War & Politics

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 ...

Power, terror, performance. These notions define our perception of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party at the height of the Third Reich. But behind ...

A candid look at what life was really like for those living in, and under Hitler’s Swastika – at home – and abroad, a record ...

The minister, his mistress, and her lover the spy. The story of the woman at the centre of one of the 20th century’s biggest scandals – ...

The incredible, true story of the Norwegian Crown Princess Märtha’s efforts to support her country during World War II. After a headlong flight ...

Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II wages an epic campaign to take the Byzantine capital of Constantinople and shapes the course of history for centuries.

A portrait of a public woman, interweaving moments from never-before-seen 2016 campaign footage with biographical chapters of Hillary Rodham ...

The story of this fantastic period of history between 1945 and 1991, which was defined by the confrontation of two worlds and two systems. The ...

An ancient civilization’s relics on Earth hold dangerous powers — it’s up to ARCAM Corporation’s Spriggan agents to keep them ...

The story of Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, a Castilian nobleman and war hero in medieval Spain.

During the 1950s, Helsinki was the focal point of the Cold War, as global powers and their intelligence agencies coalesced in the small neutral ...

In a landmark 7-part series, Spotlight – Northern Ireland’s leading team of investigative journalists – reveal important new ...

Dynamic reenactments and expert commentaries bring to life the tumultuous history and power struggles of a warring 16th-century feudal Japan.

Remote sensing techniques tell the stories of WWII battles and campaigns, the details of which have been lost in the fog of war, misinterpreted ...

A look at the challenges that modern-day snipers face, along with the tactics and tools that they use to complete missions.

Using highly advanced colourisation techniques, critical moments from World War II, from Stalingrad to The Battle of Britain, are shown in a ...

When social upheaval sweeps Russia in the early 20th century, Czar Nicholas II resists change, sparking a revolution and ending a dynasty.

The day before Almedal Week begins, Minister of Business Affairs David Ehrling receives a call from Prime Minister Elvira Kropp. She explains ...

The remarkable story of the Irish War of Independence (1919-1922) which resulted in the formation of the Irish Free State and became the model ...

Witness iconic assaults, intense battles, and intimate moments of the Pacific War, in color.

In the forgotten margins of the segregated communities of a dystopian future, a woman searches for the daughter that she lost upon her arrest ...

With the aid of rare archives, this film retraces the bloody history of the SS, some of whose members are still alive and have accepted to speak.

1937 Warsaw, Poland. The Jewish mafia rules the city. Head honcho is gangster socialist, Buddy Kaplica. His right-hand man, boxer, Jakub Szapiro ...

In 1994, Mexican presidential candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio’s assassination sends his dying widow racing to uncover who did it.

As Britain is rocked by unstable political, economic and technological advances, members of the Lyons family converge on one crucial night in ...

1945 London. Feef is seduced by a rogue American spy into spying on her own country. Her task? To uncover a Russian agent in the heart of the ...

Northern Italy, 1327. The Franciscan monk William of Baskerville and his young apprentice Adso of Melk reach an isolated Benedictine abbey on the ...

This follow up to the Rebellion miniseries unfolds at the height of what became known as Ireland’s War of Independence, and follows the ...

A look at the impact of Spain’s Basque conflict on ordinary people on both sides, such as the widow of a man killed by the ETA who returns to her ...

Powerhouse lawyer Jessica Pearson adjusts to the dirty world of Chicago politics.

Series following an epic struggle for power in medieval Scotland, told from the point of view of the feuding clans.

The Kim family’s dark and surreal story provides a fresh perspective on North Korea.

Pianosa Island, Italy, World War II. Bombardier John Yossarian tries to fulfill his duty, maintain sanity and return home as soon as possible, ...

Fernando Barrientos, Head of the National Security Directorate, Mexico’s Secret Police, is trying to reach the highest position in the ...

The story follows a group of samurai attempting to defend Japan from the first Mongol invasion in 1274.

The rise and fall of Fox News founder Roger Ailes, focusing primarily on the past decade in which Ailes arguably became the Republican Party’s de ...

A troubled war veteran is assigned to protect a controversial politician who may be the target of a terror plot.

Eleven years after falling out, four friends, war veterans of a Special Forces unit, reunite for one final mission: to find Yaeli, a former lover ...

The training programme of one of World War Two’s most covert organisations, the Special Operations Executive or SEO, is resurrected.

The Civil War, one of the most defining moments in American history, tore the nation apart, pitting North against South — brother against ...

Surviving power struggles, betrayals and plots, Hitler’s inner circle of Nazi leaders seizes control of Germany and designs its disastrous ...

Brilliant young actress Charlie strikes up an acquaintance with an intriguing stranger while on holiday in Greece, but it rapidly becomes ...

This four-part historical drama follows the end of Catherine the Great’s reign and her affair with Russian military leader Grigory Potemkin ...

Filmed from the perspectives of dealers, users and the police, this vivid series offers a bracing look at the war on drugs.

The legacy of famed psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud informs the lives of people throughout the world even to this day, though it’s a phenomenon ...

Using the latest research across the course of Hitler’s life, world-renowned experts investigate the man behind the monster and pinpoint the key ...

As April 2015 marks the 70th anniversary of the death of Adolf Hitler, this documentary investigates the before, during and final days of the ...

Sleepers (sleeper agents) are agents deeply incorporated into the structure of opposing forces. They are recruited before they get access to ...

Filmed over 18 months, this documentary series goes into the heart of the British Army. Through the eyes of the rank and file and the leaders, it ...

Drama series set in the mid-sixties, in which a unit of Royal Military Police officers and their families deal with the challenges of politics, ...