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The War on Disco explores the culture war that erupted over the rise of disco music. The hostility came to a head on July 12, 1979, when a riot led by rock fans broke out at 'Disco Demolition Night' during a baseball game in Chicago.
A rare insight into the military career and personal life of Germany's most famous Second World War commander, Field Marshal Erwin Rommel. Told from the perspective of his son Manfred, it tells what happens when a career soldier runs afoul of a dictator. Highly decorated and one of Hitler's favourite commanders in the early years of World War II, the 'Desert Fox' was something of an enigma. Never a member of the Nazi party, Rommel detested the blending of politics and war. He would quickly discover that both were always in play in Hitler's Germany. Greg Kinnear narrates.
Focusing on hunters and hunting, the brutal ending of a life, an act which sustains another’s. The hunt is by far the most dramatic event on the plains of the Serengeti. Part 3 of 12.
An attack on a small religious community on the Holy island of Lindisfarne in AD 793 heralded the start of the Viking Age of conquest and expansion but before this, we look at the Vikings’ beginnings in Scandinavia. Part 1 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.
Founded at the beginning of the 9th century CE, the Khmer Empire had been one of the most powerful states in Southeast Asia. The jewel in the crown was the capital city - Angkor, containing the largest religious structure ever built, Angkor Wat. Part 6 of 6.
This series brings back to life the fate of cities razed to the ground by intensive bombing. Using state of the art graphic composing visual effects, see how Berlin re-invented itself in record time. Post-war engineering at its’ best! Part 1 of 2.
Paul Murton charts a route up the Scottish east coast from Carnoustie to Aberdeen. Part 6 of 6.