How did a small island once rule over a quarter of the world's population? This shared history still shapes us today - and billions of people are...

The history of decolonization from the point of view of colonized peoples, an epic story that still resonates and reverberates to this day.

See the real modern-day Amazonia through an exploration of the Amazon Basin, meeting a different group of people who live there in each episode.

In keeping with the original project, this series seeks to reframe the country's history by placing the consequences of slavery and the contributions...

A documentary series that examines controversial interpretations of American history and revisits widely debated historical events and narratives....

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

A look at the role of slavery in the development of wealth in the United Kingdom

Henry David Thoreau helped define modern environmentalism and nonviolent resistance, yet his life has been obscured by myth. The author of Walden and...

The complex life of Thomas Jefferson, who wrote that "all men are created equal" yet owned slaves, is recounted by master filmmaker Ken Burns in this...

Explore the transformative years following the American Civil War, when the nation struggled to rebuild itself in the face of profound loss, massive...

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

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

Filmed across six continents, this docuseries uses cutting-edge camera technology to capture animals' nocturnal lives, revealing new behaviours...

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.

Biography is a documentary television series. It was originally a half-hour filmed series produced for CBS by David Wolper from 1961 to 1964 and...

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

A look at the life of Australian pop star Kylie Minogue, who opens her personal archives and reflects on a career in which she has sold 80 million...

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

The documentary takes viewers through Janet Jackson's life and career, contain never-before-seen footage, and feature home videos from the legendary...

An insider's look at the engineering and scientific miracles behind the things that form the modern world.

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

Explore the surprising things we know (and don’t know) about why people are the way they are through expert interviews, rare footage from...