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Iran, Israel and the Bomb

For the past three decades, Iran and Israel have been engaged in a shadow war. Israel is determined to prevent Iran developing atomic weapons by whatever means necessary. Iran insists on its ‘inalienable right’ to enrich uranium and sees its nuclear programme as essential to its identity and the only way of maintaining regional hegemony.  

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9/11: Reclaiming Ground Zero

After the 9/11 attacks, once the smoke cleared and the rubble was removed, New Yorkers had a city to rebuild. There was one fundamental question: no one could agree on the future of Ground Zero. Some wanted the towers back, while others believed the site should remain a memorial. Then, a single event changed everything...

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The Country I Love: The Men Who Made Berlusconi

He was the first of the great populists. When Silvio Berlusconi came to power, he turned to the same people who had built his media empire to help him run Italy. Now, three decades on, these men reflect on how they married television, entertainment and​ populism to create one of the most powerful​ political discourses of our time. And how they profoundly regret opening that pandora’s box.

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The Third Reich in Private: Episode 4 – With Hitler to his Downfall

This four-part documentary, featuring remarkably original footage and rare photos from private photo albums, takes us behind the scenes of the Nazi state and looks back at the private lives of the rulers of the Third Reich.

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The Third Reich in Private: Episode 3 – Living with the Horror

This four-part documentary, featuring remarkably original footage and rare photos from private photo albums, takes us behind the scenes of the Nazi state and looks back at the private lives of the rulers of the Third Reich.

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The Third Reich in Private: Episode 2 – The Court

This four-part documentary, featuring remarkably original footage and rare photos from private photo albums, takes us behind the scenes of the Nazi state and looks back at the private lives of the rulers of the Third Reich.

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The Third Reich in Private: Episode 1 – The Rise of Hitler

This four-part documentary, featuring remarkably original footage and rare photos from private photo albums, takes us behind the scenes of the Nazi state and looks back at the private lives of the rulers of the Third Reich.

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Franco: Spain’s Scorned Memory

The Caudillo continues to cast a long shadow on Spanish society. How is it that a country known for being a progressive beacon, a country which had the Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet arrested for crimes against humanity in 1998, is unable to come to terms with its own past?

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Israel: A Tragedy Foretold

Hamas's surprise attack on 7 October 2023 was the greatest tragedy Israel has ever known. Since then, Israel’s war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip has claimed the lives of over 65,000 Palestinians. Yet this disaster could have been avoided. We investigate the story of what the Israeli army calls its “total failure”.

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