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Carl Sagan’s Cosmos, first and foremost.

Much of Adam Curtis’ work is fantastic. Hypernormalization and The Trap were as fascinating as they were frightening. If I had the authority, I would mandate every child see A Century of the Self in school, and then again in college.

James Burke’s Connections was also excellent. Kind of like a link between Carl Sagan and Adam Curtis.

I personally loved the History Channel’s Engineering an Empire, not least because of the hilariously hyper-American host, Peter Weller (best known as RoboCop).

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James Burke's "The Day the Universe Changed" is likewise excellent.