
Professor Saul David uses the BBC archive to chart the history of the world's most destructive war, ...
The Castro revolution was just consolidating its power when, in 1961, over 100,000 students were sen...

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

The story of the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962—the nuclear standoff with the USSR sparked by the disc...

Short costume picture on the infamous Roman Emperor.

A distinguished military leader whose reign was touched by great scandal, shocking betrayals and rou...

In 208 A.D., in the final days of the Han Dynasty, shrewd Prime Minster Cao convinced the fickle Emp...

Discover the untold stories of D-Day from the men, women and children who lived through German occup...

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

It was perhaps the most spectacular flourishing of imagination and achievement in recorded history. ...

In a Maori settlement, Ngati Toa leader Te Rauparaha composes the famous chant "Ka Mate", also known...

Looking for Angelina is based on one of the most important murder trials in Canada. Angelina Napolit...

In 1980, the first march of gays, lesbians and transvestites took place in Brazil in protest against...

5000 years ago the ancient Elamites established a glorious civilization that lasted about three mill...

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

More than 2.000 years ago, Narbonne in today's Département Aude was the capital of a huge Roman prov...
Over the period of 25 years the director met General Võ Nguyên Giáp, a legendary hero of Vietnam’s i...

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

A testament to NASA's Apollo program of the 1960s and '70s. Composed of actual NASA footage of the m...