PBS America (Freeview) Tuesday

Paul Murton visits the Outer Hebrides islands of Eriskay, Barra and Vatersay, learning about the inspiration for the 1949 movie Whisky Galore! and foraging for cockles

How the discovery of an executed man revealed the brutal truth behind the Roman practice of crucifixion and shed new light on the most famous crucifixion of all

The inside story of the murder of Alexander Litvinenko in November 2006 by means of the radioactive poison polonium 210, and of the international manhunt that led to the Kremlin

In the 1920s there seemed to be some good candidates for leadership in Europe but they all disappeared when the Great Depression hit and lives across the world were ruined

Servicemen from four American communities recall their experiences of D-Day, in which more than 150,000 men took part in the invasion of France

How the discovery of an executed man revealed the brutal truth behind the Roman practice of crucifixion and shed new light on the most famous crucifixion of all

The inside story of the murder of Alexander Litvinenko in November 2006 by means of the radioactive poison polonium 210, and of the international manhunt that led to the Kremlin

In the 1920s there seemed to be some good candidates for leadership in Europe but they all disappeared when the Great Depression hit and lives across the world were ruined

Servicemen from four American communities recall their experiences of D-Day, in which more than 150,000 men took part in the invasion of France

The inside story of the murder of Alexander Litvinenko in November 2006 by means of the radioactive poison polonium 210, and of the international manhunt that led to the Kremlin