Charles Wheeler: JFK – Legend and Leader

Charles Wheeler: JFK – Legend and Leader

History | BBC Four | 2008 | 28'30''

A look at the life and career of President John F Kennedy. Veteran BBC correspondent Charles Wheeler speaks to key figures of ...

JFK (1991)

JFK (1991)

Classical Hollywood Cinema | BBC Three | 2007 | 2'56'53''

Oliver Stone's re-creation of the 1963 Kennedy assassination in Dallas and its aftermath, focusing on the investigations of New Orleans DA Jim Garrison (Kevin Cos...

04: John F Kennedy | Walden on Heroes

04: John F Kennedy | Walden on Heroes

History | BBC Two | 1998 | 28'11''

Young and talented, JFK embodied a new spirit of optimism in postwar America and his assassination in 1963 immortalised him as a politi...

Frost/Nixon (2008)

Frost/Nixon (2008)

Film Studies | BBC HD | 2011 | 1'52'38''

The story behind one of the most unforgettable moments in TV history - David Frost's interview with disgraced President Richard Nixon. Starring Michael Sh...

05: Impeachment | Watergate

05: Impeachment | Watergate

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 1994 | 49'11''

President Nixon clings on to the White House as the case against him mounts. The automatic recording system he ordered to be installed in the Ova...

04: Massacre | Watergate

04: Massacre | Watergate

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 1994 | 49'20''

The so-called Saturday Night Massacre, the chain of events that unfolded on 20 October 1973, when President Nixon demanded that special prosecutor A...

03: Scapegoat | Watergate

03: Scapegoat | Watergate

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 1994 | 49'09''

Nixon pays the Watergate burglars to keep silent, but his adviser, John Dean, turns state's evidence after John McCord, one of the thieves, reveals...

02: Cover-Up | Watergate

02: Cover-Up | Watergate

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 1994 | 49'13''

Nixon's burglars are caught and the president himself is at the head of a cover-up that links the crime to the White House. In November 1972, five m...

01: Break-In | Watergate

01: Break-In | Watergate

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 1994 | 49'13''

In 1974, Richard Nixon, brought down by the Watergate scandal, became the only US president ever to resign. This programme looks at the break-in at ...

German reaction to WWII | The World at War

German reaction to WWII | The World at War

Conflict and Warfare | ITV | 1973 | 5'06''

This clip shows the initial reaction to the war and has some eyewitness testimony of how people felt supportive of the initial suc...

9/11 Ten Years On | The Conspiracy Files

9/11 Ten Years On | The Conspiracy Files

Approaches to History | BBC Two | 2011 | 59'00''

A decade after the attacks on New York, Washington and Pennsylvania, the Conspiracy Files looks at why some people still question wh...

George Floyd: A Killing That Shook the World | Panorama

George Floyd: A Killing That Shook the World | Panorama

Civil rights movement in the USA | BBC One | 2020 | 28'51''

Thousands of people have joined marches against racism after the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Clive Myrie ...

By the People: The Election of Barack Obama

By the People: The Election of Barack Obama

History | BBC Two | 2010 | 1'52'13''

Film-makers Amy Rice and Alicia Sams tell the behind-the-scenes story of the passionate campaigners who helped a young African-Am...

The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey Oswald | Timewatch

The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey Oswald | Timewatch

History | BBC Two | 1993 | 1'39'48''

An investigative biography of Lee Harvey Oswald, the man at the centre of the political crime of the 20th century, the...

02: Blast Off! | James May’s 20th Century

02: Blast Off! | James May’s 20th Century

History | BBC Two | 2007 | 29'11''

James May investigates what the Space Race did for all of us who never got a chance to blast off into orbit.

Neil Armstrong | Icons

Neil Armstrong | Icons

History | BBC Two | 2019 | 14'28''

A daring test pilot and Korean War veteran, Armstrong became the focus of the whole world when he stepped out onto the moon and gave us a new perspect...

KKK: The Fight for White Supremacy

KKK: The Fight for White Supremacy

Citizenship | BBC Three | 2015 | 57'30''

Documentary investigating the Ku Klux Klan. Film-maker Dan Murdoch witnesses first-hand their secretive rituals and hears why their member...

1929: The Great Crash

1929: The Great Crash

History | BBC Two | 2009 | 58'41''

Over six terrifying, desperate days in October 1929, shares crashed by a third on the New York Stock Exchange. More than $25 billion in individual weal...

Moon Landing Special | Stargazing

Moon Landing Special | Stargazing

History | BBC Two | 2019 | 1'28'41''

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo moon landing, Professor Brian Cox and Dara O Briain travel to where the historic Apollo 11 ...

Surviving 9/11

Surviving 9/11

History | BBC Two | 2021 | 1'29'48''

A deeply personal film that moves between accounts of the two-hour period when terrorists attacked the Twin Towers and the Pentagon and hijacked Flight 93 and...

9/11: Inside the President’s War Room

9/11: Inside the President’s War Room

History | BBC One | 2021 | 1'28'58''

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

Malcolm X (1992)

Malcolm X (1992)

History | BBC Two | 2024 | 3'08'53''

Biographical epic about the influential and controversial black nationalist leader, from his early life and career as a small-time gangster to his ministry ...

Till (2022)

Till (2022)

History | BBC Two | 2024 | 2'00'23''

After black 14-year-old Emmett Till is lynched in Mississippi for offending a white woman, his grieving mother goes public in her fight for justice. Activist org...

