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1. Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State (2005)
48 min | Documentary, History, War
The history of the Final Solution phase of the Nazi Holocaust, particularly with the most infamous of the death camps.
Stars: Samuel West, Linda Hunt, Gert Heidenreich, Horst Günter Marx
Votes: 4,653
2. Timewatch (1982– )
50 min | Documentary, History
BBC investigative documentary series noted for its new perspectives on historical events.
Stars: Michael Praed, Peter France, Christopher Andrew, John Tusa
Votes: 155
3. Conquistadors (2000– )
Documentary, History
This documentary tells the story of the Spanish expeditions in the early sixteenth century that conquests America. This 4-part series Michael Wood (historian) travels in the footsteps of ... See full summary »
Stars: Michael Wood, Andreas Birnbaum, Peter Bieringer, Nikolai Huebner
Votes: 186
4. The Nazis: A Warning from History (1997)
292 min | Documentary, History, War
An examination of how a cultured people could have allowed Adolf Hitler's rise to power.
Stars: Samuel West, Adolf Buchner, Jutta Rüdiger, Günther Ruschin
Votes: 1,722
5. Colosseum: Rome's Arena of Death (2003 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 59 min | Documentary, Action, Drama
Verus, a slave captured in the Balkans, sees a gladiatorial career in the arena as a preferable alternative to life in a rock quarry.
Director: Tilman Remme | Stars: Robert Shannon, Derek Lea, Jamel Aroui, Lotfi Dziri
Votes: 388
6. Forty Minutes (1981–1994)
40 min | Documentary
Documentaries on any possible subject, the only connection being that they last forty minutes.
Stars: John Pitman, Michael Dean, Lucinda Lambton, Roger Mills
Votes: 31
7. Crusades (1995)
200 min | Documentary, History, War
Terry Jones presents the history of the medieval religious wars in the middle-east known as the Crusades.
Stars: Terry Jones, Marcello Walton, Kammy Darweish, Antony Zaki
Votes: 534
8. The 50 Greatest Documentaries (2005 TV Movie)
150 min | Documentary
A countdown of the top 50 documentaries, based on a vote by documentary filmmakers.
Directors: Garry John Hughes, Elaine Shepherd | Stars: Zoë Wanamaker, David Aaronovitch, Barry Ackroyd, Randall Adams
Votes: 97
9. The Ship (2002– )
60 min | Documentary
In 1768, Captain James Cook and the crew of Endeavour set out from England to Tahiti and Australia. The documentary follows the exact replica of Endeavour and its 21st-century voluntary ... See full summary »
Stars: Andrew Lewis, Dominic Frisby, Christopher Terrill, Phillip McInnes
Votes: 14
10. In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great (1998)
240 min | Documentary, Biography
Documentary series retracing the journey of Alexander the Great across sixteen countries.
Star: Michael Wood
Votes: 474
11. World War Two: Behind Closed Doors (2008– )
300 min | Documentary, History, War
A story showing the 3 allied leader's, Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin's actions and relationships behind the scenes during World War 2. It isn't as friendly as it seems. Shows how close ... See full summary »
Stars: Aleksey Petrenko, Bob Gunton, Paul Humpoletz, Samuel West
Votes: 542
12. Clive James' Postcard from... (1989–1999)
50 min | Documentary
A travel program originally broadcast on BBC, and later transferring to ITV.
Stars: Clive James, Mariana de Moraes, Françoise Sagan, Tom Shuff
Votes: 61
13. War of the Century (1999– )
200 min | Documentary, History, War
Documentary examining Operation Barbarossa, Hitler's invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941.
Stars: Samuel West, Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, Rolf Becker
Votes: 493
14. Battle of the Atlantic (2002– )
146 min | Documentary, History, War
The story of the World War II effort by Nazi Germany to disrupt Allied shipping with U-boat attacks and the Allied efforts to prevent it.
Stars: Chris Broyles, Bill Paterson
Votes: 138
15. Horror in the East (2000 TV Movie)
PG | Documentary, War
An examination of atrocities and depredations committed by Imperial Japanese military forces, from 1931 to 1945.
Stars: Edward Herrmann, Samuel West
Votes: 231
16. Reputations (1994–2002)
50 min | Documentary
Documentary profiles examining well-known figures from the world of entertainment and history.
Stars: Jancis Robinson, Veronika Hyks, Denis Lawson, Josette Simon
Votes: 23
17. The Sunday Programme (1994–2008)
News
Stars: Steve Richards, Alastair Stewart, David Mills, Frank Dobson
18. Just Another Day (1983–1986)
Documentary
Stars: John Pitman, Duke of Gloucester, Eileen Fowler, Duchess of Gloucester
Votes: 8
19. The Dark Charisma of Adolf Hitler (2012)
TV-14 | 60 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The way in which Hitler led the Nazi party has not received the attention that it deserves - how and why so many people followed Hitler, ultimately to the destruction of their own country.
