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.

Hitler's Power - Season 1

How could a nobody become a dictator and bring down a democracy in just a few years, what crucial events helped Hitler gain respectability and influence, and who were his supporters?

Secret Nazi Science - Season 1

Adolf Hitler was famously against using chemical and biological weapons, but chemistry and biological science still played an incredible role in the Nazis' unquenchable quest for power.

Hitler vs Stalin - Season 1

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.

Forbidden History - Season 7

We discover an intriguing new theory about Göbekli Tepe in southern Turkey; one of the world's oldest mysteries dating back over 12,000 years, we still don't understand who built it or why.

Cursed Bloodlines - Season 1

The tragic histories of the political dynasties of the Bhutto family in Pakistan and the Nehru-Gandhi family in India are often compared to that of America's Kennedy family.

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 Secret Story of the Knights Templar - Season 1

The Knights Templar were established as a special religious-military order within the tradition of medieval knighthood, but the rise and fall of the Order involves several secrets and mysteries.

The Secret Story of the Knights Templar - Season 1

Discover the developments that led the famous Knights Templar to extreme power; they subsequently became the target of specific accusations arranged by the French court.

The Secret Story of the Knights Templar - Season 1

The Knights Templar left a legacy both visible - with castles, villages, and abbeys - and invisible through long-lasting traditions claiming the survival of individuals belonging to the Order.

World War II: The Price of Empire - Season 1

Japan's escalation of the War in the East is devastatingly effective, but despite their success it is possible to see their inevitable defeat, and they have roused the military might of the USA.

World War II: The Price of Empire - Season 1

The war turns in favour of the Allies. Montgomery turns the tables on the Afrika Corps at El Alamein, the Japanese are defeated at Guadalcanal and the Germans are defeated at Stalingrad.

World War II: The Price of Empire - Season 1

The Allied leaders meet for their first conference to discuss the coordination of their efforts, a Japanese Division is destroyed at sea, and the Red Army begins its advance towards Berlin.

Ancient Greece: The Dark Chronicles - Season 1

The Lost Cities of Genghis Khan - Season 1

Historians and archaeologists set off in the footsteps of Genghis Khan in Mongolia; thanks to exceptional excavations in the field, they are rediscovering the lost cities of the Mongol empire.

The Masters of the Reich - Season 1

Decoding tools reveal exchanges between the Führer and his allies; Hitler morphs from political leader to military strategist; the masters of the Reich unleash a world war in seven years.

Titans of the Cold War - Season 2

A new chapter began as Carter and Brezhnev grappled with a world in flux; starting with revolution in Iran and Soviet moves in Afghanistan, it ended with Brezhnev's death and Carter's election loss.

Titans of the Cold War - Season 2

Gorbachev had inherited a nation in economic decline; in 1991, the Soviet Union fell apart completely and was ultimately dissolved as an era that had shaped the aims of the world's leaders was over.

The Lost Cities of Genghis Khan - Season 1

Historians and archaeologists set off in the footsteps of Genghis Khan in Mongolia; thanks to exceptional excavations in the field, they are rediscovering the lost cities of the Mongol empire.

Conquistadors: The Rise and Fall - Season 1

Following the success of Hernán Cortés over the Aztecs, conquistador Francisco Pizarro sets his sights on conquering the Incas, the largest civilisation in the Americas.

Lost Cities of the Bible - Season 1

Nineveh and Babylon were two superpowers of the ancient world, but they were the cities of sin for the writers of the Bible; why do they have such poor reputations in the Old Testament?