Plot: The Space Odyssey series is a series of science fiction novels by the writer Arthur C. Clarke. Two of the novels have been made into feature films, released in 1968 and 1984 respectively. Two of Clarke's early short stories may also be considered part of the series. Wikipedia
Plot: In Search of the Trojan War is a 6-part BBC TV documentary series written and presented by Michael Wood, first broadcast in 1985 on BBC2. It examines the extent to which historical and archeological evidence matches the tale of the Trojan War as recounted by Homer in The Iliad. Wikipedia
Plot: A docudrama tracing the events at Dunkirk in 1940, during the height of World War Two. The soldiers were in danger, and many awaited the rescue mission by small boats from back home.
Plot: This 1999 BBC documentary is another in the long line of Michael Palin travelogues. He turns his wandering eye to the life and locales of Ernest Hemingway, visiting the places that meant so much to the adventure-loving author. The four, hour-long episodes begin in Spain, where Palin recounts Hemingway...
Plot: Horror in the East: Japan and the Atrocities of World War II is a two-part BBC documentary film that examines certain actions, including atrocities, and attitudes, of the Imperial Japanese Army in the lead up to and during World War II. Wikipedia
Plot: Supernatural: The Unseen Powers of Animals, also called Supernature, is a six-part British nature documentary television miniseries that was produced by John Downer Productions and commissioned by the BBC Natural History Unit, the same team behind the earlier successful shows Supersense and Lifesense...
Plot: Separate But Equal is a 1991 American two-part television miniseries depicting the landmark Supreme Court desegregation case Brown v. Board of Education, based on the phrase "Separate but equal". Wikipedia