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In the tense 72 hours before D-Day, and the fate of the free world hanging in the balance, General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Captain James Stagg face an impossible choice—launch the largest and most dangerous seaborne invasion in history or risk losing the war altogether.
Witnesses, survivors and front-line heroes recall the first days of the Chernobyl disaster of April 1986. Featuring rare archive footage of the world's worst ever nuclear accident.
The inside story of the Artemis II mission - filmed over three and a half years at NASA. How did four astronauts travel to the moon, going deeper into space than ever before?
Two young individuals sign up to take part in a study on memory. Guided by a local professor, the participants are led through a sterile process designed to test the limits of human conscience.
In the year of 1879, whilst working on the lightbulb, Edison struggles between his work life balance, his inventions and his wife. His predicament worsens as his wife falls ill and investors threaten to pull funding. Edison must choose between returning home to support his wife or to further ignore her and complete his work.
Follows Prince Naseem Hamed from his humble beginnings on the tough working-class streets of Sheffield and his discovery by Ingle, himself a steel industry worker turned boxing trainer. Their unlikely partnership, Naz’s unorthodox style, cocky persona, and sheer dominance in the ring propelled them to the top of boxing’s elite and unprecedented levels of global superstardom, all in the face of the rampant Islamophobia and racism of ’80s and 90’s Britain.
At half-time in the 2005 champion league final Liverpool were 3-0 down. What happened next made football history - as players recall in this documentary.
This is the story of Vinnie Jones's rise, fall, and comeback against odds – and red cards – from one of football's most notorious hard men to FA cup winner.
At the end of the Great War, a soldier burdened with informing a mother of her son's death, faces an impossible decision... Tell her a noble lie, or the horrible truth?
Stuttgart, 1942: Nazis have cleared Jewish communities from towns and Villages. Two German-born Jewish children flee Nazis who have killed their family, escorted by Gisella, part of the Lebensborn, an SS Master Race program.
Wounded and left for dead, a British soldier embarks on a daring escape from a booby-trapped German dugout.
When the flamboyant Henry Paget arrives in 1890s North Wales to claim his aristocratic inheritance, his theatrical flair and defiant eccentricities send shockwaves through the upper-class elite, much to the amusement of the local townspeople. Alongside his spirited cousin, Lily, and loyal butler, Gelert, Henry tries to carve out his own identity as the Fifth Marquess, navigating suffocating traditions, scheming relatives, and the long shadow cast by his estranged father.
Executed for defying society in 1782, Ophelia Danube is offered a path through time to find her lover again - if malevolent forces don’t stop her first.
The definitive account of Japan’s struggle as it faced a nuclear catastrophe while still reeling from the devastation of an earthquake and tsunami.
During the English Peasants' Revolt in 1381, a farmer becomes a leader of the rebellion against the Crown forces of a then-14-year-old King Richard II.
Marking what would have been Queen Elizabeth II’s 100th year, this landmark documentary tells the story of her life alongside a century of momentous change in Britain. Through archive and eyewitness reflections, the film explores how she led the monarchy through profound social, political and cultural change. Contributions from some of Britain’s best-known faces and international figures, including Dame Helen Mirren, Sir David Attenborough, Barack Obama and Queen Camilla, reveal how she remained a constant in a changing world.
Across the Atlantic traces the overlooked relationship between Liverpool and Ghana, from the city’s role in the transatlantic slave trade to the vibrant Ghanaian community that exists there today. Through conversations, archives, personal stories and music, this film explores how history can echo throughout generations, shaping cultural memory, identity and belonging in a modern Liverpool. By contrasting such a painful colonial past with present day expressions of Ghanaian heritage, this documentary is a reflection on resilience and connection, what it means to exist between cultures.
In 1860s London, three Greek female artists attend a gallery opening, seeking to impress the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.
Tragedy struck when the Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrated just 73 seconds into flight. Hours earlier, engineers argued to cancel the launch, amid fears of such a tragedy – so why did it go ahead?
After the death of their ill-tempered and controlling father, two middle-aged sisters find themselves at a loss. An unexpected visitor sparks the courage in them to begin their lives anew.. ‘Daughters of the Late Colonel’ is a merry, rude, and lyrical, animated adaptation of the modernist short story of the same name, written by Katherine Mansfield in 1920.
Investigating the secret and origin of Stonehenge's six-tonne altar stone.
A documentary about trans woman rapper and producer htmljones/ish99ni (Ishaani Ponniah), framed through the visual language of early-2000s television, 2010s internet aesthetics, and contemporary British culture.
One girl's struggle to break free from the suffocating constraints of a world that wasn't made for her. Will she escape? Or be forever trapped inside a hellscape while forced conformity overrides her outward persona until no trace remains of her former self...
Caledonia (now Scotland), 137 A.D. While guiding his Roman master through the forest in panicked retreat from "barbarian territory", an indigenous Pictish slave receives signs from a pagan spirit that lead him to question his loyalties.
A compelling and detailed documentary exploring the extraordinary and turbulent events of 1936 for the British monarchy-a pivotal year that saw three different kings sit on the throne in quick succession: the aging King George V, the controversial and short-lived Edward VIII, and the duty-bound George VI. Through painstakingly restored archival imagery and expert analysis, the film brings to life the constitutional crisis and personal dramas that reshaped the House of Windsor and the future of the United Kingdom forever.
60 AD. Romans tighten their grip on Britannia. Druidism is hunted almost to extinction. after being driven out of their commune, Rhiain- a young druid and her master Gwen are forced to flee and traverse the wilds of Britannia in order to reach the sanctuary of the Druids - Ynys Môn. On their journey they will encounter great challenges and unlikely allies on a quest that will decide not only their survival, but the future of their way of life itself.
A brief history of the practice of pistol duelling.
An experimental short film set in 1939 Poland, about two men who have a conversation on a hill while the history of Poland and Polish Cinema flashes in the sky.
England, 1002AD. Mere moments after massacring a host of Vikings, a Saxon tries to justify his blood lust, with chilling consequences.