The American Revolution was a mass insurgency movement, requiring a single-mindedness of purpose on the part of a huge number of colonists. Meet the soldiers, midwives, artisans, shopkeepers, farmers, enslaved people, and others who made the revolution happen.
From Ben-Hur to Spartacus to Gladiator, get a front-row look at the great movies that have shaped ancient Rome’s role in popular culture and memory. These 12 episodes cover over 50 years of cinematic history and talent, and immerse you in the glory and grandeur (and even the folly) of classic and contemporary films set in Roman antiquity.
Funny Or Die presents the best of its music related sketches and parodies featuring celebrities and musicians including: Ke$ha, Nina Dobrev, Ed Helms, Will Forte, Matt Morrison, Jewel, Rita Ora, HyunA, and more.
We travel the world to see how the devastation wrought by droughts, wildfires, floods, and catastrophic rains – all the direct results of climate change – are a political problem, and require political solutions.
Presenter Martha Kearney goes on a journey around Ireland tracking the places visited by 19th-century artist and geologist Georges Victor Du Noyer. The work of Du Noyer included charting the landscape, people and buildings of Ireland over a 35-year period, which saw the country go through great changes. Kearney makes note of his impressions of Glendalough when she travels there and then gets herself wet at the Bog of Allen. In the north she ventures close to the cliff edges to discover the extraordinary landscapes encompassing Dunluce Castle, and onwards to Mussenden Temple.
Historical documentary on the American Civil War (1861-1865) featuring firsthand information from personal diaries, soldiers' letters, reminiscences, personal accounts, photographs, paintings, extensive footage of battlefields and historic locations, as well as interviews with leading historians and writers, and reenactments of many of the key campaigns. All this makes this title an authentic documentary of the Civil War.
This documentary series takes a look at the constantly evolving ways in which wars are fought, focusing on the technological advances in warfare weaponry beginning with the Industrial Revolution and through the modern-day.
The best motorcycling competitions from recent history; featuring two decades of outstanding battles and iconic riders who have been immortalized in the minds of motorsports fans.
All over America, millennials are saying goodbye to the big city in favor of moving back to the familiar surroundings of their hometown. Buying Back Home follows couples as they return to their roots to weigh their home-buying options and reveal which house they'll call home.
Join Alan Watts in season one of On Eastern Wisdom & Modern Life. His inaugural season introduces and begins to break down our understanding of what is and what could be.