Secret History

Tells the story of the 20,000 British servicemen who died in German hands between 1914 and 1918. Draws on memories of former prisoners of war, secret diaries,and archive footage.

The story of the attempted mutiny of the Soviet missile frigate Sentry, which inspired the novel, The Hunt for Red October.

American Indians have often been portrayed as true conservationists and guardians of nature, but is this view of them any more accurate than other stereotypes?

For the greater part of the twentieth century, polio spread panic throughout the western world and caused paralysis in its victims, who were encased in iron lungs and fitted with callipers to support their weakened limbs. The story of these years is explored through the memories of patients, medical staff and policy makers, and asks whether or not the government was too cautious in its introduction of the polio vaccine.