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1. Suppression (II)

Thriller | Announced

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Director: J. Mackye Gruber | Stars: Iwan Rheon, Stephanie Leonidas, Ella-Rae Smith, Lex Shrapnel

2. Murder of God's Banker (2022– )

Documentary, Crime

An investigation into the death of an Italian banker reveals a dark web that includes the Vatican, the Sicilian Mafia, and a secret fascist society aimed at taking over Italy.

Stars: Giacomo Rocchini, Gerald Posner, Edward Gero, William Daddio

Votes: 129

3. My Grandparents' War (2019– )
Episode: Kit Harington (2022)

47 min | Documentary, Biography, History

The actor explores his paternal grandparents service in the British secret services and how they met and married in the Caribbean. He also looks at the stories of his maternal grandparents who fell in love during the Blitz.

Director: Francis Hanly | Stars: Kit Harington, Caroline Catz

Votes: 38

4. Murder of God's Banker (2022– )
Episode: Too Many Suspects (2022)

Documentary, Crime

Top Italian banker Roberto Calvi meets a gruesome end in London. Was it suicide or murder? Many suspects emerge: the Mafia, the Vatican, and a secret Masonic Lodge. His ties to a corrupt financial genius lead him down a path of corruption.

Director: Tom Donahue | Stars: Michael Stewart Allen, Paolo Biondani, Renato Bricchetti, Robert Cuccioli

Votes: 17

5. Murder of God's Banker (2022– )
Episode: Potere Occulto (2022)

Documentary, Crime

Roberto Calvi's family hires an investigator and forensics expert to try to piece together the truth about his mysterious demise.

Director: Tom Donahue | Stars: Paolo Biondani, Renato Bricchetti, Brian Cade, William Daddio

Votes: 11

6. Murder of God's Banker (2022– )
Episode: The Merciless Padlock (2022)

Documentary, Crime

Financial corruption, murder, and a bizarre kidnapping leads Calvi down an ever more desperate path.

Director: Tom Donahue | Stars: Paolo Biondani, Renato Bricchetti, Francesco Carluccio, William Daddio

Votes: 11

7. Murder of God's Banker (2022– )
Episode: The Route to Murder (2022)

Documentary, Crime

Calvi is forced to flee Italy as the sinister interests of the Mafia, the Vatican and the secret Masonic Lodge P2 align in the final days leading up to the murder of God's Banker.

Director: Tom Donahue | Stars: Paolo Biondani, Renato Bricchetti, William Daddio, Marco de Domenico

Votes: 10

8. My Grandparents' War (2019– )

60 min | Documentary, Biography, History

The life and death decisions grandparents of famous British people faced during the Second World War.

Stars: Caroline Catz, Carey Mulligan, Helena Bonham Carter, Kristin Scott Thomas

Votes: 220

9. Drain the Oceans (2018– )
Episode: Rise of the Roman Empire (2019)

TV-PG | 47 min | Documentary, History, Mystery

We unlock the secrets of how the Roman Empire controlled the seas of the ancient world and harnessed the power of volcanoes to defy nature itself. We reveal the extraordinary secrets of one... See full summary »

Director: Savas Georgalis | Stars: Russell Boulter, Craig Sechler, Jon Henderson, Peter Campbell

Votes: 43

10. Drain the Oceans (2018– )

TV-PG | 47 min | Documentary, History, Mystery

By scanning the locations at the bottom of the ocean where sunken ships, treasures and even cities lie, the show tries to answer what they look like, how they got there and if they hide any secrets.

Stars: Craig Sechler, James Delgado, Russell Boulter, Eric Grove

Votes: 725

11. Pope: The Most Powerful Man in History (2018)

60 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Pope: The Most Powerful Man in History, from Glass Entertainment Group and Rearrange TV, is a six-part CNN Original Series that goes inside the Vatican to reveal the true power held by ... See full summary »

Stars: Liam Neeson, Andrew Hunsicker, Alexandru Aldea, Mark P Galbraith

Votes: 263

12. Pope: The Most Powerful Man in History (2018)
Episode: The Price of Progress (2018)

41 min | Documentary, Biography, History

As the pope's temporal power and political influence grows, so does corruption in the church.

Stars: Nick Andrews, Constance Baranzano, Julia Campbell, Freddie Colton

Votes: 39

13. Pope: The Most Powerful Man in History (2018)
Episode: A Church Divided (2018)

41 min | Documentary, Biography, History

The power of the papacy is questioned, splintering what was once a universal church.

