Last Stand at Sabre River

In 480BC, the Greek army, led by 300 Spartan warriors, awaited the onslaught of the Persian Empire's war machine. Discover what happened at the bloody Battle of Thermopylae. This spectacular two hour documentary tells the amazing true story of the 300 Spartan warriors who so selflessly defended their country against the mighty Persian army, estimated at being a million strong for almost 7 days. This is the real story of the most famous last stand in history. At the height of the Persian-Greek war, Xerxes, King of Persia, intent on conquering all of Greece, led his mighty army into battle. But what awaited them was not to be anticipated.

Put on your coonskin cap and get set to travel back to the days when the nation was young and its roads were paved with nothing but action and adventure! It was a big country – full of bold dreams, larger-than-life characters and an untamed frontier that stretched farther than the eye could see. And now, for the first time ever, a legend comes to life as Davy Crockett makes his Blu-ray debut in two of Disney's best-loved classics: DAVY CROCKETT, KING OF THE WILD FRONTIER and DAVE CROCKETT AND THE RIVER PIRATES. Celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the tales that~introduced America to one of its most fearless folk heroes.

The order of the Knights Templar has generated centuries of doubt, intrigue and deadly conspiracy. Templars: The Last Stand is a revelatory documentary, featuring Dr Ronnie Ellenblum and his world-class team of archaeologists who will shed light on one crucial part of the Templars' dark past: their downfall. Offering a new analysis of the little-known Battle at Jacob's Ford, Dr Ellenblum suggests this was the scene of one of the Templars' worst defeats and a critical turning point in the Crusades. Attempting to assemble a timeline for the bloody six-day siege, the team heads to the Holy Land to dig for evidence, hoping to prove that the Knights died here in their hundreds.

Bettany Hughes recalls eight pivotal days that defined the Roman Empire and its establishment as the world's first superpower. She begins by exploring the day in 202BC when Rome defeated the might of Carthage under Hannibal at the Battle of Zama in modern-day Tunisia. "Eight Days That Made Rome is a docu-drama that leaves behind the conventional chronologies of Rome's thousand-year history and brings razor-sharp focus to eight days that created, tested and defined its greatness.

Desperate to feed the Allied advance after D-Day, US forces target a deep water port in France during a month long siege against Nazi paratroopers.

A strategic peak on the German border is the source of a violent battle between US Rangers and Nazi forces.

Three-part television documentary about the lives of the 700 remaining mountain gorillas in Africa.

In Austria after Hitler's suicide, German and American soldiers fight together to save high-profile French prisoners from Nazi SS troops. This is the Battle for Castle Itter on May 5, 1945, the only battle where Americans and Germans fought alongside one another during the war.

The Allies must capture the Abbaye d’Ardenne, which guards the city of Caen but is held by a notorious Panzer unit accused of horrific war crimes.

Picasso's Last Stand reveals the untold story of the last decade of the great artist's life, through the testimony of family and close friends - many of them the people he allowed into his private world in the 1960s. As his health declined in these final years, Picasso faced damaging criticism of his work and intimate revelations about his bohemian lifestyle for the first time. And yet, in the midst of disaster, he rediscovered his revolutionary spirit with a creative surge that produced some of his most sexually frank and comic work. Exhibitions of the new style horrified and disappointed contemporaries.