Myths die hard, and the history of the 20th century is no exception to this rule. Even today, we hold popular beliefs that we take for Evangelical truths. Thus, we believe that Hiroshima caused Japan to surrender, that the Marshall Plan saved Europe, that Adolf Hitler was a military genius, or that Mao Zedong was a necessary evil for China’s modernization. Of course, these judgements contain some truth; but, too broad-stroked to be accurate, they contradict the historical reality by denying its complexity. What if the truth was slightly different? Through an exploration of great national or international myths, this full archive documentary collection revisits the key moments of the 20th century with a new perspective in order to provide a new, smarter and more subtle interpretation, bringing elements to light that have been forgotten or sometimes overshadowed.

Dr Xand Van Tulleken and Raksha Dave investigate the Great Smog of 1952 - the deadliest environmenta...

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In this true crime docuseries, some of the most dramatic trials of all time are examined with an emp...

Berlin 1933 – Diary Of A Metropolis tells the story of how Berlin, the vibrant hub of modernity, bec...

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The Masked Magician returns to television to defy his fellow conjurers and disclose the tricks that ...

Mickey Grosman, a former special forces demolitions expert took a group of amateur adventurers on a ...