Stars: Alexandru Aldea, Mark P Galbraith, Andrew Hunsicker, K.J. Linhein

Votes: 31

14. Pope: The Most Powerful Man in History (2018)
Episode: The Wartime Popes (2018)

41 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Wartime popes navigate their place as a spiritual leader in an increasingly political world.

Stars: Kyle Blumenthal, Gregory Cole, Paul Dake, Fascist

Votes: 33

15. Pope: The Most Powerful Man in History (2018)
Episode: Courage, Change, & the Modern Papacy (2018)

41 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Pope John Paul II is the world's first "famous" Pope. He comes into power during the height of the Cold War and serves for nearly three decades, the second longest term in papal history. ... See full summary »

Stars: Alexandru Aldea, Liam Neeson, Kasey Vincent

Votes: 30

16. The Renaissance Unchained (2016)

60 min | Documentary

In this series critic and writer Waldemar Januszczak challenges the traditional review that the European Renaissance originated in southern Europe, advocating a case for the north instead.

Star: Waldemar Januszczak

Votes: 163

17. The Renaissance Unchained (2016)
Episode: Gods, Myths and Oil Paints (2016)

Documentary

Waldemar Januszczak challenges the idea of the Renaissance having fixed origins in Italy and showcases the ingenuity in both technique and ideas behind great artists such as Van Eyck, ... See full summary »

Director: Waldemar Januszczak | Star: Waldemar Januszczak

Votes: 17

18. Nova (1974– )
Episode: Sunken Ship Rescue (2015)

TV-PG | 54 min | Documentary

The effort to salvage the Costa Concordia cruise ship, which ran aground and capsized off the coast of Italy on January 13, 2012, killing 32 people, is chronicled.

Director: Colin Campbell | Stars: Tullio Balestra, Yurij Bean, Jim Conroy, Sergio Girotto

Votes: 63

19. Rome: The World's First Superpower (2014– )

45 min | Documentary, History

Rome: The World's First Superpower follows award-winning actor Larry Lamb as he tells the story of Rome 3,000 years ago, an extraordinary people rose and conquered the known world. He looks... See full summary »

Stars: Larry Lamb, Darius Arya, Richard Miles, Christopher Smith

Votes: 113

20. Raising the Costa Concordia (2014 TV Movie)

60 min | Documentary

The inside story of the race to raise and re-float the Costa Concordia shipwreck.

Director: Colin Campbell | Star: Nick Brimble

Votes: 72

21. Nova (1974– )
Episode: Roman Catacomb Mystery (2014)

TV-G | 53 min | Documentary

An investigation of a mass grave found in the catacombs beneath the streets of Rome sheds insight into ancient Romans' daily lives and health.

Director: Paul Olding | Stars: Philippe Blanchard, Dominique Castex, Raffaella Giuliani, Delphine Henri

Votes: 44

22. Rome: The World's First Superpower (2014– )
Episode: City of Blood (2014)

43 min | Documentary, History

Larry heads to Rome were the city is celebrating it's 2767th birthday. He looks at how the early settlement huts soon became a kingdom, and eventually a republic. He then heads to the ... See full summary »

Director: David Starkey | Stars: Darius Arya, Paulo Carafa, Larry Lamb, Richard Miles

Votes: 16

23. Rome: The World's First Superpower (2014– )
Episode: Total War (2014)

44 min | Documentary, History

Larry looks at Rome's 300th birthday in 400BC, conquering it's nearest neighbours, the Estrucans. Larry looks at the attack Rome came under from the Gauls in the battle of Allia, that ... See full summary »

Director: David Starkey | Stars: Darius Arya, Larry Lamb, Richard Miles, Lynn Passi Pitcher

Votes: 17

24. Rome: The World's First Superpower (2014– )
Episode: Death of a Hero (2014)

44 min | Documentary, History

Larry looks at how during the mid-second century BC, Rome enjoyed the spoils of war - with a bounty of slaves, treasure and art coming into it's republic. But not everyone reaped the ... See full summary »

Director: David Starkey | Stars: Larry Lamb, Darius Arya, Elizabeth Fentress, Ray Laurence

Votes: 16

25. Rome: The World's First Superpower (2014– )
Episode: Caesar (2014)

43 min | Documentary, History

Larry uses Caesar's memoirs as a guide to follow the extraordinary journey he made from a bankrupt junior public official to the general who conquered Gaul, through to his assassination.

