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Maiya May returns to Florida to learn how climate change is impacting ocean currents. She then goes to Georgia to meet Stacey Abrahms and learn about a non-profit. Later, Maiya returns to Florida to learn about nature. Part 6 of 6.
A great architectural adventure and gripping account of war, The Daunting Fortress of Richard the Lionheart is the story of an amazing feat of medieval military construction. Part 1 of 4.
La Rochelle was the largest Protestant base in France and for Catholic King, Louis XIII, it was the last stronghold needing to be abolished before he could reign fully over the country. But conquering La Rochelle wasn't so simple. Part 2 of 4.
It is the most striking event in the Hundred Year War. How did the city of Orleans manage to resist for 7 months before being delivered from the English in just a few days by Joan of Arc, the liberator of Orleans? Part 3 of 4.
Summer, 52 BC. The Gallic wars were coming to an end beneath the fortifications of Alesia. After six years of fighting, almost 200 000 warriors came together on the plain. One of the greatest battles in Antiquity was about to commence. Part 4 of 4.
Most people take their image of the Jewish-American gangster from the character Hyman Roth in The Godfather II. Quietly spoken, understated, yet duplicitous, ruthless, and immensely powerful, Roth was supposedly based on Lansky. Part 12 of 13.
Robert Kubecka and Donald Barstow were best friends, brothers-in-law and business partners. They ran a small, garbage collection firm on Long Island, just outside New York City. They were decent and honest—in an industry that was anything but. Part 13 of 13.
1918. As the Armistice bells ring out across the world to celebrate the end of the Great War, a silent killer makes its way home with the soldiers. The Spanish Flu will kill up to one third of the world’s population, more than both world wars combined. From the soldier who carried the virus to the Western Front, to the doctor who started the fightback, follow the compelling human stories behind this seismic chapter of history. With new evidence revealed for the first time, this documentary tracks the dramatic race to stop the pathogen spreading.
The presence of the American soldiers - nicknamed the ‘Sammies’ (sent by Uncle Sam) - on French soil during the Great War is virtually unknown. And yet, 2 million arrived in France between 1917 and 1918 to fight alongside French and UK troops.
