PBS America (Freeview) Wednesday

Historians Ruth Goodman, Alex Langlands and Peter Ginn relive the golden age of steam as they explore how the Victorian railways created modern Britain

Part two of two. Determined to seize the Russian capital before winter, Hitler launched Operation Typhoon. It was to be the last great decisive battle of 1941

A look at the first period of Franco's regime, when he gave himself the title of Supreme Leader of Spain and his family moved into the former summer residence of the king

The story of financier Allen Dorfman, who used union pension funds to support the Mafia

Historians Ruth Goodman, Alex Langlands and Peter Ginn relive the golden age of steam as they explore how the Victorian railways created modern Britain

Part two of two. Determined to seize the Russian capital before winter, Hitler launched Operation Typhoon. It was to be the last great decisive battle of 1941

A look at the first period of Franco's regime, when he gave himself the title of Supreme Leader of Spain and his family moved into the former summer residence of the king

The devastating impact of the conflict is explored through the stories of three women, as IRA prisoners begin their hunger strike in protest against Margaret Thatcher's policies

Part two of two. Determined to seize the Russian capital before winter, Hitler launched Operation Typhoon. It was to be the last great decisive battle of 1941