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Episode 5—A Broken Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen's Secret Chord
5/5 Now hugely successful, Cohen retreats to Mount Baldy to spend time with his guru.
Episode 4—A Broken Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen's Secret Chord
4/5 Disaster threatens Cohen's first European tour, but in Buddhism he finds spiritual solace.
Episode 3—A Broken Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen's Secret Chord
3/5 In the Chelsea Hotel in New York, Cohen turns his talents to songwriting.
Episode 2—A Broken Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen's Secret Chord
2/5 Despite success as a poet, Cohen feels the need to escape to the Greek island of Hydra.
Episode 1—A Broken Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen's Secret Chord
1/5 An early loss for the passionate poet-turned-musician.
Episode 5—Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China
5/5 Cixi faces her greatest challenge as ruler, when anti-Western feeling leads to violence.
Episode 4—Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China
4/5 A young ambitious reformist looks to topple Cixi from power, and a battle of wits ensues.
Episode 3—Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China
3/5 Cixi adopts the three-year-old son of her sister and names him Emperor.
Episode 2—Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China
2/5 Cixi forms an important political alliance and launches a palace coup.
Episode 1—Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China
1/5 Jung Chang's biography of the woman who single-handedly dragged China into modernity.