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Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe
6.7

Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe

Before Dawn charts the years of exile in the life of famous Jewish Austrian writer Stefan Zweig, his inner struggle for the “right ...
Henry VII: Winter King
7.1

Henry VII: Winter King

Historian Thomas Penn reveals the secrets of founder of Britain’s great Tudor Dynasty – and his amazing trajectory to power. Two weeks ...
Resistance
7.1

Resistance

Mar. 15, 2015

Resistance

Are the medicines and every day products we use putting us at risk RESISTANCE sheds light on the global crisis of antibiotic resistance and ...
A United Kingdom
6.9

A United Kingdom

Nov. 25, 2016

A United Kingdom

The inspiring true story of Seretse Khama, the King of Bechuanaland (modern Botswana), and Ruth Williams, the London office worker he married in ...
Polycarp
5.7

Polycarp

Jun. 24, 2015

Polycarp

Anna, a young slave girl, is rescued and adopted by Christians in 2ND Century Smyrna, and befriended by their aged bishop, Polycarp. As Anna is ...
The Price of Fame
5.5

The Price of Fame

Nov. 07, 2017

The Price of Fame

Ted DiBiase Jr. takes a journey through pro-wrestlings past to tell the faith-based story of his father’s rise, fall and redemption.
WWII From Space
7.3

WWII From Space

Dec. 07, 2012

WWII From Space

WWII from Space delivers World War II in a way you’ve never experienced it before. This HISTORY special uses an all-seeing CGI eye that ...
Boom Bust Boom
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Boom Bust Boom

Mar. 11, 2016

Boom Bust Boom

Terry Jones presents Boom Bust Boom. The result of a meeting between writer, director, historian and Python Terry Jones and economics professor ...
Royal Shakespeare Company – Richard II
8.4

Royal Shakespeare Company – Richard II

A monarch ordained by God to lead his people. But he is also a man of very human weakness. A man whose vanity threatens to divide the great ...
Castles in the Sky
6.8

Castles in the Sky

Oct. 07, 2014

Castles in the Sky

England, while the storm clouds of Nazism menace Germany. Robert Watson Watt and a team of eccentric and brilliant meteorologists struggle to ...
We Weren’t Given Anything for Free
5.8

We Weren’t Given Anything for Free

Annita Malavasi was just 22 when the Germans occupied Italy, their former allies, in 1943. As a partisan in the Italian resistance named “Laila”, ...
The Man with the Iron Heart
6.4

The Man with the Iron Heart

With the Third Reich at its peak in 1942, the Czech resistance in London plans the most ambitious military operation of WWII – Anthropoid. Two ...
Red Army
7.6

Red Army

Aug. 13, 2014

Red Army

A documentary highlighting the Soviet Union’s legendary and enigmatic hockey training culture and world-dominating team through the eyes of ...
Sully
7.4

Sully

Sep. 07, 2016

Sully

On 15 January 2009, the world witnessed the ‘Miracle on the Hudson’ when Captain ‘Sully’ Sullenberger glided his disabled ...
Loving Vincent
7.8

Loving Vincent

Jun. 22, 2017

Loving Vincent

A young man arrives at the last hometown of painter Vincent van Gogh to deliver the troubled artist’s final letter and ends up ...
Contradiction: A Question of Faith
7.6

Contradiction: A Question of Faith

Contradiction addresses the saturation of churches in African American communities coexisting with poverty and powerlessness. Why are there so ...
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
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A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

An award-winning cynical journalist, Lloyd Vogel, begrudgingly accepts an assignment to write an Esquire profile piece on the beloved television ...
The Last Man on the Moon
7.4

The Last Man on the Moon

The 1960s was an extraordinary time for the United States. Unburdened by post-war reparations, Americans were preoccupied with other developments ...
Palm Trees in the Snow
7.3

Palm Trees in the Snow

Spain, 2003. An accidental discovery leads Clarence to travel from the snowy mountains of Huesca to Equatorial Guinea, to visit the land where ...
The Answer
5.9

The Answer

Aug. 31, 2018

The Answer

In the quest for finding a deeper meaning to life, this is a true story of an American seeker who forsakes the worldly life to enter upon an ...
Showbiz Kids
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Showbiz Kids

Jul. 14, 2020

Showbiz Kids

A documentary chronicling the shared experiences of prominent former child stars and the personal and professional price of fame and failure on a ...
Bitter Harvest
5.9

Bitter Harvest

Jan. 31, 2017

Bitter Harvest

Set between the two World Wars and based on true historical events, Bitter Harvest conveys the untold story of the Holodomor, the genocidal ...
Giovanni’s Island
7.3

Giovanni’s Island

Feb. 22, 2014

Giovanni’s Island

In the aftermath of the most devastating conflict mankind had ever experienced, the tiny island of Shikotan became part of the Sakhalin ...
Kingdom of Conquerors
5.6

Kingdom of Conquerors

Mar. 15, 2013

Kingdom of Conquerors

In the 1200s, a man arose whose ruthlessness was so feared, he emerged as the greatest empire builder ever known to mankind. Inspired by true ...
Two Portraits of MIYAGINO
5.8

Two Portraits of MIYAGINO

In Edo-era Japan, a ukiyo-e artist languishes in his master’s shadow. Creatively stifled, he finds consolation in the company of a prostitute, ...
Richelieu: The Purple and the Blood
6.4

Richelieu: The Purple and the Blood

In the Kingdom of France from 1640 is the old with his body ailing Cardinal Richelieu, powerful man under Louis XIII, faced with the machinations ...