Stealing a Nation
Stealing a Nation recounts the expulsion of the indigenous population of the Chagos Islands in the 1960s and 1970s by the British government. Whitehall cleared the way for the US military to build an airbase on Diego Garcia,...
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The Birth of Israel
The Birth of Israel recounts the events that led up to the 1949 Israeli War of Independence, resulting in the creation of the Jewish state. It features interviews with those who personally experienced the war as soldiers and...
The British Empire in Colour
The British Empire in Colour is a three-part series that chronicles the decline and legacy of the British Empire. As its title suggests, this retrospective tells much of its story through original colour film footage, accompa...
The Jewish Americans
The history of Jewish Americans goes back to before the founding of the United States itself. As early as 1654, Jewish immigrants were working alongside English, French and German immigrants to begin building the nation that...
The Men Who Built America
The Men Who Built America focuses on the lives of five self-made entrepreneurs responsible for the rise of the United States as a manufacturing giant in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Produced in eight parts, the ser...
The Nazis: A Warning from History
In the years since the fall of the Third Reich, scholars and amateur historians alike have wondered how it all could have happened. How could a modern, cultured, and intelligent society like Germany allow someone like Adolf H...
The Neanderthals: Tracking Our Ancestors
The Neanderthals: Tracking Our Ancestors delves into unexplained Neanderthal mysteries using the latest research and archaeological methods to explore the development and decline of the earliest human species. The documentary...
The Real Chernobyl
The Real Chernobyl seeks to expose the story of what happened during the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in Pripyat, Ukraine, on 28 April, 1986, from the perspective of those who lived through it. Once a thriving Soviet city with...
The Story of India
The Story of India is a sprawling epic that traces the history of one of the oldest civilisations on the planet. Beginning with the earliest human migrations out of Africa and following the story through oral history and anci...
The Story of Ireland
The Story of Ireland is a five-episode series that aims to uncover the country’s history by exploring the myths, legends, and people that laid the foundations of Irish culture. Presented by Fergal Keane, it travels across thr...
The Untold History of the United States
The Untold History of the United States, by Oliver Stone, investigates the reasons behind the Cold War, the decision to drop atomic bombs on Japan, and America’s role in the world since the fall of communism. Over the course...
Third Reich: The Rise & Fall
Third Reich: The Rise & Fall examines Hitler’s Germany through newsreels and interviews with people who lived under the regime. Painstakingly researched, it provides a comprehensive picture of what motivated people in Ger...