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Henry IV is dead and Hal is King With England in a state of unrest, he must leave his rebellious youth behind, striving to gain the respect of his nobility and people Laying claim to parts of France and following an insult from

They grew up under the Nazi regime They pledged to give their lives for Hitler They were fanatics who would not be stopped They were the 20,000 teenagers who made up the 12th SS Panzer Division Unleashed in France to halt the

An intimate and compassionate observational documentary from the perspective of a 10 year old Aboriginal boy in Alice Springs, Australia, struggling to balance his traditional ArrernteGarrwa upbringing with a state education

Follows the story of underground workers who risked their lives to send intelligence and defend the motherland, set after Japans attack on Pearl Harbor when the Wang Jingwei regime declared war on Britain and the U S

The definitive documentary about the iconic puppetry technique developed by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson, Supermarionation was used in all their programmes throughout the 1960s including Stingray, Captain Scarlet and Thunderbirds

In a small Turkish town, two young tuberculous poets try to survive while publishing their poems As they both fall in love, their life would never be the same

Moderate Jim Bowie leads rebellious Texicans and Davy Crockett in a last ditch stand against his old friend, Santa Anna

This documentary tells the story of the 1999 London bombings that targeted minority communities, and the race to find the far right extremist behind them

Zurich in 1519 The young widow Anna Reinhart lives a barren life between fear of the church and worries about the future of her three children, when the arrival of a man in the city causes turmoil The young priest Ulrich Zwingli

A Documentary film exploring the history and evolution of vinyl records Featuring Interviews with the experts, musicians and fans alike, Stuck in the Groove takes you on a journey of vinyl mania, music and nostalgia

The past collides with the present in this excavation of the Nazi occupation of Amsterdam a journey from World War II to recent years of pandemic and protest and a provocative, life affirming reflection on memory, time and whats

Ian Hislops sharp, provocative take on 200 years of fake news and its consequences from Victorians on the moon to 21st century deepfake, and Hislop as never seen before

We go behind the scenes and into the minds of artists as they capture, commemorate, and, at times, condemn our presidents From Elaine de Koonings abstract portraits of John F Kennedy to

A series of images, music and sounds which transport through Mexicos history, without any narrative sequence The film spins constantly round the question Where are the singers from De donde son los cantantes in spanish the

Farah and Issa, two streetwise children living in Beiruts Palestinian Shatila refugee camp, use their imaginations and creativity to come to terms with the realities of growing up in a refugee camp that has survived massacre, sie

Dramatisation of the team hoping to televise the trial of Adolf Eichmann, an infamous Nazi responsible for the deaths of millions of Jews It focuses on Leo Hurwitz, a documentary film maker and Milton Fruchtman, a producer

An eight year old boy is willing to do whatever it takes to end World War II so he can bring his father home The story reveals the indescribable love a father has for his little boy and the love a son has for his father

Former United States Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, discusses his career in Washington D C from his days as a congressman in the early 1960s to planning the invasion of Iraq in 2003

A story set in nineteenth century China and focusing on the life long friendship between two girls who develop their own secret code as a way to contend with the rigid social norms imposed on women

Set in the Three Kingdoms period of Chinese history, the story focuses on Cao Cao in his old age, exploring the areas of military tactics, love, and the relationship between father and son

Cameramen from Britains Army Film Unit capture footage of concentration camps in German in 1945

The amazing story of a group of Jewish songwriters who wrote the soundtrack to Christmas

A way of life is dying on an Outer Hebridean island fishing port, but some of the inhabitants resist evacuating to the mainland

Writer and urban activist Jane Jacobs fights to save historic New York City during the ruthless redevelopment era of urban planner Robert Moses in the 1960s

Today, all anybody needs to run is the determination and a pair of the right shoes But just fifty years ago, running was viewed almost exclusively as the domain of elite male athletes who competed on tracks With insight and propuls

Who were the men and women of the Apollo Space Program Where are they today What do they think of the extraordinary effort they helped make possible Half a century later, Project Apollo remains the single greatest initiative in pe

During World War II, a British actor impersonates Field Marshal Montgomery in order to confuse German intelligence

In 16th century Italy, a young noblewoman plots with her lover and her family to murder her abusive father, leading to an uproar in the community and the Catholic Church

After being falsely accused of dishonesty, a young man decides to become a pirate

Camel racing is a popular sport in the Middle East In past years, thousands of young boys have been trafficked from Bangladesh, Pakistan, Mauritania and other countries to work as jockeys in the UAE under excruciating conditions Ov

Classicist Mary Beard asks what do we really know about Julius Caesar She looks at how he became the autocratic ruler of Rome, the tactics of his military campaigns, his use of PR and at the reasons behind his assassination

The site of the famous Oracle, Delphi spanned two great c

During 1962s Cuban missile crisis, a troubled math genius finds himself drafted to play in a U S Soviet chess match and a deadly game of espionage

Its Gonna Blow San Diegos Music Underground 1986 1996 chronicles a period when San Diego was touted as the next Seattle A motley community of musicians with a do it yourself ethos and an aversion to mainstream culture dev

A former astronaut recently went on record to allege that there is abundant evidence that we are being contacted by Alien races and that these civilizations have been visiting us for a very

During the Korean War retreat in 1951, a small British recon group is surrounded by Chinese troops and holds out in a lonely temple atop a hill