One family’s fight for survival in a future dystopian Madrid illustrates the disparity between two worlds separated by a fence — and so...

The specter of drug trafficking haunts Europe. Struggling with ultra-violent criminal groups that control the vast majority of cocaine trade,...

Bastard Boys is an Australian television miniseries broadcast on the ABC in 2007. It tells the story of the 1998 Australian waterfront dispute. The...

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...

Survivors and witnesses recall March 11 2011 - when Japan was hit by a devastating tsunami of 40-foot waves, killing 20,000 and triggering a nuclear...

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

Capitalism has been the engine of unprecedented economic growth and social transformation. With the fall of the communist states and the triumph of...

A documentary news series with a taboo-breaking team who deliver incredible news stories from around the world.

Since it began in 1983, Frontline has been airing public-affairs documentaries that explore a wide scope of the complex human experience. Frontline's...

The documentary series explores different political figures throughout 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...

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

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.

Modern history can be divided into two time frames: before 9/11 and after 9/11. This five-part docuseries is a cohesive chronicle of the September...

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...

A PBS documentary concerning Jared Diamond's theory on why there is such disparity between those who have advanced technology and those who still...

In six films, Adam Curtis traces the different forces across the world that have led to now. It covers a wide range—including the strange roots...

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