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- A weekly documentary in which two Hollywood special effects experts attempt to debunk urban legends by directly testing them.
- Car enthusiast Mike Brewer teams up with mechanics to repair and restore classic cars in order to resell them.
- Television series that documents how various everyday products are made.
- The world is littered with the decaying uni-body's of former muscle cars, but at Graveyard Carz, no classic Mopar is too rusted for it to not get restored. These blue-collar technicians live by the motto: it's Mopar or it's No Car.
- Genghis Khan, ruthless leader of the Mongols and sovereign over the vastest empire ever ruled by a single man, was both god and devil - not just in the Middle Ages, but for centuries to come.
- Mike and Elvis are going global. This time, the stakes are higher, the deadlines tighter and the motor transformations are more jaw-dropping than ever.
- A dramatization of the notorious World War I torpedoing of the ocean liner, RMS Lusitania.
- Ice Pilots NWT is a reality television documentary series that portrays Buffalo Airways, an airline based in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada. Buffalo flies WWII-era propeller planes year-round in the Canadian North.
- The series follows Sean James yet again, around the Colorful world off a repossession agent. Each episode retells the story of actual events that have happened to this mean, lean, repoing machine, veteran of debt collecting for nearly 2 decades. Each episode is different, each episode is unique. If you ever wanted to know what it would be like to be a debt collector then look no further. As you experience it through the eyes of Sean as he takes you on an exciting journey. You get to experience the highs and lows of the job, sometimes sad, sometimes funny, ruff, and even unbelievable at times.
- The story of Ed Stafford's 2 1/2 year journey to become the first man to walk the length of the Amazon River.
- David Attenborough's comprehensive study of how a remarkable group of animals evolved - a group that includes ourselves.
- As the human world gathers to stage the Olympic Games, this programme looks at what would happen if animals were to do the same. Competitors from the mammal, bird, insect, herptile and fish nations are scaled to human size as they compete in Olympic events. On screen BBC sport graphics impart facts and figures, with commentary from John Motson and Jonathan Pearce.
- A murder has been committed... But as the evidence piles up, so does the confusion. Cold Blood returns you to the crime scene so you can examine all the clues for yourself. Can you piece together the facts and eventually crack the case? Combining the thrill of a mystery with the visceral experience of true crime drama, Cold Blood navigates the confounding twists and turns on the journey to solving a homicide, tracking the emergence of new evidence, new revelations, and new suspects... As competing theories come to light, Cold Blood explores how the crime could have occurred from each perspective. Experience real investigations as they unfold. Follow the forensics as it reveals the truth.
- Professor Alice Roberts journeys 40,000 years back in time on the trail of the great beasts of the ice age. This was the last time that giants like mammoths, woolly rhinos and sabre-toothed cats ruled our planet. Drawing on the latest scientific detective work and a dash of graphic wizardry, Alice brings the ice age giants back to life.
- This graphics intensive mega-series takes you on a backwards timeline to see what stood, lived, fought and died in your backyard hundreds, thousands, even millions of years ago.
- The film narrates how Ying Zheng became the king of Qin state in 221 B.C. at 13 and finally the first Chinese Emperor. The excavated Terracotta Army finds, his wars, paranoia's, court intrigues and quest for immortality are also discussed.
- Jeff Goldblum, the star of Jurassic Park (1993), narrates this five-part documentary about the dinosaurs of North and South America, Europe, Africa and Australia and Antarctica.
- A documentary series about the landscape, animals and people of Africa
- Russell Harris travels around Britain using dice to decide which path to take. Will he go sea fishing or windboarding? The dice will decide.
- Episodial documentaries uncovering the stories of people with unique abilities, otherwise physical or medical conditions, benign or life threatening.
- PaleoWorld tracks the work of leading scientists as they solve baffling mysteries about the prehistoric era and bring our distant past vividly back to life.
- A 64-part historical series exploring the spine-tingling mysteries and greatest wonders of the Ancient World, from the puzzling pyramids of Mexico to China's First Emperor and his terracotta army.
- Six-part series 'Kitchen Chemistry' fronted by acclaimed chef Heston Blumenthal. Each episode deals with the chemical processes that determine methods of cooking, as well as delving into the notion of "molecular gastronomy".
