PBS America (Freeview) Thursday

Peter Ginn and Alex Langlands work as navvies, who built the railway tracks in all conditions, and Ruth Goodman finds out what impact the railroads had on the cottage industries

How the German Siegfried Line and the French Maginot Line protected their countries during the Second World War by using modern technologies

A look at how Franco managed to prevail as dictator after the end of the Second World War, with the Allies making a clear distinction between the friends and foes of democracy

The story of Joe Valachi, the first Mafia member to break the code of silence and turn public informer

Peter Ginn and Alex Langlands work as navvies, who built the railway tracks in all conditions, and Ruth Goodman finds out what impact the railroads had on the cottage industries

How the German Siegfried Line and the French Maginot Line protected their countries during the Second World War by using modern technologies

A look at how Franco managed to prevail as dictator after the end of the Second World War, with the Allies making a clear distinction between the friends and foes of democracy

A look at how the conflict became an intelligence war, as the police and the army made efforts to infiltrate paramilitary organisations and recruit informers

How the German Siegfried Line and the French Maginot Line protected their countries during the Second World War by using modern technologies