The life story of Madalena das Dores Oliveira, the first woman to reach the rank of Brigade Chief of the PIDE (the Estado Novo secret police), who became known by the inhuman way in which she acted.

How To Survive the End of the World examines terrifying and scientifically plausible doomsday scenar...

Mankind The Story of All of Us is an epic 12-hour television event about the greatest adventure of a...

Carla Hall travels around the world to track down the unexpected lineage and international origins o...

About Adolf Hitler's time in Germany. On January 30, 1933, Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor of ...

This series explores the facts and investigates the truth behind the British Redcoat Army's campaign...

Tutored by Aristotle, helpless witness to his father's assassination, and a brilliant, pioneering ta...
Rageh Omaar visits Spain, Sicily and France to discover the history of Islam in Europe

It is said to be one of the oldest books in the world. Has it been altered? If yes why? A remarkable...

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

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

The series explores the hidden truths behind the idyllic German-themed amusement park once home to N...

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

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

Art and culture define us - but in an age of change, who are we now? In divided times, Simon Schama ...

At the world-famous Explorers Club, a gathering place for trailblazers, club member Josh Gates recou...

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