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- DirectorMichael LachmannStarsSean CarrollRobbert DijkgraafArthur Stanley EddingtonExploring two of the greatest thinkers of humanity, and their contributions to our understanding of the universe.
- DirectorRobert GuenetteStarsMark HamillBob AndersonJon BergA behind-the-scenes look at the creation of the special effects in the second Star Wars installment.
- StarsCampbell ScottH.W. BrandsMark CubanRockefeller, Vanderbilt, Carnegie, Astor, Ford and Morgan. Their names are part of history and synonymous with the American dream. These men transformed every industry they touched: oil, rail, steel, shipping, automobiles, and finance.
- StarsCem Yigit UzümogluTuba BüyüküstünAlp IlkmanOttoman Sultan Mehmed II wages an epic campaign to take the Byzantine capital of Constantinople and shapes the course of history for centuries.
- DirectorElizabeth DobsonStarsDan SnowSean JonesStefanie LindenFrom shell shock in WWI to PTSD today many of those who made it home from war were left mentally scarred and traumatised. Historian Dan Snow explores the on-going mental health crisis in veterans.
- CreatorAnn DruyanCarl SaganSteven SoterStarsCarl SaganJaromír HanzlíkJonathan FahnAstronomer Carl Sagan leads us on an engaging guided tour of the various elements and cosmological theories of the universe.
- StarsDan JonesSuzannah LipscombRob BellHistorians Dan Jones and Dr Suzannah Lipscomb and engineer Rob Bell explore how London faced daring invasions, catastrophic fires and deadly plague. Also, how it grew from a small Roman trading post, to the capital of the British Empire, and ultimately to the thriving mega-city we know today.
- DirectorEzra EdelmanStarsKareem Abdul-JabbarMike AlbaneseMuhammad AliA chronicle of the rise and fall of O.J. Simpson, whose high-profile murder trial exposed the extent of American racial tensions, revealing a fractured and divided nation.
- StarsSuzannah LipscombDan JonesCharlie ClementsA series about Henry VIII and his wives, chronicling the ups and downs in his marriages and how they shaped his reign as King and ultimately the face of Britain.
- DirectorBarbara NecekStarsFrançois MontagutAnne NelsonFrauke GeykenComing from all social strata, a priory model citizens of the Third Reich, one thing unites these women: hatred against the Hitler regime and the desire to end the Führer.
- StarsMariana van ZellerAnthony HughesAlex AlonsoTRAFFICKED explores the complex and often dangerous inner workings of the global underworld - smuggling networks, and black and informal markets.
- 2021– 1h 50mTV-MA7.1 (8.2K)TV Episode73MetascoreDirectorGarret PriceStarsMaureen CallahanCarson DalyJonathan DavisWoodstock 99, a three-day music festival promoted to echo unity and counterculture idealism of the original 1969 concert but instead devolved into riots, looting and sexual assaults.
- DirectorDanielle WinterStarsBryan J. OlsonLisa PineGuy WaltersGermany is falling. Once the all-powerful country, now being crushed in the Second World War. Adolf Hitler is in hiding. The feared dictator no longer publicly supports his people. The man that fulled this chaos, leaving the country to crumble. These are Adolf Hitler's final days. Inside the Fuhrerbunker.
- StarsMathieu KassovitzNathan RippyStephen RashbrookIn June 1941, Hitler took his greatest gamble - launching an attack against the Soviet Union. Despite being the largest German operation of WWII, Operation Barbarossa was one of his biggest failures.
- StarsTerry SullivanPhilip HershJay LevineThe chilling story of one of the world's most notorious serial killers told through the words of Gacy himself, those who were forever changed by his unspeakable deeds and those who believe that the full truth remains concealed to this day.
- StarsCharles CoffeyJohn IngramJim McIntyreThe investigators behind infamous serial killer cases reveal the harrowing, chilling details of their extraordinary efforts in this true crime series.
- StarsPeter DinklageBruce Bueno de MesquitaWaller NewellRuling with an iron fist requires an aspiring dictator to know the playbook for absolute power, as history's despots prove in this sardonic docuseries.
- DirectorMatthew WhitemanStarsEd StoppardDaniel AudettoAlastair CaldwellTold through unseen footage and exclusive interviews with the people who were at the 1976 Formula One Championship, this riveting documentary chronicles the duel between drivers Niki Lauda and James Hunt.
- StarsAlex MillerSusan MillerArleen HairbaedianWhen Alex Miller let Jed Creek rent her room via Craigslist, she had no idea that he was a notorious serial squatter, and that he would use his knowledge of tenancy laws to slowly kick her out of her own home.
- StarsMorgan FreemanAndrew Patrick NelsonJeff DumasTake a look back at the biggest jailbreaks from some of the most notorious prisons in the world.
- CreatorStephanie AngelidesKurt TondorfStarsDon WildmanSeth PorgesKatherine WeatherfordThe stories behind interesting and unusual artifacts stored in museums are told.
- DirectorJimmy ChinElizabeth Chai VasarhelyiStarsElon MuskBob BehnkenDouglas HurleyOffering rare inside access to NASA and SpaceX, this is the thrilling story of the nearly 20 year journey to send American astronauts back to space aboard U.S. rockets, from filmmakers Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin.
