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- World War II historian John Curatola rates eight battle scenes in movies and television for realism. He discusses the accuracy of World War II battle scenes from "Saving Private Ryan" (1998), starring Tom Hanks; "Dunkirk" (2017), featuring Tom Hardy; and "Band of Brothers" S1E3 (2001), with Damian Lewis. He also comments on the weaponry used in "Fury" (2014), with Brad Pitt; "Patton" (1970); and "Enemy at the Gates" (2001). Curatola analyzes the tactics displayed in "The Forgotten Battle" (2020) and "Defiance" (2008), starring Daniel Craig.
- Pilot and Air Force officer Lt. Col. Matt Ziemann rates eight World War II dogfight scenes in movies for realism. He discusses the accuracy of real World War II-era dogfights portrayed in Christopher Nolan's "Dunkirk" (2017), Michael Bay's "Pearl Harbor" (2001), and "Battle of Britain" (1969), starring Michael Caine. He also comments on the realism of certain fighting tactics and the physics of flight in "Red Tails" (2012), "Unbroken" (2014), "Midway" (2019), "Memphis Belle" (1990), and "The Eternal Zero" (2013).
- Theo Wilson travels back in time to 1937, finding himself aboard the world's most luxurious airship, the Hindenburg, where he must solve the mystery of what leads to its fiery fall from the sky - the first epic disaster ever caught on moving film. Wilson pieces together the true story of how incredible engineering, Nazi propaganda, and a literal perfect storm lead to the iconic catastrophe. Aboard this floating five-star hotel, complete with its own cigar bar, we see the glitz and glamor and hubris that plays an unexpected role in sealing Hindenburg's fate.
- Theo Wilson time-travels to the Battle of Stalingrad in 1942 where the underdog Russian Army is about to pull off a victory that will turn the tide of the war in favor of Allied forces. How did the Russians win the battle of Stalingrad and reverse the Nazis' dark winning streak at a critical time? Wilson takes us through the essential moments that lead to an Allied victory: from a frigid and deadly winter that stops Hitler's troops, to the deadly accuracy of Russian snipers prowling Stalingrad's bombed out ruins, to Soviet female pilots chasing the Nazis out of the sky, and one Russian general's bold maneuver that traps the Nazis and changes the course of the war.
- 2009–20241h 30m8.6 (168)TV EpisodeAvril is attacked and struggles with amnesia while working on an article; adapted from "Hercule Poirot's Christmas".