After World War II, the French colonial empire, which dominated the lives of over 110 million people on five continents, collapsed in just under a quarter century of blood and tears.

A look into the Belgian colonisation of Congo through interviews of both colonials as Congolese peop...

From Bonaparte to Casanova, history is cast in the light of famous escapes from various European cou...

The untold true story behind the Cold War race to put man into space.

When World War II breaks out in 1939, several people from different countries and social backgrounds...

Explores the Third Reich from a contemporary perspective to investigate how the Nazis managed to con...

The definitive story of the deadly 2004 tsunami as it travels from country to country, with unseen a...

Love, conflict, family - nobody's done it better. Acting legends reflect on the greatest writer who ...

For centuries, explorers have searched for the Bible’s most sacred religious artefacts. One of the m...

Dynamic reenactments and expert commentaries bring to life the tumultuous history and power struggle...

Myths die hard, and the history of the 20th century is no exception to this rule. Even today, we hol...

Track the main events of World War II with the help of remarkable archive footage and see exactly wh...

Out of the ashes of World War I, a new generation of titan rises…Pierre Du Pont, Walter Chrysler, J....

The stories behind innovations such as TV, radio, phones, airplanes, motorcycles and power tools as ...

One of the most important historical investigations carried out by Rai, signed by the great Sergio Z...

During the turbulent 19th century, a number of brilliant French artists developed the Romantic movem...

Jonathan Roberge dives into the world of Montréal crime during the 1957-1977 period, when the city s...