Heinrich Himmler's ancestor was burned as a witch. Adolf Hitler may have believed he himself was Jewish. Erwin Rommel deserted the mother of his illegitimate child. The Führer pretended to be poor but amassed a huge private fortune. Hitler fascinated women and was fascinated by them. All these rigorously fact-checked revelations throw a genuine new light on the nature of the Nazi regime.
Heinrich Himmler's ancestor was burned as a witch. Adolf Hitler may have believed he himself was Jewish. Erwin Rommel deserted the mother of his illegitimate child. The Führer pretended to be poor but amassed a huge private fortune. Hitler fascinated women and was fascinated by them. All these rigorously fact-checked revelations throw a genuine new light on the nature of the Nazi regime.
In this true-crime documentary, a cult expert and filmmaker infiltrate a polygamist sect to expose a self-proclaimed prophet and bring him to justice.
Explore the surprising things we know (and don’t know) about why people are the way they are through expert interviews, rare footage from historical experiments, and brand-new, ground-breaking demonstrations of human nature at work.
Motoring programme featuring reviews of and reports about cars of all types.
Featuring rare footage and interviews with CIA insiders, this edge-of-your-seat documentary series traces the epic hunt for Osama bin Laden.
An in-depth look at the history and pop cultural significance of horror films.
The series heads to the very frontiers of space and science to produce the definitive television history of science fiction, told through its impact on cinema, television and literature, with the help of filmmakers, writers, actors, and graphic artists. Each episode will explore one of the enduring themes of science fiction: time travel; the exploration of space; robots and artificial intelligence; and aliens.
This gripping docuseries examines Adolf Hitler and the Nazis' rise, rule and reckoning from pre-WWII to the Holocaust to the Nuremberg trials.
An insider's look at the engineering and scientific miracles behind the things that form the modern world.
This compelling series investigates the motives and m.o. of female murderers. While males are often driven by anger, impulse and destruction, women usually have more complex, long-term reasons to kill.
A documentary series exploring the myths and legends behind some of Hollywood’s notoriously “cursed” horror film productions. From plane accidents and bombings during the making of The Omen, to the rumored use of real human skeletons on the set of Poltergeist, these stories are legendary amongst film fans and filmmakers alike. But where does the truth lie?