TV Schedule

  • 00:25

    25 Jan

    Adolf Hitler: Decoding A Dictator - Season 1

    In decoding Adolf Hitler's dictatorship, the question of why the all-powerful Führer needed a close and constantly available circle at his beck and call is one deserving of examination.

  • 01:30

    25 Jan

    The Masters of the Reich - Season 1

    We look at the conversations at the heart of German power; the deciphering of archive images allows us to understand the motivations of the Nazi regime in their conquest of Europe.

  • 02:30

    25 Jan

    Ancient Superstructures - Season 3

    Chambord is the largest of the Loire castles; with 220,000 tons of stone needed for its construction, it is one of the most important building sites of the Renaissance.

  • 03:25

    25 Jan

    The Lost World of Angkor Wat - Season 1

    Laser surveys lead the team to undiscovered jungle temples, ground-penetrating radar reveals how kings took new territory, and could a huge jungle pyramid expose the makings of a mysterious cult?

  • 04:15

    25 Jan

    The Lost World of Angkor Wat - Season 1

    The team uses drones to explore one of the world's largest ancient water systems, and ancient weapons and traces of a colossal iron industry reveal the truth behind the power of the Khmer military.

  • 05:05

    25 Jan

    Forbidden History - Season 6

    Vatican City has its own laws, police, and - unbelievably - its own ATMs that print out in Latin. It's a secret world of libraries, holy relics and artwork that does not allow access outsiders.

  • 06:15

    25 Jan

    Forbidden History - Season 7

    What happened to Mary Magdalene after the resurrection of Jesus? We follow history enthusiasts in southern France on their quest to find the remains of the saint in a place no-one has searched before.

  • 07:10

    25 Jan

    Strangest Things - Season 1

    Can a golden disk billions of miles away reveal if we are alone in the universe, and what are the secrets in the bizarre 600-year-old Voynich Manuscript that no-one can read?

  • 08:05

    25 Jan

    Sisi: Assassination of an Empress

  • 09:05

    25 Jan

    The Lost World of Angkor Wat - Season 1

    Laser surveys lead the team to undiscovered jungle temples, ground-penetrating radar reveals how kings took new territory, and could a huge jungle pyramid expose the makings of a mysterious cult?

  • 10:05

    25 Jan

    The Lost World of Angkor Wat - Season 1

    The team uses drones to explore one of the world's largest ancient water systems, and ancient weapons and traces of a colossal iron industry reveal the truth behind the power of the Khmer military.

  • 11:10

    25 Jan

    The World War: 1914-1945 - Season 1

    Operation Barbarossa's endgame does not come to fruition; with the world distracted, Japan launch their attack on Pearl Harbor, forcing American isolationists to join the war in earnest.

  • 12:10

    25 Jan

    The World War: 1914-1945 - Season 1

    War in Europe ends with Soviet and American troops surrounding the German army; in the Pacific, it takes the devastating nuclear bombs of Hiroshima and Nagasaki to force the Japanese surrender.

  • 13:15

    25 Jan

    The World War: 1914-1945 - Season 1

    In June 1914, the first steps towards war were made when Archduke Franz Ferdinand, from the house of Habsburg, was assassinated by Slav nationalist Gavrilo Princip.

  • 14:15

    25 Jan

    The World War: 1914-1945 - Season 1

    During WWI, men had to endure combat and extreme conditions; civilians dealt with food shortages and raids. The insidiousness of ethnic cleansing raised its head, and a young Adolf Hitler took note.

  • 15:15

    25 Jan

    The World War: 1914-1945 - Season 1

    Stalin rises as the leader of the Bolsheviks, and in Munich, the German Workers Party takes a new name: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter, or 'Nazi' as it would come to be called.

  • 16:15

    25 Jan

    War Factories - Season 2

    The Barnbow shell factory produced well over half a million tonnes of explosives in just four years - we show how the war factories of WWI paved the way for the modern world.

  • 17:10

    25 Jan

    War Factories - Season 3

    The Spitfire, the Hurricane, the Lancaster and Wellington bombers - aircraft which arguably won the Battle of Britain - had one thing in common: they were powered by the Rolls-Royce Merlin engine.

  • 18:05

    25 Jan

    War Factories - Season 3

    On the 7th of December, 1941, the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor; the attack brought America into WWII and changed how battles were fought as the first-ever assault by aircraft-carrier based fighters.

  • 19:05

    25 Jan

    War Factories - Season 3

    When we think of Skoda, we think of cheap and efficient family cars; back in the 1930s, its factory was the cover for espionage, sabotage, and the liberation of Jews from all over Europe.

  • 20:00

    25 Jan

    War Factories - Season 3

    Ferdinand Porsche was one of the most influential engineers in Nazi Germany; by inventing the most powerful war machines, he created the blueprint for the muscle cars that would make his name.

  • 21:00

    25 Jan

    No Asylum: The Untold Chapter of Anne Frank's Story

  • 22:10

    25 Jan

    Crime in Post-War Germany - Season 1

    After the war, hunger and adversity shape daily life in East Germany; this episode shows how dangerous daily life was in Berlin after 1945 and why those who survived the war went to extreme measures.

  • 23:20

    25 Jan

    Crime in Post-War Germany - Season 1

    Robbery, murder, rape; after the war, West Germany is the scene of brutal crimes. We explore how strained life was in the West zones and how a nation struggled to find new values.

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