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1.
Dinosaur Planet (2003– )
Episode:
White Tip's Journey
(2003)
Not Rated | 48 min | Documentary, Animation, Family
A lone female velociraptor, ill suited to life on her own, struggles to survive in the Gobi desert. Eventually she is accepted by a small pack of velociraptors where she can hunt with the ... See full summary »
Director: Pierre de Lespinois | Stars: Christian Slater, Scott Sampson, Lutz Riedel, Ana Claudia Talancón
Votes: 42
2.
Dinosaur Planet (2003– )
Episode:
Pod's Travels
(2003)
Not Rated | 48 min | Documentary, Animation, Family
A mainland pyroraptor is washed to sea in a Tsunami then washes ashore on an island in the Tethys sea. There he is confused by all the dwarf species and struggles to understand his new niche.
Director: Pierre de Lespinois | Stars: Christian Slater, Scott Sampson, Bruno Bichir, Lutz Riedel
Votes: 39
3.
Dinosaur Planet (2003– )
Episode:
Little Das' Hunt
(2003)
Not Rated | 48 min | Documentary, Animation, Family
In a volcanic region of Montana a young Daspletosaur learns to hunt. But he is slow learning spoiling several prime opportunities for his family. But they relentlessly pursue a wounded ... See full summary »
Director: Pierre de Lespinois | Stars: Christian Slater, Scott Sampson, Bruno Bichir, Lutz Riedel
Votes: 37
4.
Dinosaur Planet (2003– )
Episode:
Alpha's Egg
(2003)
Not Rated | 48 min | Documentary, Animation, Family
Encounters in the parallel lives of an herbivorous sauropod named Alpha and a carnivorous theropod named Dragonfly are chronicled. Hatched in the same season, Dragonfly and other predators ... See full summary »
Director: Pierre de Lespinois | Stars: Christian Slater, Scott Sampson, Lutz Riedel, Ana Claudia Talancón
Votes: 41
5.
The Life of Mammals (2002–2003)
Episode:
A Winning Design
(2002)
TV-PG | 49 min | Documentary
First in a ten-part epic series in which David Attenborough explores why mammals, including humans, are the most successful and diverse animals on the planet. His journey begins in ... See full summary »
Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 139
6.
The Life of Mammals (2002–2003)
Episode:
Insect Hunters
(2002)
TV-PG | 49 min | Documentary
Mammals that hunt insects shared the planet with the dinosaurs, but when the giant reptiles disappeared, these creatures seized their chance to conquer new territory. David Attenborough ... See full summary »
Director: Mark Linfield | Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 118
7.
The Life of Mammals (2002–2003)
Episode:
Plant Predators
(2002)
TV-PG | 49 min | Documentary
Heavily armoured, indigestible and even poisonous, plants pose problems for some of our biggest predators. David Attenborough learns why eating plants is one of the greatest challenges for the planet's mammals.
Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 114
8.
The Life of Mammals (2002–2003)
Episode:
Chisellers
(2002)
TV-PG | 49 min | Documentary
Rodents are the most numerous mammals on the planet, comprising an incredibly diverse variety of species. They range from the naked mole rat, which spends its entire life below ground, to ... See full summary »
Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 110
9.
The Life of Mammals (2002–2003)
Episode:
Meat Eaters
(2002)
TV-PG | 49 min | Documentary
From artic foxes and leopards to the Siberian tiger, carnivores feature in the fifth of David Attenborough's epic ten-part series. Travelling down from the frozen north into India, ... See full summary »
Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 117
10.
The Life of Mammals (2002–2003)
Episode:
The Opportunists
(2003)
TV-PG | 49 min | Documentary
Omnivorous mammals run the gamut from human beings to rats and, though they are generalists with their diet, each is equipped with very specialised skills. In the sixth part of his ten-part... See full summary »
Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 111
11.
The Life of Mammals (2002–2003)
Episode:
Return to the Water
(2003)
TV-PG | 49 min | Documentary
David Attenborough discovers that while mammals such as manatees and sea otters left dry millions of years ago, the blue whale has always had its home in the sea. And though some marine ... See full summary »
Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 105
12.
The Life of Mammals (2002–2003)
Episode:
Life in the Trees
(2003)
TV-PG | 49 min | Documentary
Climbing is just the start - the challenge is to move between trees. To get close to the creatures, David Attenborough must climb into the canopy. His subjects range from the squirrels to ... See full summary »
Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 108
13.
The Life of Mammals (2002–2003)
Episode:
The Social Climbers
(2003)
TV-PG | 49 min | Documentary
David Attenborough continues his documentary series. He looks at monkeys from all over the world, including red howler monkeys in Venezuela, capuchin monkeys in the Costa Rican swamps, and guenon monkeys in West Africa.
