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Clive Anderson and anthropologist Mary-Ann Ochota team up once again to explore Great Britain’s ancient places and rituals, mixing mysticism, ancient archaeology and very British humour. This season’s epic expeditions range from entering the lair of legendary Hogboy, the monster of Maeshowe, to finding out how the Loch Ness Monster brought Christianity to Scotland; and “The Quest for King Arthur” to the questionable judgment of Clive in subjecting himself to some medieval medicine.
New Series Blink Entertainment/Smithsonian Networks
By January 1945, it’s apparent Nazi Germany will be defeated. But instead of winding down, the war enters its bloodiest, most chaotic phase. As allies close in, everything accelerates. Rare colour footage reveals the horrors of POWs, the utter destruction of entire cities, and the close-up faces of citizens caught in a war. Historians help us dissect key moments, and first person recollections paint pictures that sear the experience into memory. When the fighting climaxes at the epicenter of the Third Reich, the walls close in around Hitler. His suicide triggers a chaotic transfer of power, culminating in a clumsy surrender. The world exhales on May 8 - Victory in Europe Day. Soldiers and citizens take this one day to live out that first day of freedom from tyranny. Everyone remembers where they were and what they did. 75 years later, we give those stories new life.
Nearly 70 years ago, a new monarch ascended the British throne, Queen Elizabeth II. To succeed, she would need the full power and glamour of the Royal Family, but three key figures in her life would complicate that task: her rebellious sister, Princess Margaret, her husband Philip’s power-hungry uncle, Lord Mountbatten, and the royal matriarch: The Queen Mother. Using letters and diaries written by the Windsor’s, we delve into the stresses and strains of their relationships as the Royal Family faces new challenges in the modern age.
Renegade Pictures (UK)/Smithsonian Networks
It’s May 8th, 1945. Nazi Germany has just surrendered, ending nearly six dark years in Europe. VE-Day celebrations erupt amid the citizenry of war-torn nations. But in the Pacific, the troops’ reaction is muted. Europe may as well be the moon. American troops on Okinawa are in the midst of one of the bloodiest battles of the entire war. Japan shows no sign of surrender. It will be exactly 100 more days to VJ-Day, and it will include some of the most tumultuous and significant days of the 20th Century. When the end finally comes, VJ Day finishes the party that VE Day started. The world is at peace – and profoundly different. The century pivots at this moment. These handful of days will create the path for the world to follow for the next 75 years - and counting.
Mystic Britain
20 x 60’, 2019-2020, 4K
Private Lives Of The Windsors
3 x 60’, 2020, 4K
Race To Victory: WWII Europe
1 x 60’, 2020, 4K
Smithsonian Networks
Smithsonian Networks
Race To Victory: WWII Pacific
1 x 60’, 2020, 4K
History