Ancient Apocalypse - Season 2

The Vikings from Scandinavia establish two successful outposts along the fjords of Southern Greenland and thrive for more than four hundred years before suddenly and mysteriously disappearing.

Ancient Apocalypse - Season 2

The Khmer empire had been one of the most powerful states in Southeast Asia, but its strengths soon came to be fatal weaknesses contributing to the fall of its magnificent temple cities.

Troy Story - Season 1

We trace the story of Troy back 150 years to follow Heinrich Schliemann's quest to find a lost city and prove that the Trojan War really happened.

Troy Story - Season 1

How new discoveries and breakthroughs in the 20th and 21st centuries have offered more clues to the truth behind the legend of the Trojan War.

Ancient Apocalypse - Season 2

The Aztec empire developed sophisticated writing systems, calendars, and a religion that required human sacrifices, but they would soon be decimated by their encounters with European colonisers.

Cursed Bloodlines - Season 1

The House of Romanov had imposed 300 years of strict Imperial rule, but royal authority was in question for the first time. The future of the Romanov dynasty was in danger.

Machu Picchu: City of Stone

Hidden Secrets of the Adriatic - Season 1

Romuald's Cave in Istria has 30,000-year-old paintings, discovered by Darko Komšo, that complement Slovenia's 60,000-year-old flute and Croatia's 33,000-year-old Neanderthal remains.

Hidden Secrets of the Adriatic - Season 1

177 B.C. / B.C.E - when Romans cut their water supply, the Histri led by King Epulon chose to kill their families and themselves; the Histri had inhabited the Adriatic since 1500 B.C. / B.C.E.

Hidden Secrets of the Adriatic - Season 1

In 229 B.C. / B.C.E., Rome's fleet of 200 ships and 20,000 legionaries crossed the Adriatic, Queen Teuta's piracy sparked conflict, and Liburni allies faced assimilation while the Delmati resisted.

Hidden Secrets of the Adriatic - Season 1

In 1992, the Yugoslav army left the Croatian island of Vis abandoning 30 military facilities, an underground hospital, a submarine shelter and tunnels; after centuries of war, Vis embraced peace.

Ancient Greece: The Dark Chronicles - Season 1

In the second millennium B.C. / B.C.E., the Minoans and Mycenaeans rose as Europe's first advanced civilisations; researchers show that they had more in common with the later Greeks than long assumed.

Ancient Greece: The Dark Chronicles - Season 1

Greece awakened from the Dark Ages and enters an era of transformation; across the Aegean Sea, a new cultural identity began to form shaped by shared religion, writing and values.

Ancient Greece: The Dark Chronicles - Season 1

In the sixth century B.C. / B.C.E., Athens transformed through war and violence into a democracy; the Persian Wars cement its rise as a groundbreaking achievement - at the cost of widespread slavery.

Ancient Greece: The Dark Chronicles - Season 1

This episode immerses us in the Peloponnesian War, a decades-long fratricidal conflict between Athens and Sparta that shook democracies and ended Greece's golden age.

Ancient Greece: The Dark Chronicles - Season 1

The Peloponnesian War left Greece drained and weakened; Macedonia is poised to fill the power vacuum. This episode explores how Philip II turned a backward city-state into a military superpower.

Hitler's DNA: Blueprint of a Dictator - Season 1

Hitler's DNA is discovered for the first time in history as experts investigate what it reveals about his heritage and his formative years.

Hitler's DNA: Blueprint of a Dictator - Season 1

Experts investigating Hitler's DNA uncover psychiatric conditions and find a genetic mutation that disrupts sexual development.

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.

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.

Normandy: Land of Warriors - Season 1

Normandy owes its name to terrible warriors coming from the North: the Vikings. These men ravaged the Norman lands until it was ceded to them and became their territory.

Ancient Apocalypse - Season 2

The Moche flourished in the Andes mountains of Peru for 650 years (100-750 AD); through conquest and expansion, the 'Greeks of the Andes' quickly became the most important pre-Incan culture.