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The Story of the Machine Gun. March 1915: a unit of 90 German infantrymen are armed with two MGo8 Maxim-style machine guns. In just 90 minutes, they inflict 1,000 casualties upon advancing British infantry.

What defines a successful fighting force? Warfare has changed radically over the last century, and armed forces have had to adapt to new technologies and tactics.

Viasat History. 1940-1945: early victories, then stalemate and genocide, whether watching your neighbours being packed off or being a victim. Twelve years of terror would end in devastation and division.

Mengele died a free man in 1979 after evading justice for over 30 years; how could this have happened, what was his life like during all those years in hiding, and who helped him.

The Great Wall of China. The Great Wall of China is still shrouded in mystery; thanks to the latest digital technology, today's experts can dissect the work of ancient builders to try to reveal secrets kept for millennia.

CIA Mind Control: Declassified. Thousands of people were dosed with LSD by the CIA; did the CIA murder its own people, poison a whole French town, experiment on New Yorkers and assassinate Bobby Kennedy.

The Curse of the Agnellis. Like the Kennedy dynasty in the US, the Agnelli story is marked by an over-sized influence on the history of their country and by a succession of tragedies that has spanned generations.

Bettany Hughes starts her Mediterranean voyage of discovery at the Strait of Gibraltar, with a recently discovered mask of Medusa. Dating to 5th century BCE, it was identified from fragments in Gorham's Cave on Gibraltar, and proves that Phoenician traders made it all the way across the Mediterranean - Phoenician traders who believed that this lair was the home of the monster-goddess whose stare turned men to stone. Bettany charts a course east, to the strategic Island of Malta, where a Punic tomb has just been discovered. Bettany reveals contents that prove that these Phoenicians originated from North Africa. In the countryside, Bettany discovers how farmers grow three citrus crops a year with a special tour of an ancient Arabic underground irrigation system called The Invention of Summer. And inside the Central Bank of Malta, Bettany has the unique honour of handling a tiny gold quarter dinar coin made on Malta from Egyptian gold. Bettany and her team are also invited to stay on the sacred island of Delos under a super-moon, doubly incredible as no one is ever normally allowed to stay here. She greets the full moon during the summer solstice - as has been happening since ancient times in the worship of the moon goddess Artemis. On the magical Italian island of Ischia, Bettany samples the Roman thermal baths and reveals the story of Michelangelo's muse Vittoria Colonna, who wrote over 13 volumes of poetry, many inspired by her romantic castle home on the island.

This documentary shows a different side of D-Day: not just the famous shots of the beaches at Normandy, but the troops, sailors and civilians on the South Coast of England preparing for battle too.

The Panama Canal. Two nations - France and America - compete to build a path just 50 miles long that will connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans; completing it will require overcoming every obstacle imaginable.

Machu Picchu. In the heart of the Peruvian Andes, the city of Machu Picchu remains the Inca's most breathtaking and enigmatic urban creation; today, experts investigate areas that were previously unknown.

Last Stand. The Nazis had all but lost the war by March of 1945, but Hitler still sent throngs of soldiers to protect an isolated area of occupied Poland from oncoming forces. What was he trying to hide.

Tanks. The Mark 1 tank was first used in 1916 to give the Allies an advantage in the trenches; it changed how battles were fought and became the foundation of a century of innovation in armoured vehicles.

Midway. June 1942: the most decisive naval-air battle in the Pacific started as a Japanese trap and ended as an American ambush, a totally unpredictable conflict made up of luck, code-breaking, and gambles.

This documentary shows a different side of D-Day: not just the famous shots of the beaches at Normandy, but the troops, sailors and civilians on the South Coast of England preparing for battle too.

Bettany Hughes starts her Mediterranean voyage of discovery at the Strait of Gibraltar, with a recently discovered mask of Medusa. Dating to 5th century BCE, it was identified from fragments in Gorham's Cave on Gibraltar, and proves that Phoenician traders made it all the way across the Mediterranean - Phoenician traders who believed that this lair was the home of the monster-goddess whose stare turned men to stone. Bettany charts a course east, to the strategic Island of Malta, where a Punic tomb has just been discovered. Bettany reveals contents that prove that these Phoenicians originated from North Africa. In the countryside, Bettany discovers how farmers grow three citrus crops a year with a special tour of an ancient Arabic underground irrigation system called The Invention of Summer. And inside the Central Bank of Malta, Bettany has the unique honour of handling a tiny gold quarter dinar coin made on Malta from Egyptian gold. Bettany and her team are also invited to stay on the sacred island of Delos under a super-moon, doubly incredible as no one is ever normally allowed to stay here. She greets the full moon during the summer solstice - as has been happening since ancient times in the worship of the moon goddess Artemis. On the magical Italian island of Ischia, Bettany samples the Roman thermal baths and reveals the story of Michelangelo's muse Vittoria Colonna, who wrote over 13 volumes of poetry, many inspired by her romantic castle home on the island.

Machu Picchu. In the heart of the Peruvian Andes, the city of Machu Picchu remains the Inca's most breathtaking and enigmatic urban creation; today, experts investigate areas that were previously unknown.

The Panama Canal. Two nations - France and America - compete to build a path just 50 miles long that will connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans; completing it will require overcoming every obstacle imaginable.

Last Stand. The Nazis had all but lost the war by March of 1945, but Hitler still sent throngs of soldiers to protect an isolated area of occupied Poland from oncoming forces. What was he trying to hide.

Midway. June 1942: the most decisive naval-air battle in the Pacific started as a Japanese trap and ended as an American ambush, a totally unpredictable conflict made up of luck, code-breaking, and gambles.

Tanks. The Mark 1 tank was first used in 1916 to give the Allies an advantage in the trenches; it changed how battles were fought and became the foundation of a century of innovation in armoured vehicles.

Once the most powerful empire in history, Rome collapsed in 476 A.D. / C.E. - but was it truly the barbarian invasions that ended it? We uncover some deeper causes such as plagues and climate shifts.

Viasat History. The first empress of Rome, the ruthless Livia Drusilla, carved a corpse-strewn path to putting her own son on the emperor's throne before her golden dynasty descended into an age of terror.

Last Stand. The Nazis had all but lost the war by March of 1945, but Hitler still sent throngs of soldiers to protect an isolated area of occupied Poland from oncoming forces. What was he trying to hide.