This dramatization depicts the life -- and loves -- of Venezuelan Gen. Simón Bolívar who helped liberate several Latin American...

A historical saga about the second caliph and Commander of the Faithful Omar Bin Al-Khattab and his pivotal role in the Islamic State.

In wartime Japan, spirited Nobu transforms from a militarist schoolgirl into Kochi’s first female reporter, as she and childhood friend Takashi...

The life of the intellectual Samgin, depicted against the backdrop of the grand panorama of Russian life from 1877 to 1917.

A masterful soldier, tactician and statesmen, Napoleon Bonaparte's courage and love for his country sees him rise from an unpaid general consumed...

Eva Braun was Adolf Hitler's secret mistress for more than 13 years. To this day she is viewed as a naïve, apolitical appendage to the dictator...

Sporting legends speak honestly and candidly about their careers, giving a fascinating insight into the mindset required to reach the very top of...

The series Houses of Art takes viewers to places where great artists lived, worked, and found inspiration. It is in these settings that masterpieces...

Powerful historical drama series, based on the lives of real people, telling the story of young 19th-century apprentices taking their lives into...

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

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...

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

A sweeping epic of good and evil, treachery and intrigue, violence and beauty, a sensuous, spirited story set against a backdrop of war, religious...

An anthology series centered around people who believe themselves to be the modern-day descendants of the Romanov family.

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

A multigenerational family saga centered around one woman who, having recently relocated and intent on revitalizing her marriage, finds herself going...

A young hitchhiker introduces characters who are about to experience a frightening and sometimes supernatural incident of some kind in this moody...

The adventures of Miss Jane Marple, an elderly spinster living in the quiet little village of St Mary Mead. During her many visits to friends and...

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

The mysterious disappearance of a Scottish fishing trawler and a death on-board the submarine HMS Vigil bring the police into conflict with the Navy...

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