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From the 4.5 billion-year epic of planet Earth, to the centuries-old prophecies of Nostradamus, to the hunt for the man who killed Abraham Lincoln, History Specials brings together the channel's most watched and acclaimed historical programs. History captures the grand sweep of our past with wit, intelligence, and enthusiasm, in programs covering critical turning points and fascinating cultural phenomena from the Dark Ages to Sherman's March, the comets to Columbus. Cutting-edge CGI recreates ancient battle scenes, and expert interviews shed light on some of history's greatest mysteries. See the past and present wonders of the world come together in this captivating collection — the source for all the fascinating history you want to know.
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Season 1
7.48156489h 4m
| Ep | Title | Rating | Yours | Votes | Runtime | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ | 1 | 101 Gadgets That Changed the World | 7.3 | 21 | 86 min | |
| ▶ | 48 | The Real Face of Jesus | 7.8 | 30 | 88 min | |
| ▶ | 50 | How the States Got Their Shapes | 8.4 | 21 | 88 min | |
| ▶ | 100 | The Real Robin Hood | 8.0 | 7 | 88 min | |
| ▶ | 101 | Who Really Discovered America? | 8.0 | 20 | 89 min | |
| ▶ | 102 | 10 Ways to Kill Bin Laden | — | — | 88 min | |
| ▶ | 103 | Afraid of the Dark | 8.5 | 14 | 87 min | |
| ▶ | 104 | Most Extreme Airports | 7.2 | 8 | 84 min | |
| ▶ | 106 | Jefferson | 8.3 | 8 | 89 min | |
| ▶ | 112 | The President's Book of Secrets | 6.6 | 16 | 88 min | |
| ▶ | 114 | Third Reich: Third Fall | 7.6 | 13 | 88 min | |
| ▶ | 115 | Prophets of Doom | 6.8 | 17 | 86 min | |
| ▶ | 116 | 10.0 Megaquake | — | — | 89 min | |
| ▶ | 117 | Bigfoot: The Definitive Guide | 8.0 | 10 | 88 min | |
| ▶ | 118 | Reagan | 6.3 | 8 | 88 min | |
| ▶ | 119 | It's Good to Be President | 6.6 | 7 | 88 min | |
| ▶ | 120 | Journey to the Center of the Earth | — | — | 85 min | |
| ▶ | 121 | Secret Access: The Vatican | 7.4 | 9 | 86 min | |
| ▶ | 122 | Weird Warfare | 7.0 | 11 | 88 min | |
| ▶ | 123 | The Lost Kennedy Home Movies | 7.4 | 7 | 88 min | |
| ▶ | 124 | Jesus: The Lost 40 Days | 5.4 | 23 | 89 min | |
| ▶ | 125 | Custer's Last Man: I Survived Little Big Horn | 7.0 | 8 | 88 min | |
| ▶ | 126 | Gettysburg | 7.2 | 16 | 86 min | |
| ▶ | 127 | Lee & Grant | 7.9 | 11 | 89 min | |
| ▶ | 129 | Meat America | — | — | 86 min | |
| ▶ | 130 | You Don't Know Dixie | 8.6 | 19 | 87 min | |
| ▶ | 131 | Secret Access: UFOs on the Record | — | — | 88 min | |
| ▶ | 132 | Targeting Bin Laden | 8.0 | 8 | 88 min | |
| ▶ | 133 | 9/11: The Days After | 8.2 | 8 | 87 min | |
| ▶ | 134 | Voices from Inside the Towers | 7.6 | 14 | 88 min | |
| ▶ | 135 | Making the 9/11 Memorial | — | — | 44 min | |
| ▶ | 136 | Scammed | — | — | 85 min | |
| ▶ | 137 | The Stoned Ages | 7.4 | 19 | 87 min | |
| ▶ | 140 | Zombies: A Living History | 6.5 | 15 | 87 min | |
| ▶ | 141 | Engineering Evil | 7.4 | 30 | 87 min | |
| ▶ | 142 | Pirate Island | — | — | 88 min | |
| ▶ | 143 | Pearl Harbor: 24 Hours After | 8.0 | 40 | 88 min | |
| ▶ | 144 | Proving God | 6.0 | 15 | 89 min | |
| ▶ | 145 | America's Book of Secrets: The Monuments | 7.0 | 14 | 88 min | |
| ▶ | 147 | Secret Access: Superpower | — | — | 89 min | |
| ▶ | 151 | The Godfather Legacy | 7.5 | 13 | 90 min | |
| ▶ | 152 | Jesse James Blacksmith | — | — | 74 min | |
| ▶ | 153 | How Playboy Changed the World | — | — | 89 min | |
| ▶ | 154 | Caligula: 1400 Days of Terror | 6.8 | 23 | 87 min | |
| ▶ | 155 | How the Earth Made Man | 8.1 | 21 | 88 min | |
| ▶ | 156 | Lost Magic Decoded | — | — | 85 min | |
| ▶ | 157 | What's the Earth Worth | — | — | 87 min | |
| ▶ | 158 | Superstorm 2012: Hell and High Water | — | — | 22 min | |
| ▶ | 159 | WWII from Space | 8.3 | 87 | 89 min | |
| ▶ | 160 | 2012 the End Is Now | — | — | 85 min | |
| ▶ | 161 | 101 Inventions That Changed the World | 7.5 | 26 | 85 min | |
| ▶ | 162 | 101 Fast Foods that Changed the World | 7.0 | 61 | 85 min | |
| ▶ | 163 | 101 Objects That Changed the World | 6.9 | 20 | 82 min | |
| ▶ | 164 | Invisible | — | — | 89 min | |
| ▶ | 165 | Stories from the Road to Freedom | 9.0 | 7 | 88 min | |
| ▶ | 166 | What People Earn: Beer, Knives & Football | — | — | 22 min | |
| ▶ | 168 | Killing Zone Atlantic | — | — | 87 min | |
| ▶ | 170 | 101 Weapons That Changed the World | 7.3 | 29 | 85 min | |
| ▶ | 171 | The Secret World of Gold | 7.2 | 30 | 43 min | |
| ▶ | 172 | 9/11: Relics from the Wreckage | — | — | 31 min | |
| ▶ | 173 | Target Earth | 6.1 | 9 | 89 min | |
| ▶ | 174 | History Made Now: Wheels of Fortune | — | — | 127 min | |
| ▶ | 175 | JFK Assassination The Definitive Guide | 6.4 | 13 | 89 min | |
| ▶ | 176 | Lee Harvey Oswald: 48 Hours to Live | 7.0 | 9 | 89 min |
Full Cast & Crew
Cast
Dean Norris Self
Trace Adkins Self
Jeff Foxworthy Self
Ty Pennington Self
James Carville Self
Ricky Skaggs Self
Michael Waltrip Self
Herschel Walker Self
Bobby Bowden Self
Steve Gillon Self - commentor
Crew
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