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- Based on the extraordinary true story of Operation Anthropoid, the WWII mission to assassinate SS General Reinhard Heydrich, the main architect behind the Final Solution and the Reich's third in command after Hitler and Himmler.
- Jeremy Clarkson tells the dramatic story of the Arctic convoys of the Second World War, from Russia to the freezing Arctic Ocean.
- Dramatisation of the team hoping to televise the trial of Adolf Eichmann, an infamous Nazi responsible for the deaths of millions of Jews. It focuses on Leo Hurwitz, a documentary film-maker and Milton Fruchtman, a producer.
- The Stalag Luft III was a prison camp on Germany's border with Poland. It held 10,000 Allied airmen of all nationalities during the Second World War, and was escape proof. But for Allied prisoners of war, it was their duty to escape. This documentary tells the story of the brave and resourceful men who organised the historic Great Escape and paid a tragic price for carrying out their duty.
- Dramatised biography of writer George Orwell.
- Unravelling the conspiracy theories behind some of the world's biggest stories. Getting to meet the people who passionately believe the theories and finding out what drives them.
- Sir Frank Lowy, the self-made billionaire and founder of Westfield Corporation, faces a dilemma - - whether or not to sell the company he has spent his life building. Standing at a crossroads, Frank reflects for the first time on his war-torn childhood as a way to shape his perspective on this monumental decision.
- Documentary about the legendary American film director from his introduction to the film industry in its early years to his death in 1959. After a falling out with Adolph Zukor, he left Paramount Pictures to found his own company but it too failed and moved on to MGM where his films were less successful than he had hoped. By 1931 DeMille, despite his huge successes in the silent era, was practically unemployable. Given a second chance at Paramount DeMille found his now classic formula of religious or epic tales with more than just a tinge of sex. Firmly re-established, he would stay with the studio for the rest of his career. He became a fervent anti-communist leading to a confrontation with his colleagues in the Directors Guild. He continued making films regardless and died as one of the most commercially successful in Hollywood history.
- A documentary about the portrayal of Adolf Hitler in popular culture.
- Documentary that explores Bava's film career.
- The Battle of Midway, the turning point of the Pacific Theatre of World War II, is examined.
- Hitler's dream is to build an armada of state-of-the-art warships and take on the might of the British Royal Navy. But his plans to dominate the oceans slowly unravel in a series of disastrous battles. Drain the Oceans investigates the mysteries and reveals how the Third Reich's mighty fleet finally sank beneath the waves.
- Over the past century, a new breed of ocean giant has emerged. Maritime archaeologists and historians go in search of the biggest wrecks ever sunk beneath the seas. New scientific data combines with cutting-edge computer graphics to drain the oceans to investigate the world's most awe-inspiring wrecks.
- 2019– 43m7.4 (6)TV Episode
- More than 60 years on, researchers are still arguing about exactly why Omaha Beach was the hardest fought of all the landing points of D-Day. Presenter Richard Hammond and Dr Simon Trew of Royal Military Academy Sandhurst set out to look through the latest findings. Can new statistical research and fresh archaeological finds reveal the truth?
- Rob heads to Norfolk to follow a lost railway through some of the quietest - yet wealthiest - parts of the country. This railway built in the 1880s and it threatened to rudely thrust the region into the industrial age.
- According to research, mainly from FBI files, British king Edward's abdication was not exactly the price for marriage to twice-divorced American Wallis Simpson, an outrage, especially for the royal head of the Anglican church. It was a convenient excuse for the British government to remove a royal prince who, from before his ascension to the throne end even during the Second World War, let his Nazi sympathies prevail on patriotism, making him a spy for Berlin, mainly trough Von Ribbentrop. Hitler hoped to restore Edward as a satellite pawn after militarily conquering Britain.
- Celebrated actress Judi Dench learns about her beloved father's time in WWI and her mother's Danish ancestors which takes her on a profound Shakespearean journey.
- Musician Pixie Lott learns about her musical ancestors.
- Dan explores the ups and downs of a climactic 19th century in naval and British history. Rapacious and ruthless, the Navy used 'gunboat diplomacy' to push British interest further afield than ever before, the control of the sea was the key to Britain's growing wealth...
- Death in Paradise star Ralf Little leaves the sun-drenched Caribbean well behind as he heads to the Orkney Islands off the north coast of Scotland to investigate his grandfather Arthur's experiences during World War II.
