A tyrannical regime builds a monstrous concrete slab that severs a city - the Berlin Wall. In the West, it is a hated symbol of a bitter Cold War, on the East, a deadly blockade to freedom. We'll show some of the most astonishing and courageous attempts to challenge the authorities and break the Wall, which finally fell on November 9th, 1989.

America’s oldest law enforcement agency operates at the cutting edge of electronic crime fighting. The Postal Inspection Service’s best known triumph is the tracking of the Unabomber Ted Kaczynski but they have a history that includes solving America’s last stagecoach robbery. We take viewers inside the agency and behind the scenes at their forensic labs to solve modern day crimes.

The destruction of three major Roman-built cities and her stronghold burnt to the ground provide testimony to the resistance to Roman rule and the power of Boudica, Britain’s first rebel queen. Recent excavations of her encampment have unearthed a wealth of treasures along with detailed information about a complex power structure: political, military and religious.

Chasing History Home gives viewers an insider’s look into the homes of legendary Americans. Each episode delivers the compelling stories of these individuals who led extraordinary lives and captures the homes and artifacts, telling the dynamic stories of these people who through their talent, inventiveness or heroism have changed history and left an indelible mark on our culture.

Waco, Texas, 1993. The fire that ended the infamous 51-day siege, held between the ‘Branch Davidians’ and the US government, killed at least 74 people, including 27 children. With rarely seen footage and exclusive interviews with several survivors, we journey into the cult and the disastrous siege, through the eyes of its most innocent victims: the children.

From the glamorous Shanghai of the 1920’s to the birth of the Chinese Communist Party in the north and to the bloody dramas of the Cultural Revolution in Guangzhou, China Rising tells the secret history of perhaps the world’s most enigmatic country.

Journey to the Valley of Kings and relive an extraordinary time in China’s history, when the first imperial dynasties spared no cost building awe-inspiring pyramid tombs, filled with astonishing riches in preparation for an afterlife beyond imagination.

A fast-paced and informative look at the do’s and don’t’s of collecting. From vinyl records and antique maps to vintage fishing lures and tropical fish. Learn from our experts what makes a good investment and why you should never fix that broken piggy bank. Here are your top tips on history can make you big bucks.

Columbus’s fourth voyage to the Caribbean ended in disaster for him and his fleet. Now a Spanish wreck was recently located off the Panamanian coastline, where his expedition ended tragically and it dates back to the early 1500s. Could this be the sensational find that will reveal the secrets of the early explorers?