Kim Il Sung: The Still Birth of North Korea | Ancient to Recent | Episode 15

The first attempt has failed.Trotsky has survived the machine-gun assault on his home. But Stalin's campaign to destroy his old rival is entering its final stage.In this final episode, we follow Ramón...

6 Sep 57min

The assassin is already in position.As Leon Trotsky settles into his fortified compound in Mexico, Stalin's campaign to destroy him enters its final and most dangerous phase.In this fifth episode, we ...

29 Aug 58min

Trotsky has finally found refuge.After eight years of exile, the former leader of the Red Army arrives in Mexico, welcomed by President Lázaro Cárdenas and embraced by a circle of artists, intellectua...

23 Aug 49min

Trotsky has lost his struggle with Stalin for leadership of the Soviet UnionBut his revolutionary fire still burns bright.The man who helped seize power and build the Red Army is now a political exile...

15 Aug 43min

Leon Trotsky has helped seize power, built the Red Army, and defeated the enemies of the Bolshevik Revolution.Now he is about to lose everything.By 1927, the man who had once stood beside Lenin at the...

8 Aug 44min

One of history's greatest revolutionaries awaits his assassination.As Leon Trotsky sits inside his heavily guarded villa in Mexico City, he knows that Joseph Stalin has not forgotten him. Once hailed ...

1 Aug 41min

The conquest reaches its devastating conclusion.As Hernán Cortés launches his final assault on Tenochtitlan, one of the greatest cities on earth becomes the scene of one of history's most brutal siege...

25 Juli 48min

The splendour of Tenochtitlan soon gives way to horror.As the Spaniards settle into the heart of the Mexica capital, they are overwhelmed by its wealth, its markets and its astonishing organisation. Y...

18 Juli 40min