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In April 1986, the city of Chernobyl in the Soviet Union suffers one of the worst nuclear disasters in the history of mankind. Consequently, many heroes put their lives on the line in the following days, weeks and months.

As the Russian conflict with Napoleon reaches its peak, five aristocratic families face the possibility of their lives being changed forever.

Jewish brothers in German-occupied Eastern Europe escape into a Belorussian forest, where they join Russian resistance fighters, and endeavor to build a village, in order to protect themselves and about one thousand Jewish non-combatants.

The life and times of the woman who reformed the Russian empire.

Mini-series about the the public and private lives of the later years of Queen Elizabeth I.

A Chronicled look at the fall of the Romanov dynasty in Russia.

A British college professor, working in Russia, investigates certain mysteries surrounding the life and death of Joseph Stalin.

U.S. bomber pilot Clair Cline is captured by Germans during WWII. As a POW, he and fellow prisoners bond to survive captivity and maintain hope, transcending oppression. Based on true events.

CIA counter-intelligence officer Sandy Grimes works to save Soviet intelligence officers from being exposed by a mole inside her organization.

A French diplomat must escape an FSB plot in Siberia.

Powerful and resonant series that looks at how Hitler and the Nazis seized power in Germany and ushered in the death of democracy.

Set a few years after Rome became a superpower, this historical drama details the Roman military campaigns against the barbarians. It shows how continuous wars depleted resources, a key factor in the fall of the Empire.

Covers many of the ancient Greek and Norse Gods, monsters and heroes including Hades, Hercules, Medusa, Minotaur, Odysseus and Zeus.

It tells the story of Major Karl Plagge, a Nazi officer who, during the Holocaust, was commandant of a forced labor camp called "HKP" in Vilnius, Lithuania. In reality, he was sheltering hundreds of Jewish families. By the end, many were saved in hiding places dug into the ground and carved into the walls. Many more were executed by the SS and buried in a mass grave. Today, the former "HKP" is unchanged. A group of scientists arrive to locate the hiding places of those that were saved and identify the mass grave of those who were murdered. A child survivor of the camp and an American physician, whose mother was saved by Major Plagge, join them. The film tracks their three stories and, ultimately, brings to light the unknown tale of a Schindler-type German who listened to his conscience, instead of his superiors.

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.

A fictional account of a royal family living in England's Buckingham Palace.

In 1936, Edward VIII abdicated in order to marry the woman he loved, Wallis Simpson, a twice-divorced American. These events caused a scandal around the world. Wallis and Edward is an attempt to portray the romantic aspects of the story from Wallis's point of view. The drama follows the beginning of their affair whilst Edward was Prince of Wales and Wallis was still married to Ernest Simpson.

The story leading up to the July 20, 1969, Apollo 11 moon landing launch.

An old man comes to realize the mistakes he has made in the past as he faces a crisis on Christmas day.

Fictional documentary on the deaths of students in the Russian mountains, attributed to the yeti.

99% of those who carried out the murders in the Holocaust were never prosecuted. Why not?

This documentary revolves around some WTC workers/rescuers as they share their experiences from the 9/11 attacks, beginning from the moment of when Flight 11 hit the North Tower to the aftermath of the collapse of both Twin Towers.

The History Channel examines the Dark Ages from the fall of the Roman Empire to the First Crusade.

A historical documentary tracing the Jewish experience from ancient to modern times, presented by Simon Schama and based on his book of the same name.

This documentary tells the story about one of the biggest controversies of the twentieth century: the Vatican versus Nazi cruelties. The Pope Pius XII was suspected of Nazi collaboration and was called Hitlers Pope. However, the Vatican had plans for murdering 'Der Führer'.