Director: Mark Linfield | Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 104
14.
The Life of Mammals (2002–2003)
Episode:
Food for Thought
(2003)
TV-PG | 51 min | Documentary
The last programme of the series sees David Attenborough compare the foraging skills of humans with those of our distant relatives, the great apes. As bipedal mammals, humans have come to ... See full summary »
Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 108
15.
Walking with Cavemen (2003)
Episode:
First Ancestors
(2003)
TV-14 | 30 min | Documentary, History
As Africa transitions from forest to Savannah the world's first bipedal ape, australopithecus, evolved and flourished in the new environment.
Directors: Richard Dale, Pierre de Lespinois | Stars: Robert Winston, Marva Alexander, Alec Baldwin, Christian Bradley
Votes: 75
16.
Walking with Cavemen (2003)
Episode:
Blood Brothers
(2003)
TV-14 | 30 min | Documentary, History
At this stage several kinds of ape men populated Africa, each with its own unique adaptations. These species were doomed as the African continent grew increasingly arid, but a new human species well adapted to a hot dry climate emerged.
Directors: Richard Dale, Pierre de Lespinois | Stars: Robert Winston, Marva Alexander, Alec Baldwin, Christian Bradley
Votes: 71
17.
Walking with Cavemen (2003)
Episode:
Savage Family
(2003)
TV-14 | 30 min | Documentary, History
Homo agasta display the beginnings of families, tool making, team work and vocal communications. Some migrate out of Africa resulting in the evolution of additional human species in different parts of the world.
Directors: Richard Dale, Pierre de Lespinois | Stars: Robert Winston, Marva Alexander, Alec Baldwin, Christian Bradley
Votes: 72
18.
Walking with Cavemen (2003)
Episode:
The Survivors
(2003)
TV-14 | 30 min | Documentary, History
Robert Winston follows the final evolutionary push of mankind's ancestors, and discovers the key that makes us human.
Directors: Richard Dale, Pierre de Lespinois | Stars: Robert Winston, Alec Baldwin, Christian Bradley, Suzanne Cave
Votes: 69
19.
Walking with Dinosaurs (1999)
Episode:
New Blood
(1999)
TV-14 | 30 min | Documentary, Animation, History
Arizona, USA- 220 million years B.C. In the blazing Pangaean deserts of the Late Triassic, the first dinosaurs appear. The episode chronicles the fate of a predatory Postosuchus driven from... See full summary »
Directors: Tim Haines, Jasper James, Mary Clare Bacquet | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Avery Brooks, Nikolay Drozdov, André Dussollier
Votes: 316
20.
Walking with Dinosaurs (1999)
Episode:
Time of the Titans
(1999)
TV-14 | 29 min | Documentary, Animation, History
Colorado, USA- 152 million years B.C. This episode follows a young female Diplodocus, starting with her infancy in the Late Jurassic forests where she must evade predators like the birdlike... See full summary »
Directors: Tim Haines, Jasper James, Mary Clare Bacquet | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Avery Brooks, Nikolay Drozdov, Craig Sechler
Votes: 309
21.
Walking with Dinosaurs (1999)
Episode:
Cruel Sea
(1999)
TV-14 | 29 min | Documentary, Animation, History
Oxfordshire, U.K.- 149 million years B.C. This episode follows a shoal of young fish-like Ophthalmosaurus as they struggle to survive the Late Jurassic seas, evading predators like the ... See full summary »
Directors: Tim Haines, Jasper James, Mary Clare Bacquet | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Avery Brooks, Nikolay Drozdov, Craig Sechler
Votes: 304
22.
Walking with Dinosaurs (1999)
Episode:
Giant of the Skies
(1999)
TV-14 | 30 min | Documentary, Animation, History
127 million years B.C. This episode follows the last journey of a giant Ornithocheirus, one of the largest flying animals of all time, as he travels from Brazil to his genus's mating ... See full summary »
Directors: Tim Haines, Jasper James, Mary Clare Bacquet | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Avery Brooks, Nikolay Drozdov, Craig Sechler
Votes: 281
23.
Walking with Dinosaurs (1999)
Episode:
Spirits of the Ice Forest
(1999)
TV-14 | 30 min | Documentary, Animation, History
Antarctica, 106 million years B.C. In the Mid Cretaceous, Antarctica is much warmer than in modern times and covered in lush rain forests inhabited by dinosaurs like the tiny herbivore ... See full summary »
Directors: Tim Haines, Jasper James, Mary Clare Bacquet | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Avery Brooks, Nikolay Drozdov, Craig Sechler
Votes: 270
24.
