A four-part history of the Inquisition, a 500-year campaign against heretics by the Roman Catholic Church initiated by Pope Gregory IX. The series...

Featuring interviews with his followers, critics and Raël himself, this docuseries traces how a UFO-inspired religion spiraled into a...

The Bible is both a religious and historical work, but how much is myth and how much is history?

Animated World Faiths tells the stories of the world's major faiths and their founders. Gloriously animated in studios in India, Poland, the Czech...

Dr Francesca Stavrakopoulou examines how archaeological discoveries are changing the way people interpret stories from the Bible.

It is said to be one of the oldest books in the world. Has it been altered? If yes why? A remarkable journey back in time to see what the Old...

Deadly Journeys of the Apostles explores beyond the Bible, building new biographies of the Apostles from 2,000 years of history strewn across the...

The Power of Myth is a television series originally broadcast on PBS in 1988 as Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth. The documentary comprises six...

Atheism: A Rough History of Disbelief – known in the United States as A Brief History of Disbelief – is a 2004 television documentary...

Infographics and archival footage deliver bite-size history lessons on scientific breakthroughs, social movements and world-changing discoveries.

Morgan Freeman presents his quest in order to find how most religions perceive life after death, what different civilizations thought about the act...

Believed to hold miraculous powers, sacred treasures are kept under lock and key. Uncover the history — and mystery — behind these...

Don Wildman unearths relics from the world's greatest institutions to reveal secrets from the past. He examines each artifact to illuminate history's...

Explores the experiences of James Safechuck and Wade Robson, who were both befriended and sexually abused by singer Michael Jackson, and the...

A worldwide guided tour of the greatest movies ever made and the story of international cinema through the history of cinematic innovation.

Will Smith whose curiosity and wonder is positively infectious—is guided by National Geographic Explorers traveling to different corners of the...

An in-depth look at the history and pop cultural significance of horror films.

Explore Marvel’s rich legacy of pioneering characters, creators and storytelling to reflect the world outside your window. Each documentary,...

Doctor Who Confidential is a documentary to complement the revival of the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. Each...

Explore the surprising things we know (and don’t know) about why people are the way they are through expert interviews, rare footage from...

In this true-crime documentary, a cult expert and filmmaker infiltrate a polygamist sect to expose a self-proclaimed prophet and bring him to justice.