Who is the child with learning disabilities and ADHD? This program shows the abilities and disabilities of these children. The abilities include originality, imagination, talent in the arts, love...

In May 1960, the FDA approved the sale of a pill that arguably would have a greater impact on American culture than any other drug in the nation's history. For women across the country, the...

On November 20, 1945, the surviving representatives of the Nazi elite, including Hermann Goering, the former head of the Nazi air force, stood before an international military tribunal at the Palace...

From a base in 15th-century Florence, the Medici family used charm, patronage, duplicity, and ruthlessness to amass wealth and power. The Medicis also ignited Western history's most important...

"Into the Deep" watches scientists unlock secrets from the last frontier on Earththe ocean's depths, where explorer Bob Ballard is changing science, history, and the future. "The Uncivilized Engine...

Madison, Polk, Taft, Clinton: Each had different conceptions of leadership in an era of divided government. One equal part of a larger group of institutions, the presidency rests largely on its...

The final episode describes Napoleon's downfall, including the invasion and subsequent retreat from Russia, and his final battles in which all of Europe is arrayed against him. Exiled to Elba, he...

As South Africa emerges from the shadow of apartheid, Alan Alda tours a wildlife park where managers keep nature in balance by controlling wildlife populations and maintaining a diverse landscape....

In the early 16th century, Japan is a warlike society ruled by samurai and their daimyo warlords. When Portuguese merchants arrive in 1543, they are the first Europeans to set foot in Japan....

"Guide My Feet" begins in the Jim Crow era, when many African-Americans migrated north. In Chicago, Thomas C. Dorsey, a pianist with blues singer Ma Rainey, melds his religious faith with his...