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We’ll explore the storied history of the oyster in modern-day South Carolina. It was enjoyed by the first Americans and is a critical ingredient in Gullah Geechee foodways—in short, an extraordinary bivalve.
The chilling discovery of 30 massacred bodies on a Swedish island reveals an ancient Nordic murder mystery – a warrior tribe was brutally murdered by their rivals in a power struggle which would eventually lead to the rise of the Vikings. Part 2 of 6.
Episode 2 focuses on Ukraine’s history in the turbulent 20th century. What did the incorporation into the Soviet empire, and Stalin's rule in particular, mean for the country and its people? Part 2 of 2.
'Détente' follows Richard Nixon and Mao Zedong as they break decades of silence between the U.S. and China. Their bold diplomacy reorders global power and shifts Cold War dynamics. Part 2 of 4.
Spring 1945. In the Pacific, Americans fight on the island of Okinawa while kamikaze pilots wreak havoc on the fleet offshore. In Europe, allied forces rapidly push across Germany from the east and west, and American and British troops discover the true horrors of the Nazis' industrialised barbarism at Buchenwald, Dachau, Mauthausen and other concentration camps. Finally, on 8 May, with their country in ruins and their Fuhrer dead, the Germans surrender. A series by Ken Burns. Part 13 of 14.
Where right-wing populists are already in power, it is clear how they are eroding democracies from within. This film uses Hungary and Italy as examples of how right-wing populists operate when in power. Part 2 of 2.
