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This final episode focuses on Victoria’s relationship with her sons, and how they struggled to live up to their late father's model of purity. It explores Victoria’s difficult relationship with her eldest son Bertie, who she blamed for Albert’s death, believing his sexual indiscretions to have fatally weakened her husband. Also examined is the monarch's relationship with her son Leopold, the physically weak but spirited haemophiliac who put up the most determined effort to break free from maternal control. Ultimately, the idea of monarchy based on purity is put to the test as the philandering Bertie comes to the throne. Part 3 of 3.
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.
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.
Newly declassified MI5 files reveal the story of the female spy who stole Britain’s atomic secrets and gave them to the Soviets. In January 1941, Ursula Kuczynski, a Jewish German refugee, arrives in Oxford with her children on a British passport. She settles into the daily life of a housewife, but this woman has a secret – she is a Soviet spy.
Two thousand years ago, Teotihuacán was one of the largest cities in the world, not far from what is today Mexico City. But just a few hundred years later, it was completely abandoned, its former citizens leaving little trace of their culture. Despite many decades of research, little is known about the long-lost Teotihuacán society. Who built this city with its giant pyramids? Why did its people vanish without a trace? This documentary follows a team of scientists who believe they have found the answers to these questions.
Darth Vader is perhaps the best-known villain in film history. His figure, his breathing, his movements - everything about the iconic character is recognised worldwide. But what about the man behind the mask? David Prowse, the actor who played Darth Vader in the first Star Wars trilogy never revealed his face during the films. He could have in Return of the Jedi, but something happened. Another actor filmed that sequence, and that marked David's life forever. It’s time to find out the truth - and can the filmmakers convince the actor to play, one last time, what may be the most well-known villain of all time?
Private Chas Rowland, determined to bring the war to an end and return home, joins the Tank Corps under the command of Lieutenant Mould, entering the extraordinary world of the Niveleur, a Mark V tank. Primed to take part in a major offensive against the Germans just outside the French town of Amiens, the crew of the Niveleur include Fred Firth, a father-of-two desperate to see his children again; Private Dodds, a tough warrior scarred by the loss of his brothers; and Mike Weston, a civilian mechanic conscripted into the tanks. The crew will only survive four gruelling days behind enemy lines if they can learn to work together. Can they bring the war to an end and make it home? Part 3 of 3.
Hustling to survive around Bucharest’s North Station, street kid Nicu is taken under the wing of drug dealer and self-proclaimed king of Bucharest’s underworld, Bruce Lee. Filmed over six years and directed by Joost Vandebrug, this award-winning documentary charts Nicu’s life in the network of tunnels built by Ceausescu as central heating ducts for the city. It’s a tough existence, but when Nicu encounters aid worker Raluca he has a choice. Join her above ground, and lead a ‘normal’ life, or return to Bruce and his friends in the tunnels.
