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.

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

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Professor Alice Roberts travels across Greece and thousands of years back to our collective past, tr...

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

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Traces the incredible trajectory of Brown’s life and career from a 7th grade drop-out arrested and j...

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The documentary series were made to look back on Korea’s modern history. It tells stories of specifi...