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Mankind Decoded

2013

Mankind Decoded

2013
7
Mankind Decoded is the intriguing story of how 12 timeless forces have shaped human history in extraordinary ways. Find out how the implacable forces of nature have compelled us to adapt or die; how new technologies have transformed our existence; how our need for food brought forth civilization; and the desire for luxuries changed our world.
The Future with Hannah Fry

2023

The Future with Hannah Fry

2023
6
Do you want to know what your future holds? A life beyond 150 years old? A world where computers can read our emotions? A planet transformed by unlimited clean energy? Mathematician Hannah Fry will explore these questions and more.
Alan Cumming's Paradise Homes

2024

Alan Cumming's Paradise Homes

2024
Alan Cumming travels to spectacular properties as he seeks inspiration for his own dream home. He meets the visionaries who challenge conventional home building practices to build the world's most imaginative dwellings.
True Crime Story: Citizen Detective

2023

True Crime Story: Citizen Detective

2023
8.5
The gripping stories of everyday citizens who have solved or are attempting to solve a murder. Each episode focuses on an individual citizen detective – or a group working together – and the case that they’re consumed by, unpacking the details of the case and exploring the psyches of those who simply need to know what happened and why?
Waco: Madman or Messiah

2018

Waco: Madman or Messiah

2018
7.5
Few had ever heard of the Branch Davidians and their leader until a raid by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms that led to a 51-day stand-off with the FBI. Who was David Koresh and why were many prepared to die for him?
Confronting a Serial Killer

2021

Confronting a Serial Killer

2021
5.4
The timely story of the unprecedented relationship between acclaimed New York Times best-selling author and memoirist Jillian Lauren and the most prolific serial killer in American history, Samuel Little, and her race against time to identify his victims before it's too late. As she slips deeper into his sordid world, Jillian realizes that she may become, psychologically, Little's last victim.
Xploration Outer Space

2014

Xploration Outer Space

2014
7
Host Emily Calandrelli, Harvard scholar and former Nasa employee, takes viewers on incredible journeys through space. She visits various NASA facilities as we search for answers about our universe. Xploration Outer Space is part of the Xploration Station two hour syndicated block airing on Fox stations throughout the country.
Cult Justice

2023

Cult Justice

2023
Cult Justice explores the magnetic power of criminal cult leaders—and the dramatic investigations that finally brought them to justice. Through the lens of the criminal justice system, every episode takes viewers deep inside a different modern-day cult. And—from sex trafficking and forced labour, to extortion, polygamy, and even murder—introduces the journalists, law enforcement agents, and prosecutors who gradually built the case against them. Meanwhile, brave survivors share first-hand accounts of how they were born or lured into the fold by twisted ideologies and false promises—and how they ultimately helped bring down these false prophets who thought they were above the law.
The Park Maniac: The Untold Story

2024

The Park Maniac: The Untold Story

2024
7.5
Francisco de Assis Pereira's crimes are revisited from the perspective of the victims, new reports from investigators and unpublished audio recordings from one of Brazil's most infamous serial killers, known as the Park Maniac.
Outback Car Hunters

2021

Outback Car Hunters

2021
7
Car fanatics GT and Dave set off on a road trip in search of abandoned or forgotten classic cars (as well as other memorabilia) to buy and sell for serious profit. Their journey features the spectacular scenery of the West Australian Outback, but this is no sightseeing trip – with their own money on the line, the stakes couldn’t be higher as the boys decide which cars to buy, and how much to spend. Over the series, they uncover and restore 20 classic cars from the USA, Japan, Great Britain and Europe.
KGB - The Sword and the Shield

2018

KGB - The Sword and the Shield

2018
7.3
The KGB has influenced world events on numerous occasions before. Assassinations, coup d’états, theft of nuclear secrets and sexpionage are just standard trademarks for an organisation that still sends shivers down the spines of politicians and military figures the world over. It may have changed its name on various occasions, from Cheka to SPD to OGPU to NKVD to MGB to KGB to an array of different names after the collapse of the Soviet Union to FSB and SVR today, but it will forever be known, internally and externally, as the KGB.
Killer Women with Piers Morgan

2016

Killer Women with Piers Morgan

2016
7.6
Piers Morgan travels through the southern states of Texas and Florida to meet some of America's most notorious female murderers. Piers' journey of discovery is aimed at gaining a full understanding of three complex cases. He ventures behind bars to come face to face with women who have carried out the most unspeakable crimes in a quest to discover what drove these women to kill and investigate the truth behind each case.
Craig Ferguson Presents: Hobo Fabulous

2019

Craig Ferguson Presents: Hobo Fabulous

2019
5
A mix of stand-up performances and behind-the-scenes documentary footage of Emmy and Peabody Award winning comedian Craig Ferguson's fifty-date tour of North America.
Thomas Cromwell: A Very Modern Tudor

2021

Thomas Cromwell: A Very Modern Tudor

2021
9
Tracy Borman investigates to the rise of Thomas Cromwell from the son of a Putney blacksmith to Henry VIII's right hand man, and his eventual downfall.
The Tailor of Sin City

2024

The Tailor of Sin City

2024
4
This is the (mostly) true story of a 1970s fashion icon turned cocaine kingpin caught between his loyalties to the mob, the Colombian Cartel, the FBI, and his 7 wives.
London Zoo: An Extraordinary Year

2020

London Zoo: An Extraordinary Year

2020
8
In March, ZSL London Zoo and its sister zoo Whipsnade fell silent as potential visitors stayed away. This series reveals how a dedicated skeleton staff continued to care for the 20,000 animals in Regent's Park and the Dunstable Downs in Bedfordshire
Tudor Monastery Farm

2013

Tudor Monastery Farm

2013
9.1
Historian Ruth Goodman and archaeologists Peter Ginn and Tom Pinfold turn the clock back 500 years to the early Tudor period to become tenant farmers on monastery land.
Plastic Surgery Knifemares

2020

Plastic Surgery Knifemares

2020
7
Plastic surgery is big business, worth more than three billion pounds a year in the UK; but all cosmetic procedures have risks and if the surgery goes wrong the results can be dramatic, life-changing and even deadly.
Safari

1996

Safari

1996
The award-winning educational zoological series hosted by Canadian naturalist John Ross brings you face to face with the most fascinating creatures on earth. Never before has there been such an insightful and timely wildlife series. The cameras of Safari tell a compelling story, never shying away from showing the whole picture. Safari provides an unflinching portrait of animals in the wild with emphasis on endangered species.
#TextMeWhenYouGetHome

2022

#TextMeWhenYouGetHome

2022
8.3
#TextMeWhenYouGetHome became a worldwide movement following the 2021 death of Sarah Everard in the U.K. The hashtag sparked global awareness, anger and a conversation around the vulnerability and lack of safety women feel while in public alone. Each individual episode follows a case of an innocent woman who's been harmed, killed, or abducted by someone on what should have been just another average day. These stories are told through interviews, re-creations, texts, phone records and other digital breadcrumbs that authorities used to solve the case. Unfolding as a whodunnit, all suspects are explored until the actual perpetrator is caught.