Did democracy actually originate in Greece? Was the plague the worst epidemic of all time? And did we really work harder in the past than we do...

Come one, come all to The Circus. This real-time documentary series pulls back the curtain on the current political stories, revealing the intense,...

Pandora's Box is a six-part 1992 BBC documentary television series which examines the consequences of political and technocratic rationalism. The...

An exclusive, all-access look at one of the most unique political campaigns of the 2014 mid-term elections - the improbable Congressional run of...

Six average Americans are confronted with the realities of illegal immigration while retracing the footsteps of dead border runners.

La grande storia is a historical documentary series aired by Italian public television network Rai 3.

Hungarian documentary about the economic war against the Hungarian nation.

Tracing Xi Jinping's defining moments, how he's exercising his power and the impact on China and relations with the U.S.

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

An investigation based on the largest leak of documents in British political history. The Labour Files examines thousands of internal documents,...

Muhammad Ali brings to life the iconic heavyweight boxing champion who became an inspiration to people everywhere.

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

Come one, come all to The Circus. This real-time documentary series pulls back the curtain on the current political stories, revealing the intense,...

Heinous criminals have avoided capture despite massive rewards and global investigations. This docuseries profiles some of the world’s most...

Don Wildman unearths relics from the world's greatest institutions to reveal secrets from the past. He examines each artifact to illuminate history's...

Through bodycam footage, texts and interviews with loved ones, this documentary investigates the horrifying murder of four University of Idaho...

In this true-crime documentary, a cult expert and filmmaker infiltrate a polygamist sect to expose a self-proclaimed prophet and bring him to justice.

Will Smith hosts this look at the evolving, often lethal, fight for equal rights in America through the lens of the US Constitution's 14th Amendment.

In 1971, a skyjacker parachutes off a plane with a bag of stolen cash — and gets away with it. Decades later, his identity remains a compelling...

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

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

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

American Masters is a PBS television series which produces biographies on enduring writers, musicians, visual and performing artists, dramatists,...