Timewatch

In 1946 almost half a million German prisoners of war were still being held in Britain. Interviews, archive footage and photographs shed light on the experiences of the people of Oswaldtwistle, a Lancashire town that offered the hand of friendship to the prisoners of war located near the town.

After the liberation of France in summer 1944, over 10,000 women faced the People's Tribunals charged with "la collaboration horizontale". Two women who had affairs with German soldiers recall their public humiliation, while testimony from neighbours and resistance fighters builds up a picture of wartime collaboration that was not always black and white.

hile everyone knows of the history of slavery in the USA, few people realize that Brazil was actually the largest participant in the slave trade. Forty percent of all slaves that survived the Atlantic crossing were destined for Brazil, while only 4 % were sent to the U.S. At one time half of the population of Brazil were slaves. It was the last country to officially abolish slavery (1888) and one of the ex-slaves is still alive today. This well researched BBC production charts Brazil's history using original texts, letters, accounts and decrees. From these original sources, we learn firsthand about the brutality of the slave traders and slave owners, and the hardship of plantation life. With the Portugese colony of Angola acting as a "factory" supplying Africans to Brazil, it was cheaper to replace any slave starved and worked to death than to extend his life by treating him humanely. Few plantation owners sent for their wives to live in this hot climate, so the softening effect of family life was absent among the rough white settlers. Historians Joao Jose Reis, Cya Teixeira, Marilene Rosa Da Silva, anthropologist Peter Fry, and others recount the effect of centuries of slavery on Brazil today.This is an important documentary for Black history, African history and Latin American studies.

Nelson: historians examine the myths of Nelson's navy and paint a very different picture.

in 1836 nearly 200 Texans were slaughtered at the Alamo including Davy Crockett, by 1,600 Mexicans. The story captured the American imagination, but in the retelling the truth became distorted Over 160 years on, can fact be separated from fiction?

Escapologist Harry Houdini was one of the icons of the early 20th century. Restored archive footage and interviews with historians and illusionists recall his extraordinary impact on audiences and reveal the secrets behind some of his most amazing escapes.

A chance to see unique footage shot in the twenties and thirties by passengers to India