Director: David Starkey | Stars: Darius Arya, Edward Bispham, Anne Garin, Rene Goguey

Votes: 16

26. Bloody Tales (2013– )

Documentary, Reality-TV

In this fascinating new series, Bloody Tales goes beyond the British Isles to seek out Europe's most grisly periods to discover the mysterious true stories behind some of history's most infamous tales.

Stars: Suzannah Lipscomb, Joe Crowley, Gary Heron, Alexander Evers

Votes: 85

27. Bloody Tales (2013– )
Episode: Monsters (2013)

TV-14 | 50 min | Documentary, Reality-TV

Dr. Suzannah Lipscomb and Joe Crowley investigate the bloody stories surrounding Roman emperor Caligula, French nobleman Gilles de Rais and Hungarian countess Elizabeth Bathory.

Directors: Jeremy Turner, Luke McLaughlin | Stars: Suzannah Lipscomb, Joe Crowley, Alexander Evers, Andrew Wallace-Hadrill

Votes: 25

28. The Bible: A History (2010– )

Documentary

It is a book that originated thousands of years ago in the Middle East. The subject of intensive scholarship and interpretation.

Stars: Stephen Mangan, Paul Jesson, Francesca Stavrakopoulou, Charles Horton

Votes: 59

29. Greek Myths: Tales of Travelling Heroes (2010 TV Movie)

90 min | Documentary

Eminent classical historian Robin Lane Fox embarks on a journey in search of the origins of the Greek myths. He firmly believes that these fantastical stories lie at the root of western ... See full summary »

Director: Arif Nurmohamed | Stars: Robin Lane Fox, Giovanni Castagna, Sylvian Fachard, Jacqueline Karageorghis

Votes: 41

30. The Bible: A History (2010– )
Episode: St Paul (2010)

48 min | Documentary

St. Paul did more to shape the moral and ethical presumptions of the ancient world than any other. He was far ahead of his time, suggesting that equality among man and change in society was... See full summary »

Director: Jamie Muir | Stars: Tom Holland, Paul Jesson, Stephen Mangan, Samuel West

31. Christianity: A History (2009– )

Documentary, History

British high-profile personalities examine the origins, history and global impact of Christianity.

Stars: Michael Portillo, Kwame Kwei-Armah, Ann Widdecombe, Rageh Omaar

Votes: 50

32. Christianity: A History (2009– )
Episode: Jesus the Jew (2009)

Documentary, History

Seeks to reconcile Jesus Christ with his Jewish roots.

Director: David Batty | Stars: Howard Jacobson, Eugenio Alliata, Mordechai Aviam, George Cottier

Votes: 6

33. Christianity: A History (2009– )
Episode: Rome (2009)

Documentary, History

How the Roman empire changed the character of Christianity, from a faith of the poor and dispossessed to the religion of the rich and mighty.

Director: Simon Chu | Stars: Michael Portillo, Jonathan Bartley, Caroline Humfress, Philip Larrey

34. Revealed (2002– )
Episode: The Da Vinci Shroud (2009)

Documentary

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Director: Chris Holt | Stars: Sean Pertwee, Nicholas Allen, Emily Craig, Jonathan Nelson

Votes: 6

35. The Secrets of the 12 Disciples (2008 TV Movie)

Documentary

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Directors: David Batty, Mike Christie | Stars: Robert Beckford, Goosan Aljanian, Eugenio Alliata, Abbot Antipas

Votes: 15

36. How Art Made the World (2005– )

300 min | Documentary

Documentary series looking at the influence of art on the current day situation of our society.

Stars: Nigel Spivey, Vilayanur Ramachandran, Stefano Mariottini, James David Lewis-Williams

Votes: 666

37. How Art Made the World (2005– )
Episode: Once Upon a Time (2005)

Documentary

In essence, the use of images to tell stories, as in movies, TV or cartoons, relies upon the same powerful techniques since Antiquity. Cuneiform, the world's oldest writing, sets in the ... See full summary »

Director: Francis Whately | Star: Nigel Spivey

Votes: 28

38. How Art Made the World (2005– )
Episode: The Art of Persuasion (2005)

Documentary

In our time, the use of visual advertising in political campaigns is blatantly obvious and professionalized, but in essence the techniques to use the power of images date back to political ... See full summary »

