Schedule

Queen Victoria's Children: A Domestic Tyrant

This second episode concentrates on Victoria’s relationship with her daughters, examining how, after Albert’s death, Victoria clung to them, bullied them and arranged their marriages. In response, the Princesses fought back, becoming independent women determined to find love and fresh purpose. From sculpture to medicine, the daughters became champions of women for a new era. Part 2 of 3.

Eternal Pompeii

It was a major catastrophe in human history — the day in 79AD when the Roman seaport of Pompeii was buried under the ashes of Vesuvius and countless people were killed. Pompeii was preserved perfectly, a snapshot of Roman antiquity. The city has become a symbol of this entire epoch. And nearly 2,000 years after the eruption, the myth of Pompeii has lost none of its fascination. But its history does not end with its terrible downfall. This documentary tells for the first time what happened after the devastating volcanic eruption: how this natural disaster was dealt with, how the Roman emperor Titus intervened, and how the region's economic revival began.

Leaders of WWII: The Early Years

We know the leaders of the Second World War - Winston Churchill, Charles de Gaulle and Adolf Hitler - but do we know how they fared 20 years earlier, during that previous conflict, the Great War of 1914-18? The testimonies of historians and military experts, along with reconstructions, 3D images and archive material, help tell the incredible stories of these men as they survived the hell of the First World War.

Our World War: Pals

Paddy Kennedy, a warehouse clerk from Manchester, joins the Manchester Pals Battalion alongside his friends Henry, Andy and Jim. They soon discover that the whole of their neighbourhood has joined up, including a nearby factory foreman, now their sergeant, Mitchell, and their friend Lizzie, a volunteer nurse. These pals are set to become part of the largest offensive ever mounted by the British Army, the Battle of the Somme. But after a successful first day, they are ordered to seize control of Trones Wood, a thickly forested copse riddled with enemy soldiers and impossible to navigate. Through all this, they survive shellfire and ambush, evade capture by the Germans and encounter the mysterious Private William Hunt, whose fate will become forever entwined with the life of Paddy Kennedy. Paddy's journey leads to the deadliest mission of all - the execution by firing squad of one of his pals. How will Paddy survive becoming a soldier? Part 2 of 3.

Student Athlete

This eye-opening HBO Sports documentary takes a critical look at America’s often dauntingly complex rules when it comes to the field of amateur athletics, and the way these rules impact upon the athletes and their families.

Our World War: Pals

Paddy Kennedy, a warehouse clerk from Manchester, joins the Manchester Pals Battalion alongside his friends Henry, Andy and Jim. They soon discover that the whole of their neighbourhood has joined up, including a nearby factory foreman, now their sergeant, Mitchell, and their friend Lizzie, a volunteer nurse. These pals are set to become part of the largest offensive ever mounted by the British Army, the Battle of the Somme. But after a successful first day, they are ordered to seize control of Trones Wood, a thickly forested copse riddled with enemy soldiers and impossible to navigate. Through all this, they survive shellfire and ambush, evade capture by the Germans and encounter the mysterious Private William Hunt, whose fate will become forever entwined with the life of Paddy Kennedy. Paddy's journey leads to the deadliest mission of all - the execution by firing squad of one of his pals. How will Paddy survive becoming a soldier? Part 2 of 3.

Eternal Pompeii

It was a major catastrophe in human history — the day in 79AD when the Roman seaport of Pompeii was buried under the ashes of Vesuvius and countless people were killed. Pompeii was preserved perfectly, a snapshot of Roman antiquity. The city has become a symbol of this entire epoch. And nearly 2,000 years after the eruption, the myth of Pompeii has lost none of its fascination. But its history does not end with its terrible downfall. This documentary tells for the first time what happened after the devastating volcanic eruption: how this natural disaster was dealt with, how the Roman emperor Titus intervened, and how the region's economic revival began.

Leaders of WWII: The Early Years

We know the leaders of the Second World War - Winston Churchill, Charles de Gaulle and Adolf Hitler - but do we know how they fared 20 years earlier, during that previous conflict, the Great War of 1914-18? The testimonies of historians and military experts, along with reconstructions, 3D images and archive material, help tell the incredible stories of these men as they survived the hell of the First World War.

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