First transmitted in 1977, this documentary follows three months in the life of the 1st Battalion of the Royal Green Jackets (also known as the Black Mafia) as they move from their Dover barracks for a tour of duty at the Tower of London. The Royal Green Jackets are light infantry, trained to move fast. Above all they are riflemen and take pride in their reputation of being thinking fighting soldiers.

Author Rudyard Kipling and his wife search for their 17-year-old son after he goes missing during WW...

An Irish rogue uses his cunning and wit to work his way up the social classes of 18th century Englan...

The dramatised story of the Irish civil rights protest march on January 30 1972 which ended in a mas...
A powerful and poignant film in which families and friends of those who have died fighting in Afghan...

A disgraced officer risks his life to help his childhood friends in battle.

Sir Robert Beaumont is behind schedule on a railroad in Africa. Enlisting noted engineer John Henry ...

Two generals prepare for battle at the Plains of Abraham.

From May 10, 1940, France is living one of the worst tragedies of it history. In a few weeks, the co...

In 1879, during the Anglo-Zulu War, man-of-the-people Lt. Chard and snooty Lt. Bromhead are in charg...

New York trapper Tom Dobb becomes an unwilling participant in the American Revolution after his son ...

The first American space station Skylab is found in pieces scattered in Western Australia. Putting t...

Recorded during World War II, this rare color film traces an RAF Bomber Command night attack on Berl...

Guy Martin undertakes a challenge to restore a plane from the Second World War, and recreate a parac...

The story of two soldier-cameramen, Sgt Mike Lewis and Sgt Bill Lawrie, who witnessed the liberation...

During World War I, English officer Thomas Edward 'T.E.' Lawrence sets out to unite and lead the div...

In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all w...

A "What if?" alternative history sees Nazi Germany prevailing in the second World War. First the occ...

Explore the events of the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis and hear from some of the actual participants in...
During World War One, a British Army corporal tries to save his young friend from a terrible injusti...