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With the help of a team of experts and the latest in 3 D scanning technology, Alexander Armstrong, along with Dr Michael Scott, explores the hidden underground treasures that made Rome the powerhouse of the ancient world

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

Hollywood makes a deal with Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa to film his war and recreate his life

A brief yet comprehensive documentary overview of the downfall of the Romanov dynasty and the evolution of Lenins Ulyanov family, from the terrible acts and subsequent hanging of his brother to his own hunger for a revolution

150 Years ago The British Queen took something thats doesnt belong to them Its priceless, its pride, its dignity Today, He wants it back at all cost

Two men of faith, one a traveling Christian preacher, the other the ruler of a Muslim Empire, bucked a century of war, distrust, and insidious propaganda in a search for mutual respect and common ground It is the story of Francis of

During the fourteenth century when the Hundred Years War between France and England ends with the English occupation of French Aquitainia, rebel French Knights vow to oust Edward, Prince of Wales, ruler of Aquitaine

For a seventy year period, when America cared little about the education of African Americans, and discrimination was law and custom, The Bordentown School was an educational utopia An incubator for black pride and intellect, it tau

They were criminals, some of them even torturers and mass murderers High ranking National Socialists and fascists were allegedly since 1945 on the run from the justice of the Allies But

Documentary of 1980s near launch of a nuclear missile from Arkansas, based on Eric Shlossers award winning book of the same name

In rural Alabama, architecture students cross the threshold of poverty to build communities, not just structures, and leave snakebit to make a better world

In March 1914, a mining engineer named Richard Hannay tries to prevent Prussian Agents from executing a political assassination designed to trigger World War I

In 1458, five years after the fall of Constantinople to the Turk, eighteen cardinals met in Rome to elect a new pope A 27 year old Spanish cardinal, Rodrigo Borgia, learns to play a very dangerous game how to survive his first conc

The story of mime Marcel Marceau as he works with a group of Jewish boy scouts and the French Resistance to save the lives of ten thousand orphans during World War II

The story of the romance between the King of Siam and widowed British schoolteacher, Anna Leonowens, during the 1860s

A wild and rollicking martial arts fantasy extravaganza that features prized swords and swordsmen, a crazy monk attached to a rolling boulder yup, serious clan and cult rivalries, and lots of magic and flying

A dedicated FBI agent recalls the agencys battles against the Klan, organized crime and Communist spies

Investigation into alternative didactic methods and the relationship between independently expressive surfaces and texts The film is composed of five sequences, each preceded by a quotation

A Japanese pacifist, unable to face the dire consequences of conscientious objection, is transformed by his attempts to compromise with the demands of war time Japan

Sold into slavery, delivered from a terrible storm at sea, a troubled young man finds amazing grace in the darkest moments and becomes driving force behind the move to abolish the slave trade

An 11th century noblewoman opens her Saxon husbands eyes by riding bareback through town

Young George Matcham visits his uncle Lord Nelson and the vulgar Lady Hamilton With the clear eyes of youth, he measures Nelsons stature and notes his feet of clay And yet, Nelson is a hero, a great man How can this be resolved

A Dutch slave captain, on a voyage to Cuba, faces a revolt fomented by a newly captured African slave, Tamango The slaves capture the captains mistress, forcing a showdown

The crew of a submarine is trapped on the sea floor when it sinks How can they be rescued before they run out of air

During the Korean War, General Douglas MacArthur masterminds the amphibious invasion of Inchon in September 1950

Albert Einstein turns the science community upside down with his discoveries including a formula to put bubbles back in beer and rock n roll

The story of a young journalist who fell from grace when it was discovered he fabricated over half of his articles from the publication The New Republic magazine

The crew of Ukrainian NAVY minesweeper U311 Cherkasy is resisting seizure of the vessel by Russian army in Crimea in 2014

In 1914, a luxury ship leaves Italy in order to scatter the ashes of a famous opera singer A lovable bumbling journalist chronicles the voyage and meets the singers many eccentric friends and admirers

Mohawk archaeologist Baptiste Asigny engages in a search for his ancestors following a tragic terrain slump in the Percival Molson Stadium

In 1866 Wyoming, a frontier scout tries to prevent a war between the Sioux and the U S after the Army builds a road and a fort on territory previously ceded to the Sioux by treaty

This film examines the mechanisms of Nazi extortion during World War II, and is interspersed with current issues surrounding restitutions It retraces the incredible stories of 3 major works having belonged to Jewish collectors From

Times are tough for the Black Brick Castle, as the ship that is picking up the latest batch of poppy seeds has either been intercepted by robbers or wont come at all Despite the copious amount of concubines around boss Chen Tsao, h

A personal essay which analyses and compares images of the political upheavals of the 1960s From the military coup in Brazil to Chinas Cultural Revolution, from the student uprisings in Paris to the end of the Prague Spring

The story of two warring generals Liu Bang and Xiang Yu fighting for control of China at the end of the Qin Dynasty

Timed with the 2020 womens suffrage centennial, American Masters Unladylike2020 The Changemakers takes a look at women whose courage and tenacity 100 years ago shaped the political life and future of this nation Their accomplish