His job was to protect NATO’s secrets but he ended up selling them to the Kremlin. This is the astonishing account of how Herman Simm, a former soviet militia officer, rose to become amongst the few safeguarding (...) +
An entertaining five part series exploring the origins of our eating habits. Each 42/52 min episode reconstructs a famous meal on from a different period in history, depicting the evolution of tastes, customs and (...) +
An entertaining five part series exploring the origins of our eating habits. Each 42/52 min episode reconstructs a famous meal on from a different period in history, depicting the evolution of tastes, customs and (...) +
From March to September 1943, Saint-Martin-Vesubie, an alpine resort north of Nice close to the Italian border, saw its population of 1500 nearly double with the arrival of 1200, mainly foreign Jews. Entire families (...) +
It should be one of the richest countries in the world. It’s brimming with valuable resources, like diamonds, gold and coltan. Yet Congo remains one of the most troubled countries in Africa. To understand why, we (...) +
It’s common knowledge that after World War II, many leading Nazis sought sanctuary in South America. What few people know is that during the 1930s, the Nazis infiltrated schools in Latin America. In Argentina, Brazil (...) +
It changed the course of World War II - and the whole 20th Century. But until now, the true story of the Battle of Stalingrad has remained shrouded in mystery.
Germany’s invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941 was the (...) +
In 1976, a military junta headed by General Rafael Videla overthrew Argentina’s democratically elected government and launched a campaign of terror against all who opposed them. During the course of the 7 years which (...) +