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Underground Marvels
2019
star 6Historians, engineers, and experts take a look at the underground structures, systems, and phenomena that exist beneath our feet.Living with Hitler
2021
star 9The Nazi era from 1993 to 1945 is illustrated through archived material, with insights and anecdotes provided by world-leading experts and commentators.The Architecture the Railways Built
2020
star 4.3Railway expert and train enthusiast Tim Dunn explores the stunning architecture that lines the railway network in `The Architecture the Railways Built'. He visits stations made up of simple stone buildings, decorative Victorian grandeur, and striking glass and concrete structures, but he doesn't stop at visiting stations, as he explores every structure which owes its existence to the railway, including viaducts, railway hotels, tunnels, and the less obvious buildings such as homes, swimming pools, and Turkish baths.No County for Old Men
2012
Fast Show comedians John Thomson and Simon Day embark on a humorous tour of the British counties' bizarre traditions and pastimes.Battleplan
2007
Battleplan
2007
Battleplan is a military television documentary series examing various military strategies used in modern warfare since World War I. It is shown on the Military Channel in the U.S. and UKTV History. Each episode looks at particular military strategy – or "battleplan" – through two well-known historical examples, gauging them against the ideal requirements necessary to successfully conduct that strategy. All the episodes use examples from modern warfare, dating from the First World War up to the recent Iraq War. Lloyd Clark and Bruce Gudmundsson analyze the information and talk about it on the show.Bangers & Cash: Under the Bonnet
2024
Previously unseen footage of some of the most iconic cars of the series, including the Mini Cooper S, the Saab 96 and the Lotus Esprit. Narrated by Toby Foster.Underground Worlds
2019
star 8British documentary series exploring incredible feats of human endeavour underground, revealing what people have built, where they have built it, how and why.WWII Air Crash Detectives
2014
star 2.5Garth Barnard has a lifelong passion and unshakeable resolve to investigate how thousands of young Airmen from the Second World War died in catastrophic air accidents and training crashes.Private Lives of the Monarchs
2017
star 7Tracy Borman reveals the intimate details of the monarchs, to find out what really went on in their private lives.Decades That Defined Us
2022
Going on a journey through the sixties, seventies, and eighties through archive footage, and recorded testimony of the time, to rediscover the decades that defined us.Nicholas and Alexandra
2018
The complex love story of Tsar Nicholas II and his wife, the Empress Alexandra. Through their personally revealing letters, explore the couple's role in the lead up to the Russian Revolution of 1917, which led to their eventual brutal and tragic executions.Nazi Collaborators
2010
star 7.5As shown on TV, Nazi Collaborators explores the fascinating and often shocking tales of how individuals from all walks of life: the privileged; the political elite; ordinary working men; turned against their nations and races to fight alongside the Nazis during World War 2. Many did it for financial gain, others for the promise of elevated status. Some believed that siding with imperialist Germans offered the best chance of survival for their people, whilst others later claim they would be killed if they refused.Wartime Crime
2017
star 7While the battlefields of WWII were a stage for acts of heroism, strategic cunning, and horrific atrocities, conditions on the home front seemed more stable. Yet from bombed-out London to occupied France, the war enabled one thing to flourish - crime.History's Ultimate Spies
2015
The stories of History's Ultimate Spies are woven around many notorious plots and infamous characters, and they'll feature in a series that delves into the psyche of the men and women who set up the networks - or destroyed them.Adolf Hitler's War
2020
Adolf Hitler's War
2020
Hitler was determined to extend Germany eastwards to make Germany a great continental power. Hitler's policy, based on a racist ideology, planned to eliminate or enslave the population that stood in the way of the Reich. It was this determination that propelled the world into war. Hitler believed that the conquest territories including Poland, the Belarussian and Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republics, and the Baltic States "for the German people" was his destiny.The Castle Builders
2015
The Castle Builders
2015
In Medieval Europe castles were the ultimate symbol of dominance. But they also had to serve several different functions; power projection, defense of the realm, and not in the least, a glorious home for the castle's master. These three functions are examined in turn as the history unfolds of how castles evolved over the centuries to a adapt to changing demands.Secrets of the Railways
2019
These are the Secrets of the Railways, railroads constructed during turbulent periods and associated with mankind's ugliest deeds.
