History TV Shows

Great Books

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Great works of literature are explored in context of their times and their impact.

History's Lost & Found

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The Shroud of Turin. The Wright Brothers' plane. The treasures of King Tut. This is a captivating examination of some of the most famous objects and artifacts in human history. Some are ... See full summary »

Rossiyskaya Imperiya

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"Russian Empire" - making of this film took many weeks of filming in the capital and dozens of trips to the former and the present territory of the country. It shows very unique places the ... See full summary »

Convoy: War for the Atlantic

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The story of the World War II Battle of the Atlantic in which Nazi Germany's U-boat fleet attempted to strangle Allied naval shipping.

The Bible Rules

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Everyone knows about the Ten Commandments, but there are more than 2,000 rules and laws contained in the pages of the Bible. The Bible Rules on H2 explores these directives, which govern ... See full summary »

How We Built Britain

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Vasiliy Stalin

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This is the story about the son of one of the greatest tyrants of the Twentieth Century- Joseph Stalin's flesh and blood, Vasily.

Gunshi Kanbee

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Gunshi Kanbei (Strategist Kanbei) is a-year long taiga drama by NHK in 2014. This fictional series consists of 50 episodes and follows the journey of Kuroda Kanbei, a historical figure who ... See full summary »

The Fugitive of Joseon

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Set during the reign of King Injong, the protagonist is a royal physician desperate to cure his ailing daughter. He becomes a fugitive when he gets entangled in an assassination plot to ... See full summary »

Die Löwen der Alhambra

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Requiem for Granada The sad and glorious history of the kingdom of Granada, the last bastion of Islam in Spain. After eight hundred years of splendor where art, science and civilization ... See full synopsis »

The Return of Iljimae

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This drama centers the life of Iljimae, a young man who fights the government for people.

I Remember Nelson

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Worshipped as a national savior, Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson masterminded the naval victories that thwarted Napoleon's plans to invade Britain. Yet, in the midst of public adulation, rumors... See full summary »

Die Geschichte Australiens

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The series looks back at some of the people, places and events that have shaped the country over the last 40,000 years.

American Eats

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American Eats looks at the comfort foods, drinks, and treats that have become American traditions.

Servants: The True Story of Life Below Stairs

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Where Once We Walked

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Tenali Rama

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Jagd nach Gold

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Stories of the lives of people living in and around the goldfields in the Australian bush during the 1850's.

Raveleijn

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Father Woudenberg uproots his family from the big city to rustic village Ravenhorst to start exploiting the vineyard that comes with the 'old inn' he bought as new home. Firstborn Tjomas ... See full summary »

Geheimnisse des 'Dritten Reichs'

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