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- 1. The Making of Adolf Hitler Investigates new research on the early years of the Nazi leader, which have always been mired in controversy. Surprising new information comes to light about his first love amid recent claims that the...
- 2. The Mystery of the Iron Bridge The Iron Bridge is an icon of the Industrial Revolution - the world's first metal structure and an outstanding example of 18th-Century British technical ingenuity. Yet, incredibly, no-one knows how th...
- 3. Death of the Battleship The sinking of HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse in December 1941 is recognised as one of Britain's greatest maritime disasters. Follow a team of military and civilian divers trying to unravel the m...
- 4. Kill 'Em All: American War Crimes in Korea In July 1950, No Gun Ri in Korea witnessed one of the largest civilian massacres in US military history. This film, based on Pulitzer Prize-winning journalism, hears from eyewitnesses on both sides of...
- 5. Jubilee Day From the Sex Pistols' trip down the Thames to the royal bonfire in Windsor Great Park, from street parties in Fulham to village fetes in Hampshire and Worcestershire, the Queen's Silver Jubilee was co...
- 6. The Queen and Her Lover Love, greed, murder, rape, and political treachery were ingredients in the doomed 16th-century relationship between Mary, Queen of Scots and her lover, the Earl of Bothwell. Dr Saul David investigates...
- 7. Myths of the Titanic No maritime tragedy has captured the public's imagination like the sinking of the Titanic. In the week that marks the 90th anniversary of the disaster, rare archive footage, plus location filming in A...
- 8. Battle for Berlin Rape, murder, pillage, and destruction ensued when, in early 1945, the Red Army avenged Germany's invasion of Russia some four years earlier. As historian Antony Beevor documents the terrifying nature...
- 10. Stalin and the Betrayal of Leningrad Over 1,500,000 people died from starvation and disease when Germany besieged Leningrad for 900 days in one of the Second World War's darkest episodes. But even when the Soviets forced the Germans to s...
- 11. The Myth of Custer's Last Stand The Little Bighorn in Montana is the site of one of the most famous battles in the history of the American West. For more than a century, flamboyant General George Armstrong Custer has been remembered...
- 12. Akhenaten and Nefertiti: The Royal Gods of Egypt Using dramatic reconstructions and filmed throughout Egypt, this documentary unravels the story of King Akhenaten, the country's heretic monarch, who 3,300 years ago introduced a new religion and dema...
- 13. Murder at Harvard In 1849 American society was shaken by the grisly news that a prominent and wealthy Bostonian, George Parkman, had been killed and dismembered. The subsequent trial found a Harvard medical professor,...
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