- Documentary charting the military course of the Great War. Expert commentary, stills, letters, diary entries, paintings and vivid film footage drawn from 40 archives around the world bring to life the experiences of those who fought the war on every side and every front. Narrated by Dame Judi Dench and featuring the vo…
This excellent PBS documentary series consists of three parts of 1 hour each covering Japanese history from the arrival of the Portuguese in 1543 to the arrival of Perry and the Americans in 1854. Narrated by Richard Chamberlain, interspersed with interviews of Western and Japanese academics, this fascinating show is i…- Two thousand years ago, at the dawn of the first century, the ancient world was ruled by Rome. Through the experiences, memories and writings of the people who lived it, this series tells the story of that time -- the emperors and slaves, poets and plebeians, who wrested order from chaos, built the most cosmopolitan so…