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Surrounded by violent killers, notorious gangsters, and ruthless thugs – for the inmates confined in Alcatraz, the choice is to give up or fight to survive. From the infamous public enemies to the small time robbers, these men invented survival strategies to make it through the long hours in their tiny cells and the darkness of punishment in D Block.
Hoff Productions/National Geographic
A Terrible Beauty is the untold story of Ireland’s Easter Rising. It is a docudrama with accounts from the Notts & Derbyshire Regiment, the “Sherwood Foresters” and the Irish rebels who faced them. Over six days in April 1916, during the heart of the First World War, Dublin was gripped by a rebellion that would tear the city apart and leave countless casualties on both sides.
Tile Films
Military historian Dr Saul David delves deep into the violent world of the medieval melee tournament and focuses on the undisputed champion - William Marshal. Dr David charts Marshal’s epic rise from a money-grabbing tournament champion to the Regent of England.
In Tattoo Odyssey, renowned photographer Chris Rainer travels to the remote Indonesian island of Siberut to visit the Mentawai, a jungle tribe whose bodies are embedded with ink. From here the film then embarks on an adventure that connects the ancient tribes with the modern tattoo aficionados of the west. What Chris discovers is a deep understanding of what it means to express oneself as a human being.
90th Parallel Productions/Smithsonian Networks
Gladiators are legendary figures of the Ancient World; the stuff of Hollywood blockbusters like ‘Spartacus,’ or ‘Gladiator.’ Our knowledge has been based largely on speculation - until now. Securing exclusive access to the biggest archaeological gladiator research project of all time, Gladiator C.S.I reveals the secrets of how gladiators lived, fought and died, not from speculation but from forensic science.
BBC
The discovery of 30 decapitated Roman bodies in York has kicked off an intense archaeological investigation. Who were these men and what happened to them? Was this a burial rite? Could they be the casualties of war as Roman armies fought the Scottish tribes? Or is this the site of a mass execution? To answer these questions, Timewatch brings together an expert team of archaeologists, scientists and historians.
Surviving Alcatraz
1 x 60’, 2007, HD
A Terrible Beauty
2 x 60’ or 1 x 90’, 2013, HD
Timewatch:
Gladiator Graveyard
1 x 60’, 2007, SD
Timewatch:
The Greatest Knight
1 x 60’, 2007, SD
BBC
BBC
Tattoo Odyssey
1 x 60’, 2010, HD
Timewatch: The Mysteries Of
The Headless Romans
1 x 60’, 2006, SD
History