A series of films from all over the world about our astonishing planet and the creatures that live on it. Combining natural history with an element of adventure, the series featured well-known naturalists such as Jane Goodall and Gerald Durrell, and the oceanographer Jacques Cousteau. Succeeded by The Natural World.
Journey through the long-vanished corners of prehistoric North America, beginning when man first entered the vast, unspoiled continent some 14,000 years ago, in this appealing BBC documentary. Witness ancient beasts, mammoths, mastodons, giant bears, and sabre-toothed cats, and see the legacies each has passed to their modern successors.
Computer animation and digital effects bring to life mammoths, saber-toothed cats, giant ground sloths, short-faced bears, glyptodonts, and a plethora of smaller animals in a lush Ice Age mosaic. Discoveries from sites across America are the basis for the reconstructions.
The BBC team behind "Blue Planet" and "Walking with Dinosaurs" now takes you back to an 'early America' beyond imagination. Travel back 14,000 years as humans were first entering the continent, sharing it with ancient beasts.
Have you ever done a science experiment and wondered "What would this be like if it were HUGE?" Welcome to Science Max, the exciting new series that turbocharges all the science experiments you've done at home.
Jetstream is a 2008 documentary television series produced by Paperny Films for the network Discovery Channel Canada. The series totals 8 episodes and premiered on January 8, 2008. The series was narrated by Canadian Actor Kavan Smith.
Seven of the eight pilots are graduates of the Royal Military College of Canada:
⁕21810 Capt. Michael "Floater" M.R. Lewis
⁕21955 Capt. Riel "Guns" K. Erickson;
⁕22537 Capt. Yannick "Blow" Jobin;
⁕22542 Capt. Tristan "T-bag" Mckee;
⁕22715 Capt. Timothy "Nail'n" B. Coffin;
⁕22821 Lt. Dave "Tickler" McLeod;
⁕22848 Capt. Shamus "Carney" T. Allen
The series was released on DVD in 2008.
This heartfelt series celebrates the magnificent multiculturalism of Australia through the love of food. World-renowned chef and third-generation Chinese-Australian Kylie Kwong tells incredible stories of escape from different parts of the world and how brave families, now settled in Australia, remember home through recipes handed down through the generations.
From celebrities to courageous families, these stories and the beautiful food they cook will warm the heart and celebrate the fact that “Every Bite Takes You Home”.
Escaping Evil: My Life in a Cult brings viewers face to face with people who spent years living in fear according to a megalomaniac's version of the truth. Compelling interviews and remarkable re-creations offer a rarely seen firsthand picture of life inside a cult.
Discover sustainable travel destinations that meet the expectations of tourists eager to contribute financially to the development of the regions they visit.
A Plane is Born, presented by Mark Evans, is a 15 part series for Discovery Home and Leisure, in which he not only learns to fly but also builds his own two-seater aeroplane. During the course of the series, he tackles everything from the composite control surfaces to the installation of the engine. The series takes the viewer for the first time through the step-by-step process of building a 200 mph kit aircraft, capable of flying from England to the South of France on a single tank of fuel.
A 3 year journey to the extremes of all 7 continents to meet the extraordinary people and animals on the front line of climate change. They reveal how science, nature and traditional knowledge can prepare us for a fast changing future.
Filthy Garden SOS meets desperate owners whose out of control gardens are more dumpsite or jungle than sanctuary. For those willing to work hard to fix their problem, help is at hand from award-winning garden designer Diarmuid Gavin, fellow designer and community garden champion Danny Clarke and Penny Lamb.
The WILD EDENS project was initiated by the State Atomic Energy Corporation “Rosatom” and includes the filming and broadcasting of a series of full-length documentaries on distant corners of nature, whose ecosystem is especially vulnerable to the effects of global warming. The main goal of the project is to attract the attention of the international community to climate change and the need for a global transition to clean energy.
WILD EDENS: RUSSIA - the first film of the new series, telling about the flora and fauna of the one of a kind wild corners of Russia: the Altai Mountains, the Kamchatka Peninsula and the Arctic
Dr Helen Czerski goes on a spectacular journey to the extremes of the temperature scale, where everyday laws of physics break down and a new world of scientific possibility begins.
A landmark series exploring the drugs of choice in different parts of the UK. From Mamba in Wolverhampton to Heroin in Manchester, this series lifts the lid on the narcotic landscape of Britain today.
In response to the national headlines regarding the racial injustice in America's justice system, instead of focusing on the negative aspects, this show tells the story of how the wrongly accused maintained their faith while waiting on the opportunity to prove their innocence.