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- 12 Strong tells the story of the first Special Forces team deployed to Afghanistan after 9/11; under the leadership of a new captain, the team must work with an Afghan warlord to take down the Taliban.
- After the death of Princess Diana, Queen Elizabeth II struggles with her reaction to a sequence of events nobody could have predicted.
- Intimate portrayal of the events captured by the ordinary people on September 11.
- Lord Lucan's wife agrees to finally break her silence after he was suspected of attempting to murder her in 1974 and disappeared.
- Inside the relentless hunt for the late Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's money. On the trail of bounty hunters, corrupt politicians and spies. A story of greed, corruption and deceit, up to the highest circles.
- Sir Trevor McDonald presents this documentary which explores the extraordinary pursuit of serial killer Christopher Halliwell by detective Steve Fulcher.
- The inside story of the 1985 Live Aid (1985) concerts, told by the organizers and the stars - a frank and often very funny account of how Bob Geldof bullied the music industry.
- Top US, European and Iraqi leaders - political and military - tell the inside story of their private talks, phone calls, deals and clashes. Former members of Saddam Hussein's regime tell - for the first time on television - just what he said to them as the threat of war grew. Over three episodes, the series gets the insiders to tell what happened at crucial moments on the road to war following 9/11, the first year after the invasion as Iraq's liberation became a US occupation and Iraq's descent into civil war and the Americans struggle to turn the country round.
- Witness the 20-year, billion-dollar hunt for the Al-Qaeda leader, as told by the main players who finally brought him down.
- Drama documentary reconstructing the life and times of Catherine the Great of Russia.
- A military historian and a technology wizard explore the hidden secrets of the bloodiest war in human history, using 21st century gadgets to peel away the present, so they can study the past.
- A docudrama about the efforts of the passengers aboard United Airlines Flight 93 to derail the 9/11 terrorists' plan for the hijacked airliner.
- A team of experts analyze the deaths of notable people while examining their lives.
- Centered on the sinking of the USS Indianapolis, which had been torpedoed by a Japanese submarine on July 30, 1945 in the Philippine Sea. Of the estimated 900 men who survived the attack, only 317 were rescued after four days in shark infested waters. The Discovery Channel describes the event as "the worst shark attack in history."
- A documentary about the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima/Nagasaki and their aftermaths in both Japan and the United States. It includes many eyewitness accounts and historical documentation from both US and Japanese citizens.
- Four-part documentary exploring how Russia has been resurrected by Vladimir Putin.
- Documentary looking predominantly at the plight of the poor in the East End of London during World War II air raids of 1940. How much of what is now seen as an example of British Bulldog bravado was actually acts of desperation and necessity against an unseen enemy and a government seemingly not always willing to help.
- An overview of the events of the Suffragette Movement for Votes For Women. It follows the individual women who were part of the movement and uses dramatised testimony to tell their stories at key points of their dangerous campaign.
- The story of the capture of Sadaam Hussein.
- A decade after the end of the Second World War, Marcel Besançon, a Swiss exec working for the European Broadcasting Union, had a daring idea. He wanted to stage a live Pan-European singing competition to promote the nascent television services of Western Europe, and bring the divided nations of a war-torn Europe closer together in a shared celebration of music. The first Eurovision Song Contest took place in Lugano, Switzerland, on 24th May 1956. Just seven countries took part (six of whom, significantly, went on to sign the Treaty of Rome and lay the foundations of the European Community) but it was an instant hit and has become an unbroken annual fixture in the life of the continent. But it came to mean even more than that. During the Cold War, the glitz and glamour on the Eurovision stage was seen as a symbol of Western fun and freedom. Only a very few in the Eastern bloc were able or brave enough to risk their lives by tuning in to Finnish TV signals in secret. In recent decades, following the fall of the Iron Curtain and breakup of the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia, new nations have clamoured to take part, injecting new life into the contest and raising the political stakes yet further by seeing it as a rare opportunity to promote their national identity on an international stage. Today, the Eurovision Song Contest is one of the most-watched broadcast events in the world, attracting hundreds of millions of fans across Europe and as far afield as Australasia, Asia and Latin America. Some love it, some laugh at it, some are obsessed by it, but most think of the Eurovision Song Contest as just a great night's entertainment. And yet it has slowly become one of the great popular cultural festivals of our age, a carnival of fun and frivolity that can be taken -- in a certain light -- as a symbol of just how far Europe has travelled since Monsieur Bescancon had his brainwave.
- Unearthing the terrible secrets hidden in the tomb of China's first emperor. The Terracotta warriors are just the tip of the iceberg in a mausoleum the size of Manhattan, which has gone largely unexcavated.
- Drama documentary about the 2002 Bali night club bombings, with contributions from survivors, rescuers and the bombers themselves.
- Traveling from the deserts of Namibia to the forests of the Amazon, this documentary provides an up-close view of the snake world in all it scaly glory.
- World leaders comment on the unraveling peace process and continued violence between Israelis and Palestinians from 1999 to 2005.
- About the cleric Khadim Hussain Rizvi, on a mission to preserve the country's blasphemy laws, which prescribe a mandatory death sentence for disrespecting The Prophet Muhammad (P.B.U.H) and life imprisonment for desecrating the Holy Quran.
