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What Is a Woman

Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey. Standing Up in the Milky Way

Unafraid of the Dark

If These Walls Could Sing

Deeper, Deeper, Deeper Still

Sisters of the Sun
The Lost Worlds of Planet Earth

The Immortals

The World Set Free

D-Day

National Gallery

Iron Maiden: Flight 666
The Eagle Huntress

Project Greenglow The Quest for Gravity Control

The Secret File of Marco Polo

The Crime of the Century part 1of2

The Fourth Phase

March of the Penguins

Ancient Prophecies

2020 History

It's this moment where now both sides realize that no quarter will be asked, and no quarter will be given. Surrender is no longer even an option. You're in this to the end. You either die or you triumph, and there is no other alternative. Amid a spiral of brutality and low morale, Mehmed makes Giustiniani an enticing offer. The grand vizier urges Mehmed to seek a truce with his rival.

Series: Rise of Empires: Ottoman

Ancient Rome: Caesar

2006 History

This programme focuses on the most famous Roman of all - Caesar. Charming, savage, power-crazed, opportunistic and brilliant, he overthrew a 500-year-old Republic and began the age of the emperors.

Series: Ancient Rome

Ancient Rome: Constantine

2006 History

This episode tells the story of how the Emperor Constantine brought Christianity to the western world. In AD 312, Rome was in crisis. The empire had been divided into four parts, each with its own emperor who fought one another. Constantine intervened and united Rome, using military might and a new religion - Christianity.

Series: Ancient Rome

Ancient Rome: Nero

2006 History

This programme focuses on Nero, charting his obsession with becoming a god, how his plans to turn Rome into a glorious city bankrupted the Empire, how he married his slaveboy and killed his beloved wife in a frenzy, and how he was finally overthrown.

Series: Ancient Rome

Ancient Rome: Rebellion

2006 History

This episode tells the story of the Jewish Revolt, which swept through Judea in AD 66 and threatened to destabilise the whole empire. Rome turned to the disgraced General Vespasian and his son Titus to put it down. Filled with spectacular sieges and huge set-piece action, the film pits the discipline and ingenuity of the Roman army against the passion and commitment of the rebels.

Series: Ancient Rome

Ancient Rome: Revolution

2006 History

Rome was once a largely democratic society, with regular elections. This Republic lasted for 500 years, but then came Tiberius Gracchus. He believed in the ideals of the Republic - fairness, decency and justice for everyone -but was appalled by Rome's aristocrats' treatment of the poor. So he unleashed the power of the mob upon the streets of Rome, with devastating consequences.

Series: Ancient Rome