The D-Days Spies
Discover how agents tricked the Germans to keep their troops out of Normandy.
2026-06-19 00:00:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-19 01:00:00 +0000 UTC(1h)
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The Soldier who never was
Discover a darkly humorous British ploy that helped the 1943 landing in Sicily.
2026-06-19 01:00:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-19 02:00:00 +0000 UTC(1h)
The D-Days Spies
Discover how agents tricked the Germans to keep their troops out of Normandy.
2026-06-19 00:00:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-19 01:00:00 +0000 UTC(1h)
Crime in Post-War Germany
Germany, 1945. A nation faces up to the ruins of its past. Hunger and adversity shape daily life. What lengths did people go to? Over two episodes, Crime in Post-War Germany explores this transitional phase in German history by using the examples of individual, particularly serious criminal cases. Criminal psychologists and forensics experts go in search of traces.
2026-06-18 23:00:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-19 00:00:00 +0000 UTC(1h)
The West
Robbery, murder, rape. After the war, West Germany is the scene of brutal crimes. On the German-Belgian border, children risk their lives for something to eat.
2026-06-18 22:00:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-18 23:00:00 +0000 UTC(1h)
The East
After the war, hunger and adversity shape daily life in East Germany. Many Berliners go to the countryside in search of food. In the city, a notorious gang of youths is up to no good.
2026-06-18 21:00:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-18 22:00:00 +0000 UTC(1h)
The Ascent of Civilization
This episode explores the Vikings not as ruthless raiders but as groundbreaking seafarers, traders, and explorers. Master shipbuilders, they forged vast networks of commerce stretching from Europe to Asia and even reached the shores of America centuries before Columbus. By challenging the stereotype of violent marauders, the documentary presents the Vikings as a tolerant and skilled people whose innovations in navigation and trade reshaped medieval exploration and left an enduring mark on global history.
2026-06-18 20:00:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-18 21:00:00 +0000 UTC(1h)
The Ascent of Civilization
The Romans created one of the greatest empires in history, built with the help of an incredible army of professional legionnaires and a well-oiled political machinery. At its height, a few hundred men ruled over a fifth of mankind and an area stretching from Britain to Syria and from Gibraltar to the Euphrates. They undertook some of the most ambitious building projects of their time: endless roads, gigantic bridges and imposing aqueducts formed a complex infrastructure and left a lasting legacy. This film is a revelatory and unique journey into the world of ancient Rome.
2026-06-18 19:00:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-18 20:00:00 +0000 UTC(1h)
The Maya
More than 2000 years ago the Maya built gigantic cities in the middle of the jungle of Central America. They were brilliant inventors and set standards in writing, mathematics and astronomy.
2026-06-18 13:00:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-18 14:00:00 +0000 UTC(1h)
Part 2
The true legacy of Columbus is biological, and it created one world out of two.
2026-06-18 12:00:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-18 13:00:00 +0000 UTC(1h)
Part 1
America and Europe in 1491, and why America was discovered and not the other way around.
2026-06-18 11:00:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-18 12:00:00 +0000 UTC(1h)
The A-Bomb Spies
Discover how and why several brilliant scientists divulged the secrets of the atomic bomb.
2026-06-18 10:00:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-18 11:00:00 +0000 UTC(1h)
The Spy who Saved the World
Discover how a Soviet Intelligence officer avoided WWIII.
2026-06-18 09:00:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-18 10:00:00 +0000 UTC(1h)
The Soldier who never was
Discover a darkly humorous British ploy that helped the 1943 landing in Sicily.
2026-06-18 08:15:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-18 09:00:00 +0000 UTC(45m)
The D-Days Spies
Discover how agents tricked the Germans to keep their troops out of Normandy.
2026-06-18 07:15:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-18 08:15:00 +0000 UTC(1h)
Baffling Violence
This episode deals with a sinister massacre in a Swedish fortified castle, the extremely brutal execution of a man from Eisenberg and the mysteriously early death of the pharaoh Tutankhamun.
2026-06-18 01:00:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-18 02:00:00 +0000 UTC(1h)
Secrets of the Dead
This episode is about a dark conspiracy against Ramses III, the mysterious multiple killing of a Celtic druid and the brutal murder of a Neolithic family from Eulau in Saxony.
2026-06-18 00:00:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-18 01:00:00 +0000 UTC(1h)
Faith and Power
The subject of the episode is a mysterious mass death of children in ancient Athens, the Great Fire of Rome under Emperor Nero and a fanatical destruction of temples in ancient Egypt.
2026-06-17 23:00:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-18 00:00:00 +0000 UTC(1h)
Hannibal: A March on Rome
Hannibal's crossing of the Alps, one of the greatest military feats ever.
2026-06-17 22:00:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-17 23:00:00 +0000 UTC(1h)
The Maya
What brought about the collapse of the ancient Maya Civilization?
2026-06-17 20:45:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-17 22:00:00 +0000 UTC(1h15m)
The Mystery of the Sea People
Did the Sea People cause the collapse of the Bronze Age?
2026-06-17 19:45:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-17 20:45:00 +0000 UTC(1h)
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