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Through original diaries, letters, and memoirs, this unforgettable documentary tells how the lives of regular British men and women were transformed by the Great War Along with historical footage, an outstanding cast of actors reena

A charismatic fisherman struggling with debt A troubled woman wrestling with demons A gifted accountant ostracised from his family and people In this ground breaking first season of The Chosen see how Jesus reaches each of these a

A fictional account of one year in the life of Empress Elisabeth of Austria On Christmas Eve 1877, Elisabeth, once idolized for her beauty, turns 40 and is officially deemed an old woman she starts trying to maintain her public

Powerful and resonant series that looks at how Hitler and the Nazis seized power in Germany and ushered in the death of democracy

Historical reenactments by A list talent are presented by inebriated storytellers

A desperate cat and mouse hunt ensues when Yorkshire is being haunted by a serial killer

Four detectives in four different time periods of London find themselves investigating the same murder

Explores the rise of fashion designer Christian Dior, as he dethrones Coco Chanel and helps return spirit and life to the world with his iconic imprint of beauty and influence

A Russian aristocrat is spared from death and placed on house arrest while the Bolshevik Revolution plays out before him.

Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Hoss and his wife Hedwig strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden beside the camp

Explores the story of one of the greatest gambles of Franklins career At age 70, Franklin outmaneuvered British spies and French informers while engineering the Franco American alliance of 1778

This documentary examines the great problems and ingenious solutions that marked the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge, tracing its transformation from a spectacular feat of heroic engineering to an honored symbol in American cu

Follows a group of experts as they scrutinize some of historys most intriguing UFO accounts

Biopic of Louis Cyr, strongest man in the world at the end of the 19th Century

When another child goes missing, washed up solicitor John Piggott unwittingly provides a catalyst for Detective Chief Superindent Maurice Jobson to start to right some wrongs

A 19th century French aristocrat, notorious for his scathing memoirs about life in Russia, travels through the Russian State Hermitage Museum and encounters historical figures from the last 200+ years

This film concerns David Gulpilils work to bridge the gap between his life as an Australian Aboriginal and as a film and TV actor

After a Jewish prince is betrayed and sent into slavery by a Roman friend, he regains his freedom and comes back for revenge

Through the innocent eyes of Bruno, the eight year old son of the commandant at a German concentration camp, a forbidden friendship with a Jewish boy on the other side of the camp fence has startling and unexpected consequences

In 1839, the revolt of Mende captives aboard a Spanish owned ship causes a major controversy in the United States when the ship is captured off the coast of Long Island The courts must decide whether the Mende are slaves or legally

The story of James J Braddock, a supposedly washed up boxer who came back to challenge for the heavyweight championship of the world

North Carolina mountains at the end of the 1920s A George and Serena Pemberton, love struck newly weds, begin to build a timber empire Serena soon proves herself to be equal to any man overseeing loggers, hunting rattle snakes, even saving a manA s l

A Mississippi district attorney and the widow of Medgar Evers struggle to finally bring a white racist to justice for the 1963 murder of the civil rights leader

1183 A D King Henry IIs three sons all want to inherit the throne, but he wont commit to a choice They and his wife variously plot to force him

The temporary physical life of the Biblical Savior, Jesus Christ

The story of the Battle of Midway, told by the leaders and the sailors who fought it

Filled with testimony and recollections from actual C I A agents, this in depth account reveals the remarkable true story of the pursuit of the worlds most notorious terrorist, Osama bin Laden

Bathsheba Everdene, a willful, flirtatious, young woman, unexpectedly inherits a large farm and is romantically pursued by three very different men

A historic chronicle based on the book by Dee Brown explains how Native Americans were displaced as the United States expanded west

Children who were held hostage in their elementary school tell stories of miraculous things, but many adults are skeptical that the Cokeville Miracle ever truly happened

An 1840s slaveowner trains one of his slaves to be a bare knuckle fighter

Nat Turner, a literate slave and preacher in the antebellum South, orchestrates an uprising

Siberian gulag escapees travel four thousand miles by foot to freedom in India

A historical drama set in the Koryo dynasty and focused on the relationship between a king and his bodyguard

A portrait of American slavery recounting the journey of one family and their will to survive and ultimately carry on their legacy despite hardship