The Black American Fight for Freedom

16: 1957: Skin Deep | People's Century

Through nonviolent and more direct methods, people rally to fight segregation in South Africa, and several states in the United States.

2: The Brooklyn Bridge | Seven Wonders of the Industrial World

This programme tells the story of father and son engineers John and Washington Roebling and their scheme to bu...

2: The Road to Repeal | Prohibition: 13 Years That Changed America

It took the rise of Al Capone and a crime wave that swept the nation to convince America that prohibition ...

22: Star Wars: 1981-1988 | Cold War

Reagan's 1983 ''Evil Empire'' speech sets the tone for a more aggressive US posture against the Soviet Union, and the costly arms race is...

3: Globalisation | World 2000

What is globalisation and how does it affect us?

3: Martin Luther King | Secrets of Leadership

Martin Luther King is seen as an inspiration for peaceful protest campaigns. Andrew Roberts challenges this perception in a pro...

3: Supremacy | American History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley

Lucy Worsley reveals the myths and deceptions in the story of America following the United States' emergence...

4: After Emancipation | History File

Schools programme which looks at how people moved from slavery to freedom. How did former slaves acquire land? Where did they go when th...

4: John F. Kennedy | Secrets of Leadership

Andrew Roberts highlights John F Kennedy's talent for making the public like him through his understanding that the key to power l...

4: Trade, Debt and Aid | World 2000

Global creation and distribution of wealth, effect of fair trade and international debt.

5: Civil Rights in the US | History File

Drama documentary covering the history of civil rights in the USA in the 50's and 60's. Today's story is about the legacy of slavery...

6: The Panama Canal | Seven Wonders of the Industrial World

The story of French engineer Ferdinand De Lesseps' scheme to build a canal across Panama.

9: Crime and Prohibition | Time to Remember

Material from the 50s newsreel documentary series Time to Remember tells the story of the media circus that surrounded gangsters ...

9/11 - The Truth behind the Third Tower | The Conspiracy Files

Delving into the final mystery of 9/11: a third tower at the World Trade Centre, which along with the Twin Tow...

9/11: Inside the President's War Room

Twelve hours with the president on 9/11 - with direct testimony from President Bush, Vice-President Cheney and senior staff - as it cha...

A Great Society? | Wheeler on America

(2/5) Charles Wheeler charts the origins and the decline of Lyndon Johnson's Great Society programme, looking at how it changed the liv...

America's Long March | Wheeler on America

(3/5) Charles Wheeler looks at the disappointed hopes of black America from Johnson's 1965 Voting Rights Act to the radicalism of L...

Apollo 11: The Impact on Earth | Panorama

Robin Day hosts this special edition of the current-affairs programme, marking man's first steps on the surface of the moon. Julian...

California 2000 | Panorama

A look at California's technology industry and its potential impact on the future. The Californian technology industry is by far the most advanced...

Drugs and Punishment | Wheeler on America

(4/5) Charles Wheeler looks at prison population growth and asks if penalties for drug offences are too harsh?