Olympics 490 BC - Five Ring Circus (84/102)
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Gods Must be Angry, The (Pilot)
This is the pilot for the History Bites series, and it explores the...
Mother Britain (Special)
Mother Britain is a scathing look at Canada's struggle to become an...
Uncle Sam (Special)
A satirical look at the love-hate relationships between our prime...
Black Death, The (1/102)
It's the greatest disaster in European History. The year is 1349...
Caligula is Croaked (2/102)
He's incompetent, insane, incestuous, and in charge. A reign of...
Dead Philosopher Walking (3/102)
Imagine if TV had been around back when Socrates philosophically...
Great Fire of London (4/102)
In September of 1666 AD most of London, England burned to the ground...
Charlemagne (5/102)
It's Christmas Eve, in the year 800. For the first time in almost...
Declaration of Independence, The (6/102)
1776: The richest man in America, (no, not Bill Gates) is about to...
Magna Carta (7/102)
1215 A.D.: If you thought the Meech Lake Accord was a troubled...
Pure Vandalism (8/102)
In the year 455 A.D. the Vandals tribe invaded Rome and sacked it. ...
French Revolution, The (9/102)
The Great Terror is in full swing. After running out of cruel...
Bjarney and Friends (10/102)
Who discovered America? Five hundred years before Columbus a Viking...
Spanish Inquisition , The (11/102)
The King of Spain has spoken: convert to Christianity or be...
Battle of Waterloo, The (12/102)
Just when you thought it was safe to go back into France, Napoleon...
Bloody Aztecs, The (13/102)
This tribe of war loving, blood-soaked conquerors were minding their...
Gutenberg's Laptop (14/102)
Johannes Gutenberg was recently hailed as the most important man of...
Cartier Does Canada (15/102)
After his triumphant return from the new world, Jacques Cartier does...
Ransomed by Vikings (16/102)
It's the Hostage Crisis of 1011, as the Scandinavian Mafia demand...
Operation Desert Crusade (17/102)
Live coverage as the first Crusaders reach Jerusalem and send...
Celibate Celebrity of 1492, The (18/102)
Joan of Arc opens up to Barbara Walters, then leads an army to...
Big Sex Scandal, The (19/102)
The leader of the world's most powerful nation is caught dallying...
Sistine Ceiling, The (20/102)
Michelangelo's Biblical Epic premieres to astounded audiences and...
Saying No To Terrorism (21/102)
Moses threatens to bring down plagues on the Egyptians until they let...
Galileo Cops A Plea (22/102)
Galileo Galilei is on trial for suggesting the sun is the center of...
Worse than Genghis Khan (23/102)
The terror and slaughter inflicted by Genghis Khan and his Mongol...
Commander in Chief is a Eunuch, The (24/102)
In the year 1402 A.D., as Europe crawled out of the Dark Ages, China...
Woman for All Seasons, A : Hildegarde von Bingen (25/102)
Hildegarde Von Bingen is one the bright lights of the Dark Ages. She...
Bulbs, Boom and Bust! (26/102)
Do you think investing is risky today? In the 1730s the Dutch...
Cleo Can Kiss My Asp (27/102)
It's live coverage of the leadership race of the Roman Empire. Who...
My Canada Includes Quebec (28/102)
Canada's French/English debate heats up on the Plains of Abraham, as...
Not So Great Wall of China, The (29/102)
The original Great Wall of China was not built with stone, but with...
Invasion U.S.A. (30/102)
If you've seen the movie “Independence Day” you know how...
Spartans, Get Ready to Rumble! (31/102)
The Battle of Thermopylae may well be the most lopsided confrontation...
Welcome to Oz (32/102)
A crime wave, gangs of criminals, Oz, incarceration. No, it's not...
Tiananmen Square of 532 A.D., The (33/102)
The Emperor Justinian dreams of rebuilding the Roman Empire,...
Pregnant Pirates, The (34/102)
There are many strange tales involving the buccaneers of the high...
King has Left the Building, The (35/102)
Catherine the Great ruled Russia with a firm hand. However she faced...
Shakespeare in Love - Drake in Battle (36/102)
The true story of Drake's famous victory over the Spanish Armada. ...
