Three miles beneath the Atlantic a feared Nazi warship stands proudly defiant….
On May 27, 1941, the German Navy's most powerful vessel, Bismarck, was sunk in waters nearly three miles deep taking with it more than 2,000 lives. "Sink the Bismarck!" was the cry as British forces searched the Atlantic for the German battleship. The pursuit ended in a battle that plunged the Bismarck into waters nearly three miles deep, taking with it more that 2,000 lives. The vast stretch of water in the Atlantic Ocean was the final resting place for the mighty vessel, with most of its crew also plummeting to a watery grave.

Hitler's dead. The Allies are closing in on Berlin. The Nazis give their terms to end the war but the Allies demand unconditional surrender. How can they reach agreement?

A look at the cutting-edge technology helping meteorologists track dangerous weather systems, warning people about lightning, tornadoes,and hurricanes so they can get to safety. With climate change making the world's weather even more deadly, Earth's arsenal of weather-watching weaponry is essential in the fight to keep people safe and well, with satellites, drones and weather planes meaning experts are better at forecasting weather than ever.

William Segal, the philosopher, publisher, writer and painter, searched relentlessly and compassionately for meaning in modern life. The student of such diverse masters as G.I. Gurdjieff and D.T. Suzuki, Segal helped bring Eastern and Western spiritual traditions together, always stressing what connected humanity rather than what differentiated it. In the last decade of his life, Segal befriended the documentary filmmaker Ken Burns and the two collaborated on a trilogy film that defined his philosophy of life.

The Messenger explores our deep-seated connection to birds and warns that the uncertain fate of songbirds might mirror our own. Moving from the northern reaches of the Boreal Forest to the base of Mount Ararat in Turkey to the streets of New York, The Messenger brings us face-to-face with a remarkable variety of human-made perils that have devastated thrushes, warblers, orioles, tanagers, grosbeaks and many other airborne music-makers. In ancient times humans looked to the flight and songs of birds to protect the future. Today once again, birds have something to tell us.

On March 4, 1881, James Garfield became the 20th President of the United States—a position he would hold for only 200 days. Garfield rose from poverty to become the most powerful man in the U.S., and many Americans believed he had the potential to become one of the country's truly great presidents. But on July 2, mentally disturbed drifter Charles Guiteau shot President Garfield as he walked through the Baltimore and Potomac train station. Garfield survived the immediate shooting, but, with the importance of sterilization not yet realized by most American medical professionals, infection set in, killing the president 79 days later.

On May 10, 1869, at Promontory Summit, Utah, a boisterous crowd gathered to witness the completion of one of the greatest engineering feats of the 19th century: the building of the transcontinental railroad. The electrifying moment marked the culmination of six years of grueling work. A telegrapher sent a simple, yet thrilling, message to the waiting nation: "DONE!"

The untold story of how the Satanic Panic of the 1980s was ignited by "Michelle Remembers," a lurid memoir by psychiatrist Larry Pazder and his patient Michelle Smith. Supported by the Catholic Church, the bestselling book relied on recovered-memory therapy to uncover Michelle’s childhood abduction by baby-stealing Satanists. Amplified by law enforcement and America’s Daytime TV boom, satanic rumors spread through panic-stricken communities across the world, leaving a wave of destruction and wrongful convictions in their wake. Satan Wants You digs deep into the roots of moral panics and cult conspiracies, showing how these events still affect and distort our reality today.

Paul Simon's Graceland album is one of his greatest achievements - a brilliant fusion of African rhythms and western pop which became a global phenomenon. It also proved hugely controversial, as Simon broke the UN-backed cultural boycott of a country still under the grip of apartheid.

After a nine-month-old baby died due to being strapped to a beanbag by a nursery worker in Stockport, her parents ask how similar future tragedies can be prevented. Reporter Hayley Hassall assesses the impact of changes to the inspection system and hears from whistleblowers who say some providers mislead parents and the authorities about the standards of care they provide.

A monumental achievement, The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu tracks the rise and fall of the infamous Romanian dictator through his own propaganda footage. The film covers 25 years in the life of Ceausescu and was made using 1,000 hours of original footage from the National Archives of Romania.

Obsession, love, money, and postage. Freaks and Errors: A Rare Collection, is the first, independent documentary film that reveals the rarely seen, expectedly eccentric and surprisingly large world of stamp?collecting.

An absorbing life story of a farm boy who rose from obscurity to become the most influential American innovator of the 20th century, Henry Ford offers an incisive look at the birth of the American auto industry with its long history of struggles between labor and management. The film is a thought-provoking reminder of how Ford's automobile forever changed the way we work, where we live, and our ideas about individuality, freedom, and possibility.

Filmmaker Ken Burns uses long-lost footage, penetrating interviews, and the glorious art of Thomas Hart Benton to tell the story of an American artist. Benton's paintings were burly, energetic, and as uncompromising as the midwestern landscapes and laborers they celebrated. Thomas Hart Benton was a self-reliant American emerging from the Great Depression. Today his works hang in museums. During his life, Benton preferred to hang them in saloons, where ordinary people could appreciate them in congenial settings.