- Comedian, presenter and actor Matt Lucas had an exceptionally close bond with his late grandmother, Margot, who came to the UK in 1939 as a Jewish refugee from Nazi Germany. Matt learns of Margot's experiences in Berlin during that time.
- Patrick Stewart investigates his father's extraordinary war career and discovers the shocking impact it had on his father's character.
- The discovery of a wreck in the Baltic Sea leads to a treasure hunt, but what they find is even more precious: the story of Germany's Dunkirk.
- Comedian and actor Hugh Dennis's grandfathers both fought in the First World War, but rarely spoke about what they went through. Hugh uncovers their very different wartime experiences.
- John Barnes investigates the role his grandfather, Frank Hill, played in Jamaica's struggle for self-rule. He finds outs how his grandfather became the subject of secret telegrams, and why he was interned by the British during World War 2.
- Actress Alex Kingston sets out to learn more about her great-grandfather William Keevil, who died during the First World War.
- Adventurer Bear Grylls discovers the stories behind the top secret documents hidden in his grandfather's wartime trunk and is delighted by a Scottish royal connection.
- Comedian Chris Ramsey has always felt lucky, so he's delighted to learn it runs in the family as he uncovers the stories of ancestors who survived a deadly WWI battle and won an unusual lottery.
- Minnie Driver is on a mission to find out more about her late father, Ronnie, and his family's background.
- Marianne Faithfull had a difficult relationship with her mother, Eva. In this film Marianne investigates Eva's early life, as a dancer in 1920s Berlin- the era immortalised in the film Cabaret.
- With unprecedented access to thousands of top secret aerial photographs, compelling story telling, state of the art graphics and dramatic reconstruction, historian Dan Snow examines the incredible events of 6th June 1944. Nothing less than the freedom of the western world was at stake as the Allies launched the largest amphibious assault in history. Dan Snow examines how two years of meticulous planning, espionage and the analysis of millions of aerial photographs shaped the outcome of this day of days and hears the testimonies of those who risked their lives to save the world from Nazi tyranny.
- With unprecedented access to thousands of top secret aerial photographs, compelling story telling, state of the art graphics and dramatic reconstruction, historian Dan Snow examines the incredible events of 6th June 1944. Nothing less than the freedom of the western world was at stake as the Allies launched the largest amphibious assault in history. Dan Snow examines how two years of meticulous planning, espionage and the analysis of millions of aerial photographs shaped the outcome of this day of days and hears the testimonies of those who risked their lives to save the world from Nazi tyranny.
- To protect occupied Europe from an Allied invasion, Hitler demanded the construction of a defensive wall stretching thousands of kilometers from France in the south to Norway in the north.
- Explore the story behind one of the most advanced aeroplanes of WWII, the Messerschmitt Me 262, and the subterranean bat-cave where it was built.
- April 1945. Safe in his heavily fortified Führerbunker in the centre of Berlin, Hitler prepares for the Allies' final attack.
- Tamzin Outhwaite has always been intrigued by her Italian ancestry. Although she remembers her grandfather Remo, she knows very little about his family.
- The baker grew up very near to his maternal grandparents and was particularly close to his grandfather. The discovery of his WWII service medals sets Paul off on a journey around the Mediterranean.
- The actress grew up in London but knows her father's family originated in Poland and has long suspected that they suffered during the Holocaust. She uncovers a story of separated family members trying to keep one step ahead of the Nazis.
- The journalist and TV presenter travels to India to investigate the story of the maternal grandfather she never met. Her family have told her that he suffered a great tragedy at the time of the Partition of India.
- The actress looks into rumoured French ancestry on her mother's side of the family, uncovering a Napoleonic-era cross-Channel romance. Amanda also seeks answers to the tragic death of her paternal grandfather.
- Comedian Ruby Wax researches her parents' history and her mother's mental illness, which takes her back to 1938 and Nazi-occupied Austria.
- Fearne Cotton learns about her Welsh great-grandfather who worked down a coal mine at 13 and ended up as a chemist.
- Actress Lisa Hammond wants to get to the bottom of why her grandfather never spoke about his experiences in World War II.
- In a special edition of the show, screened as part of the BBC's Hear Her Season, actress Michelle Keegan discovers her link to Gibraltar and connections to Italy and the Suffragettes.
- Comedian Lee Mack researches his great-granddad Billy Mac, supposedly also known for his humour. However, his investigation leads him to World War I and a family secret.
- Musician Marvin Humes discovers shocking dark secrets about some of his Jamaican ancestors.