The history of Rome is a 1,000-year-long epic, filled with murder, ambition, betrayal and greed and encompassing such legendary characters as Rome’s Iron Age founders Romulus and Remus and its greatest general Julius Caesar. Larry is accompanied by some of Europe and America’s foremost classical experts who reveal the atmosphere of intrigue, conflict and violence at the places where the saga unfolded.
Australia: The Story of Us is an extraordinary journey through the people, places and events that have shaped Australia, from the first footprints on our continent to the present day. Astounding visual sequences, amazing CGI and dramatic re-enactments bring these stories to life and show how we came to be the country we are today.
María Jiménez reviews her life, personal and professional career, reveals some of its issues and her day-to-day life facing lung cancer. María Jiménez has been one of the most popular singers in Spain in the last half century and, at the same time, the protagonist of a tremendous personal story. Multifaceted, rebellious and outspoken, for this documentary the artist surrounds herself with her son and her pets in her house, in Chiclana de La Frontera, to review her life path. Friends, family and confidants of her also provide anecdotes and testimonies about her. María Jiménez openly recounts her biographical milestones, even the most painful ones, such as the loss of her daughter Rocío or the mistreatment of her ex-husband, the actor Pepe Sancho. She also doesn't leave out lung cancer from her. ‘María Jiménez: mi mundo es otro’ offers a much more powerful vision of the singer than the one we had known in recent decades.
What do representations of gender, race and sexuality in pop culture have to do with current social and political climate? The FREQ Show looks at today’s most pressing social issues to consider how the things that what we watch, listen to and play actively influence our daily interactions.
Hosted by President Bill Clinton, the series explores the history of the American presidency and the struggle for a more perfect union across six themed episodes: race, extremism, the struggle for rights, presidential vision, global power.
Host Holly Madison reveals the stories of everyday young women who use sex appeal as an avenue to power, which leads them into a risqué world of jealousy and obsession that quickly becomes darker and more dangerous than they can possibly imagine.
From the 2014 seizure of Crimea to the invasion of Ukraine, this is the inside story of a decade of clashes - as told by the Western leaders who traded blows with Putin's Russia.
Svan was the world's best skier in the 1980s. He found his own, extreme path to success. At the Olympics in Sarajevo 40 years ago, he broke through and it all started in the small village of Skamhed in Dalarna.
As the UK prepares to go to the polls, Alastair Campbell and Rory Stewart discuss, dissect and deconstruct the biggest news stories from the campaign trail