The True Story of the Tattooist of Auschwitz
Lali and Gita Sokolov's story stands as a powerful tribute to human endurance; this documentary sheds light on their incredible love story…
History series
Pirates of the Mediterranean
This documentary sheds light on largely unknown European history: piracy and slavery in the Mediterranean. Human trafficking governed by law as an…
The Lost Cities of Genghis Khan
To re-establish the truth about Genghis Khan - who has been caricatured as a simple bloodthirsty barbarian on horseback, international teams are…
Svetlana: My Father Is Joseph Stalin
This documentary takes us back in time to the Cold War era as we unravel the story of Joseph Stalin's daughter Svetlana…
The Last Musician of Auschwitz
This is the extraordinary story of cellist Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, along with other victims of the camp - Jews, Poles and Roma -…
D-Day: The 80th Anniversary
This documentary shows a different side of D-Day: not just the famous shots of the beaches at Normandy, but the troops, sailors…
Hidden Secrets of the Adriatic
We explore the history of the so-called Adriatic Basin, starting with the latest discoveries that unquestionably demonstrate that ancient people inhabited this…
Killer Kings
Were some of history's most reviled kings truly merciless murderers? We expose the truth behind the myths of Caligula, Ivan the Terrible,…
Vikings: The Making of an Empire
We travel a thousand years back in time to chronicle the epic rise and fall of history's first and only Viking empire,…
Women Pirates: Rebels of the Seas
Marie-Anne Dieu-le-veut, Mary Read, Anne Bonny, Louise Antonini: meet four female pirates, pioneers of freedom long overshadowed in history by their male…