- DirectorAndrew ThompsonStarsChristopher EcclestonWendy BarclayCatharine ArnoldIt is 1918 and the end of WWI. Millions have died, and the world is exhausted by war. But soon a new horror is sweeping the world, a terrifying virus that will kill more than fifty million people - the Spanish flu.
- StarsCharlotte LawsCharles ParselleKayla LawsFollows the story of a woman who stood up to Hunter Moore, a self-proclaimed "professional life ruiner," after photos of her daughter being naked were posted online.
- StarsDerek JacobiJames Oliver WheatleySam CallisThe real-life pirates of the Caribbean violently plunder, stealing and form a surprisingly egalitarian republic in this documentary series.
- StarsSimon Sebag MontefioreVienna - a pivotal city in the story of Europe. Home to the Holy Roman Emperors and target of Ottoman aggression, the city nurtured the architectural style of the Gothic and the music of the Baroque while being coveted, cultured and decadent. From its Roman origins until now, its strategic position has made it witness to war, intrigue and deceit. This is its story.
- StarsDerek JacobiIszi LawrenceChandrika KaulRoyals: Keeping The Crown charts the rise, fall, and rebranding of royal families across the globe from the First World War to the present day. From the murder of the Romanov family in 1918 to Prince Harry's marriage to the American actress Meghan Markle in 2018.
- StarsNatalie SilvermanIt is a new type of history show for a new type of audience: Big History delivered in an unadulterated hit of premium archive and jaw-dropping infographics.
- DirectorDan KraussStarsClark GreggRegan BurnsBrigitte Kali CanalesDays after 9/11, letters containing fatal anthrax spores spark panic and tragedy in the US. This documentary follows the subsequent FBI investigation.
- StarsDaniel WilsonDiana WilsonPeter SasakiA look at the layers of intrigue, from the supercharged power of digital communities to the gamification of trading.
- DirectorJon WeinbachStarsLeBron JamesDwyane WadeCarmelo AnthonyFollows the story of the 2008 U.S. Olympic Men's Basketball team and how "The Redeem Team" set a new standard for American basketball.
- DirectorAlmut FaassAnja KindlerStarsPierre Garnier de LabareyreDavid WilleyRalf RathsFilmed just over a century after the first tank Battle in 1918, this documentary series explores how the vehicles forever changed warfare.
- DirectorStefan BrauburgerChristian FreyAndreas SulzerStarsJosef VossenkuhlLev DavidowMartha GammerFictional film created by filmmaker Andreas Sulzer regarding the speculations of Nazi atomic bomb development. Primarily based around excavations of the Bergkristall bunker, known for manufacturing Messerschmitt Me 262 fighter aircraft.
- StarsGraham HancockJoe RoganMartin SweatmanWhat if everything we know about prehistory is wrong? Journalist Graham Hancock visits archaeological sites around the world investigating if a civilization far more advanced than we ever believed possible existed thousands of years ago.
- StarsJérôme ValckeDavid ConnKen BensingerFrom power struggles to global politics, an exploration of FIFA reveals the organization's checkered history and what it takes to host a World Cup.
- StarsJohn LeonardTodd HoffmanMichael PattiWhen a 20-year-old attempts to win a fighter jet in a Pepsi sweepstakes, he sets the stage for a David versus Goliath court battle for the history books.
- StarsJames HollandEminent WWII historian James Holland gets inside the Nazi war machine. Travelling across Europe, he explores the extraordinary machines the produced, and uncovers rare archive to understand them.
- StarsXand van TullekenRaksha DaveJohn SergeantA look at the Great Plague in London 1665 and a comparison to the spreading of the Covid-19 virus of today
- StarsRobert JackSusanna HerbertBen CartwrightA Chronicled look at the fall of the Romanov dynasty in Russia.
- StarsVeronika HyksMike JacksonPeter WhitewoodThe six-part documentary series reveals how and why the central alliance between Great Britain, the United States and The Soviet Union was formed leading into World War II. The series paints an in-depth picture of the race to ultimate victory and post-war supremacy, concluding with VE day on 8th May 1945. Race to Victory homes in on the personal battles between wartime leaders Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin, and illuminates the behind-the-scenes battles fought between the men - the war behind the war. The trio maneuvered and grappled to exert their will over one another, to win the conflict on their terms and impose their competing ideologies on what was left of Europe.
- StarsChris TarrantTamaGloria BeretervideTV Presenter Chris Tarrant travels around the world to ride some of the most extreme railways that wind their way through some of the harshest terrain on Earth.
- StarsJohn HeffernanJason ForbesGuy WaltersThis series is more than the story of war production, it's the untold story of World War II. No matter how many soldiers or how clever the generals,how daring the strategy, a war cannot be won if there are not enough weapons or food.
- DirectorAsif KapadiaStarsAyrton SennaReginaldo LemeJohn BisignanoA documentary on Brazilian Formula One racing driver Ayrton Senna, who won the F1 world championship three times before his death at age 34.
- StarsMimî M KhayisaKyanna Parsons-PerezBrandon ClementStorm chasers, survivors and first responders recount their harrowing experiences with volcanoes, tornadoes, hurricanes and earthquakes.
- CreatorDick WolfStarsRobert MooneyBarbara ButcherRichard PlanskyDocumentary series focusing on detectives and prosecutors as they revisit their most challenging homicide cases in the city of New York.