History

In 1763, Britain defeated France in the worldwide Seven Years War – referred to in the American Colonies as The French and Indian War. As a ...

The story of the Wright Brothers and their efforts to invent, build, and fly the world’s first successful motor-operated airplane.

6 weeks before D-Day, British, American, and Canadian soldiers took part in a dangerous rehearsal for the Normandy invasion which claimed more ...

In the midst of one of the most significant moments in human history – the Moon landing – a guy working at a NASA warehouse has his ...

Tony Roper wrote ‘The Steamie’ for Glasgow’s Mayfest in 1987. Return to Hogmany 1957 when a fiesty group of Glasgow women; Mrs ...

In the 16th century, during the Kazakh Khanate, Kasym Khan was the fourth ruler, often viewed as the greatest leader to unite the Kazakh tribes.

New York, early 1960s. Against the backdrop of a vibrant music scene and tumultuous cultural upheaval, an enigmatic 19-year-old from Minnesota ...

Set in 15th-century Italy, The Cardinal stars Matheson Lang as one Cardinal de Medici. Bound by the rules of the confessional, the cardinal is ...

A high-stakes action film set against the backdrop of feudal Japan.

Documentary telling the real story of the Cambridge Spies – subject of the drama series A Spy Among Friends.

The protagonist Andrii Dovzhenko finds out a horrible truth, that has been hidden in USSR for years – most of those accused of «anti-Soviet ...

In 1960, United Nations: the Global South ignites a political earthquake, musicians Abbey Lincoln and Max Roach crash the Security Council, ...

“What would the world be like without Beethoven?” That’s the provocative question posed by this music documentary from Deutsche ...

The story of Oliver Cromwell’s head is perhaps the most bizarre, yet least well known, of all tales from English history. From regal burial ...

1902….the Australian Federation is a year old. Twelve year-old Tom’s father, Nat, has dragged him and his sister, Sarah, to an ...

Kakunoshin Yanagida (Tsuyoshi Kusanagi) was a samurai, but he was forced out of the Han due to a false accusation. He then lived in poverty with ...

An Italian movie crew goes to London to make a documentary about a murder case that took place a few years before.

Today, few people’s clothes attract as much attention as the royal family, but this is not a modern-day paparazzi-inspired obsession. ...

On the brink of the Second World War, a young Norwegian man’s drive to resist the Nazis sets a new course for his future – and the future ...

On June 6, 1944, the Allied Forces executed Operation Overlord, the largest seaborne invasion in history, storming the beaches of Normandy. This ...

A little known episode from the life of Stalinist security police office Julia Brystiger. Her nickname Bloody Luna was a reference to her ...

Confronted with death, National Health Service founder Aneurin ‘Nye’ Bevan’s deepest memories lead him on a mind-bending journey back through his ...

San Francisco was the epicenter of the American rave scene and witnessed some legendary events that began in the early ‘90s. These all-night ...

After twenty years away, Odysseus washes up on the shores of Ithaca, haggard and unrecognizable. The king has finally returned home, but much has ...

Lucy Worsley reveals the surprising stories behind our favourite Christmas carols. From pagan rituals to religious conflicts, French dances and ...