Walking with Dinosaurs (1999)
Episode:
Death of a Dynasty
(1999)
TV-14 | 30 min | Documentary, Animation, History
Montana, USA- 65,5 million years B.C. In the last days of the dinosaurs' hegemony over the world, a female Tyrannosaurus struggles to reproduce in a world poisoned by volcanic gases, which has resulted in dwindling prey numbers.
Directors: Tim Haines, Jasper James, Mary Clare Bacquet | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Avery Brooks, Nikolay Drozdov, Craig Sechler
Votes: 280
25.
Apocalypse: The Second World War (2009)
Episode:
L'agression
(2009)
TV-14 | 53 min | Documentary, History, War
May 1945. After days of violent fighting, Soviet troops enter into a devastated Berlin. But how did it come to this? 1939. The German and Soviet invasion of Poland crushes the last hopes ... See full summary »
Directors: Isabelle Clarke, Daniel Costelle | Stars: Mathieu Kassovitz, Josephine Baker, Eva Braun, Neville Chamberlain
Votes: 461
26.
Apocalypse: The Second World War (2009)
Episode:
L'écrasement
(2009)
TV-14 | 53 min | Documentary, History, War
The German offensive rages across Europe while Mussolini's facist Italy joins the war along side their German allies.
Directors: Isabelle Clarke, Daniel Costelle | Stars: Mathieu Kassovitz, Winston Churchill, Charles de Gaulle, Adolf Galland
Votes: 415
27.
Apocalypse: The Second World War (2009)
Episode:
Le choc
(2009)
TV-14 | 53 min | Documentary, History, War
As America joins the war and begins to re-arm, Hitler attacks the USSR to complete his domination of Europe before the U.S. can intervene.
Directors: Isabelle Clarke, Daniel Costelle | Stars: Mathieu Kassovitz, Hermann Göring, Rudolf Hess, Adolf Hitler
Votes: 405
28.
Apocalypse: The Second World War (2009)
Episode:
L'embrasement
(2009)
TV-14 | 52 min | Documentary, History, War
Despite their determined resistance, the Allied forces are unable to slow the furious progress of the Japanese army through South-East Asia. Even India and Australia are at risk.
Directors: Isabelle Clarke, Daniel Costelle | Stars: Mathieu Kassovitz, Winston Churchill, Charles de Gaulle, Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque
Votes: 372
29.
Apocalypse: The Second World War (2009)
Episode:
L'étau
(2009)
TV-14 | 52 min | Documentary, History, War
The Russians continue to resist at Stalingrad, and the Eastern Front is stalled. In the North Atlantic, the Allies make progress in reducing the threat from German U-boats.
Directors: Isabelle Clarke, Daniel Costelle | Stars: Mathieu Kassovitz, Winston Churchill, François Darlan, Charles de Gaulle
Votes: 378
30.
Apocalypse: The Second World War (2009)
Episode:
L'enfer
(2009)
TV-14 | 59 min | Documentary, History, War
In 1944, the Allies land in Italy, but their advance is blocked by the Wehrmacht. Meanwhile, the Red Army, continuing its inexorable advance to the west, finally reaches Berlin.
Directors: Isabelle Clarke, Daniel Costelle | Stars: Mathieu Kassovitz, Winston Churchill, Charles de Gaulle, Dwight D. Eisenhower
Votes: 386
31.
Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State (2005)
Episode:
Surprising Beginnings
(2005)
TV-14 | 48 min | Documentary, History, War
German commanders discover the efficiency of gassing prisoners, and Auschwitz transforms from a small backwater camp for those resisting the Nazi occupation of Poland to a large scale extermination camp for Jews.
Directors: Laurence Rees, Catherine Tatge | Stars: Gert Heidenreich, Linda Hunt, Samuel West, Dario Gabbai
Votes: 229
32.
Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State (2005)
Episode:
Orders & Initiatives
(2005)
TV-14 | 49 min | Documentary, History, War
Hoss deals with complications arising from the makeshift gas chamber and increasing demand as the Nazis begin to scour all of Europe for more people to bring to Auschwitz and kill.
Directors: Laurence Rees, Catherine Tatge | Stars: Gert Heidenreich, Linda Hunt, Samuel West, Kazimierz Smolen
Votes: 187
33.
Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State (2005)
Episode:
Factories of Death
(2005)
TV-14 | 49 min | Documentary, History, War
The year 1942 is to be the most significant of 'the Final Solution' as the Nazis now begin to comb western Europe, even taking Jews from as far afield as the British Channel Islands.
