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...

Three years in the making, this comprehensive study of the Soviet dictator blends documentary footage and interviews with experts and surviving...

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...

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

Recounts the tumultuous history of Cuba, a nation of foreign conquest, freedom fighters and Cold War political machinations.

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...

Michael Wood embarks on a great historical adventure, exploring the stories, people and landscapes that have helped create China's distinctive...

The imperial mausoleum of the Tang Dynasty is located on the mountain. It builds magnificently in a fan-shaped around Chang'an City. Together with...

After the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, Mao Tsetung established a system of labor camps for systematic repression, known as...

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

Motoring programme featuring reviews of and reports about cars of all types.

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

A worldwide guided tour of the greatest movies ever made and the story of international cinema through the history of cinematic innovation.

TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today.

Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before.

Doctor Who Confidential is a documentary to complement the revival of the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. Each...

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

This darkly satirical how-to guide explores the rise and fall of history's most notorious mob bosses and their tactics for success.

This compelling series investigates the motives and m.o. of female murderers. While males are often driven by anger, impulse and destruction, women...

MegaStructures is a documentary television series appearing on the National Geographic Channel in the United States and the United Kingdom, Channel 5...

Morgan Freeman presents his quest in order to find how most religions perceive life after death, what different civilizations thought about the act...