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Explores the life and legacy of shock comic Sam Kinison, a former Pentecostal preacher turned stand-up comic.

Explores the life of the legendary comedian, performer, and iconic social activist Richard Pryor, celebrating not only his genius but his complicated and deeply symbolic legacy.

Evidence is continually unearthed proving ancient humans had an incredible knowledge of astronomy, but what is our species' obsession with the sun?

Hermann Goering's story is that of Germany's military-aristocratic elite, who turned to the Nazis for salvation. The status and fortunes of Germany's aristocracy were based on land, but by the early decades of the 20th century, a new Germany emerged - an industrial and commercial Germany, in which the old nobility struggled to find a role and saw their incomes decline. Goering's family is part of Germany's old imperial elite.

The capture of Adolf Eichmann by Mossad in Argentina is one of the most dramatic of all Nazi hunting stories. His trial in Israel revealed to the world the workings behind the holocaust. Eichmann himself described how and why so many German public officials were so complicit with the crimes of the Nazis. The most terrible crimes in history were committed not by a few crazed serial killers, but by legions of government officials.

The 18th Amendment is unique: it was the first amendment to restrict the rights of citizens rather than expand them, and the only amendment ever to be repealed. It marks the beginning of the Prohibition era, an enormous national experiment of morality. As the centenary of its passage approaches, we look back on this iconic period in American history, peeling away the romantic myths and exploring the complex historical realities. A period of extraordinary tension in American history, and already the subject of countless explorations, both fictional and non-fictional, this two-hour special gives audiences a new, dynamic and entertaining perspective on the era.

Francisco Franco is regarded by many as one of the most brutal dictators in European history. Spain is marked by traces of his tyranny even today and the Spanish Civil War and nearly forty years of Francoist dictatorship are overshadowed by many open questions. What really happened back then? Who was the man who still divides Spain today? On the basis of the latest research findings, examine Spain's Forgotten Dictatorship.

Engineering has built our modern world. Everything from skyscrapers to roads and air travel are here because of Engineering. But what happens when engineering goes horribly wrong? Go behind the headlines to uncover what really happened in the most notorious engineering accidents.

On a quest to to find his ancestral homeland, country music icon Troy Cassar Daley will finally bridge the gap between his two cultural worlds.

Speer is the Nazi leader who escaped the noose and spent the rest of his life trading off his Nazi celebrity status. He was the architect who 'designed' and 'branded' the Nazis. He also murdered millions of worker slaves as head of the Nazi arms industry. At Nuremberg, he denied all knowledge of the Holocaust.

Himmler, one of the most evil men in human history, began as a mild-mannered bookish intellectual who loved tradition, country pursuits, and nature. He became one of the most terrifying champions of the Third Reich, a monster even by Nazi standards. Himmler helped define Nazi ideology. His transformation into a Nazi monster is the story of the total collapse of morality and civilisation in Germany.

Starting with the Yukon Gold Rush of 1880, three generations of the Trump family confront new frontiers and build the foundation for Donald Trump's fame and fortune.

Impeachment votes, Supreme Court rulings, and further revelations seal Richard Nixon's fate.

Tells the tale of the magical journey that led Charles Dickens to create A Christmas Carol, forever changing the holiday season we celebrate.

The 18th Amendment is unique: it was the first amendment to restrict the rights of citizens rather than expand them, and the only amendment ever to be repealed. It marks the beginning of the Prohibition era, an enormous national experiment of morality. As the centenary of its passage approaches, we look back on this iconic period in American history, peeling away the romantic myths and exploring the complex historical realities. A period of extraordinary tension in American history, and already the subject of countless explorations, both fictional and non-fictional, this two-hour special gives audiences a new, dynamic and entertaining perspective on the era.

The Korean War was possibly the most important event since World War II - a war that never really ended, influencing international relations to this day. Despite millions of deaths and refugees, this war has been nearly forgotten. With the recent opening of archives in Russia, the US, China and South Korea, new historical material is now available, including colour films and hundreds of photographs, to rediscover a little-known conflict that shaped our world. Korea: The Never Ending War brings to light a new history of the event, plunging us into a critical turning point in world history. To understand the present situation, we need to revisit the past.

World War II was the sum of battles waged: strategies that succeeded or failed, changing the course of the war. Some were the result of careful planning leading to decisive victory, like the Allied assault on Rommel's forces at El Alamein. Others would defy carefully laid plans. From Pearl Harbor, where Japan's attack on US naval capacity instead galvanised America to join the war, to Okinawa, where the Allied victory came at such a cost they would turn to a new strategy in Japan, the atomic bomb. Each battle another domino tipping, leading the world inexorably towards victory or surrender.

Little more than 20 years after the guns fell silent, they roar back into life. Hitler annexes all of Czechoslovakia, Britain and France respond with promises to Poland and Stalin, and Hitler, with unexpected and pragmatic hypocrisy, signs a pact. Then, Hitler moves on Poland and the fighting starts in Europe. China and Japan are already fighting. The curtain goes up on what will become the world's first truly global and total war.