For eight centuries, between the 9th and 1st century BC, the Etruscans, inhabitants of the Italian peninsula, were one of the most powerful peoples of the Mediterranean basin, and when they disappeared they left behind impressive necropolises, vestiges of sanctuaries and even entire cities. How did they attain such power? How far did they extend their dominion and influence? What were the causes of their decline?

On the same day that Stalin was buried, Sergei Prokofiev's funeral took place completely unnoticed. ...

For the first time, survivors talk about life after the camps. How does one return to a life that wa...
Twenty years on from winning Pop Idol, Scottish singer Michelle McManus reflects on her roller coast...

Ten years after an enormous open-pit gold mine began operations in Malartic, the hoped-for economic ...

What is true and what is false in the hideous stories spread about the controversial figure of the R...

In the first decades of the 20th century, when life was being transformed by scientific innovations,...

A documentary about the rise and fall of the Cannon Film Group, the legendary independent film compa...

This documentary delves into the mysteries surrounding the Neanderthals and what their fossil record...

A montage of newscasts tracing the events of the "damned war" and the German invasion of 1940.

Using original footage and interviews, this documentary tells the nail-biting story of Apollo 13 and...

On the eve of the publication of a biography of Claude Jutra, one of the most famous and celebrated ...

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A French documentary or, one might say more accurately, a mockumentary, by director William Karel wh...

The documentary of the Nuremberg War Trials of 21 Nazi dignitaries held after World War II.

Pictures of the Mediterranean made with bread, oil and wine. In one meal the history, geography, eco...

Kingdom of Hungary, 17th century. As she gets older, powerful Countess Erzsébet Báthory (1560-1614),...