Dates That Made History

Liberty!

1997

Dramatic documentary about the birth of the American Republic and the struggle of a loosely connected group of states to become a nation.

Sister Wendy's American Collection

2001

Sister Wendy Beckett, a cloistered nun and Oxford-educated art scholar, takes an art appreciation tour across America, visiting six major art museums in this 6-hours documentary series from PBS.

The Hunt for the Zodiac Killer

2017

A look at the hunt for California's Zodiac Killer, who murdered at least five people in the San Francisco Bay Area in the late 1960s and early '70s.

Mafia Connection

2017

Stormy Silence

1997

The series focuses on the Croatian struggle for independence, dating as far back as 1895.

History Detectives

2003

A group of researchers help people to find answers to various historical questions they have, usually centering around a family heirloom, an old house or other historic object or structure. It devotes itself "to exploring the complexities of historical mysteries, searching out the facts, myths and conundrums that connect local folklore, family legends and interesting objects."

American Suburbia

2005

Witness a fascinating account of a nation's efforts to become progressive and prosperous.

Archangel

2005

Fluke Kelso, a dissipated, middle-aged former Oxford historian, who is in Moscow to attend a conference on the newly opened Soviet archives, receives in his hotel a very unexpected visitor.