Mabo

In NSW, in 1901, the Aborigines Protection Board planned to break up Aboriginal communities by forcibly removing their children and hiring them out as servants to white employers. The title of this powerful documentary comes from the wages that were to be paid to the children.

Bettany arrives in Luxor, where the Pharaohs are buried in the Valley of the Kings. Over the hill, the domestic rubbish in the Workers' Village gives historians insight into ancient Egyptian life.

1995 is a pivotal year that sees Rupert Murdoch presiding over two important dilemmas: who he wants to be Britain's next prime minister and which of his children he wants to take over his business.

An icon of the Chinese Empire and modern China's greatest tourist attraction: Beijing's Forbidden City, the seat of two great dynasties and 24 Emperors, of hundreds of thousands of eunuchs, concubines and officials. Once the centre of the world, the Forbidden City bore witness to the magnificent display of imperial power, grandiose triumphs and ultimately to humiliating demise. ZDF's docudrama "China's forbidden city" reveals the master-plan behind the biggest palace complex in the world and explains its fascinating political universe: How was this city built, how did it work? What really went on behind its impenetrable walls? How did it slip out of control, and who was responsible for its decline? As the Beijing Olympics approach, the Forbidden City will once more become the centre of the world. This high-end docudrama will be the definitive account of the 600-year history of this magic place.