The 3-part documentary series The Irish Civil War tells the epic and often challenging story of the origins, conflict and legacy of the civil war that took place in Ireland in 1922 and 1923. Narrated by Brendan Gleeson, produced in partnership with University College Cork by RTÉ Cork as part of the Decade of Centenary commemorations and based on UCC’s “mammoth and magnificent” Atlas of the Irish Revolution, this documentary series features extensive archive film footage, photographs and materials, interviews with leading academics, archive interviews with contemporary participants and witnesses, firsthand witness accounts read by actors, detailed and dynamic graphic maps based on those featured in the Atlas of the Irish Revolution, and stunning cinematography of the very locations where events took place.

EMMY-nominated PBS documentary covering the history of American aviation, from the Wright Brothers t...

How the constitution of the largest Democratic Republic in the world was created.

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The naturalist visits uncharted territory in pursuit of new discoveries. Steve Backshall takes on ph...

What it felt like to live through the collapse of communism and democracy. A series of films by Adam...

The story of the Second World War through the personal accounts of a handful of men and women from f...

May 1945: With the end of the war and the surrender of the Third Reich, the world discovered the ful...

The rise of Stalin, from his early beginning as a bankrobber to the cold-blooded leader of the Sovie...

Music show that tells the story behind modern pop classics.

Summer 1943: Hitler engages in a decisive battle in Kursk to win the war in the East. This is withou...

Vera Atkins' files were kept sealed until after she died, but the story of the female spies and the ...

A showcase of the wonders, secrets and fragilities of the Americas, narrated by Tom Hanks.

Modern history can be divided into two time frames: before 9/11 and after 9/11. This five-part docus...

It's about human history, how humans shaped the world we live in. A history through cultures and civ...