Documentaries : Usa-uk

In this first ever television history of disbelief, Jonathan Miller goes on a journey exploring the origins of his own lack of belief and uncovering the hidden story of atheism. Part 1: Jonathan Miller visits the absent Twin Towers to consider the religious implications of 9-11 and meets Arthur ...

The history of England did not begin until the arrival of the Anglo-Saxons, when the partition of Britain into several countries largely began. It was the history of Britain that began in the prehistoric during which time Stonehenge was erected. At the height of the Roman Empire, Britannia was under...

Episodes 1-4 have been taken down, but episode 5 has appeared...strangely enough. If you had not watched episode 5, please do so before it gets taken down! I will try to find more copies of the whole series soon. Andrew Marr’s History of Modern Britain is a 5 part 2007 BBC documentary telev...

The Spanish conquest of the Americas in the sixteenth century was one of the most cataclysmic events in history. Spanish expeditions had to endure the most unbelievable hardships to open up the lands of the New World. Few stories, if any, in history match these for sheer drama, endurance and distanc...

Dr Iain Stewart traces the history of climate change from its very beginning and examines just how the scientific community managed to get it so very wrong back in the Seventies. Along the way he uncovers some of the great unsung heroes of climate change science, and introduces us to a secret organi...

This is, without a doubt, one of the best historical documentaries ever made. In Search of the Trojan War combines archaeological adventure, historical investigation and a charming presentation by historian Michael Wood to bring to life one of the best known Greek legends: the Trojan War. Sifting t...

Antarctica is the wildest, coldest, most isolated continent on Earth. Encrusted in 90% of the world's ice, its 5.4 million square miles are doubled each winter by the freezing of the seas. The average temperature at the South Pole is -56, dropping to -90 and below in mid-winter. Yet this inhospitabl...

A documentary about slavery in America. Before the year 1800, native Africans were brought to the newly colonized parts of America for slave labour. Their toil helped make the United States the richest nation on earth. America has been a slave-owning country longer than it has been a free one, and t...

2010 Miss Universe Pageant: Miss Universe 2010, the 59th edition of the pageant, was held at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. Hosted by Bret Michaels and Natalie Morales....

The Allies used special aerial photos to deal a dire blow to the Nazi rocket program.World War II scientists developed terrifying new weapons of mass destruction. Alarmed by rumors of advanced rockets and missiles, Allied intelligence recruited a team of brilliant British people from universities an...