Plebs
Plebs
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PLEBS follows three desperate young men from the suburbs as they try to get laid, hold down jobs, and climb the social ladder in the big city - a city that happens to be Ancient Rome.
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Turn
Turn
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A Long Island farmer bands together a group of childhood friends to form an unlikely group of spies who turn the tide in America's fight for independence.
Say Nothing
Ottoman Empire by Train with Alice Roberts
Ottoman Empire by Train with Alice Roberts
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Professor Alice Roberts takes a train ride covering 600 years of the Ottoman Empire. Starting in south east Turkey going to through to Budapest. Her mission is to learn about this vast empire that started with a dream in the 14th ...
Roots
Roots
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A dramatization of author Alex Haley's family line from ancestor Kunta Kinte's enslavement to his descendants' liberation.
The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff
The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff
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BBC comedy series parodying the works of Charles Dickens and heavily influenced by a similar, long-running radio series. A respectable shopkeeper, Jedrington Secret-Past, (unsurprisingly) discovers that he has a secret past.
Great Expectations
Great Expectations
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The orphan Pip becomes a gentleman when his life is transformed by a mystery benefactor.
Shogun 2024
Shogun 2024
Ongoing
When a mysterious European ship is found marooned in a nearby fishing village, Lord Yoshii Toranaga discovers secrets that could tip the scales of power and devastate his enemies.
Transatlantic
Transatlantic
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An American journalist who spent 13 months in France 1940-41 managed to arrange safe passage to the US for over 2,000 refugees; who were in danger of losing their lives.
So Long Marianne
So Long Marianne
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Based on the relationship between Leonard Cohen and Marianne Ihlen, follows two lonely people falling in love while they are still trying to discover who they are.
The Sixties
The Sixties
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Interviews and archival footage focusing on the politics, music, technical advancements, drugs and the "free love" movement of the 1960s.
The Liberator 2020
FIFA Uncovered
FIFA Uncovered
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From power struggles to global politics, an exploration of FIFA reveals the organization's checkered history and what it takes to host a World Cup.
Vienna Blood
Vienna Blood
Ongoing
Max Liebermann, a medical student and protegé of Sigmund Freud, helps Detective Rheinhardt in the investigation of a series of disturbing murders around 1900s Vienna.
The Serpent Queen
The Serpent Queen
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Eight-part series based on Leonie Frieda's book "Catherine de Medici: Renaissance Queen of France."
Enslaved
Enslaved
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A look at 400 years of human trafficking from Africa to the New World, from the perspective of three different storylines.
The Singapore Grip
The Singapore Grip
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The son of a British family living in South East Asia becomes involved in a love triangle.
Cable Girls
Cable Girls
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Set in the 1920s, this is the story of four women from different backgrounds newly hired as operators for a phone company.
Vikings Valhalla
Vikings Valhalla
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Follow-up series to 'Vikings' set 100 years afterward and centering on the adventures of Leif Erikson, Freydis, Harald Hardrada and the Norman King William the Conqueror.
The Decameron
The Decameron
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Set in 1348 during the Black Death, the deadliest pandemic in human history, explores the timely themes of class systems, power struggles, and survival in a time of pandemic.