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

Spectacular crimes in German criminal history: Investigators and experts explain the possibilities and limitations of investigative work at that time...

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...

Svenska dialektmysterier was a Swedish television series about Swedish dialects. It was hosted by Fredrik Lindström and produced by Marcos...

The great story of our country. About the people and forces that shaped it - from the Ice Age to the present day. Simon J Berger is the narrator of...

Through interviews with historians, architects, archaeologists and local organizations, this documentary series describes the history of Casablanca,...

"Mankind : The Story of All of Us" is an epic 12-hour television event about the greatest adventure of all time—the history of the human race. ...

Adventurer Josh Gates travels through history on a search to uncover new evidence and answers to the world’s most captivating and unexplained...

A murder that obsessed the nation, and a disappearance that's mystified police for 50 years. Is the son of victim Sandra Rivett about to solve the...

From wagon trains crossing the untamed frontier to man's first steps on the moon, this series offers a compelling look at the people, inventions and...

About Adolf Hitler's time in Germany. On January 30, 1933, Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany and his tenure in power lasted for more...

How the constitution of the largest Democratic Republic in the world was created.

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

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

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...

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

This documentary series, made in partnership with Vox, explain some of the world's current trends, from politics, to science to pop culture.

The space race, the cold war, "free love," civil rights and more: The decade of the 1960s shaped our history -- and changed the world. In...

Hit rewind and explore the most iconic moments and influential people of The Nineties, the decade that gave us the Internet, DVDs, and other cultural...

Doctor Who Confidential is a documentary to complement the revival of the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. Each...

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.

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

A series of standalone documentaries powered by the unparalleled journalism and insight of The New York Times, bringing viewers close to the...