- Driven to Extremes is a three-part global challenge, pitting two specially-built vehicles - and more specifically the oil inside them - against three of the most difficult roads on Earth. However, inside our purpose-built Nissan Patrols will be an A-list Hollywood celebrity (Tom Hardy, Henrill Cavill and Adrien Brody) accompanied by a motorsport hero (Neil Hodgson and Mika Salo) as they take on the coldest, the hottest and the roughest roads on the planet. Watch as the stars and their driving partners tackle the chilly climes of eastern Siberia, the searing heat of the Taklamakan dessert in far western China and the uncompromising terrain of the Malaysian rainforest, with each destination providing an acid test for the vehicles, the drivers and the oil.
- Features the most amazing machines on the planet taking on the most incredible engineering challenges.
- From kings to commoners, people believed that gods, witches, demons, and evil spirits were all indisputably real. In this series, Tony Robinson delves back through 2,000 years of history, exploring everything from the brutal human sacrifices of Iron Age Britain to the horrifying witch-hunts and exorcisms of the 16th, 17th centuries and beyond. See what dark corners of our history Tony unveils!
- The trials and horrific visions that made the most famous mystic of all time.
- Fresh, innovative, entertaining and revelatory, Bloody Britain combines strong historical research and storytelling with hands-on historical experiments (such as building and firing a trebuchet), an entertaining but extremely passionate presenter and atmospheric and innovative animation. Action and information-packed, each show is a fascinating and at times squeamish journey through some of Britain s most gruesome and awful, but momentous, historical events.
- Documentary series, following the work of the specialist emergency care personnel at the University Hospital in Walsgrave.
- WORLD'S STRANGEST examines bizarre explosions, peculiar jobs that require a unique skillset, unexpected places to get a good night's sleep, vehicles with unusual design features, secret bunkers and tunnels found underground, and much more.
- David Attenborough investigates the latest scientific research to discover whether or not there is a global environmental crisis, and, if so, what solutions there are to it.
- Aron Ralston is arguably the most famous survivor in the world. His ordeal in a Utah canyon, where he had to cut off his own arm after getting trapped, was made into the Oscar nominated film '127 Hours'. Now, he's spending another 127 hours as a castaway on a desert island. The story of his struggle to survive in the canyon merges with his desert island experience, as he starts to suffer debilitating dehydration, and tells how in the canyon he had to drink his own urine. In an emotional fireside climax on his fifth night, he remembers how the vision of his yet unborn son gave him the strength to amputate his arm, and how then, as now, thoughts of his family sustained him through bleak moments.
- 1974-1975 - a year of terrorism across London. Adapted for the screen from the book 'Timebomb.'
- Scott and Brian buy unusual items at Branson Pawn using a trivia game to give patrons the chance to win more for their item. Justin gets into trouble and goofs off making the days at Branson Pawn move along with a little more excitement.
- Tommy Walsh challenges himself to build an eco friendly house in 60 days for £60,000. Will Shanahan (Ground Force) and Tony join him for this 10 part series.
- The adventures of a team of divers as they explore and film the depths of the Amazon river system.
- A six-part documentary series using a collection of World War Two era shorts, designed by the Ministry of Information and produced by the Crown Film Unit, for the British civilian and military viewing audience. All to entertain, inform and warn, plus used as a weapon, propaganda through entertainment. Comedy, drama, romance, thrillers, even cartoons, all now stored in the British Film Institute. Some of these shorts are used here with background information and interspersed commentary by the presenter, Jim Carter.
- Tells the story of the remarkable ladies who flew for the Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA) in World War Two.
- Izzard sets out to discover just how English the English are. Even though the last successful military take-over was 1066 he looks at the waves of immigration and influences that have made England a melting pot. He reminds everyone that the Royal Family have only been "Windsor" since 1917 when they adopted the new name. Bad enough to be fighting your cousin the Kaiser, but to be fighting the place that gave you your name (Saxe-Coburg-Gotha) was absolutely intolerable old chap!
- A testosterone-fuelled obs-doc series featuring the world's biggest and most exciting building projects.