Directors: Laurence Rees, Catherine Tatge | Stars: Gert Heidenreich, Linda Hunt, Samuel West, Annette Muller
Votes: 182
34.
Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State (2005)
Episode:
Corruption
(2005)
TV-14 | 48 min | Documentary, History, War
By 1943, corruption is running rampant at Auschwitz-Birkenau. The camp also gains another source of income - clothes and valuables taken from Jews arriving to be gassed.
Directors: Laurence Rees, Catherine Tatge | Stars: Gert Heidenreich, Linda Hunt, Samuel West, Dario Gabbai
Votes: 174
35.
Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State (2005)
Episode:
Frenzied Killing
(2005)
TV-14 | 48 min | Documentary, History, War
More people are killed in 1944 than ever before at Auschwitz. The Nazis try to sow seeds of confusion amongst the Allies in the East and Western Allies make decisions about negotiating with the Nazis about the Jews and bombing the camp.
Directors: Laurence Rees, Catherine Tatge | Stars: Gert Heidenreich, Linda Hunt, Samuel West, Peretz Revesz
Votes: 166
36.
Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State (2005)
Episode:
Liberation & Revenge
(2005)
TV-14 | 48 min | Documentary, History, War
In 1945, Red Army soldiers liberate Auschwitz-Birkenau. As other liberations occur in the following months, the world is appalled. Surviving Jews face horrors as they try to return to their lives, and few SS-men are found and put on trial.
Directors: Laurence Rees, Catherine Tatge | Stars: Gert Heidenreich, Linda Hunt, Samuel West, Vasily Gromadsky
Votes: 168
37.
Battle of the Atlantic (2002– )
Episode:
Grey Wolves
(2003)
Documentary, History, War
New testimony from British sailors and the U-boat men who hunted them, plus archive material and dramatic reconstructions, illustrate the threat from Churchill's one fear, the hidden enemy under the sea.
Star: Chris Broyles
Votes: 20
38.
Battle of the Atlantic (2002– )
Episode:
Keeping Secrets
(2003)
Documentary, History, War
Star: Chris Broyles
Votes: 15
39.
Battle of the Atlantic (2002– )
Episode:
The Hunted
(2003)
Documentary, History, War
Star: Chris Broyles
Votes: 14
40.
Gladiators of World War II (2002– )
Episode:
Waffen-SS
(2002)
48 min | Documentary, History, War
Originally created as Hitler's personal household troops, the Waffen-SS grew into a formidable fighting force during World War 2. It gained a reputation second to none for its tenacity in ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Messenger | Stars: Robert Powell, Léon Degrelle, Sepp Dietrich, Heinrich Himmler
Votes: 24
41.
Gladiators of World War II (2002– )
Episode:
SAS
(2002)
48 min | Documentary, History, War
The brainchild of a junior British officer, the Special Air Service first saw action in North Africa, making daring raids against Axis airfields. Thereafter it continued to specialise in ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Messenger | Stars: Robert Powell, Harold Alexander, Claude Auchinleck, Michael Calvert
Votes: 11
42.
Gladiators of World War II (2002– )
Episode:
Special Operations Executive
(2002)
Documentary, History, War
Britain's SOE was a covert force established in 1940 to support the Resistance movement in Nazi-occupied Europe. Trained in radio use, unarmed combat and sabotage, many parachuted or were dropped by submarine behind enemy lines.
Director: Charles Messenger | Stars: Albert Adlington, Vera Atkins, Tony Brooks, Francis Cammaerts
Votes: 9
43.
Gladiators of World War II (2002– )
Episode:
The Paras and Commandos
(2002)
48 min | Documentary, History, War
Winston Churchill created the Commandos in summer 1940 as a means of striking at the coasts of Nazi Occupied Europe. Beginning as a mere raiding force, they became the spearhead of the ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Messenger | Stars: Robert Powell, Winston Churchill, Adolf Hitler, Louis Mountbatten
Votes: 11
44.
Heroes of World War II (2004– )
Episode:
The Men Who Invented Radar
(2004)
23 min | Documentary, War
The story of the boffins and experimenters who developed the first workable radar system, just in time to help defeat the Nazi attacks in The Battle of Britain.
Director: Jonathan Martin | Star: Robert Powell
Votes: 8
45.
Heroes of World War II (2004– )
Episode:
The Man Who Designed the Spitfire
(2004)
23 min | Documentary, War
The story of R J Mitchell and his team, who developed the Spitfire just in time to defeat the Nazi attacks during the Battle of Britain, despite Mitchell's rapid deterioration due to the cancer that killed him.
Director: Jonathan Martin | Star: Robert Powell
Votes: 9
46.
