Lost Kingdoms of South America: Lands of Gold
Through the mountains and jungles of Colombia, archaeologist Dr Jago Cooper goes in search of the truth behind one of the greatest stories ever...
The Most Evil Men and Women in History – Idi Amin
Profile of Idi Amin, the ruthless Ugandan dictator who seized power in 1971 and conducted a reign of terror for the next eight years...
Hidden Killers of the Victorian Home
Suzannah Lipscomb takes a tour of the Victorian home and unveils the hidden dangers that posed a deadly threat to Victorian life.
The Assyrians: Masters of War
The Assyrian history begins around - 2100, in the northern Iraq today, the most direct route between the Upper and Lower Mesopotamia, borrowed by...
Egypt : The Habit of Civilization
Ancient Egypt was the first great nation on earth and endured for thousands of years. The god-like Pharaoh was the rock on which this...
The Evolution From Ape To Man
Scientists from the mid-nineteenth century have searched for the fossil remains of the "missing link" in evolution - the half-man, half-ape that would explain...
Islam: Empire of Faith
What is Islam? Who is Muhammad? This is the first of 3 part documentary narrated by Ben Kingsley about Islam and attempts to answer...
Science at War: Laboratory of War: Chemical Warfare
1998. A disturbing but compelling documentary on the history of chemical weapons, from the first recorded use of poison gas in World War I...
The Origins of Christmas
Centuries and centuries before Christ was born, Romans, Mesopotamians, Carthaginians, Balkans, Germans and Scandinavians held huge celebrations on or near December 25th to welcome...
The Story of the Swastika
This BBC documentary tells the story of one of their faith's most sacred symbols - the Swastika. For many, the swastika has become a...
