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Hard Bargaining: Museums Face Claims for Returns of Artefacts

This documentary investigates the clash of principles between these rich museums and source countries. Is art universal and belong to humanity or is it right to return it to its country of origin?

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The Mystery of Nefertiti

The bust of Queen Nefertiti is one of the most iconic images in the world — a crowd puller, attracting 500,000 visitors every year to the Altes Museum in Berlin. But is it a fake?

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9/11: The Day that Changed our World

We look back at how 9/11 has shaped our world. These personal and intimate testimonies of individuals come together to cast light on the overarching story.

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Dinosaurs: On the Trail of Prehistory

The discovery of a remarkable set of dinosaur tracks in Obernkirchen, Northern Germany, sent waves through the international paleontology community. We follow paleontologist Annette Richter and her team as they attempt to reconstruct the lives of these giant lizards, with the help of 3D animation.

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The Spy Inside

This is the astonishing account of how Herman Simm, a former soviet militia officer, rose to become amongst the few safeguarding NATO’s military secrets.

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Car Bomb

With shocking footage of car bomb attacks and penetrating interviews with car bombers, Baer reveals how the century of the car turned into the century of the car bomb.

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Secret story: The Gulag Archipelago

The real story of how Solzhenitsyn’s ‘Gulag Archipelago’ came to be published is just as remarkable as the manuscript itself. An unbelievable trip to the other side of the Iron Curtain.

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The Ghosts of My Lai

We hear from the killers and the survivors, journalists and heroes of the massacre of hundreds of civilians at My Lai, a turning point in the Vietnam War.

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Let’s Cook History

An entertaining five part series exploring the origins of our eating habits.

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