Heroes of World War II (2004– )
Episode:
The Man Who Stood Up to Hitler
(2004)
23 min | Documentary, War
The story of Colonel Count Claus von Stauffenberg and the other German officers who, in the bomb plot of July 1944 tried to kill Adolph Hitler.
Director: Jonathan Martin | Star: Robert Powell
Votes: 7
47.
Heroes of World War II (2004– )
Episode:
The Men Who Cracked Enigma
(2004)
23 min | Documentary, War
The story of the men that cracked the Nazi's Enigma code. From the Polish mathematicians who made the first breakthroughs to the establishment at Bletchley Park and the work of Alan Turing and many others.
Director: Jonathan Martin | Star: Robert Powell
Votes: 8
48.
Heroes of World War II (2004– )
Episode:
The Men Who Stopped the Bismarck
(2004)
23 min | Documentary, War
The story of the Nazi heavy cruisers and battleships during World War II and particularly the Bismarck. How she managed to get into the Atlantic and the steps taken to defeat her.
Director: Jonathan Martin | Stars: Esmond Knight, Robert Powell
Votes: 6
49.
Heroes of World War II (2004– )
Episode:
The Man Who Saved Britain's Cities
(2004)
23 min | Documentary, War
The story of the blitz on Britain and how the Nazi bombers were guided to their targets by electronic beams. Then how this was defeated in The Battle of the Beams by Dr R V Jones and the team from British Air Intelligence.
Director: Jonathan Martin | Star: Robert Powell
Votes: 8
50.
Heroes of World War II (2004– )
Episode:
The Man Who Hoodwinked Hitler
(2004)
23 min | Documentary, War
The story of Ewen Montagu and Operation Mincemeat, where the Nazis were fooled into thinking that the initial landings on the European mainland would be through Greece rather than Sicily and Italy.
Director: Jonathan Martin | Star: Robert Powell
Votes: 9
51.
Heroes of World War II (2004– )
Episode:
The Men Who Liberated Belsen
(2004)
23 min | Documentary, War
The story of the liberation of Belsen concentration camp by the British army. What they found there, how they were determined to let the world know and how they treated the survivors.
Director: Jonathan Martin | Star: Robert Powell
52.
Heroes of World War II (2004– )
Episode:
The Men Who Lit Up Germany
(2004)
23 min | Documentary, War
The story of the pathfinder squadrons who marked the way for the bombers attacking Nazi Germany.
Director: Jonathan Martin | Star: Robert Powell
Votes: 7
53.
Heroes of World War II (2004– )
Episode:
The Men Behind D-Day
(2004)
23 min | Documentary, War
The story of the planning, support and deception necessary to mount the largest amphibious assault that the world had ever seen.
Director: Jonathan Martin | Star: Robert Powell
Votes: 7
54.
Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial (2006)
Episode:
Albert Speer
(2006)
Not Rated | 61 min | Documentary, Drama, History
A profile on Nazi Germany's top architect Armaments Minister, who sought survival in the trials through carefully phrased contrition.
Director: Nigel Paterson | Stars: Matthew Macfadyen, Henry King, Richard Overy, Roger Barrett
Votes: 51
55.
Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial (2006)
Episode:
Hermann Goering
(2006)
Not Rated | 59 min | Documentary, Drama, History
A profile of the highest ranked Nazi put on trial for war crimes and his determination to resist indictment in court.
Director: Paul Bradshaw | Stars: Matthew Macfadyen, John Dolibois, Bud Jones, Richard Overy
Votes: 43
56.
Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial (2006)
Episode:
Rudolf Hess
(2006)
Not Rated | 60 min | Documentary, Drama, History
A profile on the Former Deputy Fuehrer of Nazi Germany and his apparent mental derangement.
Director: Michael Wadding | Stars: Matthew Macfadyen, Richard Overy, Richard Sonnenfeldt, Robert Gellately
Votes: 38
57.
Secrets of World War II (1998– )
Episode:
When Hitler Invaded America
(1998)
52 min | Documentary
In June 1942 two German U-Boats landed secret agents on Long Island and at Jacksonville, Florida. Their aim was sabotage, but their methods left a lot to be desired!
Director: Jonathan Martin | Star: Robert Powell
Votes: 13
58.
Secrets of World War II (1998– )
Episode:
What Really Happened to Rommel
(1998)
52 min | Documentary
He was nicknamed the 'Desert Fox' and highly decorated by Hitler. However, Rommel was not in sympathy with the Nazi party and may have been involved in the plot to kill Hitler. Did the ... See full summary »
Director: Jonathan Martin | Star: Robert Powell
Votes: 13
59.
