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Rise of the Nazis

Origins

Night of the Long Knives

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC History Channel

Available for 3 months

Threatened by the ambition of SA leader Ernst Röhm, Hitler is persuaded by Himmler to destroy Röhm and his stormtroopers and make the SS Germany’s only paramilitary force. Show more

Contributors

Director:
Julian Jones
Executive Producer:
Julian Jones
Executive Producer:
David Glover
Executive Producer:
Cate Hall
Series Producer:
Kate Quine
Line Producer:
Darapon Vongsa-Nga
Producer:
Ella Wright
Composer:
Tom Hodge
Production Company:
72 Films
Adolf Hitler:
Andrius Rozickas
Ernst Röhm:
Ramunas Cicenas
Paul Von Hindenburg:
Juozas Budraitis
Hermann Göring:
Mindaugas Capas
Heinrich Himmler:
Ruslanas Golubovas
Franz von Papen:
Dainius Svobonas
Edgar Jung:
Dainius Tarutis

Great Coastal Railway Journeys

Series 2

Grimsby to Humberston Fitties

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC History Channel

Available for 1 month

Michael Portillo has reached Lincolnshire, where his coastal railway journey from Middlesbrough ends. In Grimsby, he investigates an important new stage in the town’s history. Show more

Great Coastal Railway Journeys

Series 2

Ballarena to Giant's Causeway

Duration: 28 minutes

on BBC History Channel

Available for 1 month

Michael Portillo is on Northern Ireland’s spectacular Causeway Coast to begin a railway journey that takes him along the north and east coasts of Ireland through the provinces of Ulster and Leinster. Show more

Great Coastal Railway Journeys

Series 2

Ballymena to Carrickfergus

Duration: 28 minutes

on BBC History Channel

Available for 1 month

Michael Portillo is in the glens of Antrim, where Ireland’s folklore and magical myths flourish and he is transfixed by tales of fairies and legends of the sea. Show more

Great Coastal Railway Journeys

Series 2

Bangor to Belfast

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC History Channel

Available for 1 month

Michael Portillo is in Bangor, County Down, en route to the Northern Irish capital, Belfast. Show more

Great Coastal Railway Journeys

Series 2

Carlingford to Dublin

Duration: 28 minutes

on BBC History Channel

Available for 1 month

Michael Portillo continues his railway journey along the Atlantic and Irish Sea coasts of Ireland, travelling from Newry into the Republic. He helps shake bags of oysters and visits an ancient cairn. Show more

DNA Family Secrets

Series 2

Episode 1

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC History Channel

Available for 6 months

Richard is on a lifelong mission to discover the identity of his father, Janet wants to know if she has a secret sister, and Glen hopes his DNA can finally reveal his ancestry. Show more

DNA Family Secrets

Series 2

Episode 2

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC History Channel

Available for 6 months

Seventy-nine-year-old Jackie grew up in a Nazi concentration camp and wonders if any family escaped the Holocaust. Maureen wants to know if her father was actually an African-American GI. Show more

DNA Family Secrets

Series 2

Episode 3

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC History Channel

Available for 6 months

Mel wants to know her sperm donor father’s identity, while Fi wonders if she might have passed down a 'murder gene' to her kids. Bahaa worries he will get cancer like his brother. Show more

Great Coastal Railway Journeys

Series 2

Dun Laoghaire to Rosslare

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC History Channel

Available for 1 month

Michael Portillo begins the final leg of his railway journey, beginning in the harbour town of Dun Laoghaire. Show more

Great Coastal Railway Journeys

Series 2

Weymouth to Lulworth

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC History Channel

Available for 1 month

Michael is on a rail journey across the southern coast of England, beginning in Dorset. He takes to the water in Portland Harbour and hears the story of the Tolpuddle Martyrs. Show more

Great Coastal Railway Journeys

Series 2

Kimmeridge to Brownsea Island

Duration: 28 minutes

on BBC History Channel

Available for 1 month

Michael alights at Wareham to visit Dorset’s internationally renowned Jurassic Coast. He heads through Swanage, Poole and Sandbanks before ending his journey on Brownsea Island. Show more

Great Coastal Railway Journeys

Series 2

Southampton to Isle of Wight

Duration: 28 minutes

on BBC History Channel

Available for 1 month

Michael heads from a bustling Southampton to the Isle of Wight, where he rides the island’s railway, made up of recycled London Underground trains. Show more

DNA Family Secrets

Series 1

Episode 1

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC History Channel

Available for 6 months

Stacey Dooley helps answer life-changing questions through the power of DNA. Bill wants to learn what happened to his father, while Charlie asks if she is safe from a deadly disease. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Stacey Dooley
Director:
Chris Taylor
Series Producer:
Lucy Morgan
Executive Producer:
Kari Lia
Executive Producer:
Sophie Leonard
Executive Producer:
Kate Collier
Production Company:
Minnow Films

DNA Family Secrets

Series 1

Episode 2

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC History Channel

Available for 6 months

Stacey Dooley helps answer life-changing questions through the power of DNA. Janine’s origins have always been a mystery, and Duri fears she may get terminal cancer like her mother. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Stacey Dooley
Director:
Chris Taylor
Series Producer:
Lucy Morgan
Executive Producer:
Kari Lia
Executive Producer:
Sophie Leonard
Executive Producer:
Kate Collier
Production Company:
Minnow Films

DNA Family Secrets

Series 1

Episode 3

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC History Channel

Available for 6 months

Stacey Dooley helps answer life-changing questions through the power of DNA. A set of adopted triplets want to discover their ethnicity, and gene therapy could stop Leo going blind. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Stacey Dooley
Director:
Chris Taylor
Series Producer:
Lucy Morgan
Executive Producer:
Kari Lia
Executive Producer:
Sophie Leonard
Executive Producer:
Kate Collier
Production Company:
Minnow Films

Who Do You Think You Are?

Series 14

Episode 1: Charles Dance

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC History Channel

Available for 5 months

Celebrity genealogy series. Actor Charles Dance explores his family history and is determined to learn about his dad, who died when Charles was four. Show more

Who Do You Think You Are?

Series 14

Episode 2: Craig Revel Horwood

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC History Channel

Available for 5 months

Celebrity genealogy series. Strictly judge Craig Revel Horwood heads to Australia to investigate what happened to his great-great-great-grandfather. Show more

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC History Channel

Available for 5 months

A history of Britain's mixed-race community. George Alagiah tells how Britain escaped laws preventing interracial marriage and the dangers of scientific racism and eugenics. Show more

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC History Channel

Available for 5 months

A history of Britain's mixed-race community. George Alagiah tells the story of GI babies and the boom in mixed-race couples following mass migration. Show more

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC History Channel

Available for 5 months

George Alagiah tells the story of couples facing violence during the 70s, how adoption became a battleground and how mixed race became a rapidly growing ethnic group. Show more

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