History TV Shows

Blackfly

30/100

The show is set in 18th-century Canada back "in days when beaver fur was good as gold".

Twentieth Century Battlefields

86/100

Peter Snow tells the stories of major battles of the 20th Century in the big picture, while his son, Dan, explores the details.

The Secret Life of Machines

90/100

Tim Hunkin explains the inner workings of those machines that we all take for granted... in his own unique way.

The Mark Steel Lectures

82/100

Stand-up comedian Mark Steel gives satirical and educational lectures on some of history's greatest thinkers.

Inside the Medieval Mind

78/100

Kaiketsu Zorro

85/100

Diego Vega returns from his study trip to discover his homeland is under the army's dictatorship. Diego, refusing to watch idly, disguises himself as Zorro to protect the weak and oppressed.

100 Jahre - Der Countdown

84/100

As part of the countdown to the new millennium, each episode featured a short documentary about a particular event from each of the previous 99 years.

Commanders at War

74/100

Important battles of World War II are examined with paired military specialists focusing on the opposing generals involved.

America

86/100

An account of the birth and development of the United States.

Get Up, Stand Up

81/100

The Land Gone Wild

69/100

The Land Gone Wild is a television serial composed of forty-five episodes in four series shot in 1997, 2001, 2008 and 2012, based on Jirí Stránský's novels Zdivocelá zeme (The Land Gone ... See full summary »

Bab Alhara 6

58/100

Changes in terms of society and resistance against the french at the syrian village Aldaba' follow the unexpected return of Abu Esam, one of the old masters of the village, after he spent time in french prison.

Galileo Mystery

37/100

The Machine That Changed the World

83/100

A five part documentary on computer history - from Babbage to Silicon Valley.

Bible's Buried Secrets

64/100

Man, Moment, Machine

77/100

This program discusses a specific moment in time where a person has changed history somehow with a new invention or technology.

Our World

90/100

Servants: The True Story of Life Below Stairs

83/100

Spaceflight

79/100

A history of space flight.

Christianity: A History

62/100

Saqr Qoraish

71/100

Following the fall of Damascus in 750, the last Omayyad prince makes it to Muslim Spain and establishes his rule in Andalusia.

For King and Empire

85/100

A documentary series about the Canadian Army's participation in World War I.

Infamous Assassinations

78/100

Get ready to witness the 20th Century's most damaging and outrageous assassination attempts, first-hand. From the assassination of John F Kennedy to the gunning down of Mahatma Gandhi, the ... See full synopsis »

Hermans historia

84/100

Herman Lindqvist (well-known Swedish author of popular historical books of nonfiction and causeries of his life in Paris and elsewhere in the world) tells the story of a person or event in ... See full summary »

Der Kurier der Kaiserin

78/100