History
Archaeologist Richard Miles shares the extraordinary stories of archaeological pioneers, the breakthroughs that...
Combining history and travel, this series gives viewers a tour of the world's most breathtaking man-made treasures....
Musician and advocate Bob Geldof examines the life and work of one of the 20th century's greatest poets, William...
Historian David Olusoga explores the history and abolition of slavery in Britain and the choice by the government of...
This documentary traces the life and work of C.D. Hoy, one of Canada's most famous early photographers.
Liz McIvor looks at who built Britain's canal network, who funded it, those who worked on it and how they were...
America's bloodiest conflict is a dramatic story of a nation's struggle to preserve democracy and erase the stain of...
Acclaimed historian Neil Oliver is joined by a team of local experts to celebrate New Zealand's unique history,...
Nelson filmmaker Amy Bohigian explores the region's history through the stories of people who have lived in the...
Dr. Jago Cooper explores the ancient civilization of Easter Island, and finds evidence that suggests it was...
Vancouver filmmaker Erik Paulsson chronicles the events, people and places that shaped British Columbia's early...
The four-part series First Footprints recounts this remarkable history, from the first steps on Australia's shores...
Using the street photography of Foncie Pulice, this documentary traces a timeline through the heart of Vancouver,...
Following WWII, thousands of Canadian Aboriginal men and women who had fought alongside their non-Native countrymen...
Vancouver filmmaker Jordan Paterson crafted this documentary about the historical injustices faced by Chinese...
Featuring archival footage and photos, this Knowledge Network documentary traces the people and politics that...
In the twentieth century, academia broke out into the airwaves. This series mines the BBC archives for footage of...
A team of experts that includes Dan Snow, Ruth Goodman, Joe Crowley and David Olusoga travel to far flung corners of...
Norm Christie takes us on a pilgrimage to significant Great War sites and tells the stories of Canadian men and...
In and around Asia's bustling cities lay forgotten palaces and temples, abandoned towns and disused underground...
Dr Suzannah Lipscomb looks at the hidden dangers of the British postwar home, homes that, in a post-WWII world,...
For over a century, visitors to Vancouver's Stanley Park have posed for photos in the Hollow Tree. But when the 2006...
Architect Raymond Moriyama built the new Canadian War Museum. He has created an indelible symbolic experience that...
Turmoil over the Euro, the migrant crisis and the road to Brexit. With unprecedented access, discover the inner...
Metis/Dene filmmaker Marie Clements navigates the cultural complexities stemming from American photographer Edward...
Archaeologist Dr. Jago Cooper reveals the extraordinary history of some of South America’s ancient civilizations-...
Across the Western world, countries teeter on the edge of insolvency. The hopes of society rest with economists and...
Acclaimed British historian Mary Beard puts aside the stories of Emperors and armies, blood, guts and gore, to take...
A look at the history of neon, tracing its developments in art, architecture and commerce.
Director Mina Shum reopens the file on a watershed moment in Canadian race relations - the infamous Sir George...
This documentary celebrates 13 BC First Nations languages and pays tribute to the drive to preserve and revitalize...
Archeologist Neil Oliver sets off on a journey to reveal the sacred face of Britain, an ancient landscape of belief...
In this six-part series, expert writers and performers will revisit the authors' original manuscripts and letters to...
The country’s most historic landmarks are explored from a bird’s eye view in Secrets from the Sky.
Beginning with the earliest known human burial in Western Europe, the Red Lady of Paviland, and ending with a modern...
We follow traditional tea caravans from China's subtropical rainforests to the famous tea market in Lhasa, Tibet - a...
Explores the role of photography in shaping the identity, aspirations and social emergence of African Americans,...
Featuring testimony from more than 60 witnesses and re-mastered archival footage, we learn about the Vietnam War as...
This three-part series shares the stories of workers, industries and events spanning three centuries of BC history...
Historian David Olusoga reveals that despite popular opinion, not all slave owners were the era's super-rich. Owners...
The Civil War
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The Cause
Expires on Sep 24
Discover how slavery divided a nation and the roles played by Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass and Jefferson...
When the last ice age hit Australia 30,000 years ago, sea levels dropped 130 metres below today's level and deserts...
In the deserts of coastal Peru, Dr. Jago Cooper explores the dramatic rise and fall of Chimor, the first empire of...
Professor Mary Beard explores the world's first global metropolis as seen through the eyes of the ordinary Romans.
Bob Geldof on W.B. Yeats - A Fanatic Heart
Expires on Oct 14
Musician and advocate Bob Geldof examines the life and work of one of the 20th century's greatest poets, William...
Sacred Wonders of Britain
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Sacred Wondes of Britain
Expires on Oct 13
Neil Oliver visits Bronze and Iron Age sites that were sacred to ancient Britons, with water seen not just as a...
Hidden Cities of Asia
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Sichuan & Chongqing
Expires on Oct 12
From the hanging coffins of the Bo people to the 500-year-old brewing secrets of China's oldest operating winery,...
Around the World in 80 Treasures
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Bosnia to France and Home
Expires on Sep 18
Italy provides a treasure trove for Dan Cruickshank, including Rome's Pantheon and the Florentine chapel of the...
The War
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A Deadly Calling
Expires on Sep 18
African-Americans, incensed at the segregation of the armed forces, put pressure on the military to make some...
Hidden Cities of Asia
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Beijing
Expires on Sep 18
Anthony Morse tracks down the secret locations of two nuclear bomb shelters that were part of Mao Zedong's vision to...
Easter Island: Mysteries of a Lost World
Expires on Sep 18
Dr. Jago Cooper explores the ancient civilization of Easter Island, and finds evidence that suggests it was...
The War
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A Long Tough Road
Expires on Sep 19
Allied forces rapidly push across Germany from the East and West, and American and British troops discover the true...
The Vietnam War
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Chasing Ghosts
Expires on Sep 19
Public support for the war declines, and the American men of draft age face difficult decisions and wrenching moral...
Hidden Cities of Asia
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Taiwan
Expires on Sep 21
On Kinmen Island, Anthony goes underground to discover the relics of Taiwan's Cold War with mainland China.
Coast New Zealand
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Hawke's Bay
Expires on Sep 21
Neil Oliver tries a coastal sport like no other and encounters one of the world's great survivors at a haven for...
Secrets From the Sky
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The Antonine Wall
Expires on Sep 21
Bettany and Ben discover how the Romans pushed deep into Scotland to build the most heavily fortified border in the...
The Secret Life of Books
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The Faerie Queene
Expires on Sep 23
Dr. Janina Ramirez unravels Edmund Spenser's Elizabethan epic - The Faerie Queene.
The Civil War
E1
The Cause
Expires on Sep 24
Discover how slavery divided a nation and the roles played by Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass and Jefferson...