As told through clips from 183 female directors, this epic history of the cinema focuses on women’s integral role in the development of film art. Using almost a thousand film extracts from thirteen decades and five continents, Mark Cousins asks how films are made, shot and edited; how stories are shaped and how movies depict life, love, politics, humour and death, all through the compelling lens of some of the world’s greatest filmmakers – all of them women.
The ocean floor is home to centuries' worth of sunken vessels integrated into marine habitats. Explo...
With the 00s now firmly in our rear view mirror, the decade is ripe for re-evaluation. From 9/11 to ...
Two-part documentary about the Czechoslovak "New Wave" in the '60s, including interviews with direct...
Television series Golden Sixties examines new insights into Czech and Slovak cinema of the 1960s and...
Extraordinary stories, puzzling mysteries, and legendary journeys behind some of the world's most sa...
Examine how ancient civilisations built some of the most magnificent structures on the face of the E...
The nation’s favourite travel companion, Dame Joanna Lumley, is on an adventure to three of the worl...
A series that explains the history and technology of weapons at war.
The desolate and mysterious island of Fårö, Sweden, Baltic Sea, 2004. Swedish master filmmaker Ingma...
A detailed, and unbiased, look at the 43 men who have been the presidents of the United States of Am...
From space, the US appears to be an immense single land mass hemmed between the planet's two greates...
An affectionate look at life in 1970s Britain - the news, fads, fashions, music and more.
Hosted by Ian Nathan, this series features the cinematic stories of the Cold War era: propaganda, nu...
Ever wanted to quit your job and go travelling round the world? Well James and Karl did and filmed i...