More than 150 of Britain’s railway stations are request stops. You have to put out your arm to get the train to stop at the platform. In this series, Paul Merton will travel around the country by train, only getting off at request stops. He’ll explore the history of the stations, and meet the people who live and work around them to learn more about at these unusual and often-overlooked stations.
A docuseries chronicling two doctors' attempts to stop Dr. Christopher Duntsch, a seemingly brilliant, charming and ambitious neurosurgeon who aimed his scalpel at the citizens of Texas and left many patients maimed, paralyzed or dead.
«Dama til» is a Norwegian documentary TV series of 16 episodes that aired on NRK3 in 2011 and 2013. In the series Live Nelvik tests characteristics of a handful of Norwegian celebrity men, going into their private lives.
Wildlife rehabilitation expert Hope Swinimer and her dedicated team rescue and heal injured and orphaned animals of all kinds. Hope's passion for wildlife conservation shines through everything she does as she and her team go on difficult missions to care for and return each animal to the wild.
Good food can make you intensely happy. But how important is food for our brain and what influences our choices? What can we do with our diet to keep our brain and body as healthy as possible? Janny van der Heijden discovers this in this series. Together with top researchers, Janny tests their insights in practice.
Julia Bradbury follows in the footsteps of guidebook writer Alfred Wainwright by walking across the whole of northern England from the west to the east coast
Following on from his stay at Beachcomber Cottage, Monty Halls returns to Scotland. This time on the Hebridean island of North Uist where he takes on the role of a volunteer wildlife ranger.
Comedian Romesh Ranganathan is sent by his mother on a ramshackle odyssey around his parents' homeland of Sri Lanka in an attempt to connect him with his roots.
Visions of the Future is a 2007 documentary television series aired on the BBC Four television channel. The series stars theoretical physicist and futurist Michio Kaku as he documents cutting edge science.
There are a total of 3 installments in the series.
Join award-winning comedian and professional lesbian Zoe Coombs Marr, as we wipe away the straightwashing and reveal the untold and frankly fascinating Queer history of Australia.
Top Trumps was a 10-part British television series based on the famous card game. It aired on Channel 5 in 2008, the channel being called Five at the time of broadcast. It was produced by Lion Television and presented by Robert Llewellyn and Ashley Hames.
The show was a competition between the two presenters. Each chose one type of the machines chosen and finds out facts about it. At the end of the show, each presenter must choose 2 Trump factors to use in which they think their chosen machine will be best in. A fifth one gets randomly chosen. The winner is the one who wins on most Trumps factors.
A journey of discovery through the ritual celebrations of Quebec’s various immigrant communities, as seen through the eyes of the local Greek, Portuguese, Lebanese, Moroccan, Chinese, Brazilian, Russian, Senegalese and other communities.