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1. Kon-Tiki (2012)
PG-13 | 118 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
Legendary explorer Thor Heyerdahl's epic 4,300-mile crossing of the Pacific on a balsawood raft in 1947, in an effort to prove that it was possible for South Americans to settle in Polynesia in pre-Columbian times.
Directors: Joachim Rønning, Espen Sandberg | Stars: Pål Sverre Hagen, Anders Baasmo, Gustaf Skarsgård, Odd-Magnus Williamson
Votes: 52,001 | Gross: $1.52M
2. Kon-Tiki (1950)
Approved | 77 min | Documentary
A documentary about the Kon-Tiki expedition of the Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl.
Director: Thor Heyerdahl | Stars: Thor Heyerdahl, Herman Watzinger, Erik Hesselberg, Knut Haugland
Votes: 2,809
3. Secrets of the Castle (2014)
60 min | Documentary, History
Historian Ruth Goodman and archaeologists Peter Ginn and Tom Pinfold learn about living in the medieval world and help rebuild a castle.
Stars: Ruth Goodman, Peter Ginn, Tom Pinfold, Paul McGann
Votes: 389
4. Sphinx - Geheimnisse der Geschichte (1994– )
43 min | Documentary
This German format is not a series properly speaking, as it has no permanent cast or script continuity, but presents each time a 45 minutes documentary, usually in part presented as a ... See full summary »
Stars: Gert Heidenreich, Thomas Reiter, Maximilian Schell, Constantin Dinulescu
Votes: 30
5. Atlantis - Das ewige Rätsel (2000 TV Movie)
42 min | Documentary
Directors: Martin Papirowski, Luise Wagner | Stars: Hans-Peter Bögel, Frank Calvert, Wilhelm Dörpfeld, Walter Fasnacht
Votes: 10
6. The acncient Seamasters: The Journey of the Malayo-Polynesian Ancient Seafarers (2012 Video)
51 min | Documentary
The ancestors of the Malaysians and Polynesians were conducting trade across the Indian and Pacific Oceans centuries before Europeans ventured from coastal waters to cross the Atlantic. ... See full summary »
Director: Iqbal Putera | Stars: Hassan Ali, Zilfalil Alwi, Mokhtar Asidin, Stephen Chai
7.
Spiegel TV Reportage (1996– )
Episode:
Ötzi - Der Mann aus dem Eis
(1998)
97 min | Documentary
Director: Tillmann Scholl | Stars: Horst Aspöck, Sigmar Bortenschlager, Markus Egg, Othmar Gaber
8.
Time Team (1994– )
Episode:
Vauxhall, London
(2002)
Not Rated | Documentary, History
On the edge of the river Thames, a series of posts driven into the riverbed have been found. Also 2 Bronze Age spearheads. Are these the remains of London's first bridge or the supports of a platform where Bronze-Age people made offerings.
Director: Michael Douglas | Stars: Tony Robinson, Mick Aston, Phil Harding, Stewart Ainsworth
Votes: 20
9.
Time Team (1994– )
Episode:
Smallhythe, Kent
(1999)
Not Rated | Documentary, History
Smallhythe is now a village amid fields. The nearest body of water being a Sewer and a drainage ditch. But in the 15th and 16th centuries, it was the site of a bustling shipbuilding industry right next to the mile-wide River Rother.
Director: Alex West | Stars: Tony Robinson, Mick Aston, Phil Harding, Carenza Lewis
Votes: 22
10.
Time Team (1994– )
Episode:
Waddon, Dorset
(2000)
Not Rated | Documentary, History
Time Team descend on the tiny village of Wadden in Dorset. Neighbours discovered a huge amount of pottery in their gardens. The pottery dated from Medieval, Roman and the Iron Age. What lies beneath five houses of the village?
Director: Graham Dixon | Stars: Tony Robinson, Mick Aston, Robin Bush, Phil Harding
Votes: 25
11.
Time Team (1994– )
Episode:
Greylake, Somerset
(1998)
Not Rated | 50 min | Documentary, History
In Iron Age times, the lowlands of Somerset were marshland. Boats couldn't cross the expansive swamps so wooden walkways stretching for hundreds of yards were built. TT find out if early 1920s reports will re-reveal peat-preserved remains.
Director: Graham Dixon | Stars: Tony Robinson, Mick Aston, Carenza Lewis, Phil Harding
Votes: 27
12.
Time Team (1994– )
Episode:
Drumlanrig, Dumfries and Galloway
(2005)
Not Rated | Documentary, History
Revealed in dry weather are parch marks in the ground at Drumlanrig Castle, Dumfries and Galloway. The experts are certain they are Roman, but when?
Director: Graham Dixon | Stars: Tony Robinson, Mick Aston, Phil Harding, Helen Geake
Votes: 22
13.
Time Team (1994– )
Episode:
Stilton, Cambridgeshire
(2007)
Not Rated | Documentary, History
In 2006, Richard Landy discovered an almost complete ceramic Roman cheese press. What made it all the more special is where he found it - washing out of the side of a two-metre-deep ditch in Stilton, Cambridgeshire.
Director: Michael Douglas | Stars: Tony Robinson, Mick Aston, Phil Harding, Helen Geake
Votes: 16
14.
Time Team (1994– )
Episode:
The Real Vikings: A Time Team Special
(2010)
Not Rated | Documentary, History
New discoveries are casting the Vikings in a new light. Not just the bloodthirsty pagans waging pitched battle and raids, Scandanavian settlements in England reveal the Vikings brought culture and commerce, as well.
Director: Siân Price | Stars: Tony Robinson, Mick Aston, Phil Harding, Helen Geake
Votes: 9
15.
Time Team (1994– )
Episode:
Kenfig, South Wales
(2012)
Not Rated | 49 min | Documentary, History
800 years ago the people of Kenfig on the south coast of Wales thought they had built the perfect town. The town appears to have been a thriving commercial success but then it vanished, ... See full summary »
Director: James Franklin | Stars: Tony Robinson, Mary-Ann Ochota, Phil Harding, Francis Pryor
Votes: 16
16.
Nova (1974– )
Episode:
Secrets of the Shining Knight
(2017)
TV-PG | 52 min | Documentary
Discover what it was like to be a knight in shining armor and follow the historic manufacturing process. Master armorers re-engineer the Greenwich armor - considered some of the greatest armor ever made - and then put it to the test.
Director: Peter Yost | Stars: Jay O. Sanders, Tobias Capwell, Pamela Smith, Alan Williams
Votes: 168
17.
Secrets of the Dead (2000– )
Episode:
Hannibal in the Alps
(2018)
TV-PG | Documentary, History, War
Explorers, archaeologists and scientists combine technology and ancient texts to prove that Hannibal's army crossed the Alps to launch an attack on Rome.
Stars: Chris Allen, Stephanie Carter, Randy Dirszowsky, Victoria Herridge
Votes: 59
18.
Viking Dead (2018)
Episode:
The Lost Viking Fleet of Roskilde
(2018)
60 min | Documentary, History
The 1962 discovery and excavation of thousand-year-old Viking ships at the bottom of a fjord near Roskilde, Denmark changed the understanding of Viking technology and culture.
Director: Jeremy Freeston | Stars: Jeremy Freeston, Tim Sutherland, Karen Grønbæk Andersen, Vibeke Bischoff
Votes: 5