Secrets of World War II (1998– )
Episode:
Confusion Was Their Business
(1998)
52 min | Documentary
The exciting story of the emergence of special forces such as the British SAS and the US Rangers.
Director: Jonathan Martin | Star: Robert Powell
Votes: 8
60.
Secrets of World War II (1998– )
Episode:
The Nazi Plundering of Europe
(1998)
52 min | Documentary
Throughout occupied Europe the Nazis systematically plundered the continent's museums, galleries, and private collections. At the war's end, a massive effort was mounted by the Allies to ... See full summary »
Director: Jonathan Martin | Star: Robert Powell
Votes: 9
61.
Secrets of World War II (1998– )
Episode:
The Bruneval Raid
(1998)
52 min | Documentary
In June 1942 two German U-Boats landed secret agents on Long Island and at Jacksonville, Florida. Their aim was sabotage, but their methods left a lot to be desired.
Director: Jonathan Martin | Star: Robert Powell
Votes: 9
62.
Secrets of World War II (1998– )
Episode:
The End of the Scharnhorst
(1998)
52 min | Documentary
She was faster than any British battleship, but in what was to become known as 'The Battle of the North Cape', the Scharnhorst was about to meet her destiny at the hands of Admiral Fraser in one of the most exciting naval engagements ever.
Director: Jonathan Martin | Star: Robert Powell
Votes: 14
63.
The Great War: 1914-1918 (1996)
Episode:
Explosion
(1996)
Documentary, Biography, History
Director: Carl Byker | Stars: Judi Dench, Salome Jens, Ralph Fiennes, Jürgen Prochnow
Votes: 22
64.
The Great War: 1914-1918 (1996)
Episode:
Stalemate
(1996)
Documentary, Biography, History
Director: Isaac Mizrahi | Stars: Judi Dench, Salome Jens, Tim Pigott-Smith, Peter Jessop
Votes: 18
65.
The Great War: 1914-1918 (1996)
Episode:
Total War
(1996)
Documentary, Biography, History
Directors: Carl Byker, Lyn Goldfarb | Stars: Judi Dench, Salome Jens, Jürgen Prochnow, Ian Richardson
Votes: 14
66.
The Great War: 1914-1918 (1996)
Episode:
Slaughter
(1996)
Documentary, Biography, History
Director: Isaac Mizrahi | Stars: Judi Dench, Salome Jens, Michael York, Jürgen Prochnow
Votes: 15
67.
The Great War: 1914-1918 (1996)
Episode:
Mutiny
(1996)
Documentary, Biography, History
Director: Carl Byker | Stars: Judi Dench, Salome Jens, Jeremy Irons, Ralph Fiennes
Votes: 13
68.
The Great War: 1914-1918 (1996)
Episode:
Collapse
(1996)
Documentary, Biography, History
Director: Cynthia Crompton | Stars: Judi Dench, Salome Jens, Helen Mirren, Michael Barrett
Votes: 12
69.
The Great War: 1914-1918 (1996)
Episode:
Hatred and Hunger
(1996)
Documentary, Biography, History
Director: Margaret Koval | Stars: Judi Dench, Salome Jens, Marion Ross, Leslie Caron
Votes: 9
70.
The Great War: 1914-1918 (1996)
Episode:
War Without End
(1996)
Documentary, Biography, History
Director: Blaine Baggett | Stars: Judi Dench, Salome Jens, Michael York, Ian Richardson
Votes: 12
71.
The Sixties (2014)
Episode:
Sex, Drugs and Rock N' Roll
(2014)
40 min | Documentary, History
The counterculture shapes the youth of America thanks in great part to a changing morality, including views towards sex, the use of drugs and a new found expressiveness through music.
Stars: Steve Allen, Michelle Ashford, Ken Babbs, Joan Baez
Votes: 117
72.
The Sixties (2014)
Episode:
The Times They Are A-Changin'
(2014)
40 min | Documentary, History
The 60's were a time of great change. Civil Rights, environmental concerns, premarital sex, birth control and the women's movement are just some of the issues that filled the minds and hearts of Americans during the decade.
Stars: Ella Baker, David Brinkley, Douglas Brinkley, Helen Gurley Brown
Votes: 112
73.
The Sixties (2014)
Episode:
1968
(2014)
43 min | Documentary, History
The year 1968 was a tumultuous one for many Americans. The end of the innocence of the decade is brought about the assassinations of Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King, the Vietnam War and violent Civil Rights protests.
Stars: Spiro Agnew, Carl Albert, Lauren Bacall, Joseph Benti
Votes: 122
74.
