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The Kremlin

Over roughly a thousand years, the Kremlin has come to symbolise Russia itself.

• 54 mins

The Cuban Missile Crisis, Part 1 of 2

Three men – Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro – hold the fate of the planet in their hands.

• 53 mins

Mary Queen of Scots

Was Mary Stuart an ambitious plotter who would stop at nothing to realise her dreams?

• 50 mins

The Cuban Missile Crisis, Part 2 of 2

With Soviet missiles on Cuban soil, The United States is now in Moscow's crosshairs.

• 45 mins

Sitting Bull

Sitting Bull was the greatest chief the Lakota people had ever known

• 53 mins

Blackbeard the Pirate

In the 18th century, one man makes his name as the most notorious pirate of all time...

• 55 mins

The Vietnam War

The Vietnam War was a brutal, un-winnable conflict which reshaped global geopolitics

• 54 mins

The California Gold Rush

In 1848, the discovery of gold in the American River triggers an explosion of findings.

• 53 mins

Walter Raleigh

Walter Raleigh: Elizabethan explorer and writer. But was he a patriot or a traitor?

• 53 mins

Pompeii and the Vesuvius Eruption

In 79 AD, one of history’s most infamous natural disasters unfolds in Pompeii.

• 42 mins

Marie Curie

Marie Curie was an extraordinary woman who turned the scientific world on its head

• 51 mins

Tutankhamun

In 1922, in Egypt's Valley of the Kings, a young boy makes a remarkable discovery.

• 47 mins

The Trojan War

The Trojan War was a time of heroes, gods, and myths - but were the legends true?

• 49 mins

The Black Death

The Black Death ravages the populations of three continents during the 1340s.

• 47 mins

Vlad the Impaler

Uncover the story of Vlad the Impaler, the inspiration behind Bram Stoker's Dracula.

• 51 mins

The Space Race

Explore the dawn of space travel as U.S. and Soviet teams race to take to the stars.

• 49 mins

The Lighthouse of Alexandria

The Lighthouse of Alexandria was a Wonder of the Ancient World. What's its story?

• 49 mins

The Moon Landing

In 1969, Neil Armstrong becomes the first man to step foot on the surface of the moon.

• 51 mins