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When Big Things Go Wrong

2021

When Big Things Go Wrong

2021
8.5
This new original docuseries looks at some of the world’s worst real-life engineering disasters and seeks an answer to the question of what caused the calamity. News footage is interwoven with innovative and illuminating graphics, eyewitness accounts and commentary from experts.
World's Greatest Animal Encounters

2020

World's Greatest Animal Encounters

2020
There can be few better ways to reconnect to nature than coming nose to beak or cheek to jowl with wildlife. This extraordinary 6-part series reveals the best places on the planet to encounter the world's wildest animals. Discover where killer whales cruise the coastlines and grizzlies catch fish in the wild; trek deep into the jungle to meet silver-backed gorillas and embark on an African safari. From anacondas to zebras this is the ultimate guide to wildlife encounters the world over.
The Human Mind

2003

The Human Mind

2003
8
Enlightening, uplifting and refreshingly innovative, this series takes a pioneering journey through the unexplored galaxy inside our own heads. Combining cutting edge science with extraordinary experiments, dazzling graphics and inspiring human stories, it shows how personality is formed throughout our lives and how our minds work to win friends and influence people. By exploring the science behind the workings of the human mind, the programmes reveal what each of us can do to make the most of its remarkable capability - including how to literally 'think faster' and even master our most powerful emotions.
End of the Game

2025

End of the Game

2025
In a virtual world where friendships and love promise proximity and security, they will spot invisible threats, fraud, thoughtful tricks, psychological manipulations, cyberbullying and emotional blackmail.
BASTARDS.

2022

BASTARDS.

2022
9
Follow the German wrestling tag team 'Pretty Bastards' as they make their way through the independent wrestling circuit. Maggot and Prince Ahura. Two characters who couldn't be more different and yet have much more in common than wrestling. The Bastards themselves and many of their companions will guide you through this unique place called the World of Wrestling. Always on the dream of wrestling for a living one day, their minds are always battling obstacles, injuries, and sometimes themselves. Through ups and downs, success and failure, the Pretty Bastards don't just build a Tag-Team up in wrestling, but a real brotherhood. Meet the Bastard Sons of Wrestling!
The Pure Creole

2008

The Pure Creole

2008
9
It has been said that in our country we have many differences, that is true, but the truth is that there are not so many and there are more similarities that make up our identity. This is a fun tour of everything that generates feelings of belonging in Colombians.
Darwin's Dangerous Idea

2009

Darwin's Dangerous Idea

2009
8
Andrew Marr explores how Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection has taken on a life of its own far beyond the world of science.
Some Assembly Required

2008

Some Assembly Required

2008
5
Some Assembly Required is a Discovery Channel TV series which premiered in the United States on December 27, 2007 and originally aired in 2007 and 2008. Hosts Brian Unger and physicist Lou Bloomfield explain how various things are manufactured and participate in the manufacturing process. The show is also titled as How Stuff's Made in the UK.
Người Bí Ẩn

2014

Người Bí Ẩn

2014
Dante: Inferno to Paradise

2024

Dante: Inferno to Paradise

2024
6
The riveting life and times of Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) and his soaring masterpiece "The Divine Comedy" – one of the greatest achievements in the history of Western literature.
Inhumanum: The Inhumanity of Man

2023

Inhumanum: The Inhumanity of Man

2023
The aim of the series is to objectively present all the aspects and consequences resulting from the act of murder, thereby contributing to the culture of non-violence in the society.
L'Affaire d'Outreau

2023

L'Affaire d'Outreau

2023
7.9
Kings of Crime

2017

Kings of Crime

2017
Blood and Guts: A History of Surgery

2008

Blood and Guts: A History of Surgery

2008
10
From the pioneering work of Galen on Roman gladiators to the latest advances in plastic surgery, this five-part series illustrates the evolution of surgical techniques—a story as much of mishaps and misadventures as it is of successes and amazing advances. Filmed in America and Europe and presented by the charismatic and medically trained Michael J. Mosley. Contains surgical scenes of a graphic nature. A BBC Production. 5-part series.
Orangutan Island

2007

Orangutan Island

2007
6.5
Orangutan Island is an American documentary television series, in the style of the successful series Meerkat Manor, that blends more traditional documentary filming with dramatic narration. The series was produced by NHNZ with creator Judith Curran also acting as the series producer. Animal Planet's Martha Ripp is the executive producer of the series, and Lone Drøscher Nielsen of the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation, the founder and manager of the Nyaru Menteng Orangutan Reintroduction Project, regularly appears with the orangutans in the show. The series premiered on Animal Planet on November 2, 2007, with new episodes airing Friday nights. A second season began airing in November 2008. The show focuses on a group of orphaned orangutans at the Nyaru Menteng Orangutan Rescue and Rehabilitation Center that are raised to go against their normally independent nature and instead cooperate and live together in a society so they can be left to live wild on their protected island.
Women, War & Peace II

2019

Women, War & Peace II

2019
5.5
In a year when women are mobilizing and running for office in unprecedented numbers, see how some of the biggest international stories of recent memory are shaped by women. An all-female cast of directors present four never-before-told stories about the women who risked their lives for peace, changing history in the process.
James May's 20th Century

2007

James May's 20th Century

2007
7.8
James May takes a look at some of the greatest developments of the 20th century.
Ancient Greece By Train

2025

Ancient Greece By Train

2025
7
Professor Alice Roberts travels across Greece and thousands of years back to our collective past, tracing how the Ancient Greeks developed philosophy, art, theatre and democracy.
O Povo Brasileiro

2000

O Povo Brasileiro

2000
Directed by Isa Grinspum Ferraz, the series O Povo Brasileiro proposes a deep dive into the history of Brazil to talk about historical, social and cultural formations that constitute the identities of the Brazilian people. The production approaches from aspects of the native peoples to the formation of Brazil as a national unit, in a recreation of the literary narrative of the homonymous work written by the anthropologist Darcy Ribeiro.
36 Hours

2015

36 Hours

2015
8.5
In each 1-hour episode of 36 Hours, co-hosts Kristen Kish and Kyle Martino arrive in a new city, where they’ll have 36 hours to explore the most delicious foods and hot spots, meet fascinating local insiders and experience the best attractions unique to each destination. Their itineraries will be informed by New York Times editors and contributors, who bring extensive research and expertise to each locale. Each episode will be timed to coincide with new or updated New York Times 36 Hours newspaper columns. There also will be companion editorial and video content across platforms on NYTimes.com and Travel Channel digital properties.