Director: Martin Wilson | Stars: Nigel Spivey, George W. Bush

Votes: 28

39. The Surprising History of Sex and Love (2002 TV Movie)

PG-13 | 49 min | Documentary, History

Exploring the radical change in social and religious attitudes towards sex, this award-winning documentary takes a look throughout history and traces the shift in social attitudes and ... See full summary »

Directors: Alan Ereira, Phil Grabsky | Stars: Terry Jones, Joann Fletcher, Bill Dever, Diana Edelman

Votes: 100

40. Revealed (2002– )

60 min | Documentary

The real Nazi Temple Of Doom! Discover the link to Adolf Hitler's search for the Holy Grail and Heinrich Himmler's shrine to the SS. Find out how a group of experts pieced together the ... See full summary »

Stars: Andrew Cook, Piers Gibbon, Donald Rumbelow, Mark Halliley

Votes: 59

41. The Surprising History of Rome (2002 TV Movie)

PG | 50 min | Documentary, History

Who better to scrutinize and investigate the quirkier achievements of the impressive and expansive Roman Empire than co-creator of the brilliantly accomplished question; 'What have the ... See full summary »

Director: Phil Grabsky | Stars: Terry Jones, Rick Jones, Elizabeth Fentress, Suzanne Evans

Votes: 77

42. Frontline (1983– )
Episode: John Paul II: The Millennial Pope (1999)

TV-MA | 150 min | Documentary, News

FRONTLINE presents a comprehensive biography on world leader who has emerged as a man at war with twentieth century itself.

Director: Helen Whitney | Stars: Maurizio Benazzo, Urszula Dudziak, Jay Gregory, Antonin Kratochvil

Votes: 22

43. Frontline (1983– )
Episode: Apocalypse! (1999)

TV-MA | 120 min | Documentary, News

From Waco and Littleton to Y2K and global warming, as millennium approaches, we are bombarded by visions of apocalypse.

Directors: William Cran, Nancy Fraser, Ben Loeterman | Stars: Motti Barkan, William Broughton, Thomas Derrah, Paula Fredriksen

Votes: 9

44. American Experience (1987– )
Episode: Rescue at Sea (1999)

TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary, Biography, History

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Director: Ben Loeterman | Stars: David McCullough, Matthew Broderick, Stephanie Castellarin, Paul Guilfoyle

Votes: 16

45. Frontline (1983– )
Episode: From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians - Part 1 (1998)

TV-PG | 120 min | Documentary, News

The story of the rise of Christianity.

Director: William Cran | Stars: William Cran, John Dominic Crossan, Gil Edgeley, Paula Fredriksen

Votes: 168

46. Frontline (1983– )
Episode: From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians: Part 2 (1998)

TV-PG | Documentary, News

The impact of the Gospels after the First Revolt; Christianity spreads and conversion takes place in the Roman Empire in the second and third centuries.

Director: William Cran | Stars: Harold W. Attridge, Elizabeth A. Clark, William Cran, John Dominic Crossan

Votes: 81

47. The Nazis: A Warning from History (1997)

292 min | Documentary, History, War

An examination of how a cultured people could have allowed Adolf Hitler's rise to power.

Stars: Samuel West, Adolf Buchner, Jutta Rüdiger, Günther Ruschin

Votes: 1,722

48. Nova (1974– )
Episode: Coma (1997)

TV-PG | Documentary

Coma explores the latest medical developments in the treatment of comas.

Directors: Linda Garmon, Jonathan Sahula, Caroline Toth | Stars: Mary Civiello, Andrew Glassman, Paul Moniz, Alice Stockton Rossini

Votes: 7

49. The Nazis: A Warning from History (1997)
Episode: Fighting to the End (1997)

TV-PG | Documentary, History, War

In the summer of 1943 the Italians, seeing which way the war was going, voted Mussolini out of office and declared the war over. Why couldn't the Germans do the same? Why did it take the ... See full summary »

Director: Laurence Rees | Stars: Samuel West, Mario Mondello, Karl Boehm-Tettelbach, Ulrich de Maizière

Votes: 54

50. The Nazis: A Warning from History (1997)
Episode: Chaos and Consent (1997)

TV-PG | Documentary, History, War

If the Germans are famous for one quality, it is efficiency. Yet the Nazi administration of Germany during the 1930s was characterized by radical chaos.

Director: Laurence Rees | Stars: Fritz Arlt, Rudi Bamber, Gerda Bernhardt, Uwe Bitzel

Votes: 58