They started as simple blocks of light, but few predicted they heralded a revolution in entertainment, video games had arrived. An entire generation has now grown up immersed in virtual worlds becoming ever more realistic and like television and film before them they are not without controversy. Video games stand accused of making us violent or causing addiction, but do any of these claims hold wa
On June 26th 2015 the worst terror attack on Britain's abroad since 9/11 took place, leaving 30 British dead and 26 injured, a holiday paradise now off limits to British tourists and lives changed forever by a gunman in black. Should holiday makers have known more about the dangers posed by Jihadis? In this episode of Panorama the survivors of the horror in Tunisia tell their story and piece
FIFA is one of those video games that everyone has played, when you think of football games you think of FIFA. The game franchise was originally released back in 1993 and since then EA Sports have incrementally released a new version every year to coincide with the start of the football season itself, with each version getting better and better as the technology and game design improved.In thi
Lee Selby's life has been a rocky one, he has fought his way up from a small town in South Wales to boxing world stage but being a family man now, he isn't just fighting for himself anymore and it has been a gruelling journey. Having grown up in an impoverished area of Wales and suffering a tragic loss, Lee has grown an inner strength. Now he is on the verge of greatness with the chance to win a w
They say knowledge is power and this is seldom more true than in war. Knowing your enemies plans whilst denying them the same privilege is to stack the odds in your favour. As military cryptography advanced in complexity so too did the required effort needed to crack it. In WWII we saw the rise of the Enigma Machine, it's complexity was such that mere manpower could not solve it within any reasona
June 6th 1944, D-Day marks a turning point in WWII. Facing the threat of defeat Adolf Hitler orders massive reinforcements to Normandy to drive the Allies back into the sea. Among them was an elite 15,000 strong division called Das Reich, as these soldiers travelled to the combat zone they come under attack from the French resistance and respond with appalling violence. This is the story of the te
July of 1863 saw one of the most devastating battles of the American Civil War take place in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Comprising of Union and Confederate forces the battle of Gettysburg, a minor skirmish that started by accident quickly exploded into the deadliest battle ever fought on US soil and resulted in the largest number of casualties seen throughout the entire war.
Today we have Europe to ourselves we are all modern humans but when we first arrived in this land it was already a home for our cousins, the Neanderthals. We used to think that we were so much more advanced that we killed them off but that may be wrong. In reality we were so similar in make up that we could interbreed with them and share out DNA. The old story has collapse and we need to now tell
The cool Autumn marks a change in the Earths cycles, giving way to a new season and the Aguardente de Medronhos which is a traditional Portuguese brandy made from the fruit of the Medronho tree. These trees tend to grow wild on the soils of rural Portugal, in areas such as Marmalete, a small village located in the Algarve. In this short film we are taken through the beautiful craft involved in gat