SS chief Heinrich Himmler wanted to exchange Jews against so-called German Reich abroad, against...

Thor, along with his friends, travel to a mysterious island seeking glory and fame. On arriving, the...

In 1839, the slave ship Amistad set sail from Cuba to America. During the long trip, Cinque leads th...

A band of vikings are on the run from a blood thirsty group of Berserkers who want to fight to the d...
It is quickly becoming the most populated country in the world, but India holds a dark secret. Men a...

The story of the Agojie, the all-female unit of warriors who protected the African Kingdom of Dahome...

In 1306, Scottish King Robert the Bruce turns a defeated outlaw when his country is invaded. But bef...

Using original excavation data combined with cutting edge computer graphics, we recreate the grave o...

Rouen, Normandy, 1431, during the Hundred Years' War. After being captured by French soldiers from a...

Erick, a young Viking warrior, joins forces with a rival clan in order to rescue a kidnapped princes...