Everything you Need to Know About God (37/102)
It's 325 A. D. and Christianity is wracked by arguments over beliefs...
Millennium Special, The (38 & 39/102)
Get ready! Cause at midnight tonight, New Year's Eve, the big ball...
Vikings A La Mode (40/102)
ROLLO THE VIKING 911 When the Vikings invaded France in 911, King...
Captain Who Couldn't Sail Straight, The (41/102)
HUDSON 1611 In a bizarre tale of mutiny and betrayal, the...
Battle of the Anti-Popes (42/102)
THREE POPES 1409 In 1490 there were two Popes in Europe, each...
There's Nero Business Like Show Business (43/102)
NERO 64 AD Ah, the roar of the lions, the smell of the...
Truth Or Prayer, The Crusade Tour (44/102)
ELEANOR OF AQUITAINE 1147 The Blonde Ambition tour of the sexy and...
Goodbye Tudor Rose (45/102)
HENRY & CATHERINE 1542 The death of a much loved, in fact overly...
Dueling Transvestite, The (46/102)
CHEVALIER D'EON 1776 As the world shakes with revolution, democracy...
Rebel With A Cause (47/102)
JESUS 33 AD The story of the trial and crucifixion of Jesus from the...
Dracula's Evil Twin (48/102)
VLAD THE IMPALER 1460 The legend of Dracula was inspired by the...
Neolithic Park (49/102)
NEOLITHIC 6,000 BC A look back 6000 years ago as humans discover...
My Pharaoh Lady (50/102)
HATSHEPSUT 1500 BC In Ancient Egypt only men could become Pharaoh. ...
Between Me & My Calvin (51/102)
CALVIN 1553 After being persecuted as heretics themselves,...
Alexander's Wartime Band (52/102)
ALEXANDER 323 BC The story of the ambitious kid who built an empire...
Monk On A Hot Tin Roof (53/102)
SAVONAROLA 1490 A priest takes over Florence, badmouths the...
Glengarry Glen Baa (54/102)
HIGHLAND CLEARANCE 1814 As the Industrial Revolution began there was...
Saladin's Last Stand (55/102)
SALADIN 1192 This is the story of the man who stopped the...
Mounties' Comical Ride, The (56/102)
R.C.M.P. 1874 The Mounties' Comical Ride The bumbling and...
Man Who Wouldn't Be King, The (57/102)
CROMWELL 1649 Oliver Cromwell, the harsh Puritan who had King...
New Angle On The Gods, A (58/102)
PYTHAGORAS 560 BC In Ancient Greece the sum of the square of the two...
When Irish Eyes Are Starvin' (59/102)
IRISH POTATO FAMINE 1840'S It's the great Irish Potato Famine,...
Gladiators: Too Hot For TV (60/102)
WOMEN GLADIATORS Is a woman's place at home tending the slaves, or...
First Emperor, The (61/102)
SARGON 2,500 BC The story of the world's first Emperor, a man who...
There's Gold In Them Thar Beavers (62/102)
RADISSON & GROSEILLIERS 1660's They established an empire that...
Shootout At Fly's Photographic Studio, The (63/102)
O.K. CORRAL 1881 The true facts behind the now mythical Shootout At...
Columbus 1492 - The Day the Island Stood Still (64/102)
This is about the discovery of America from the point of view of the...
Goethe 1780 - Love & Death (65/102)
German author/playwright Goethe's first novel, a romantic tragedy,...
Ronon 1703 - Samurai Goodfellas (66/102)
This is the legendary story of the 47 Samurai who lost their leader...
Julius Caesar 44 B.C. - Who Killed J.F.C.? (67/102)
This episode covers the assassination of Caesar as seen through the...
Civil War 1864 - The Uncivil War (68/102)
The story of Lincoln's decision to issue the Emancipation...
Peter Abelard 1140 - Temptation Monastery (69/102)
This episode deals with sex and scandal involving the church. Peter...
Upper Canada Rebellion 1837 - Francis & Me (70/102)
Here, we are introduced to the second Upper Canada Rebellion lead by...
Ivan the Terrible 1570 - Terror for the Sake of Terror ...
