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In "Great Minds," Dan Harmon meets with the greatest minds of history for an in-depth conversation about their lives, followed by mini excursions out into the world. His guest from the past is Ada Lovelace (Gillian Jacobs). Ada, the world's first computer programmer, takes a liking to Spencer and the two of them embark on a journey.

A powerful documentary revealing the appalling violence meted out to the defeated in 1945. Using rare and unseen archive film, this program tells a harrowing story of vengeance against German civilians, which mirrored some of the worst cruelty of the Nazi occupiers during the years of war. It includes the unique testimony of eyewitnesses and victims, who recall the horrors with searing clarity- their memories undimmed 70 years after the events took...

Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII's bewitching mistress, is desperate to become Queen of England. Sexually obsessed by Anne, and desperate for a son, Henry cruelly abandons Catherine of Aragon, his wife of twenty years. But Henry's obsession with Anne soon darkens into jealousy. When rumours emerge that she has committed adultery and incest, he turns violently against her. Anne's enemies now strike, and her fall is brutally swift. In a ruthless trial she is...

This program focuses on the six-year presidency of Carlos Salinas, the architect of the Free Trade Treaty and the champion of more liberal economic policy, which brought him acclaim at home and beyond the country's borders.

This program focuses on the six-year presidency of Adolfo López Mateos, who brought principal leaders of the world to Mexico and guided the country through crisis with aplomb.

After WWI Adolf Hitler attends the meetings of the German Workers Party, a far right political party centred around racism and anti-Semitism; the natural home for Adolf Hitler's political beliefs. He rapidly works his way up and builds a loyal following of the most brutal men in Germany. Capitalising from the broken state of Germany post WWI Hitler sets about his revolution. The infamous Beer Hall Putsch of 1923 was superficially a failure which saw...

Two key events of the late 1920's see the foundations of the National Socialist Party firmly cemented in nations psyche: the ban on Hitler's public speaking was lifted and Wall Street crashed. The devastating mix of propaganda and unbridled terror caused the German nation to fall under his spell, seemingly oblivious to the racial hatred being doled. WWII loomed, the manufacture of weapons meant unemployment was a thing of the past and the economy...

A new king, who wasn't English (James the First was Scottish), and the style was decidedly different. The 16th century had been dominated by Spanish influence; in the 17th century, the influence was French. The style for men was longer hair, lace and frills around the knees, bucket boots sometimes to the waist, sometimes pushed down; the Van Dyck beard says it all. Women dropped their necklines, narrowed their sleeves and bared their arms to the elbow,...

This program presents a biography of Adolfo López Mateos, a national speech and oratory champion, who would attract the attention of his superiors and eventually become a disciple of President Ruiz Cortines.

This program focuses on the early life of Adolfo Ruiz Cortines who arrived at the Presidency of Mexico after fifty years of service in various government positions, making him the oldest man to become president at that time. His competency in accounting and personal qualities of honesty and decency, distinguished him from the political corruption of the era.