PBS America (Freeview) Friday

Discover how the Americans eradicated the Japanese fleet, and how a Russian sub destroyed German liner Wilhelm Gustloff

The untold story of Witold Pilecki, a Polish officer who managed to infiltrate Auschwitz to create an information network with the help of resistance fighters within the death camp

Part two of two. How France became a country torn between unity and division in the wake of the Second World War

Part two of two. Joann Fletcher examines the Ancient Egyptian attitude to death, looking at why they spent a fortune preparing for it and what they hoped to find in the afterlife

Discover how the Americans eradicated the Japanese fleet, and how a Russian sub destroyed German liner Wilhelm Gustloff

The untold story of Witold Pilecki, a Polish officer who managed to infiltrate Auschwitz to create an information network with the help of resistance fighters within the death camp

Part two of two. How France became a country torn between unity and division in the wake of the Second World War

Part two of two. Joann Fletcher examines the Ancient Egyptian attitude to death, looking at why they spent a fortune preparing for it and what they hoped to find in the afterlife

The untold story of Witold Pilecki, a Polish officer who managed to infiltrate Auschwitz to create an information network with the help of resistance fighters within the death camp