Category: Near East

Episode 1 The Search for Tutankhamun
Egypt is the title of a BBC television drama serial about various archaeological discoveries taking place in that country's history with the occasional flashback...

Episode 2 The Curse of Tutankhamun
Egypt is the title of a BBC television drama serial about various archaeological discoveries taking place in that country's history with the occasional flashback...

The Last Shah
Profile of the last Shah of Iran Mohammed Reza Pahlaviusing interviews from family, friends, supporters and enemies. He was overthrown by Muslim fundamentalists in...

Episode 6 Valley of the Kings
Series on Ancient Egypt. Valley of The Kings - This episode explores the Valley of the Kings the royal necropolis of the pharaohs. A...

Episode 1 Betrayal
The Suez crisis in the 1950s signaled the end of Britain's history as a power that could act alone on the world stage. This...

Episode 2 Conspiracy
The Suez crisis in the 1950s signaled the end of Britain's history as a power that could act alone on the world stage. This...

Episode 24 Allah Made Mesopotamia And Added Flies
First broadcast in 1964The Great War was the definitive film account of the world shattering events of World War I (1914 - 1918) a...

Desert Seas
Desert Seas narrated by David Attenborough tells the story of how the peninsula of Arabia transformed from an ocean millions of years ago to...

Episode 24 God Fights Back 1979
A departure from other documentaries that observe history as the actions of great men, People's Century considers the Century from the view of common...