EXP Histori programme guide

In 1994, 55-year-old wealthy businessman Bill is found shot in his kitchen. The police suspect his disabled son, but would he have had the capability to carry out a murder?

Year

2014

Rated 10+

10+

• Series
• crime
• drama
• reality show

A devastating two hour documentary based on Lawrence Wright’s book of the same name. Scientology is laid bare by a film that skilfully knits together archive footage, testimonials from former high ranking officials and public, and dramatic reconstructions. Alex Gibney’s documentary, based on Lawrence Wright’s book, sheds light on the controversial religious movement, from its roots in the mind of founder L Ron Hubbard through to its rise in popularity in Hollywood and beyond. The film also profiles eight former members of the Church of Scientology, including Oscar-winning screenwriter and director Paul Haggis, who offer their perspective on the actions of the organisation’s leaders past and present.

Year

2015

Rated 15+

15+

• Documentary
• documentary

In 1937, American aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart vanished from the skies entering the realm of myth and mystery. Can Ric Gillespie solve the greatest aviation mystery of all time?

Year

2010

• Documentary
• crime

In 1937, American aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart vanished from the skies entering the realm of myth and mystery. Can Ric Gillespie solve the greatest aviation mystery of all time?

Year

2010

• Documentary
• crime

The Star-Spangled Banner is known by all, treasured for its powerful melody and stirring lyrics. And yet, only about 40% of U.S. citizens know all the words. And even fewer know their meaning. Join us as we travel back to 1814, when Washington D.C. was under British attack during the ”Second War of Independence,” and the very bricks and mortar of American democracy were reduced to smoking rubble. We examine the battle that inspired witness Francis Scott Key to immortalize its final moments, then reveal how his poem transformed into an anthem.

Year

2014

Rated 10+

10+

• Documentary
• history

Chronicles the history of Singapore’s birth and growing pains.

Year

2005

• Documentary
• documentary

Andrew Graham-Dixon looks at neglected, but rich German art from the time of the Middle Ages.

Original title

S1E3 - Art Of Germany - In The Shadow Of Hit

Year

2010

• Documentary
• history

A series examining entrepreneurship and technological advances in the U.S.

Year

2015

Rated 10+

10+

• Documentary
• history

A series examining entrepreneurship and technological advances in the U.S.

Year

2015

Rated 10+

10+

• Documentary
• history

Was the remarkable mountain-carved city of Petra once ruled by women? Did the Knights Templar belong to an obscure cult that worshipped John the Baptist? Did the Pueblo civilization of Chaco Canyon practice cannibalism? Sacred Sites spans the globe to visit some of the world’s most remarkable ancient religious structures. Through recent archaeological discoveries and scientific breakthroughs, we offer fresh insights into the civilizations that built these sites, and examine their sometimes controversial, taboo practices.

Original title

Sacred Sites 104 Egypt

Year

2016

Rated 10+

10+

• Documentary
• history

• Documentary
• history
• art

Explore how our beliefs help us change. An Indian woman becomes a Jain nun; and a scientist continues his quest to understand the universe.

Year

2015

• Documentary
• documentary

• Documentary

• Documentary

Adolf and Eva reveals the shocking story of Eva Braun - Nazi Germany’s secret First Lady - from her teenage infatuation with the future Fuhrer to her wedding and suicide with Hitler in a Berlin bunker.

Year

2016

Rated 12+

12+

• Movie
• war

Adolf and Eva reveals the shocking story of Eva Braun - Nazi Germany’s secret First Lady - from her teenage infatuation with the future Fuhrer to her wedding and suicide with Hitler in a Berlin bunker.

Year

2016

Rated 12+

12+

• Movie
• war

There are few places with as much of an outsize influence as the small British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar; Bettany explores its caves, the Garrison Library, and its underground pleasure gardens.

Year

2021

Rated 12+

12+

• Documentary
• history

A documentary that resurrects the buried history of the outrageous, often brilliant women who founded the modern women’s movement from 1966 to 1971.

Year

2014

Rated 12+

12+

• Documentary
• history

A documentary that resurrects the buried history of the outrageous, often brilliant women who founded the modern women’s movement from 1966 to 1971.

Year

2014

Rated 12+

12+

• Documentary
• history

We don’t always know the truth behind what scares us. On the next episode of America’s Facts Vs. Fictions, learn that our Halloween’s origins aren’t all that ancient and that Edgar Allan Poe is not the madman that others have made him out to be.

Year

2013

• Documentary
• history

In our modern media landscape where real courtroom dramas have increasingly been transformed into a form of entertainment, this series reflects on some of the most dramatic and memorable trials in recent history.

Year

2020

Rated 15+

15+

• Documentary
• crime

SINATRA: All or Nothing at All is an up-close and personal examination of the life, music and career of the legendary entertainer. Told in his own words from hours of archived interviews, along with commentary from those closest to him, the documentary weaves the music and images from Sinatra’s life together with rarely seen footage of Sinatra’s famous 1971 ”Retirement Concert” in Los Angeles. The film’s narrative is shaped by Sinatra’s song choices for that concert, which Gibney interprets as the singer’s personal guide through his own life.

Year

2015

Rated 15+

15+

• Documentary
• biography
• music

Who built Stonehenge and why? Groundbreaking archaeological digs have revealed major new clues about Britain’s enigmatic 5,000-year-old site and the people who constructed it.

Year

2017

Rated 10+

10+

• Documentary
• nature
• history

Details of the infamous ’Amber t*rd’ incident and Depp’s ’megapint’ moment are heard by the jury.

Year

2023

Rated 18+

18+

• Documentary
• crime

Trout streams are fountains of youth for 86-year-old fly fishing legend, Joe Humphreys: a man who was born to fly fish, lives to teach, and strives to pass on a respect for our local waters.

Year

2018

• Documentary
• family
• biography

Carnegie hires a hatchet man, Henry Frick, to help him achieve his goal of besting Rockefellar. The partnership seems promising, but Carnegie does not know that Frick is running his factories far beyond capacity.

Year

2012

Rated 10+

10+

• Documentary
• history