A look back at a cruel conflict, the Franco-Prussian War (1870-71), which changed the political geography of Europe and sowed the seeds of a deep antagonism between France and Germany that culminated in two world wars. Excerpts from the diaries of the witnesses, photographs and painted panoramas tell the truth about a forgotten war.
Sharpe is a British series of television dramas starring Sean Bean as Richard Sharpe, a fictional Br...
Set during the 18th century Napoleonic Wars, Horatio Hornblower, a young and shy midshipman, rises t...
The Hundred Years’ war between England and France gave us the victories of Crecy and Agincourt, and ...
Around the World in 80 Days is an animated television series that lasted one season of sixteen episo...
Sandburg's Lincoln is a six-part mini-series starring Hal Holbrook as Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth...
A glimpse into the life of Paul Pogba, the influential world-class French footballer.
In this war drama blurring the lines between documentary and fiction, the working class and the bour...
An investigation into the nature, details and reasons for the collaboration, from 1940 to 1944, duri...
Judi Dench is setting out on a trip of a lifetime to uncover the lush rainforests, magical wildlife ...
South Africa, 1823. The Zulu Empire, headed by King Shaka, a brilliant but ruthless military strateg...
Bettany Hughes follows in the footsteps of 18th century aristocrats going on a Grand Tour as she tra...
The history of decolonization from the point of view of colonized peoples, an epic story that still ...
Dr James Fox tells the story of three cities in three exceptional years - cities whose artists and t...
From Bonaparte to Casanova, history is cast in the light of famous escapes from various European cou...