The Sixties (2014)
Episode:
The Space Race
(2014)
40 min | Documentary, History
In the midst of the Cold War, America falls behind in the manned exploration of space with the USSR. Then President Kennedy pledges that America will put a man on the moon by the end of the decade, capturing the fascination of the world..
Stars: Bob Abernethy, Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong, Jules Bergman
Votes: 115
75.
The Sixties (2014)
Episode:
The British Invasion
(2014)
40 min | Documentary, History
A new wave of British bands and artists enter and impact mainstream American culture.
Stars: Murray the 'K', Marsha Albert, Rod Argent, The Beach Boys
Votes: 154
76.
The Sixties (2014)
Episode:
A Long March to Freedom
(2014)
86 min | Documentary, History
An in-depth look into Martin Luther King Jr. and his courageous efforts to lead the civil rights movement is explored through interviews and film clips. Freedom Riders, the March on Washington, and Selma to Montgomery are revisited.
Stars: Bob Abernethy, Muhammad Ali, James Baldwin, Ross Barnett
Votes: 129
77.
The Sixties (2014)
Episode:
The War in Vietnam
(2014)
42 min | Documentary, History
The complexities that led to America's involvement in the Vietnam War is explored by looking at what affect the assassination of President Kennedy and the installment of Lyndon Johnson into the Oval Office might have played.
Stars: Frederick Ackerson, Andrew Bacevich, David Brinkley, McGeorge Bundy
Votes: 129
78.
The Sixties (2014)
Episode:
The Assassination of President Kennedy
(2014)
85 min | Documentary, History
The assassination of President John F. Kennedy is examined through eye witness accounts, details of the original investigation, and films of the assassination itself. Also examined is the assassination of Lee Harvey Oswald by Jack Ruby.
Stars: Dean Andrews, Paul Bentley, Hale Boggs, David Brinkley
Votes: 181
79.
The Sixties (2014)
Episode:
The World on the Brink
(2014)
42 min | Documentary, History
The world was on the brink of war when tensions between the United States and the USSR reached a turning point with the Cuban Missile Crisis in October 62'. The Bay of Pigs and the construction of the Berlin Wall is also reviewed.
Stars: Elie Abel, Piers Anderton, Willy Brandt, Leonid Brezhnev
Votes: 140
80.
The Sixties (2014)
Episode:
When Television Came of Age
(2014)
42 min | Documentary, History
Television experiences major milestones in the 1960s. The landscape of television changes.
Stars: Tom Hanks, Neil Genzlinger, David Bianculli, John Heilemann
Votes: 168
81.
The Seventies (2015)
Episode:
What's Goin' On
(2015)
Documentary, History
The music scene of the 70's explodes with new sounds and style thanks to the emergence of a wealth of talented musicians coming into their own. Also, The Beatles breakup but they all remain successful with solo careers.
Stars: ABBA, Bob Abernethy, Ian Anderson, Peter Asher
Votes: 143
82.
The Seventies (2015)
Episode:
Terror at Home and Abroad
(2015)
Documentary, History
Global terrorism is on the rise and is brought to every home in America through ever increasing media coverage. The Weather Underground, Symbionese Liberation Army, hijackings and the attacks at the 72' Olympic Games in Munich are covered.
Stars: Betsy Aaron, Bassam Abu Sharif, Judy Gumbo Albert, Idi Amin
Votes: 121
83.
The Seventies (2015)
Episode:
Battle of the Sexes
(2015)
Documentary, History
The Women's Liberation Movement sweeps the country in the 70's. Women gain an improved empowerment with the Equal Rights Amendment. And a sexual revolution changes women's roles in sexual freedom's, birth control and relationships.
Stars: David Allyn, Michelle Ashford, Ana Azcuy, Beth Bailey
Votes: 127
84.
The Seventies (2015)
Episode:
The State of the Union Is Not Good
(2015)
Documentary, History
A raging recession and rising inflation doom Gerald Fords presidency, but Jimmy Carter's following administration suffers through the same economic strife as well as a crippling energy crisis and the Iranian hostage crisis.
Stars: Bob Abernethy, Dewey Bartlett, Mehdi Bazargan, Menachem Begin
Votes: 126
85.
The Seventies (2015)
Episode:
Crimes & Cults
(2015)
Documentary, History
Cult killings like the Manson Family murders and serial killers such as The Zodiac, The Hillside Strangler, John Wayne Gacy and the Son of Sam have the nation gripped in fear as crime and murder dramatically rise throughout the decade.
Stars: Douglas Brinkley, Vincent Bugliosi, Jeff Guinn, James Alan Fox
Votes: 142
86.
