Documentry

A Jewish teenager and an injured soldier join a doomed plot to kill Hitler. They face almost certain death, yet luck and love shine upon them as they outwit Nazi terror and become the first couple married in post-war Berlin.

The little known story of how Napoleon Bonaparte first emerged from obscurity and entered the national consciousness. A life and death struggle both on and off off the battlefield.

A dramatic documentary narrated and presented by controversial historian David Starkey about the lives as wives and Queens of the six wives of Tudor king Henry VIII.

A documentary that goes inside one of the great museums of the world: The National Gallery in London.

A documentary that follows a billionaire couple as they begin construction on a mansion inspired by Versailles. During the next two years, their empire, fueled by the real estate bubble and cheap money, falters due to the economic crisis.

The career and death of notorious Colombian drug kingpin Pablo Escobar.

Nicolas Entel's searing documentary tells the story of Pablo Escobar -- Colombian drug kingpin, murderer and family man -- through the eyes of his son, Sebastian, as well as the sons of two of Escobar's most prominent victims.

Torture chambers, acid vats, greased chutes and gassing rooms were just some of the devices of death designed by the Torture Doctor, H.H. Holmes in his castle of horrors. Follows Holmes' entire life as a criminal mastermind.

A British TV documentary series for ITV. Each hour long program sees well-known celebrities travel to various parts of the world to explore more about a person who has inspired them.

A young teacher in Zurich in the 1950s falls in love with a transvestite star but is torn between his bourgeois existence and his commitment to homosexuality.

Documentary about English Egyptologist Flinders Petrie, the pioneer of systematic methodology in archaeology. Ancient Egypt was vandalised by tomb raiders and treasure hunters until this Victorian adventurer took them on. Most people have never heard of him, but this maverick undertook a scientific survey of the pyramids, discovered the oldest portraits in the world, unearthed Egypt's prehistoric roots - and in the process invented modern field archaeology, giving meaning to a whole civilisation.

Every unexplained death is unique. Whether it's a freakish accident involving a vat of boiling soup, deadly poisonings with obscure Asian herbs, or sexual games gone badly wrong, the West London Coroner and her officers have seen it all. Follow Her Majesty's Coroner Alison Thompson and team as they investigate the 4,000 or so unexplained deaths that end up on their slate - literally - every year.

Fiona Bruce fronts this eye-opening new three-part series on the stories behind Britain's official royal residences: Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle and Palace of Holyroodhouse.

Four-part documentary exploring how Russia has been resurrected by Vladimir Putin.

Lucy Worsley gets into bed with our past monarchs to uncover the Tales from the Royal Bedchamber. She reveals that our obsession with royal bedrooms, births and succession is nothing new. In fact, the rise and fall of their magnificent beds reflects the changing fortunes of the monarchy itself.

Una Stubbs and Richard Bacon lead a nationwide search for Britain's best amateur artist.

Explosive developments - implicating both the forensics laboratory of the police department of North Carolina, and Duane Deaver, its chief - recently saw the convicted subject of 'The Staircase', Michael Peterson, released from jail after serving eight years of a life sentence, pending a retrial.

It is possible that only one per cent of the wonders of ancient Egypt have been discovered, but now, thanks to a pioneering approach to archaeology, that is about to change.

Fiona Bruce traces the story of the love between Queen Victoria and Prince Albert: a love based on a powerful physical attraction, and grew into a marriage that set the tone for the Victorian age. Fiona meets HRH Prince Charles, and travels to the royal palaces that the couple made their own

A look at some of the more extraordinary and grotesque cases in a British A&E department.

A dramatization of the notorious World War I torpedoing of the ocean liner, RMS Lusitania.

Documentary telling the life story of cult author and renowned fell-walker Alfred Wainwright in England's Lake District.

BBC investigative documentary series noted for its new perspectives on historical events.

The story of the Suez Crisis, how Britian invaded Egypt 50 years ago, making President Nasser a national hero and British prime Minister Anthony Eden a national disgrace.