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À la recherche du Hobbit (French for Looking for the Hobbit) is an exploratory documentary series directed by Olivier Simonnet in 2014, in...

An international team of archaeological experts reveal the true stories behind ancient Egypt's most infamous mummies, using modern forensic science,...

A two-part television film by UFA Fernsehproduktion about Jutta Gallus, who peaceful protested against the SED dictatorship in the GDR.

Recounts the largest migration movement in history in which 55 million Europeans left their home countries and set off to America.

From the Gilded Age to the present day, the history of modern United States of America has been one of wealth and power concentrated into the hands...

As the presidential election approaches, this four-part documentary journeys deep into the divided nation of America. What do ordinary Americans in...

A look back at a cruel conflict, the Franco-Prussian War (1870-71), which changed the political geography of Europe and sowed the seeds of a deep...

After the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, Mao Tsetung established a system of labor camps for systematic repression, known as...

At the beginning of 2009, in the midst of the financial crisis, "Satoshi Nakamoto" put Bitcoin into circulation. He created the first decentralised...

Secret societies play a far larger role in our everyday lives than we are aware of. Historian Dr Marian Füssel searches for clues surrounding...

Long regarded as mere subjects for amateur or specialist nature photographers, animals are increasingly inspiring art photographers to produce...

Docudrama in two parts, based on the abduction of the president of the employer's association of Germany, Hanns Martin Schleyer, by the...

During the 1970s the Middle East was a battleground for the Cold War; liberal pro-Western forces battled with pro-Soviet Arab Nationalists and...