In the spring of 1798, Napoleon set out with 38,000 men and 10,000 sailors to conquer Egypt.

In a world where he survived the events of Spartacus, Ashur clawed his way to power, owning the same ludus that once owned him. Allying with a fierce...

Count Alexander Rostov finds himself going from riches to rags following the Russian revolution. A Soviet tribunal banishes him to the attic room of...

In this documentary series, interspersed with historical reconstructions, Tom Waes investigates what has happened since the arrival of the first Homo...

At the end of the 16th century, Dutch subjects revolted against legitimate Spanish rule. What starts with the discontent of a minority grows into a...

Based on events in 7th and 8th-century Tang dynasty and starring producer Fan Bingbing as the titular character Wu Zetian, The Empress of China is...

Battle Treasures tells the stories behind some of the rarest and most remarkable military artefacts ever discovered.

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

The rise of the Qin state in the Warring States period during the reign of Duke Xiao of Qin.

A series based on the events in the reign of the Jiajing Emperor of the Ming dynasty.

Dream of the Red Chamber, first released in 1987, was a television series produced by CCTV, adapted from the classic 18th century Chinese novel of...

An English navigator becomes both a player and pawn in complex political games in feudal Japan.

The story of Sima Yi, a great politician and strategist who lived during the Three Kingdoms era. By his side, Sima Yi has his politically-astute...

A Chinese television series based on the events in the late Eastern Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period.

Zhen Huan, a 17-year-old innocent introduced into the imperial court as the latest concubine of Emperor Yong Zheng. Her dreams of a new life of love...

General Lu Lingfeng and Detective Su Wuming uncover supernatural mysteries and hidden conspiracies threatening the empire during Emperor...

In Japan in the year 1600, at the dawn of a century-defining civil war, Lord Yoshii Toranaga is fighting for his life as his enemies on the Council...

Li Yunlong, a bold and unconventional leader during the War of Resistance, leads his battalion to victory against Japanese forces. Amid rivalry and...

Xie Huai'an, son of the Huben Army's creator, survives his family's massacre. After ten long years in hiding, he returns to Chang'an disguised as a...

Weakened by illness but strong in mind, Mei Changsu enters court politics to seek justice for a tragedy long forgotten.