Odyssey

From baby killers and a Moors Murderer to suffragettes, and even a suspected witch, criminologist David Wilson delves deeply into the history of HM Prison Holloway. Once Europe’s largest women’s prison, Hollow prepares to close its bars forever. Learn its rich and complex history, and how it reflected attitudes toward women and crime. Show More

Tanks were first used during the Battle of the Somme in 1916 to break the deadlock of trench warfare on the Western Front. While Britain and France built thousands of tanks, Germany only developed and brought 20 vehicles of a single design into service. During the Cold War, they would continue to be produced in […]

This film shares some of the countless stories of tragedy, devastation and heroism from The Halifax Explosion which occurred in December, 1917. It recounts the dramatic events of individuals who lost their sight, those who were there to lend aid and support to the injured, and then those individuals and groups who made significant contributions […]

Gemma Barker, a 21-year-old Briton, is serving 30 months in prison for fraud and sexual assault. For several months, she invented and impersonated three different boys, and under these three separate guises, went on to seduce two teenage girls. This film tells the extraordinary and chilling story through the personal accounts of Gemma’s victims. Show […]

A combination of hurricane-force winds and electric poles start the Honda Canyon Fire on Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. In the course of events following the morning of December 20, 1977, a conflict of cultures emerged. Military commanders, fearful of the Base’s cold war secrets being compromised, attempted to control the protocols and procedures of […]

South African theater personality Taliep Petersen was murdered at his home in 2006. The men were hired by his wife to murder him. Show More

Honor one of World War 2’s most respected combat leaders, Major Richard D. Winters of Easy Company. This film traces Winters’ formative years growing up in Pennsylvania, his development as a leader in the U.S. Army, the famed attack on Brecourt Manor on D-Day and the edication on June 6, 2012 of the Richard D. […]

On June 6, 1944, thousands of Allied service members landed on the shores of northern France with a mission to free western Europe from Nazi tyranny. American D-Day veterans come together to to share their experiences of the Normandy landing. Show More

The hidden story of one of the worst criminal cover-ups in American history. The victims – hundreds of children whose lives were destroyed. Along with contributors from the D.A.’s office, the film hears from Catholic clergy, legal experts, a Grand Jury forewoman, journalists, politicians, victims of child sexual abuse and their families. Show More

Tubbataha Park in the Philippine Archipelago is one of the best-preserved coral reefs in the world. The fervent advocate of environmental protection, Prince Albert II of Monaco, visits Tubbataha to raise awareness among local children of the fragility of their paradise. Show More