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...

China: The Making of a Nation is the story of the painful transformation of the vast Qing Empire into the Chinese nation after the 1911 revolution....

What it felt like to live through the collapse of communism and democracy. A series of films by Adam Curtis.

Communism spread to all of the continents of the word, lasting through four generations and over seven decades. Hundreds of millions of men and women...

Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure is a 1999 BBC television documentary presented by Michael Palin. It records Palin's travels as he visited many...

It started with Lenin and ended with Gorbachev. In this three-part documentary we highlight the people and events that played key roles in the rise...

Cuba's revolutionary story is one of much fervor. Fidel Castro had one objective: the liberation of a Communist Cuba. Castro's ability to form key...

Adventurer and journalist Simon Reeve heads to Cuba to find a communist country in the middle of a capitalist revolution. Two years ago Cuba...

Jamaican-born Stuart Hall looks at the history of the Caribbean islands through interviews with modern inhabitants.

Joanna Lumley travels across two of the most enigmatic countries in the Caribbean Cuba and Haiti to explore and uncover the hidden gems that these...

Oceanographer Jacques-Yves Cousteau and the Calypso set sail to research far-off cultures and species of aquatic fauna and flora in another of the...

The largest island in the Caribbean is becoming a tourist attraction with its touching history and vibrant culture.

An in-depth look at the history and pop cultural significance of horror films.

Featuring rare footage and interviews with CIA insiders, this edge-of-your-seat documentary series traces the epic hunt for Osama bin Laden.

A series of standalone documentaries powered by the unparalleled journalism and insight of The New York Times, bringing viewers close to the...

In a docuseries set at one of NCAA football's most fertile recruiting grounds, guys with red flags seek to prove their worth on the field and in...

Infographics and archival footage deliver bite-size history lessons on scientific breakthroughs, social movements and world-changing discoveries.

In a tumultuous era, 1971 was a year of musical innovation and rebirth fueled by the political and cultural upheaval of the time. Stars reached new...

Louis Theroux which delves into the weirder fringes of American society.

The series heads to the very frontiers of space and science to produce the definitive television history of science fiction, told through its impact...

A portrait of celebrated filmmaker David Chase: his life, his career and his groundbreaking work on the HBO original series The Sopranos.

In official collaboration with the 9/11 Memorial & Museum, this documentary series takes viewers through harrowing moments of the historic morning of...

Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer confesses to his gruesome crimes in unguarded interviews, offering an unsettling view into a disturbed mind.

Explore the explosive life of Mike Tyson — one of the most feared and fascinating figures in sports history.