Od Lion Television Studios
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2020
Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb
Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb7.29 2020 HD
This documentary follows a team of local archaeologists excavating never before explored passageways, shafts, and tombs, piecing together the secrets...
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2024
Mysteries of the Terracotta Warriors
Mysteries of the Terracotta Warriors6.81 2024 HD
Thousands of terracotta warriors guarded the first Chinese emperor's tomb. This is their story, told through archeological evidence and reenactments.
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2010
First Light
First Light5.50 2010 HD
In May 1940, feeling the RAF needs every man to fight to Luftwaffe, Geoffrey 'Boy' Wellum joins at 18, becoming the youngest ever Spitfire pilot....
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2003
Lawrence of Arabia: The Battle for the Arab World
Lawrence of Arabia: The Battle for the Arab World1 2003 HD
An exploration into the man behind the film-inspired myth, from both Western and Arab perspectives. Thomas Edward Lawrence, a 24-year-old British...
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2013
Caligula with Mary Beard
Caligula with Mary Beard7.60 2013 HD
What is true and what is false in the hideous stories spread about the controversial figure of the Roman emperor Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus...
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2007
Consenting Adults
Consenting Adults5.70 2007 HD
Fifty years ago, a Home Office committee chaired by Wolfenden, then vice-chancellor of Reading University, recommended the decriminalization of...
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2014
The Great Wall of China: The Hidden Story
The Great Wall of China: The Hidden Story6.40 2014 HD
It's the most extraordinary feat of engineering in history, and one of the most iconic man-made structures on the planet - the Great Wall of China,...
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2010
The Battle of Britain
The Battle of Britain6.30 2010 HD
Seventy years on, brothers Colin and Ewan McGregor take viewers through the key moments of the Battle of Britain, when 'the few' of the RAF faced the...
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2010
Alexandria: The Greatest City
Alexandria: The Greatest City8.00 2010 HD
Bettany Hughes goes in search of this lost civilisation, revealing the story of a city founded out of the desert by Alexander the Great in 331 BC to...
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2015
China - Treasures of the Jade Empire
China - Treasures of the Jade Empire8.00 2015 HD
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2003
Martin Luther
Martin Luther6.10 2003 HD
Learn how one man reluctantly took on the most powerful institution of his day and won. Martin Luther is credited with expounding a new vision of...
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2019
Guedelon II: Rebuilding the Past
Guedelon II: Rebuilding the Past9.30 2019 HD
For the past twenty years, in the Burgundy region of France, archaeologists and craftsmen have been working on the reconstruction of the fortified...
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2023
Hidden Volcano Abyss
Hidden Volcano Abyss8.50 2023 HD
In January 2022, one of the most powerful volcanic eruptions in recorded history rocked the Pacific islands of Tonga, sending shockwaves around the...
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2010
Pompeii: Life and Death in a Roman Town
Pompeii: Life and Death in a Roman Town5.50 2010 HD
The volcanic eruption that ravaged Pompeii in year 79 is one of the most famous in history. It is known how its victims died, but how did they live?...
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2013
New Secrets Of The Terracotta Warriors
New Secrets Of The Terracotta Warriors7.80 2013 HD
With exclusive access to research conducted by University College London and the Terracotta Army Museum, this documentary uncovers new secrets of...
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2012
Going Medieval
Going Medieval10.00 2012 HD
In this two-hour H2 special, historian and weapons expert Mike Loades goes medieval diving deep into the world of the Middle Ages. From the 5th to...
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2016
How Dogs Got Their Shapes
How Dogs Got Their Shapes7.00 2016 HD
With many breeds and countless variations, canines are one of the most diverse species on Earth. From ears to tails, coats to paws, every part of...
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2004
The Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance
The Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance7.30 2004 HD
From a small Italian community in 15th-century Florence, the Medici family would rise to rule Europe in many ways. Using charm, patronage, skill,...
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2021
Saving Venice
Saving Venice7.20 2021 HD
Rising sea levels and sinking land threaten to destroy Venice. Leading scientists and engineers battling the forces of nature to try to save this...
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2017
Nero's Sunken City
Nero's Sunken City5.00 2017 HD
Beneath the turquoise waves of the Bay of Naples lies an extraordinary underwater archeology site, the ancient Roman city of Baiae. From the first...