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The Rise of the Dictators

Told through six themed episodes, this series explores how dictators rise to power in a compelling insight into the fragility of democracy…

Professor Bettany Hughes travels across the world to investigate the story of humanity; making new discoveries along the way, she lifts the…

Discover the evolution of modern China through 150 years of history and key figures; the country lost its position of leadership but…

Recent excavations in England and France have shed new light on the real day-to-day lives of Roman soldiers, uncovering the truth of…

This is the story of the Polish Underground State, the largest group of anti-Hitler guerrillas in occupied Europe; we learn how they…

Discover the developments that led the famous Knights Templar to extreme power and to subsequently become the target of an unprecedented campaign…

This is the story of warfare in the modern age; from the Spitfire to the stealth bombers of the second Iraq conflict,…

A series that views the most violent and significant episodes in modern history from a fresh perspective - not as two world…

In this series we explore the realities of everyday life in Nazi Germany, how people lived, and how they then recovered from…

This is the story of how the cities that were attacked, damaged and destroyed during the Second World War rose again and…