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

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

History | BBC Two | 2008 | 59'10''

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

White Man Walking | Storyville

White Man Walking | Storyville

Ethnicity and social inequality | BBC Four | 2025 | 1'09'46''

A Storyville documentary that follows white film-maker Rob Bliss as he walks 1500 miles through America's southern states wearing a Black Live...

Episode 11 | Ameireaga air Film/America in Colour

Episode 11 | Ameireaga air Film/America in Colour

History | BBC Alba | 2018 | 46'52''

From humble beginnings, Hollywood became the world’s leading multi-billion dollar industry of glitz, glamour, money and fam...

Episode 10 | Ameireaga air Film/America in Colour

Episode 10 | Ameireaga air Film/America in Colour

History | BBC Alba | 2018 | 46'52''

In the 20th century, families like the Rockefellers and Vanderbilts built and spent massive fortunes. Political dynasties s...

Episode 7 | Ameireaga air Film/America in Colour

Episode 7 | Ameireaga air Film/America in Colour

History | BBC Alba | 2018 | 46'41''

America lead the world in industrial innovation in the early 20th century.

Episode 5 | Ameireaga air Film/America in Colour

Episode 5 | Ameireaga air Film/America in Colour

History | BBC Alba | 2018 | 46'16''

A look at America in the 1960s - a decade of revolution that delivers the modern America we recognise today - in colour for ...

Episode 4 | Ameireaga air Film/America in Colour

Episode 4 | Ameireaga air Film/America in Colour

Cold War conflicts | BBC Alba | 2018 | 46'17''

To Americans the 1950s are the golden years. Having recovered from World War II, the life of the nation was on the up. The n...

Apollo 11: The Impact on Earth | Panorama

Apollo 11: The Impact on Earth | Panorama

History | BBC One | 1969 | 49'22''

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

Race riots | Panorama

Race riots | Panorama

History | BBC One | 1967 | 49'50''

Panorama visits Cleveland, on the verge of race riots, to ask civil rights leader Martin Luther King whether his non-violent movement was now losing gr...

California 2000 | Panorama

California 2000 | Panorama

Approaches to History | BBC One | 1966 | 45'13''

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

The Hydrogen Bomb | Panorama

The Hydrogen Bomb | Panorama

History | BBC | 1954 | 44'58''

Panorama hosts a discussion on the hydrogen bomb, with guests including physicist Joseph Rotblat, historian Bertrand Russell, the Archbishop of ...

04: John F. Kennedy | Secrets of Leadership

04: John F. Kennedy | Secrets of Leadership

History | BBC Two | 2003 | 49'08''

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

03: Martin Luther King | Secrets of Leadership

03: Martin Luther King | Secrets of Leadership

History | BBC Two | 2003 | 47'39''

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

The Black Panthers | Storyville

The Black Panthers | Storyville

History | BBC Four | 2016 | 1'44'33''

Documentary exploring the Black Panther party, its culture and political awakening for black people, which weaves archival footage with the v...

The Kennedys: A Culture Show Special | The Culture Show

The Kennedys: A Culture Show Special | The Culture Show

History | BBC HD | 2011 | 58'58''

Jonathan Freedland chairs a discussion on John F Kennedy, while producer Joel Surnow talks about the mini-series The ...

Trump’s First 100 Days | Panorama

Trump’s First 100 Days | Panorama

History | BBC One | 2017 | 58'34''

A Panorama special looking at the first 100 days of President Trump. Jeremy Paxman crosses the US for a wry and searching examination...

The Kennedy Assassination: Beyond Conspiracy

The Kennedy Assassination: Beyond Conspiracy

History | BBC Two | 2003 | 1'29'04''

For forty years, conspiracy theories have raged over the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Now, 3D computer animation of the cri...

05: The Reagan Legacy | Wheeler on America

05: The Reagan Legacy | Wheeler on America

Beliefs in Society | BBC Four | 1996 | 50'01''

Charles Wheeler explores the social impact of Reaganism on today's America.

04: Drugs and Punishment | Wheeler on America

04: Drugs and Punishment | Wheeler on America

Crime and Deviance | BBC Four | 1996 | 49'54''

Charles Wheeler looks at population growth in prisons and asks are penalties for drug offences too harsh?

03: America’s Long March | Wheeler on America

03: America’s Long March | Wheeler on America

Ethnicity and social inequality | BBC Four | 1996 | 49'47''

Charles Wheeler looks at disappointed hopes of black America from LBJ's 1965 Voting Rights Act to radicalism of Louis FAR...

02: A Great Society? | Wheeler on America

02: A Great Society? | Wheeler on America

History | BBC Four | 1996 | 49'25''

Charles Wheeler charts origins & decline of Lyndon Johnson's Great Society programme, looking at how it changed the lives of poor p...

Nixon in the Den

Nixon in the Den

History | BBC Four | 2010 | 59'07''

David Reynolds takes a fresh look at the embattled presidency of Richard Nixon as he ran it largely from his 'den' - a hideaway office across the road from ...

03: Supremacy | American History’s Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley

03: Supremacy | American History’s Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley

History | BBC Four | 2019 | 59'05''

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

04: Trade, Debt and Aid | World 2000

04: Trade, Debt and Aid | World 2000

Development and Inequality | BBC Two | 2000 | 29'14''

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

03: Globalisation | World 2000

03: Globalisation | World 2000

Geography | BBC Two | 2000 | 29'17''

What is globalisation and how does it affect us?