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Armed with a copy of Joseph Conrad's classic novel Heart of Darkness, a British-Nigerian university student goes in...
Journalist Afua Hirsch explores how three very different African countries are throwing off their colonial pasts and...
Born in 1873, Alice Guy was the world's first female director, making nearly a thousand films on both sides of the...
Three siblings whose mother was from the Musqueam First Nation travel to their father's village in China in order to...
Egypt captivates us like few other ancient civilizations - but what was it like to actually live there as an ordinary...
Colourized archival footage tells the story of the First World War, taking us to the battlefields, inside the minds of...
Historian Amanda Vickery explores how the great British obsession with our homes began 300 years ago.
Berlin 1945 time-travels in cinematic style into the city's most fateful year through the eyes of those who experienced...
Indigenous, Chinese, Japanese, Punjabi, Black, and European stories are woven together to present an astute look at the...
This documentary traces the life and work of C.D. Hoy, one of Canada's most famous early photographers.
Explore the features that define Canada: the most expansive coastline in the world and the world’s longest undefended...
Highlights the unique history of the Great Depression in Vancouver and the influx of transient men that arrived with it.
Iconic director Werner Herzog gained exclusive access to film inside the Chauvet caves of Southern France, capturing the...
In May 1914, the Komagata Maru was refused permission to land in Vancouver, forcing the passengers from British India to...
Explore sixty years of Cuba's history and its place in the world, with views from every side - the Cubans, the Russians...
Profiles some of the musicians, deejays, gigs and clubs that have made British Columbians swing and shout since the...
Nelson filmmaker Amy Bohigian explores the region's history through the stories of people who have lived in the...
Historian Ruth Goodman and archaeologists Alex Langlands and Peter Ginn step back in time to experience the trials and...
Professor Joann Fletcher explores what it was like to be a woman of power in ancient Egypt - from the realities of...
Internationally esteemed art dealer Philip Mould and journalist Fiona Bruce investigate thrilling cases of art world...
Over 50,000 years ago, humankind's original pioneers journeyed to the planet's harshest habitable continent - now known...
Using the street photography of Foncie Pulice, this documentary traces a timeline through the heart of Vancouver...
Vancouver filmmaker Jordan Paterson crafted this documentary about the historical injustices faced by Chinese migrants...
From BC joining Canada in the 1870s to Vancouver hosting Expo in 1986, we see over a century of British Columbian life...
Alex Langlands, Peter Ginn and Ruth Goodman are riding the rails on an old-fashioned locomotive to learn how the golden...
The de Havilland Mosquito was a crucial element in the victory of the Allied Forces in World War II. We follow the five...
Within 100 years of each other, despite being separated by thousands of miles, three of the greatest minds in history -...
Historian Bettany Hughes retraces the lives of three great thinkers whose ideas shaped the modern world - Karl Marx...
Inspired by Odysseus, Bettany Hughes makes an epic journey by sea, travelling from eastern Greece to Ithaca while...
In the early 1900s, photographer Senjiro Hayashi took images of people of every race, class and gender in Cumberland, BC...
Waldemar Januszczak looks at the life and work of an artist who became famous for bringing the Tudor age to life.
This poetic documentary tells the parallel stories of two First Nations men who returned home, and the ancient song that...
In May 1961, two young climbers started up the "unclimbable" Stawamus Chief outside Squamish, BC.
In 1939, Velma Demerson was sentenced to one year in prison for her relationship with a Chinese man. Decades later, she...
Turmoil over the Euro, the migrant crisis and the road to Brexit. With unprecedented access, discover the inner workings...
Filmmaker Cheryl Foggo re-examines the mythology surrounding John Ware, the Black cowboy who settled in Alberta before...
Mary Beard investigates the real Julius Caesar, separating fact from fiction and revealing how his influence is still...
In the final days of the Vietnam War, the US had only a skeleton crew left. With the clock ticking, a number of...
Metis/Dene filmmaker Marie Clements navigates the cultural complexities stemming from American photographer Edward...
The success of Choral Evensong came down to the preferences of a young Queen Elizabeth I, driven by her deep love of...
Margaret Mountford travels to Egypt's Valley of the Kings to uncover the story of Harry Burton, the man whose images of...
Mohawk filmmaker Courtney Montour shares the powerful story of activist Mary Two-Axe Earley, who fought for more than...
Historian and author Helen Castor explores how people in the Middle Ages handled life's most fundamental moments of...
British historian Mary Beard puts aside the stories of Emperors and armies, blood, guts and gore, to take a fresh look...
Acclaimed British horticulturist Monty Don heads across the Channel to find out what makes French gardens, and the...
World-famous gardener Monty Don takes us on a trip around Italy's most beautiful gardens.
Monty Don travels across the Islamic world and beyond in search of Paradise Gardens, whose beauty and symbolic meaning...
Celebrates thirteen BC First Nations languages and a drive to preserve them for future generations. Directed by Lisa...
Indigenous artist Carey Newman creates a piece called the "Witness Blanket" that commemorates the experiences of...
Leading experts look at the past 30 years and the events that have shaped our world, including the collapse of the...
Historian Mary Beard answers questions that have fascinated people for centuries. How could a mediocre city in central...
