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CGI-driven special delves into the key turning points: the formation of earth, emergence of life, spread of man and the growth of civilization--and reveals their surprising connections to our world today.
six-part series made for UKTV History gets intimate with the Kings and Queens of England, from Anglo Saxon times through to Queen Elizabeth II. |
Jeremy Paxman, presenter on the BBC, examines the life and times of the Victorian era. |
The Roman conquest of Britain was a gradual process, beginning effectively in AD 43 under Emperor Claudius |
![]() The Georgians German Kings Who Made Britain inside story of Britain's imported German dynasty, made with reaches the reign of George II |
Archaeologist team select the ten most important discoveries in Egypt. From major battles, to mega-construction, amazing stories of the lives of kings, queens and ordinary people. |
The Warrior Pharaohs - They left a legacy that is still with us today, 3,000 years later. |
This special will distinguish between historical evidence and Hollywood fiction. |
![]() Shakespeare's Mother : The Secret Life of a Tudor Woman Farmers daughter marries into Tudor middle class in Stratford-upon-Avon. |
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A team of maritime archaeologists as they uncover the remarkable city of Heracleion. Forgotten for over two thousand years |
![]() The Genius Who Lit the World and Missing Secrets. |
![]() England's most mysterious ancient monument, on a site older than the Pyramids of Ancient Egypt. 85 massive 40 ton stones, stand guard on a remote and wind-swept plain. |
A team of scientists, engineers, archaeologists and imaging experts join up to reveal all the data. |
Peaceful rise or potential threat: What does China's 21st century re-emergence as a great world power mean for the rest of us? |
The New discovery -- by anthropologist Professor Henry Bunn - pushes back the definitive date for the beginning of systematic human hunting by hundreds of thousands of years. |
They overlapped with modern humans in prehistoric Europe, but recent genetic evidence suggests widespread interbreeding of the two groups. |
Discover how man & the forces of nature have had a powerful influence on history. |
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![]() Discover amazing hidden worlds of the past, present and future in Secrets of Underground London |
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2015 - History of disastrous foreign entanglements in Afghanistan that lead to Eastern Terror Wars. |
How and Why Pople where joining Anonymous Hackers Globally and the changes that came. |
Gold mining is the process of mining of gold or gold ores are extracted from the planet. |
Go beneath the earth to see firsthand the innovations in drilling, ventilation, drainage and processing that transformed the mining industry into a modern operation. |
Bad King John , Josef Stalin, Idi Amin, Pol Pot, Attila The Hun, Bloody Mary Tudor, |
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A remote, bleak speck of rock in the middle of the Pacific. |
![]() Marijuana in America: Colorado Pot Rush Colorado made history as the first state in the U.S. to legalize marijuana for recreational use. |
![]() Japanese sword-making developed centuries ago, before electron microscopy, mass spectrometry, and other modern materials analysis enabled scientists to understand exactly why the swords are as good as they are. |
![]() For nearly two centuries, the Knights Templar was the most powerful order in the medieval world. |
The origins of the Great Charter, created in 1215 to check the abuses of King John - and how it nearly died at birth. |
![]() The followup to the original film w/ focus on money, corruption, scandals and The Venus Project. |
Guardian Investigations - Ghana has had a gold rush but, Afua Hirsch discovers how Chinese immigrants are profiting from industrialising the country's small-scale mining industry. |
Exploring the power and politics of gold, a precious metal with more allure and fascination than any other. |
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Interview with Martin Bashir - Panorama |
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Released in 1972, it's the record that set the mercurial musician on course to becoming one of the best-known pop stars on the planet. |
information about the origins of Wikileaks and the steps they take to release info to the masses. |