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For decades, scientists have tried to unlock the secrets of ancient DNA. Follow the dramatic quest to recover DNA millions of years old and reveal a lost world from before the last Ice Age.
From breaking codes to breaking news, women helped win WWII. We dig deeper into the archives with rare archival footage and powerful interviews that bring their legacy to life in Women of World War II: More Untold Stories.
Maiya May learns about the severe impacts of droughts and floods on agriculture and the alarming depletion of groundwater reserves. Despite these challenges, Maiya finds hope in innovative agricultural practices. Part 4 of 6.
An immersive documentary offering an insight into the time of peace between the First and Second World Wars, and how these 20 years of peace produced war. Part 1 of 8.
The victors of World War 1 believed that keeping their vanquished foes under-armed would guarantee peace. And so as the US and Great Britain began to increase their military holdings, it was at the expense of a humiliated Germany. Part 2 of 8.
Technological advances were embraced by some—but not all—whilst Mussolini began his autocratic rule in Italy. Part 3 of 8.
By the late twenties, Europe—France especially—appeared to have put the bad old days of economic strife behind them. A few voices warned that this boom time would have inevitable consequences, but the majority weren't listening. Part 4 of 8.
In the 20s, there seemed to be some good candidates for leadership in Europe. But where were these people when the Great Depression hit, affecting the lives of people around the world? Part 5 of 8.
With the United States also suffering, Japan took the opportunity to increase their empire. Turning their attention to East Asia, they plotted the invasion of Manchuria. Part 6 of 8.
By the mid-thirties, Adolf Hitler's ambitions seemed clear to all. If the great powers had acted earlier, would their intervention have prevented WW2? Part 7 of 8.
For some, appeasement was the only way 'repeating the disaster of WW1 had to be avoided at all costs'. But with Adolf Hitler at the other end of the negotiating table, this was a strategy doomed to failure. Part 8 of 8.
A massive volcanic eruption in 44 B.C. may have hastened the end of the ancient Egyptian empire. Part 5 of 6.
