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.

Two generals prepare for battle at the Plains of Abraham.

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

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

The first American space station Skylab is found in pieces scattered in Western Australia. Putting t...
A powerful and poignant film in which families and friends of those who have died fighting in Afghan...

The dramatised story of the Irish civil rights protest march on January 30 1972 which ended in a mas...

Mike Brewer sets off on a journey of discovery to find out the story of one of the most remarkable a...

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

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 ...

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 ...

Explore the events of the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis and hear from some of the actual participants in...

The disastrous first combat patrol of the K-19, the Soviet Union's first atomic-powered nuclear miss...

During the Crimean War between Britain and Russia in the 1850s, a British cavalry division, led by t...

Looking back on the creation of the Vietnam Memorial, this Emmy-nominated documentary chronicles the...

Scramble the Seawolves is the unknown story of the US Navy’s first and only Attack Helicopter Gunshi...

Two well-known Quebec artists (filmmaker Jacques Godbout and playwright René-Daniel Dubois) look at ...

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