Forever enshrined in myth by an assassin's bullet, Kennedy's presidency long defied objective appraisal. Recent assessments have revealed an...

Meet Carrie Morey --an award-winning baker, cookbook author and entrepreneur who is growing a tiny made-by-hand mail order biscuit company into a...

Southern Fried Homicide probes the juiciest stories from down in the Bible Belt. Classic true crime is served up against a backdrop of Southern...

This new installment of the landmark 1987 documentary series Eyes on the Prize illuminates the bold stories of people and communities who continue to...

Traces the incredible trajectory of Brown’s life and career from a 7th grade drop-out arrested and jailed at the age of 16 for breaking into a...

How Chicago and its suburbs helped devise the nation’s most sweeping system of racially segregated communities, and how these policies...

Winningest NBA champion and civil rights icon Bill Russell builds a larger-than-life legacy on and off the court in this biographical documentary.

The American South is known for its beauty and culture. However, its dark side – the greed, the lust, the wrath – can be just as...

The series documents Mandela’s journey from activist to revolutionary, from prisoner to negotiator and how he led South Africa to democracy...

Since its birth in 1865, in the wake of the American Civil War, the history of the Ku Klux Klan has been inseparable from that of the United States....

An inside look at the changing role of athletes in our fraught cultural and political environment, through the lens of the NBA.

Will Smith hosts this look at the evolving, often lethal, fight for equal rights in America through the lens of the US Constitution's 14th Amendment.

A documentary on the American Civil War narrated by Ken Burns, covering the secession of the Confederacy to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.

Infographics and archival footage deliver bite-size history lessons on scientific breakthroughs, social movements and world-changing discoveries.

Explores WWII from Germany's invasion of Poland through the atomic age, examining pivotal battles, wartime leaders like Churchill and Roosevelt, and...

Part detective story, part true-life drama, long-running series explores some of the most iconic moments in history to debunk myths and shed new...

Motoring programme featuring reviews of and reports about cars of all types.

This documentary-series examines Grant's life story using his perspective and experiences to explore a turbulent time in history: the Civil War and...

TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today.

Investigates a wide range of historically compelling topics and the mysteries surrounding each including the Titanic, D.B. Cooper, Roswell, John...

Explore the history of activist Afeni Shakur and hip-hop icon Tupac Shakur, two voices that could not be silenced. Told through the eyes of the...

Filmed across six continents, this docuseries uses cutting-edge camera technology to capture animals' nocturnal lives, revealing new behaviours...

Biography is a documentary television series. It was originally a half-hour filmed series produced for CBS by David Wolper from 1961 to 1964 and...