Reinhard Gehlen was the head of Nazi Germany's intelligence operation against the Soviets. That made him invaluable to the West during the Cold War, but did he simply tell his new allies what they wanted to hear, fueling the arms race?

The British Royal Family may have changed its name from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Windsor but some believe they didn't lose their allegiance to Germany. Was Edward VIII a Nazi sympathizer? Did his brother try to negotiate peace with Germany?

A documentary series on the machines of war, in particular the machines of the 20th century. Covers such diverse topics as tanks, bombs, espionage equipment, nuclear weapons and aircraft.

After escaping from an island prison where he spent 14 years for being wrongly accused of state treason, Edmond Dantès returns as the Count of Monte Cristo to exact revenge on the men who betrayed him.

An adaptation of Alex Haley's "Roots" chronicles the history of an African man and his descendants sold into slavery in America.

The sinking of Wilhelm Gustloff was the worst maritime disaster in history. Sunk by a Soviet submarine in 1945, the death toll on the Wilhelm Gustloff was equivalent to nearly six Titanics.

A tale of a Veteran German Tank driver from the Second world war. He tells his story in flashbacks from his home in Britain as an old man...

An English navigator becomes both a player and pawn in the complex political games in feudal Japan.

Spanning four tumultuous decades during The Troubles in Northern Ireland.

About the creation of the Prohibition Act, what it caused and why it ended.

radical In the autumn of 1930, right-wing radical activists kidnap Finland's first president K.J. Ståhlberg. His wife Ester Ståhlberg has in her memoirs written about the kidnapping and the summer when Finland was close to a coup.

Psychological analysis of the biggest madman of the 20th century.

Auschwitz, 1943. Joseph Mengele - the Nazi doctor known as "Angel of Death " - conducts a series of horrific human experiments. Experiments designed to determine if twins hold the key to building a blond-haired, blue-eyed master race for Adolf Hitler.

World War II left the greatest-ever number of ships and submarines hidden beneath the waves. Now, as the oceans drain, each vessel reveals its secrets through new data-based 3D reconstructions. From the Arizona in Pearl Harbor's shallows, whose destruction brought

Profiling the boys who lied about their age in order to enlist in World War II.

Judge Clarence Thomas' nomination to the United States Supreme Court is called into question when Anita Hill, a former colleague, testifies that he sexually harassed her.

A scientific research team investigates and documents the supernatural phenomena surrounding the disappearance of a cattle ranchers 10 year old son. Inspired by true events that shocked the paranormal community around the world.

The tumultuous early history of the Central Intelligence Agency is viewed through the prism of one man's life.

It is one of humankind's greatest achievements. More than 12 billion miles away a tiny spaceship is leaving our Solar System and entering the void of deep space - the first human-made object ever to do so.