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Man's Struggle for Survival
1970
star 6Blurring the boundaries between documentary and historical fiction, this twelve-part series examines and imagines man's struggle to survive, from the days of cave dwellers to modern journeys into space.Unprecedented
2022
star 6.1An exclusive look into the lives and actions of Donald Trump and the first family as they navigate his 2020 re-election campaign. Witness the raw, behind-the-scenes footage, including the last interview given by Trump as president.The Lost Tools of Henry Hoke
2014
Narrated by Bryan Dawe, this series uncovers the many astonishing achievements of a little known inventor who lived in the small outback town of Hoke's Bluff.Perspectives
2011
Perspectives
2011
A British TV documentary series for ITV. Each hour long program sees well-known celebrities travel to various parts of the world to explore more about a person who has inspired them.Icons
2002
star 8Icons was a documentary TV show on G4 that originally focused on significant people, companies, products, history, and milestones in world of video games. It was relaunched in 2006 and focused entirely on pop culture. It was cancelled soon afterwards. On May 10, 2006, it was announced that Icons was relaunching on June 3 with an episode focusing on J.J. Abrams. The show will feature a broader scope on things and people "men 18–34 care about, admire and emulate." Future episodes would focus on Marc Ecko, The Onion, and Family Guy. This change in format had been suspected, due to the recent episodes about George A. Romero, Frank Miller and the history of the King Kong franchise. The classic video game themed episodes continued to air on the network sporadically until 2008, under the new name of Game Makers.Shockwave
2007
star 6Shockwave is an American documentary television series that premiered on November 30, 2007, on History. The program compiles video footage and eyewitness accounts to the headline making events and attempts to educate the viewer as to what really happened in a particular event. The show depicts the United Airlines Flight 232 crash, USS Forrestal fire, the Killdozer, the Mount Hood hiking incident, the deadly Ramstein airshow disaster, and the PEPCON disaster. The toolbox of resources which the show employs to perform this task include the following items: ⁕Video footage ⁕Photographs ⁕3-D renderings of the event ⁕Eyewitness accounts ⁕Participant accounts Each episode has typically three to six stories. For each, people who witnessed the event or who were involved in the event are interviewed, video footage and photos of the event are shown, and 3-D renderings of the event are shown.Discovering Psychology
0000
Discovering Psychology is a PBS documentary on psychology presented by Philip Zimbardo, for which he received the Carl Sagan Award for Public Understanding of Science. The series was released in 1990, with an updated edition comprising three additional episodes in 2001.Blumhouse's Compendium of Horror
2022
star 7Revisit the shocks and scares from iconic cinematic horror moments from the 1930s to today, featuring insights from some of the most influential filmmakers, producers, and actors working in the genre, as well as experts and historians.Horrible Histories with Stephen Fry
2011
Horrible Histories with Stephen Fry was a re-version of Horrible Histories. Broadcast from 19 June 2011 to 31 July 2011, the program featured a compilation of sketches from the first two seasons of the parent show with Stephen Fry replacing Rattus Rattus as host, presenting "added insight and historical nuggets". The spin-off consists of his "hand pick[ed] funniest moments" from the two then-aired series. Holy Moly describes the series as "a re-hash of all the best sketches and japes from the previous two series, presented by Stephen Fry, who pops up every few minutes to explain and elucidate historical facts." "Horrible Histories has been a hideously gruesome and gory success for CBBC and we are delighted to welcome it to BBC One", said Cassian Harrison, Commissioning Executive, History and Business, Science and Natural History. This version of the show came out just before the British Comedy Awards, when the show was still classified as strictly a children's show. After the awards show, when it had won the awardBLACKPINK HOUSE
2018
star 8.6BLACKPINK HOUSE is a South Korean variety show by BLACKPINK broadcasted by JTBC. The show follows the four members of BLACKPINK as they move into their new dorm, where they’ll be spending 100 days of vacation.Les p'tites vues
2007
Les p'tites vues
2007
A series that features footage shot by amateur Quebec filmmakers from the 1920’s to the 60’s.Operação Policial
2012
Operação Policial
2012
你说我听着呢
2019
你说我听着呢
2019
Investigating History
2004
Using the latest techniques of forensic science, investigators re-explore some of the legendary figures and events of history in order to determine how much of what has come down to us is a true account.Street Jungle
2014
Street Jungle
2014
Dealing with the public is always a daunting task, but making a career out of being the bad guy in a metropolitan city takes a suit of armor.African Queens: Njinga
2023
star 6.6Blending dramatization with documentary, this series traces the rise and reign of Queen Njinga of Angola amid family betrayal and political rivalries.Stanotte a...
2015
star 9.1« For over twenty years we have filmed at night in the most important museums in the world. It's the only possible time to film the empty halls or the precious artifacts out of the windows because there are no visitors. But at night the Museum changes face. Just you in front of the masterpieces in the silence. The Museum seems to show and offer you its treasures in an atmosphere of intimacy. I always wanted to transmit and give this atmosphere that I breathed to viewers. » (Alberto Angela)