- A 4 part documentary series chronicling the fascinating and often tragic story of the Nehru/Gandhi family and their quest to lead India to peace and prosperity. Based on diaries, letters, contemporary journalistic accounts, and hitherto unseen archive footage, new research and exclusive interviews with politicians, business leaders, family members and colleagues of the Nehru-Gandhis, The Dynasty traces the rise of the family from 1857 through India's independence in 1948, and on through the ill-fated reigns of Indira and Rajiv Gandhi. The unique access of the series to the personal accounts of Indian, British and other foreign observers provides a new and intimate perspective on the passions and rivalries of Eastern royalty, and an exhaustive tour of fifty years of war, imprisonment and terrorism, tragedy and triumph. This in-depth, insightful series chronicles the dynasty and their long lasting influence on the largest democracy in the world. Episode 1 looks at the period from 1857 to 1947 - taking us through the height of the East India Company and the British colonial enterprise in India, the start of the Indian independence movement of which lawyer Motilal Nehru was a leading light and finally to independence gained in 1947. Episode 2 chronicles the tenure of Jawaharlal Nehru as India's first PM. How does a newly formed nation stand on its own feet? How does the rest of the world deal with her? how does she make a stamp of her own? Episode 3 sees Indira Gandhi becoming PM after the death of Lal Bahadur Shastri. Her style of leadership stood in stark contrast to her father. In her time, she called a national emergency, calling all power to the PM's office and earning herself the title of a dictator. Thankfully better sense prevailed and she called elections - which she then went on to lose. The people were not forgiving of a tyrant. However she came back just two years later. She was gunned down in front of her home by members of her own security detail. Episode 4 sees the days of Rajiv Gandhi - the reluctant PM. A man who had to step into his mother's shoes after her assassination. Young, modern and forward looking, this erstwhile pilot had to grapple with the oldest political party in India - one which wasn't exactly happy to move forward with him. Through the highs of his success in the anti apartheid movement to the lows of his Sri Lanka debacle - the program follows Rajiv Gandhi until the day of his fateful assassination at the hands of LTTE operatives while he was on the election trail.
- Professor Stephen Hawking enlists engineering expert Prof Danielle George and his own former student, Christophe Galfard, to find out if and how humans can reach for the stars and move to different planets.
- Tom Daley visits the most homophobic countries in the Commonwealth to explore how gay athletes are facing extreme persecution. What can the Commonwealth Games do to help?
- Through unique access to the President, his inner circle and his political rivals this four-part series tells the story of how Barack Obama tried to reshape the United States and the cost to himself, his party and the nation.
- Learn first-hand how our nation's key decision makers responded in the face of chaos and catastrophe on 9/11.
- To mark the 40th anniversary of his death, friends, family, colleagues and critics provide an insight into the life of one of the greatest comedians of all time.
- A look into the US foreign policy during Donald Trump's controversial presidency. Key and critical moments are revealed and discussed by Trump's top advisers and the leaders who clashed with him.
- 3-part documentary series telling the stories of the battles to keep the European Union together, with contributions from Presidents, Prime Ministers and their closest advisers.
- This two-part documentary series explores 1939, the greatest year in Hollywood history, telling the behind-the-scenes stories of films like Gone With The Wind, Wuthering Heights, Stagecoach and The Wizard of Oz.
- In these 4hs we get to know everything about Queen Victoria's reign during the XIX Century. We are informed about the up and downs of her life and her people. How she managed to be the governor of such an important country.
- The inside story of Australia's first superstar - Skippy the Bush Kangaroo.
- The hostage referred in the title is not the physical taking of a prisoner, but rather a mental state when a man, who is trying to make it as a production designer on Broadway, starts an affair with a manipulative woman, who is subject to out-of-control fits of anger. Obviously, such a woman could be problematic to someone trying to establish a reputation before people he doesn't know.
- Dan Snow, Professor Alice Roberts and Dr Albert Lin investigate a series of earth-shattering discoveries at a mighty tomb guarded by the Terracotta Warriors in China.
- In July 2005, three billion people around the world watched a glittering line-up of musical legends perform in concerts designed to pressure the G-8 leaders into putting an end to poverty in Africa. But how did Bob Geldof, Bono and Richard Curtis pull off nine concerts with over a hundred top-selling artists in less than three months? Exclusive behind the scenes footage of the run-up to the event and in-depth interviews with Live 8's all-star cast -- including Robbie Williams, Sir Paul McCartney, Travis and Annie Lennox -- combine to tell a story which stretches back twenty years to Live Aid. The film reveals how Geldof persuaded Pink Floyd to bury the hatchet after twenty-five years of feuding. And why an argument over American rock band The Killers threatened to tear the organising team apart. Featuring interviews with Prime Minister Tony Blair and Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell, the film also recaptures the moment when Bob Geldof grew so angry at official roadblocks in London that he threatened to sabotage Britain's chances of winning the 2012 Olympic bid. Live 8: Twenty Years Ago Today reveals the fights, the bullying and the inspiration that went into achieving the most ambitious set of concerts in popular music history.
- Drama documentary on the flooding of New Orleans.
- Drama-documentary account of the 2006 Sago mine disaster.
- A comprehensive look at the Irish people's struggle for Civil rights and how it transpired into a military campaign for independence, before a political agreement was made for fair devolution. Spanning from the late 60s up until present day.
- Reveals the true story behind the shark attacks of 1916 that inspited the movie Jaws.
- In 1940, World War II was Britain's to lose. It did not.
- Several African American pioneers of the Space Race.
- The story of the creation of the world's most successful musical.