Exploring the lives of politicians and powerful figures, and their tumultuous times.
How much power does the monarch really have? David Dimbleby asks politicians and insiders.
Israel withdraws from Gaza in 2005, opening the door for Hamas to seize control.
Bolsonaro rises from the political fringe to the edge of presidential power.
A look at the Brighton bombing of 1984, with new testimony from many of those affected.
Spies, revolutionaries and diplomats reveal the secrets of how Cuba challenged the world.
The documentary story of Nazanin, Anoosheh and other hostages held unjustly in Iran.
In 1972, a break-in at the Democratic Party's headquarters sparks the Watergate scandal.
The extraordinary story of President Xi Jinping’s controversial six-year rule in China.
A Russian schoolteacher risks everything to expose rising militarism in his classroom.
Documentary examining Trump ally Roger Stone, the Maga movement and the US Capitol attack.
Iraq civilians recall their initial hopes before the realities of war become clear.
The story of the extraordinary rise of the controversial prince who runs Saudi Arabia.
Exploring the US's complicated relationship with Iraq.
A pioneering class of astronauts is recruited by NASA to fly aboard its new space shuttle.
Documentary exploring Trump’s refusal to concede defeat in the 2020 election.
Film following Talib leaders in the year after the US withdrew from Afghanistan in 2021.
How a comedian playing the president became the real president of Ukraine.
Revealing who and what made immigration unignorable for New Labour and Cameron’s Tories.
Simulation that escalates the threat posed by the US Capitol attack on 6 January 2021.
The inside story of how David Cameron tried - and failed - to tackle the Europe question.
The inside story of Alex Salmond, Nicola Sturgeon and the modern SNP.
Laura Kuenssberg asks if our politics have been stretched to breaking point.
In his first year and a half, Trump relentlessly pursues his ‘America First’ agenda.
The peaceful 2013 protest on a Russian oil rig is met with brutal force.