Planet Oil: The Treasure That Conquered the World

John Barton holds a master class in how to play Shakespeare, using members of the RSC doing scenes, sonnets, and commentary as prime examples.

Dan Snow examines how the Allied Forces planned and executed the D-Day landings, as surviving veterans tell the story of one of the most dramatic...

Earth's climate is changing - understanding how has become one of the biggest scientific projects ever undertaken.

A look at the military strategy of aerial bombardment and its effect on 20th century wars, and the future of warfare.

For centuries in western culture, opera has been the greatest show on earth. Historian Lucy Worsley explores how history and opera go hand in hand....

To detail how drugs push people into risky — even deadly — behaviors, a former CIA analyst investigates the economics of six illicit...

New York City in the 1970s was ruled with a bloody fist by five mafia families, until a group of federal agents tried the unthinkable: taking them...

A thought-provoking exploration of the spectacular rise and fall of Barney the Dinosaur’s furious backlash — and what it says about the...

At the time of Queen Victoria’s birth in 1819, England was an agrarian society. Within a few short decades, this small island nation would be...

Guy Martin sets off on a 1000-mile motorbike trip, exploring a rarely-seen side of modern India as he heads to one of the world's maddest bike races.

The show takes a look at Germany's economic crisis of 1929, which offered an unexpected opportunity for Hitler. He and Goebbels were behind an...

Kitagawa Keiko plays Sasaki Rena, a detective who risks her life investigating detectives for her dead sister. Beautiful, intelligent, and with a...

The Sato family consists of their only daughter, Minami (Yurika Nakamura), her father, Toshio (Rutaro Koichi), and her mother, Shinobu (Sei Mahi). At...

The main character is Monika Borecka, TV producer and manager. She is a modern woman of success - strong, attractive, hard-working and...

Set in the 1930s, the drama spans across several generations of a wealthy Straits-born Chinese family in Malacca, and revolves around the feuds...

In a small village, twins are born: a boy, Tatara, and a girl, Sarasa. The prophet Nagi declares that Tatara is the chosen one who will free Japan...