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When a group of European settlers made a home on an uninhabited Galapagos island, they were hoping for paradise. But instead it turned into a nightmare - as a new film recounts.

A new film dramatises the rescue during WW2 of hundreds of British POWs from the Lisbon Maru, a Japanese cargo liner. The story has not been widely recounted - until now.

Miniseries The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox dramatises the famous miscarriage of justice, which saw her convicted - then acquitted - of the murder of fellow student Meredith Kercher.

Featuring inexpensive materials and faux gems, these remarkable pieces of jewellery have been worn by the world's most glamorous stars - from Joan Crawford to Liberace.

On 19 August 1960, a Moscow court handed a US airman, Francis Gary Powers, a 10-year sentence. The BBC reported on what became a Cold War diplomatic disaster.