Jonathan Meades gives a personal perspective of British history.

To safeguard their streets, the New Orleans Police Department boasts a dedicated team of homicide detectives, many of whom are natives of the...

Following on from the earlier series 'Trawlermen', documentary series `Trawlermen: Hunting the Catch' follows fishermen around the clock as they...

The story of an empire: From its founding in 1922 to its dissolution in 1991, the Soviet Union was shaped by revolutionary idealism, but also by...

Surviving Disaster is unlike any other series on television, as it may actually save a life. What's the best way to survive an earthquake, home...

Go behind the scenes with Kansas City, Kansas PD detectives, round the clock, capturing the real-life drama of police investigations in the heartland...

Documentary series revealing the inner workings of Britain's railways, introducing the track-workers, train guards, drivers, police officers and...

Acclaimed historian Dan Jones tells the story of the dynasty who ruled England and much of France during the Middle Ages. More shocking, brutal and...

Dominic Sandbrook takes a fresh look at a dynamic decade. 1980s Britain changed in everything from politics and sport to fashion and popular culture.

Documentary series which ranges widely over Britain's social and cultural history, its narrative-led storytelling offering a richly immersive and...

Featuring revealing interviews with survivors speaking publicly for the first time, alongside rare insight into the CIA and Soviet responses, this...

Using highly advanced colourisation techniques, critical moments from World War II, from Stalingrad to The Battle of Britain, are shown in a whole...

WWII in HD is a 10-part American documentary television miniseries that originally aired from November 15 to November 19, 2009 on the History...

World War II In Colour is a 13-episode television documentary miniseries recounting the events of World War II narrated by Robert Powell. The show...

Surviving power struggles, betrayals and plots, Hitler's inner circle of Nazi leaders seizes control of Germany and designs its disastrous future.

Oliver Stone's re-examination of under-reported events in American history.

A documentary series that gives a historical account of the events of World War II, from its roots in the 1920s to the aftermath and the lives it...

The story of the Second World War through the personal accounts of a handful of men and women from four American towns. The war touched the lives of...

Through vividly enhanced archival footage and voices from all sides of the conflict, this docuseries brings WWII to life like never before.

The documentary series explores different political figures throughout history.

This thought-provoking documentary series examines the harrowing consequences of the Vietnam War, from the Gulf of Tonkin incident to the fall of...

The American Revolution was at once a war for independence, a war of conquest, a civil war, and a world war, fought by neighbors on American farms...

A documentary on the American Civil War narrated by Ken Burns, covering the secession of the Confederacy to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.