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In this episode Paul is visiting two Hebridean islands which are very different: Gigha and Jura. Where Gigha is lush and verdant, Jura is rugged and bleak but Paul discovers that both islands have their own unique character and charm. Part 3 of 6.
In the summer of 1944, war-torn France reaches a crisis point. At its heart lies Paris - a symbol of liberty and democracy on the brink of collapse after four years of Nazi occupation. Though conquered, Parisians are yet to give in. The allied landings in Normandy and their advances through France now offer a tantalising glimmer of hope. By mid-August a resistance-led insurrection is underway in the capital, in the hopes the allied forces will secure their liberation. Part 6 of 10.
The accidental discovery of the New World by Christopher Columbus sparks an age of exploration for the Spanish empire, and a dark new chapter in the history of the Americas. Part 1 of 6.
Radicalised farmers and ranchers form a heavily armed militia group and engage in the longest armed standoff in FBI history.
We look at the lives of two titans of the 19th century, Wellington and Napoleon, following their epic encounter at the Battle of Waterloo in June 1815. The victor, the Duke of Wellington, became a national hero in Britain eventually becoming Prime Minister. The defeated Napoleon, however, was exiled to St Helena, a small island in the Atlantic, where he died in 1821.
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: The words My Lai are seared into American memories of the Vietnam War, but few know what really happened in the Vietnamese village in March 1968. Drawing on audio recordings and interviews with participants, survivors, eyewitnesses and investigators, Barak Goodman re-examines how an American infantry unit came to murder more than 300 unarmed Vietnamese civilians, how a handful of their fellow soldiers tried to stop them, and how US officials tried to keep the world from hearing about My Lai.