Stars: Adolf Hitler, Herbert Forthuber, Joachim Zons, Peter Kollmann
Votes: 529
20. D-Day to Berlin (2005 Video)
Not Rated | 150 min | Documentary, History, War
A 3-part BBC Miniseries depicting the Allied progress from the D-Day landings in Normandy all the way to Berlin. The Normandy breakout is covered, as well as the Battle of the Bulge and ... See full summary »
Stars: Sean Bean, Rene Costa, Nickolas Grace, Wlodzimierz Matuszak
Votes: 174
21. We Have Ways of Making You Think (1992– )
About Joseph Göbbels taking over the German film industry and turning it into a gigantic weapon of propaganda.
Votes: 9
22. The DVD Collection (2001–2005)
Documentary
Stars: Stuart Maconie, Richard Jobson, Antonia Quirke, Adam Smith
23. Christmas Under Fire (2002 TV Movie)
89 min | Documentary, War
A year-by-year account of how Christmas was celebrated in Britain during World War II.
Director: Jamie Muir | Stars: Alan Bennett, Jane Bertish, James Fenton, Nicholas Ball
24. Touched by Auschwitz (2015)
90 min | Documentary
Feature-length documentary exploring the experiences of six Auschwitz survivors, from their survival in the years after liberation to the present day.
Director: Laurence Rees | Stars: Yael Bier, Haim Birenbaum, Halina Birnbaum, Frank Collin
Votes: 112
25. Selling the President (1999 TV Movie)
Documentary
A look at the world of political advertising in the United States.
Director: Laurence Rees | Stars: John Major, Neil Postman, Ronald Reagan, Buddy Roemer
26. Tales from the Tomb: Lost Sons of the Pharaohs (1997 TV Movie)
50 min | Documentary, History
Archaeologist Ken Weeks has located KV-5, Tomb #5, whose buried doorway reveals what is by far the biggest and most intriguing tomb in Egypt.
Director: Jim Dutcher | Stars: Hugh Downs, Kent Weeks
27. Suez: A Personal View by Andrew Roberts (1996 TV Movie)
Documentary
Director: Sebastian Cody | Star: Andrew Roberts
29. Hitler's Place in History (2005 TV Movie)
50 min | Documentary
Director: Naomi Austin | Star: Ian Kershaw
30.
Timewatch (1982– )
Episode:
Hitler's Death: the Final Report
(1995)
49 min | Documentary, History
The final blow came on April the 28th 1945 when Hitler received word via Goebbels' Propaganda Ministry that British news services were reporting SS Reichsführer Heinrich Himmler had sought ... See full summary »
Stars: Ian Holm, Elena Rzhenskaya, Vladimir Gvozd, Rochus Misch
Votes: 14
31.
Timewatch (1982– )
Episode:
Hunger Strike: A Hidden History
(1993)
Documentary, History
Director: John Edginton | Stars: Garret Fitzgerald, Ian Holm, John Hume, Laurence McKeown
32.
Timewatch (1982– )
Episode:
Myths of the Titanic
(2002)
Documentary, History
Director: Catrine Clay | Stars: Bernard Hill, John Parkinson, Edward S. Kamuda, Paul Louden-Brown
Votes: 8
33.
Reputations (1994–2002)
Episode:
Pope Pius XII: The Pope, the Jews and the Nazis
(1995)
Documentary
Director: Jonathan Lewis | Stars: Pope Pius XII, Veronika Hyks, Luigi Maglione, Adolf Hitler
Votes: 8
34.
Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State (2005)
Episode:
Corruption
(2005)
TV-14 | 48 min | Documentary, History, War
By 1943, corruption is running rampant at Auschwitz-Birkenau. The camp also gains another source of income - clothes and valuables taken from Jews arriving to be gassed.
Directors: Laurence Rees, Catherine Tatge | Stars: Gert Heidenreich, Linda Hunt, Samuel West, Dario Gabbai
Votes: 174
35.
Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State (2005)
Episode:
Factories of Death
(2005)
TV-14 | 49 min | Documentary, History, War
The year 1942 is to be the most significant of 'the Final Solution' as the Nazis now begin to comb western Europe, even taking Jews from as far afield as the British Channel Islands.
Directors: Laurence Rees, Catherine Tatge | Stars: Gert Heidenreich, Linda Hunt, Samuel West, Annette Muller
Votes: 182
36.
Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State (2005)
Episode:
Liberation & Revenge
(2005)
TV-14 | 48 min | Documentary, History, War
In 1945, Red Army soldiers liberate Auschwitz-Birkenau. As other liberations occur in the following months, the world is appalled. Surviving Jews face horrors as they try to return to their lives, and few SS-men are found and put on trial.
Directors: Laurence Rees, Catherine Tatge | Stars: Gert Heidenreich, Linda Hunt, Samuel West, Vasily Gromadsky
Votes: 168
37.
Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State (2005)
Episode:
Frenzied Killing
(2005)
TV-14 | 48 min | Documentary, History, War
More people are killed in 1944 than ever before at Auschwitz. The Nazis try to sow seeds of confusion amongst the Allies in the East and Western Allies make decisions about negotiating with the Nazis about the Jews and bombing the camp.
Directors: Laurence Rees, Catherine Tatge | Stars: Gert Heidenreich, Linda Hunt, Samuel West, Peretz Revesz
Votes: 166
38.
Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State (2005)
Episode:
Orders & Initiatives
(2005)
TV-14 | 49 min | Documentary, History, War
Hoss deals with complications arising from the makeshift gas chamber and increasing demand as the Nazis begin to scour all of Europe for more people to bring to Auschwitz and kill.
Directors: Laurence Rees, Catherine Tatge | Stars: Gert Heidenreich, Linda Hunt, Samuel West, Kazimierz Smolen
Votes: 188
39.
Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State (2005)
Episode:
Surprising Beginnings
(2005)
TV-14 | 48 min | Documentary, History, War
German commanders discover the efficiency of gassing prisoners, and Auschwitz transforms from a small backwater camp for those resisting the Nazi occupation of Poland to a large scale extermination camp for Jews.
Directors: Laurence Rees, Catherine Tatge | Stars: Gert Heidenreich, Linda Hunt, Samuel West, Dario Gabbai
Votes: 229
40.
Timewatch (1982– )
Episode:
Secret Memories
(1997)
Documentary, History
Director: Jonathan Lewis
41.
Reputations (1994–2002)
Episode:
Beria: Stalin's Creature
(1994)
Documentary
Biography of Lavrenti Beria, Stalin's chief of secret police. Includes his former colleagues and victims speaking about the man who murdered and manipulated his way to the top.
Director: Helen Bettinson | Star: Lavrenti Beria
42.
Timewatch (1982– )
Episode:
Bombing Germany
(2001)
50 min | Documentary, History
Timewatch sheds new light on the final stages of the Allied strategic bombing campaign.
Stars: John Michie, John Aldridge, Max Hastings, Martin Middlebrook
Votes: 12
43.
Forty Minutes (1981–1994)
Episode:
Nuts!
(1986)
Documentary
The tragic and comic story of the ground nut scheme, a Government fiasco of the 1940s.
Director: Laurence Rees | Star: Philip Tibenham
44.
Forty Minutes (1981–1994)
Episode:
Terror
(1987)
Documentary
How three people's lives were permanently affected by the TWA plane hi-jack.
Director: Laurence Rees
45.
World War Two: Behind Closed Doors (2008– )
Episode:
Cracks in the Alliance
(2008)
Documentary, History, War
The Moscow Conference between Stalin and Churchill and two battles on the Eastern Front: Stalingrad and Kursk.
Directors: Laurence Rees, Andrew Williams | Stars: William Amstrong, Krzysztof Dracz, Michal Grudzinski, Bob Gunton
Votes: 32
46.
World War Two: Behind Closed Doors (2008– )
Episode:
Dividing the World
(2008)
Documentary, History, War
The Battle of Normandy, the Battle of the Bulge, the Yalta Conference, the push to Berlin and the victory over Germany from the perspective of Allied nations.
Directors: Laurence Rees, Andrew Williams | Stars: Richard Alleman, Krzysztof Dracz, Michal Grudzinski, Bob Gunton
Votes: 30
47.
World War Two: Behind Closed Doors (2008– )
Episode:
Unlikely Friends
(2008)
Documentary, History, War
The Nazi-Soviet pact of 1939 after the Battle of Poland through the planning and start of Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the Soviet Union (1941).
Directors: Laurence Rees, Andrew Williams | Stars: William Amstrong, Tomasz Bednarek, Krzysztof Bochenek, Juliusz Chrzastowski
Votes: 31
48.
Battle of the Atlantic (2002– )
Episode:
Keeping Secrets
(2003)
Documentary, History, War
Star: Chris Broyles
Votes: 15
49.
Battle of the Atlantic (2002– )
Episode:
The Hunted
(2003)
Documentary, History, War
Star: Chris Broyles
Votes: 14
50.
The DVD Collection (2001–2005)
Episode:
Episode #7.6
(2005)
Documentary
Stars: Stuart Maconie, Paul Auster, Nick Broomfield, Peter Lord