War & Politics

Two Americans and their allies form a scrappy rescue operation in 1940 Marseilles to help artists, writers and other refugees fleeing Europe ...

Inside the halls of power, Boris Johnson grapples with Covid-19, Brexit, and a controversial personal and political life during his tumultuous ...

In the post-pandemic world of 2024 during an upcoming British general election involving the UK’s first Black Conservative prime minister, a ...

The true story of America’s iconic 16th president as told by weaving together both scripted dramatizations of important moments in his life ...

ZERV” tells of the first years after the fall of the Wall, the breaks in life courses, of completely different biographies and of the ...

Tracing the origins of anti-government extremism by examining a deadly series of historical events that galvanized far right radicals to take ...

Thirty years after the release of his film JFK (1991), filmmaker Oliver Stone reviews recently declassified evidence related to the assassination ...

Rory Stewart tells the story of foreign intervention in Afghanistan from the 19th century to the present day.

Covers the 1941 Japanese military strike on a Hawaiian naval base in never before seen detail.

Follow the defection of notorious British intelligence officer and KGB double agent, Kim Philby, through the lens of his complex relationship ...

In covert modern warfare, the line between right and wrong has blurred. This docuseries examines the moral ambiguities of war as embodied by the ...

It is a fictional historical drama about the story of King Seonjong who ascends to the throne due to a rebellion, and Lee Tae who becomes the ...

This four-part documentary series traces the veteran experience across the arc of American history and explores the present-day divide between ...

The Battle of Alcatraz tells the story of one of the greatest jailbreaks of all time. The year is 1946, and five desperate convicts launch a ...

Modern history can be divided into two time frames: before 9/11 and after 9/11. This five-part docuseries is a cohesive chronicle of the ...

The decline of Hitler’s empire from the inside out by exploring the decline of the Nazis through the perspective of Hitler’s bumbling ...

Hitler’s Secret Sex Life exposes the myriad of rumours, theories and disputed historical accounts of Adolf Hitler’s sexual psychology. ...

The documentary series explores different political figures throughout history.

This series takes viewers deep into the heart of battle, to reveal the critical turning points in some of WWII’s most decisive confrontations.

In 1960s Spain, a Holocaust survivor joins a group of agents seeking justice against the hundreds of Nazis who fled to the nation to hide after WWII.

The decades during the Cold War were one thing above all: a race between scientists. Researchers, engineers and experts from the USA and the ...

May 10th, 1940, Hitler takes on the West. Will he precipitate Europe into the Apocalypse?

The Great War in Numbers tells the complete story of World War I – from outbreak to conclusion – and the fragile peace that followed. ...

Documentary remembering those Scots who were involved in the Troubles.

The Nazi era from 1993 to 1945 is illustrated through archived material, with insights and anecdotes provided by world-leading experts and ...

The year 1540 was a crucial turning point in American history. The Great Indian Wars were incited by Francisco Vazquez de Coronado when his ...

A five-part series that explores the forgotten story of the incredible engineering feats and secret survival techniques of five legendary battles ...

In six films, Adam Curtis traces the different forces across the world that have led to now. It covers a wide range—including the strange roots ...

The spy game is a serious business, and throughout history, the tools and technologies developed for it have mattered as much as the spies themselves.

As the Cold War rages, ex-smuggler turned reluctant spy Harry Palmer finds himself at the centre of a dangerous undercover mission, on which he ...

After a defector is murdered, British agent Fielding Scott is assigned to track down a mole in his own ranks in 1961 Berlin. His investigation ...

Historian Bettany Hughes has embarked on an epic, personal journey. Inspired by Homer’s The Odyssey, she will sail the unpredictable ...

Politician Peter Laurence’s private life is falling apart. Shamelessly untroubled by guilt or remorse, he seeks to further his own agenda ...

A diverse, dedicated, rough-and-tumble squad of soldiers spearheads the Allied invasion of Italy during World War II.

On October 6th 1973, the Middle East was shaken by the biggest war it had ever seen. A war that should have been the last one, and that forever ...

Historian Lucy Worsley debunks popular myths and royal as well as anti-royal propaganda about key events from British royal history including the ...

The story of how the Guardia Civil, a militarized police force, fought for nearly half a century against ETA, a ruthless terrorist gang dedicated ...

Blending in-depth interviews, rare archival footage, and cinematic recreations, this docuseries on the lives of America’s most iconic First ...

In 1987, bloodied man Soo-ho jumps into a women’s university dormitory in Seoul. Yeong-ro, a female student who fell in love with him at a ...

How Vladimir Putin has used his experience as a spy to create and lead modern Russia: arrogance, anger and betrayal; military interventions, ...

An immersive, behind-the-headlines account of the historically turbulent events surrounding the 2016 presidential election and its aftermath, ...

Documentary series using dramatic reconstructions and testimony from witnesses to reveal the ‘behind closed doors’ politics of the ...

This documentary-series examines Grant’s life story using his perspective and experiences to explore a turbulent time in history: the Civil ...

This series explores the history of drug trafficking from a political perspective and reveals the murky role played by many states which have ...

The irresistible rise and dramatic downfall of Margaret Thatcher. Her inner circle reveal how a political outsider won power and dominated ...

Called “Juggernaut,” these are the unmanned combat drones developed by the Republic of San Magnolia in answer to the attacks by the autonomous ...

The department of Federal Justice attempts to save political face under the mask of inclusion and collaboration as they take control of the ...

A major political, historical, human and economic fact of the 20th century, the Gulag, the extremely punitive Soviet concentration camp system, ...

One month after the outbreak of World War I, Paris is bombarded by German airplanes. Parisians witness a whole new type of warfare. Five pilots ...

Shortly after the fall of Saddam Hussein, Iraqi ex-policeman Muhsin al-Khafaji has lost everything and is battling daily to keep himself and his ...