History

12 episodes

Elizabeth Thatcher, a young schoolteacher from a wealthy Eastern family, migrates from the big city to teach school in a small coal mining town in the west. (more…)

7 episodes

Near the end of the Vietnam War, a plant who was embedded in the South Vietnam army flees to the United States and takes up residence in a refugee community where he continues to secretly spy and report back to the Viet Cong. (more…)

8 episodes

Explores the story of one of the greatest gambles of Franklin's career. At age 70, Franklin outmaneuvered British spies and French informers while engineering the Franco-American alliance of 1778. (more…)

8 episodes

A Russian aristocrat is spared from death and placed on house arrest while the Bolshevik Revolution plays out before him. (more…)

4 episodes

During the dissolution of the monasteries in the Tudor era, Matthew Shardlake is sent by Thomas Cromwell to investigate the death of a commissioner in a remote town of Scarnsea. (more…)

7 episodes

The aftermath of the first American presidential assassination and the fight to preserve and protect the ideals that were the foundation of Lincoln's Reconstruction plans. (more…)

8 episodes

The life stories of history's greatest minds, from their days as young adults to their final years: their discoveries, loves, relationships, causes, flaws, and genius. (more…)

10 episodes

Explores the rise of fashion designer Christian Dior, as he dethrones Coco Chanel and helps return spirit and life to the world with his iconic imprint of beauty and influence. (more…)

8 episodes

Chronicles the lives of a group of midwives living in East London in the late 1950s to late 1960s. (more…)

10 episodes

Follows the political rivalries and romance of Queen Elizabeth II's reign and the events that shaped the second half of the 20th century. (more…)