Bettany Hughes take viewers on armchair travels to explore household-name treasures and new finds from across the world.

The untold true story behind the Cold War race to put man into space.

Inside NASA's Innovations takes you behind the scenes with one of the world's leading technology innovators. Find out what it takes to collaborate...

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

Documentary on Antoine de Caunes, a French television presenter, comedian, actor, journalist, writer and film director.

In four chapters, largely based on and illustrated with archaeological finds and sites, Neil Oliver explains how, as far as is known, the Iron Age...

This is the story of a power struggle between two men - one fictional, and one real. In one corner is the master of crime – the greatest...

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

Renowned author and journalist David Lagerkrantz, along with historians, forensic scientists and investigators, sheds new light on Swedish murders in...

From dangerous explosives and deadly curses that put everyday people at risk, to treasures found in the unlikeliest of ways, each episode digs into...

The stories behind innovations such as TV, radio, phones, airplanes, motorcycles and power tools as well as the inventors including Nikola Tesla,...

A historical exploration about the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 A.D. and the preserved Roman city it left behind.

Carl Sagan covers a wide range of scientific subjects, including the origin of life and a perspective of our place in the universe.

Engineers, officials and the crew members' families provide their perspective on the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger disaster and its aftermath.

A miniseries documenting American human spaceflight, spanning from the first Mercury flights through the Gemini program to the Apollo moon landings,...

From the planets to the stars and out to the edge of the unknown, history and science collide in a wondrous yet deadly adventure through space and...

Have you ever wondered how the products you use every day are made? How It's Made leads you through the process of how everyday products, such as...

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...

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

Morgan Freeman presents his quest in order to find how most religions perceive life after death, what different civilizations thought about the act...

Through the prism of Jeff Goldblum's always inquisitive and highly entertaining mind, nothing is as it seems. Each episode is centered around...

Explores WWII from Germany's invasion of Poland through the atomic age, examining pivotal battles, wartime leaders like Churchill and Roosevelt, and...

With firsthand accounts and access to prominent figures around the world, this comprehensive docuseries explores the Cold War and its aftermath.

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