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The story of the Cyprus' turbulent recent history using the device of a desperate man, Evagoras (Costas Timvios), who returns to the island after...

The child of Holocaust survivors, CNN Anchor Wolf Blitzer, takes viewers through the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and beyond, connecting...

The first American space station Skylab is found in pieces scattered in Western Australia. Putting these pieces back together and re-tracing the...

For both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians, Captain James Cook is a figure of great historical significance.

Almost 30 years ago, two scholars from Boston revealed the historical truth behind the legendary vampire known as Dracula. For the first time, their...

After meeting with misadventure, a space probe from the Voyager mission crashes back to Earth, centuries after it left. But Earth is a very different...

In 1973 Alister Barry joined the crew of a protest boat (The Fri) to Mururoa Atoll, where the French Government were testing nuclear weapons. Barry...

Filmed in the quaint prairie town of Herbert, Saskatchewan, Heaven or Not by filmmakers Zuzana Hudackova and Danijel Margetic is an intimate...

Part of BBC Arena's Animal Night, this film chronicles a strange era in history when animals were put on trial in human courts.

Offers audiences a unique window into a bygone era when a thrilling new invention, the motion picture camera, first captures a nation on film.

The Divided Island brings the ‘Cyprus problem’ back into focus, revealing untold stories and unravelling the intricate history that still...

At the start of World War II, Japanese Americans living on the West Coast were faced with the threat of forced removal and incarceration in...

Michael Palin travels to France in search of the Mediterranean view on his wall, captured by his favourite artist, Scottish painter Anne Redpath. He...

Born into a family of farmers in the mid-19th century, Karoline Augusta Antonsen moves to a nearby industrial city in her late teens, driven by the...

222 A.D. During yet another decadent party, Emperor Heliogabalus recalls his former lover Zotikos from prison. He becomes a witness to the...

Witchcraft is older than recorded history and holds great truths and powers, from the natural world to the realms beyond. Witches were masters of a...

Political tensions in Panama burst with the rumors of the rejection of the Herran-Hay Treaty, that'd grant the U.S.A. the rights to build the Canal....

The story of who was the "Number One in the World" between Qing Dynasty Go masters Fan Xiping and Shi Xiangxia. These two figures, historically known...

A multimedia course for secondary school and college teachers that examined global patterns through time, seeing history as an integrated whole....

Following one of the few women in Britain to helm an auction house, Irita Marriott. The series follows her as she builds her business in south...

1895, St. Petersburg. Anastasia Ardashnikova, one of the first women to receive a diploma from the Sorbonne Faculty of Law, returns from France to...

To help celebrate ITV's 60th anniversary Britain: Six decades of British life are recalled through archive footage, telling the story of the nation...

Bettany Hughes searches out the real truth about the birth of democracy in ancient Athens 2500 years ago

Heroes and Villains was a 2007-2008 BBC Television docudrama series looking at key moments in the lives and reputations of some of the greatest...

Examine how ancient civilisations built some of the most magnificent structures on the face of the Earth, many centuries before the industrial...

July 2014. When Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 crashes in Ukraine, killing all 298 people on board, the circumstances are shrouded in mystery. With...

Through interviews with historians, architects, archaeologists and local organizations, this documentary series describes the history of Casablanca,...

Throughout history certain civilisations, events and objects have fascinated and inspired us, causing those involved to dig deeper and go further on...

"Ancient Superstructures“ reveals the secrets behind the world’s most famous monuments. Some of the ancient marvels which are among the...