The Seventies (2015)
Episode:
Peace with Honor
(2015)
Documentary, History
Traumatized by Vietnam on both the political left and right, the U.S. withdraws troops and tries to deal with a polarizing, unpopular war's aftermath.
Stars: Frank Blair, David Brinkley, Tom Brokaw, Hilary Brown
Votes: 132
87.
The Seventies (2015)
Episode:
The United States vs. Nixon
(2015)
Documentary, History
A poorly executed political burglary leads Richard Nixon to be the only president in the history of the United States to resign while in office.
Stars: Spiro Agnew, Steve Bell, Nelson Benton, Robert Bork
Votes: 146
88.
The Seventies (2015)
Episode:
Television Gets Real
(2015)
Documentary, History
As a reaction to the sugar-infused shows of the 60's, television in the 70's was radical, ground-breaking and experimental. Television got real.
Stars: Alan Alda, John Amos, Bea Arthur, Edward Asner
Votes: 182
89.
The Eighties (2016)
Episode:
Video Killed the Radio Star
(2016)
Documentary, History
The revolution of music videos, music genres and women taking the stages with their own bands. This is about how the music industry changed drastically during the eighties from the death of John Lennon to the discovery of Nirvana.
Stars: The B-52's, The Bangles, Beastie Boys, Pat Benatar
Votes: 144
90.
The Eighties (2016)
Episode:
Greed Is Good
(2016)
Documentary, History
Stars: Ken Auletta, Jim Bakker, Tammy Faye Bakker, David Bianculli
Votes: 121
91.
The Eighties (2016)
Episode:
Technology Gets Personal
(2016)
Documentary, History
Stars: Stephen Aug, Bill Bixby, H.W. Brands, Douglas Brinkley
Votes: 131
92.
The Eighties (2016)
Episode:
Tear Down This Wall
(2016)
Documentary, History
Stars: Ken Adelman, Wyatt Andrews, Yuri Andropov, James Baker III
Votes: 132
93.
The Eighties (2016)
Episode:
The Fight Against AIDS
(2016)
Documentary, History
Stars: Virginia Apuzzo, Robert Bazell, Paul Boneberg, Tom Brokaw
Votes: 127
94.
The Eighties (2016)
Episode:
The Reagan Revolution
(2016)
Documentary, History
Actor turned politician, Ronald Reagan is elected 40th President of the United States. Although the country initially goes through tough times Reagan leads the country through two terms and brings a renewed sense of patriotism to America.
Stars: Robert Baer, James Baker III, Howard Baker, H.W. Brands
Votes: 150
95.
The Eighties (2016)
Episode:
Raised on Television
(2016)
97 min | Documentary, History
VCRs, remote controls, family sitcoms, adult dramas, and prime-time soaps all changed TV enjoyment.
Stars: Willie Aames, Garth Ancier, Harry Anderson, Ken Auletta
Votes: 204
96.
King Tut Unwrapped (2010– )
Episode:
Life and Death
(2010)
Documentary
Part Two uses never-before-examined evidence to conclude what caused his death and how that information sheds new light on his time as a military, religious and political leader. From the ... See full summary »
Director: Brando Quilici | Stars: Fayçal Azizi, Zahi Hawass, Nick Schatzki
Votes: 14
97.
King Tut Unwrapped (2010– )
Episode:
Royal Blood
(2010)
Documentary
World-renowned Egyptologist Zahi Hawass leads an unprecedented forensic investigation into the life and times of King Tut that reveals for the first time the identity of Tut's parents and ... See full summary »
Director: Brando Quilici | Stars: Fayçal Azizi, Zahi Hawass, Nick Schatzki
Votes: 15
98.
Secrets of World War II (1998– )
Episode:
The Corpse That Fooled the Axis
(1998)
52 min | Documentary
Little did the Germans know that the body they discovered on the coast of Spain in 1943 was part of one of the most elaborate hoaxes of World War II.
Director: Jonathan Martin | Star: Robert Powell
Votes: 12
99.
Secrets of World War II (1998– )
Episode:
Adolf Hitler's Last Days
(1998)
52 min | Documentary
With access to Eva Braun's personal photograph album, this programme reconstructs the final days in the Dictator's underground lair, and in particular it examines the possibility of escape for the selected few.
Director: Jonathan Martin | Star: Robert Powell
Votes: 16
100.
Secrets of World War II (1998– )
Episode:
Secret Mission to North Africa
(1998)
52 min | Documentary
After numerous adventures, a small number of American officers managed to rendezvous with their submarine on the North Africa coast in 1942 and relay back to Eisenhower information which would save thousands of British and American lives.
Director: Jonathan Martin | Star: Robert Powell
Votes: 11
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