The quarrel between Edward and George, both Kings, has shaped the British monarchy for decades.

July 1936. A military coup triggers a bloody civil war in Spain which will claim 400,000 lives and forever change the country.

After four years of war, despair, disillusionment and exhaustion spread on all sides.

Poison gas attacks, flamethrowers…the battle cries at the outbreak of war have given way to cries of pain.

In the American South, women’s hard fought for rights are under attack.

Regular bite-sized shorts focusing on different aspects of the war in Ukraine from a geopolitical perspective.

This documentary goes behind the scenes in the global fight against corporate tax evasion.

A snapshot of Europe in movement as the communist East and capitalist West face off against each other.

On 24 February 2022, Russian armed forces invaded Ukraine. We follow the war and provide background information with special insights, reports and documentaries.

An analysis of the destructive strategy of the IDF, criticised in its war with Hezbollah for many civilian casualties.

An uprising by peasants shook Northern China in 1900 which was brutally put down by Western powers and Russia.

H.G Wells’s visionary and terrifying novel challenged human complacency whilst inventing a new literary genre.

After the war, the conflict between the two brothers continues as Edward publishes his controversial memoirs.

In December 1936, Edward VIII abdicated the throne and left the crown to his younger brother George.

In 1839 the British declared war on China in the name of free trade wanting to sell opium to the Chinese, just one of the many wars for economic supremacy between East and West. Ever since, disagreements between nations can be understood as economic disputes. This is the story of trade wars through history.

This is the story of one of Europe's biggest migrations; one of people fleeing poverty or persecution and hoping for a better life. 

The Dnieper is one of Europe’s longest rivers and has been at the centre of the Ukraine war since the Russian invasion.

A series of sabotage attacks in the EU all point back to Russia. Now the EU has to decide how to respond.

The war in Sudan is currently the world’s biggest humanitarian crisis, yet it continues to receive little attention internationally.

Around the year 1000 an economic boom comes to Europe as peasants enter the market economy.