Historian Dan Jones explores the turbulent history behind some of Britain's most iconic castles.
Historian Ruth Goodman and archaeologists Peter Ginn and Tom Pinfold join forces to take on one of their most ambitious...
In Medieval and Tudor England there was no question in peoples' minds – men ruled and women didn't. Historian Helen...
Shoreline Detectives is an emergency archaeology initiative that strips back Britain's extraordinary maritime...
Lesser known stories from BC history, including the Candy Bar Strike of 1947 and the tale of Vancouver's first official...
Historian Amanda Vickery tells the story of the 300-year-long struggle for gender equality in Britain, revealing the...
Dr Sam Willis examines the pivotal moments in military history that brought about these changing weapons of war, from...
Historian Amanda Foreman charts the changing role of women, from the dawn of civilization to the modern day.
Journalist Afua Hirsch explores why people are uncomfortable with the true history and legacy of Britain's heroes.
The story of Charles Bedaux is parallelled against the backdrop of the Canadian Rockies where in 1934, he engineered an...
Norm Christie takes us on a pilgrimage to significant Great War sites and tells the stories of Canadian men and women...
Horticulturalist Monty Don digs into the fascinating history of British gardens over the past 400 years, showing how...
In this six-part series, expert writers and performers will revisit the authors' original manuscripts and letters to...
Historian Sam Willis reveals how the Silk Road was the world's first global superhighway, where people with new ideas...
Kate Humble travels through India, Sri Lanka and Indonesia, discovering how spices were once so coveted that a small...
From the settlement of the Nile by a handful of nomads to the building of the pyramids and the burial of King Tut...
Historian Amanda Vickery rescues female artists from the shadows of obscurity, giving them their rightful place in the...
Andrew Marr tells the stories behind 10 of the greatest paintings in the world - exploring works by Picasso, Van Gogh...
Historian Bettany Hughes explores some of the most remarkable treasures of human civilization.
Narrated by William Shatner, this unsettling documentary recounts the design, development, production and testing of...
Historian Ruth Goodman and archaeologists Peter Ginn and Tom Pinfold go back in time to run a monastery farm exactly as...
Ruth Goodman, Peter Ginn and Tom Pinfold explore the festive season as it would have been celebrated during the reign of...
Charts the origins of the small plastics company that unpredictably became a cultural phenomenon.
Alex Langlands, Peter Ginn and Ruth Goodman return to the Shropshire farm to discover how the Victorians created the...
Historian Ruth Goodman, professor Nick Barber and PhD student Tom Quick recreate an authentic 19th-century pharmacy...
Join Tony Robinson as he embarks upon spectacular walks through some of Britain's most historic landscapes in search of...
Peter Ginn, Ruth Goodman and Alex Langlands spend a year running a farm in Hampshire County, UK as it would have been...
Following the huge success of the Wartime Farm series, historian Ruth Goodman and archaeologist Peter Ginn return to...
Experts help illuminate moments in Winston Churchill's life that informed his decisions during the war, and how he...
This three-part series shares the stories of workers, industries and events spanning three centuries of BC history.
Dr Sam Willis journeys west to the ancient capital of Byzantium to discover how the eastern Roman Empire was ruled through silk.
Starting 18,000 years ago, melting polar ice caps began drowning 25% of Greater Australia, and New Guinea and Tasmania became islands.
Examines the impact of occupation and the stories of those who fought to resist their occupiers.
The coast of Solway Firth, north of the Lake District, is home to the last remains of a coal mine that suffered one of the worst explosions in mining history.
In the 18th century, ingenious women seized fresh opportunities to stamp their creativity on the age, despite being regarded as second-class citizens when it came to art.
Dr Sam Willis travels west to central Asia to discover the history of the Sogdians, a people whose role was pivotal to the Silk Road's success.
When the last ice age hit Australia 30,000 years ago, sea levels dropped 130 metres below today's level and deserts devoured 90% of the continent.
When it became clear that strategies of appeasement would not prevent another war, nations across the globe mobilized.
Between the tides around the Inner Forth in Scotland the team discovers a harbour that served as Scotland's first whisky distillery.
Professor Amanda Vickery journeys from Renaissance Italy to the Dutch Republic, digging in storerooms, convents and basements to discover hidden female artistry.
Tracing the story of the most famous trade route in history, Dr. Sam Willis reveals how an emperor's desire for silk spawned a network of trading paths that would span thousands of miles.
Over 50,000 years ago, people made the first open sea voyage in human history to discover Australia - a continent full of strange plants that had been evolving in isolation for 65 million years.
The Second World War was the closest the world has come to total war. But it was in the interwar years that nations honed methods of destruction.
Tori and the team explore the coast around Whitstable in North Kent. Beside the tides, they discover a 500 year old boat, one of only 26 of its kind in the world.
In the final days of the Vietnam War, the US had only a skeleton crew left. With the clock ticking, a number of Americans took matters into their own hands to save as many South Vietnamese as possible.
On the Fife coast in Scotland, a team of archaeologists search for an industry that once dominated the shoreline and find stone carvings from one of Scotland's oldest tribes.
Shoreline Detectives
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E5
East Yorkshire
Expires on Sep 22
The team tries to work out what happened one night when a fishing trawler went wildly off course in the North Sea.