Titans of the Cold War - Season 1

We explore the post-WWII years as Truman and Stalin emerged as rivals; from the Berlin Airlift to NATO and the Marshall Plan, early Cold War decisions shaped a tense and divided global order.

Titans of the Cold War - Season 1

Eisenhower and Khrushchev rising to power marked a shift in the Cold War steering tensions through coups, summits and Space Race drama; this led to the U-2 crisis and a breakdown in diplomacy.

Titans of the Cold War - Season 1

In one pivotal moment, global power moved from crumbling empires to rising nationalist forces as Nasser and Eden clashed in Suez, the Soviets crushed Hungary, and the Cold War world was redrawn.

Titans of the Cold War - Season 1

JFK and Castro entered the stage as Cold War conflict hit the Western hemisphere; from the Bay of Pigs to the Cuban Missile Crisis, a standoff nearly sparked nuclear war before uneasy deescalation.

Forbidden History - Season 7

Thousands of people were dosed with LSD by the CIA; did the CIA murder its own people, poison a whole French town, experiment on New Yorkers and assassinate Bobby Kennedy?

Forbidden History - Season 7

The location of King Solomon's Mines has been a mystery for hundreds of years; new evidence has led to an amazing discovery. Might Solomon's wealth have come from the copper mines of southern Israel?

Cursed Bloodlines - Season 1

J. Paul Getty was renowned for his wealth and frugality as well as his lack of empathy and compassion for his family. He would marry four times and sire five sons, but he died old and alone.

Secret Weapons: WWII - Season 1

The struggle for victory necessitated development of gun technologies; new inventions would emerge on the battlefields and at times surprise soldiers on both sides of the fight.

Secret Weapons: WWII - Season 1

World War II fostered the emergence of both iconic and unusual tanks that were each engineered with distinct aims; we explore diverse tank innovations and the overall trajectory of armoured warfare.

Secret Weapons: WWII - Season 1

World War II ignited a fierce battle for aerial dominance and drove nations to pioneer secret aircraft technologies; this episode explores the development of early jet fighters.

The Pharaohs: Greater Than The Pyramids - Season 1

Ramses II reigned for 66 years and left a colossal legacy of monuments and temples; his reputation embodies the power and grandeur of Pharaonic Egypt.

The Pharaohs: Greater Than The Pyramids - Season 1

Khufu, the second pharaoh of the fourth dynasty, is famous for the Great Pyramid of Giza; his reign is shrouded in mystery but bears witness to the greatness of ancient Egypt.

Titans of the Cold War - Season 1

We explore the post-WWII years as Truman and Stalin emerged as rivals; from the Berlin Airlift to NATO and the Marshall Plan, early Cold War decisions shaped a tense and divided global order.

Titans of the Cold War - Season 1

Eisenhower and Khrushchev rising to power marked a shift in the Cold War steering tensions through coups, summits and Space Race drama; this led to the U-2 crisis and a breakdown in diplomacy.

Titans of the Cold War - Season 1

In one pivotal moment, global power moved from crumbling empires to rising nationalist forces as Nasser and Eden clashed in Suez, the Soviets crushed Hungary, and the Cold War world was redrawn.

Titans of the Cold War - Season 1

JFK and Castro entered the stage as Cold War conflict hit the Western hemisphere; from the Bay of Pigs to the Cuban Missile Crisis, a standoff nearly sparked nuclear war before uneasy deescalation.

Killer Kings - Season 1

Known through the ages as 'Bad' King John, was the Plantagenet ruler of England and France the buffoon depicted in tales of Robin Hood or a sadistic killer fuelled by his insecurity?

Valley of the Kings: Secret Tomb Revealed - Season 1

Hitler's Entourage - Season 1

Hermann Göring presents himself as a hero and bon vivant, but behind the façade lies a power-mad architect of Nazi terror.

Living with Hitler - Season 1

1940-1945: early victories, then stalemate and genocide, whether watching your neighbours being packed off or being a victim. Twelve years of terror would end in devastation and division.

Vatican Secret Files Exposed: The Pope and the Devil - Season 1

Hitler unleashed war and Pius XII organised meetings to thwart him, but the Allies did not trust the Pope's words; meanwhile, Hitler had started sending Jews to their deaths in concentration camps.

The Mystery of the Holy Lance

Bronze-Age Apocalypse - Season 1

Around 1200 B.C. / B.C.E.: Bronze Age people are on the move across the Eastern Mediterranean and sacking and burning the great centres of civilisation as they go.

Ancient Apocalypse - Season 3

The Carthaginian Empire was a Mediterranean superpower that dominated trade and warfare, but Rome annihilated it in 146 B.C. / B.C.E; what led to its downfall?