War & Politics

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. ...

This revealing series follows environmental activist Greta Thunberg as she seeks to raise awareness of the accelerating climate change and spread ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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