Oprah invites Ivan the Terrible on her show to talk about the reign...
Beethoven 1839 - Harpsichord Wizard (72/102)
In a spoof of every music award show going, all the young music stars...
Beckett 1170 - A Canterbury Murder Tale (73/102)
Thomas Beckett is struck down in his cathedral by knights loyal to...
Boadecia 61 A.D. - Xena's Evil Sister (74/102)
A Celtic warrior queen proves to the Romans that women can be just as...
Kamikaze 1281 - Kamikaze Save the Day (75/102)
This is the story of how a great typhoon saved Japan from the...
Guy Fawkes 1605 BC - Domestic Terrorism (76/102)
The Gunpowder plot by Catholic dissidents makes the Oklahoma City...
Greek Music 560 BC; Rock & Roll Has Got to Go (77/102)
Greek Elders are outraged by the younger generation's lack of...
Lewis & Clark 1805 - Where No White Man Has Gone Before ...
This is the story of the epic journey of the men who opened up the...
Hastings 1066 - Leaving Norman (79/102)
After the Normans invade and occupy England, the king decides to do a...
Templars 1307 - Goodnight Good Knights (80/102)
A group who have dedicated themselves to charity and Christian works...
Babel 590 BC - Stairway to Heaven (81/102)
The Emperor Nebachunezzar talks to Barbara Walters about his plans to...
Nostrodamus 1555 - Psychic Celebrity (82/102)
This obscure French doctor becomes an international sensation with...
Salem Witch Trials 1692 - Bewitched (83/102)
A complex trial involving many witnesses, many accusers, many...
Olympics 490 BC - Five Ring Circus (84/102)
Live coverage of the early Olympics reveals that athletes took money...
Shakespeare 1594; Gratuitous Sex & Violence (85/102)
Shakespeare comes under attack for the excessive gore in his play...
Donner Party, The 1846 - Out Wit, Out Walk, Out Eat ...
This is the story of the Donner Party in the Rocky Mountains,...
Gregorian Calendar 1582 - Ten Lost Days (87/102)
Pope Gregory, under pressure to reform the old Julian calendar which...
Osborgias, The - Borgias 1500 AD (88/102)
The shocking story of the dysfunctional family who bullied their way...
Talkin' Turkey - Thanksgiving 1621 AD (89/102)
The first Thanksgiving with the Pilgrims at Plymouth is done as a...
Never Been Kissed - Ulrich Von Lichtenstein 1227 AD ...
The story of a bizarre but chivalrous knight who toured Europe in a...
Politics of Puffy Pants, The - French Revolution 1794 AD ...
The Reign of Terror, the executions, and the death of firebrand...
I Pray the Fifth - Cathars 1244 AD (92/102)
The Cathars were a break away group of French Christians who rejected...
A.D.D. in 1495 AD - Leonardo da Vinci 1495 AD (93/102)
The original Renaissance man meets the original Renaissance woman as...
Truth is Out There, The - Custer 1876 AD (94/102)
Custer's defeat at the Battle of Little Big Horn as seen through the...
Marco & Nick's Excellent Adventure - Marco Polo 1302 AD...
Marco Polo's book about his adventures across Asia and the court of...
Tax This! - American Revolution 1776 AD (96/102)
"Live from beautiful downtown Boston..." America's political and...
Queen Takes Queen, Checkmate - Elizabeth & Mary 1587 AD...
It's the rival regents of the Renaissance, Mary Queen of Scots and...
Got You Dead to Rights - Pope Formosus 897 AD (98/102)
The incredible story of a Pope who was dug up and put on trial by an...
Girls! Girls! Girls! - Mormons 1857 AD (99/102)
A dead-on parody of The Bachelor explores the Mormon's early...
To Boldly Go... - Pizarro 1529 AD (100/102)
Imagine the story of the Spanish Conquistadors in Peru as an episode...
Win Win War, A - War of 1812/1814 AD (101/102)
The War Of 1812 as reported by CNN's Crossfire. We hear from...
Newtiful Mind, A - Isaac Newton 1690 AD (102/102)
At The Movies With Ebert & Roeper reviews and shows clips from the...