In the spring of 1798, Napoleon set out with 38,000 men and 10,000 sailors to conquer Egypt.

This is the story of a power struggle between two men - one fictional, and one real. In one corner is the master of crime – the greatest...

Sharpe is a British series of television dramas starring Sean Bean as Richard Sharpe, a fictional British soldier in the Napoleonic Wars. Sharpe is...

There are more than ten thousand monuments across the country that honour the war dead . But what of the bloody battles fought on our home soil, in...

This outstanding and sensitive drama series tells a young and family audience the stories of children who lived through a most difficult era in...

How did 20th Century Europe's most liberal democracy fall into the hands of fascists? From Hitler's political scheming that turned Germany's...

From dangerous explosives and deadly curses that put everyday people at risk, to treasures found in the unlikeliest of ways, each episode digs into...

A historical exploration about the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 A.D. and the preserved Roman city it left behind.

This series takes viewers deep into the heart of battle, to reveal the critical turning points in some of WWII's most decisive confrontations.

The naturalist visits uncharted territory in pursuit of new discoveries. Steve Backshall takes on physical challenges, encounters extraordinary...

Days that Shocked the World explores the most iconic disasters of the last 50 years, combining eye-witness testimony with powerful archive footage,...

A documentary series that gives a historical account of the events of World War II, from its roots in the 1920s to the aftermath and the lives it...

WWII in HD is a 10-part American documentary television miniseries that originally aired from November 15 to November 19, 2009 on the History...

World War II In Colour is a 13-episode television documentary miniseries recounting the events of World War II narrated by Robert Powell. The show...

A worldwide guided tour of the greatest movies ever made and the story of international cinema through the history of cinematic innovation.

The story of the Second World War through the personal accounts of a handful of men and women from four American towns. The war touched the lives of...

The American Revolution was at once a war for independence, a war of conquest, a civil war, and a world war, fought by neighbors on American farms...

A six-part French documentary about the Second World War composed exclusively of actual footage of the war as filmed by war correspondents, soldiers,...

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

The story of three decades of war told through the eyes of various men who were its key players: Roosevelt, Hitler, Patton, Mussolini, Churchill,...

Don Wildman unearths relics from the world's greatest institutions to reveal secrets from the past. He examines each artifact to illuminate history's...

Have you ever wondered how the products you use every day are made? How It's Made leads you through the process of how everyday products, such as...

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