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1850's New Orleans chess prodigy, Paul Morphy's tortured life is examined.

Auschwitz prisoners, both Jewish and non-Jewish, were tattooed with serial numbers, first on their chests and then their left arms. An estimated 400,000 numbers were tattooed in Auschwitz ...

When a mysterious Viking fortress lost underground for over a thousand years is discovered in Denmark, archaeologists investigate its buried treasures to reveal why it was built and what caused the end of this fearsome civilization. .

When an American computer engineer is found dead in Singapore, police rule it a suicide, but his parents suspect he was assassinated because he discovered a deadly secret that could threaten national security.

Through very realistic dramatic recreations, and authentic drawings and documents of the time, follow the tragic lives of Africans who were sold into slavery in Guinea and transported across the ocean to work under brutal slave owners in the French West Indies in the early 1800's.

Smart devices and the latest technological gadgets give us remote control of our homes and our cars - but how safe are they? Reporter Fiona Phillips investigates their hidden dangers and reveals how products designed to make life easier around the home can be hacked.

The endearing pangolin is a little-known scaly mammal. Found in Africa and Asia, these shy creatures have an unfortunate tagline - they are the most poached and illegally trafficked animals in the world. Based in Namibia, conservationist Maria Diekmann rescues and rehabilitates her local pangolins.

With a surge of violent crime in London and recorded crime rising across the country, Panorama films with four police forces to ask if Britain's police can cope. The film reveals forces stretched to crisis point by eight years of austerity and a national shortage of detectives.

On 22 May 2017 the worst terror attack in the UK since 7/7 took place at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester. The majority of the 14,000 fans were young girls, there to enjoy a night of freedom. 22 people were killed, more than 250 injured and countless lives were impacted.

This 90-minute special brings viewers the most complete picture of the process of organ donation and transplantation ever put on screen. Based at The Freeman Hospital in Newcastle, one of Europe's leading multi-organ transplant centres, the film follows a group of seven patients ranging in age from eight months to 56 years old, all in desperate need of a new heart. Both the patients and the surgeons are facing a huge problem - in this country, there is a chronic shortage of suitable organs being donated for transplant..

For the season finale, Bourdain travels with “one of America’s most important chefs,” Sean Brock, to sample Charleston’s varied food offerings including traditional Gullah cuisine, and oyster pie and shrimp and grits at Brock’s restaurant Husk with actor and a Charleston resident, Bill Murray.

An investigation into accusations of teenagers being sexually abused within the film industry.

A look at the history of Iran and Iraq's bloody conflicts during the 20th century and a recent development by both sides to quell the growth of the Islamic State. An examination of climate change on the wine industry around the world.

The stories of deep-space explorers who are risking their careers, and even their lives, to lead humanity to worlds yet to be seen.

Using the latest in archaeology, anthropology and genetics, this series tells the story of where the modern world began. Incorporating studies of artifacts, renowned sites of archaeological interest and interviews with leading experts, it moves around the geographic zones of the world, exploring how and why civilization first sparked into life.

North America doesn't get much colder, nor any darker than Alaska in winter. It's not a place you mess with, unless you've got a wild side. As winter breaks, carnivores emerge on Alaska's wide-open spaces, leaving prey animals no place to hide. Wolves chase caribou with ferocious intensity, brown bears battle for rights to a buffet and wolverines make short work of prey 100 times their size. Alaska's deadliest thrive in one of America's last wild frontiers. .

From famous actors to tech trailblazers to domestic workers, Katie Couric talks to change makers about why we still haven’t achieved gender equality.

Daniela Neumann, managing director of Spun Gold, said: “‘An American Princess’ will provide viewers with the definitive inside story of the most talked-about wedding of the year, packed …

After resigning as English captain, Ian Botham refused to lie down and in a series of matchwinning performances, enthralled a nation and saw the Ashes retained