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Fight for Planet A: Our Climate Challenge

2020

Fight for Planet A: Our Climate Challenge

2020
6
Craig Reucassel takes on a climate challenge to reduce our carbon emissions and understand where our energy comes from, how transport and travel emissions affect our health and just what is the carbon footprint of the things we eat?
Wartime Crime

2017

Wartime Crime

2017
7
While the battlefields of WWII were a stage for acts of heroism, strategic cunning, and horrific atrocities, conditions on the home front seemed more stable. Yet from bombed-out London to occupied France, the war enabled one thing to flourish - crime.
Who Owns the World

2024

Who Owns the World

2024
Exploring the big players in the global marketplace, the ripple effect of an ownership concentration that is vast and covert, and the innovation in tech and policy that sustains an ever-growing demand for essential goods. The series delves into the ownership and sustainability of vital elements that underpin our daily lives: Energy, Food, Land and Transportation.Exploring the big players in the global marketplace, the ripple effect of an ownership concentration that is vast and covert, and the innovation in tech and policy that sustains an ever-growing demand for essential goods. The series delves into the ownership and sustainability of vital elements that underpin our daily lives: Energy, Food, Land and Transportation.
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.
Wild River with Ray Mears

2016

Wild River with Ray Mears

2016
Renowned bushcraft expert Ray Mears leads a once in a lifetime excursion down the magical River Wye. Regarded as one of the most stunning waterways in the world, the Wye runs for 150 miles between Wales and England, flowing through spectacular mountain gorges and forests teeming with wildlife.
Wild Heroes

2022

Wild Heroes

2022
Ice Wars

2017

Ice Wars

2017
This provocative series takes us to the frontline of Australia's drug war on ice. Through unprecedented access, we follow the stories of Meth lab busts, front line importation arrests at the docks with Task Force Polaris, decontamination of suburbs by the clean up crews, forensic teams tracing precursors and toxicologists investigating human impact from passive Meth cooking.
Death Row Countdown to Execution

2019

Death Row Countdown to Execution

2019
Susanna Reid visits convicts awaiting the death penalty in US prisons.
Medieval Murder Mysteries

2015

Medieval Murder Mysteries

2015
The medieval period gave us some of the greatest, most enduring stories in history. Some are of them were real – some are altered into pure Legend. These legends usually had somebody doing villainous deeds. The even greater thing is that most of these were surrounded in mystery or conspiracy. Medieval Murder Mysteries uses modern thinking from historical police criminology combined with forensics and human osteologists blended with current historical ideas to try and solve what really happened all those years ago. Magnificent castles, chivalrous knights, powerful kings and queens? You’ll have them. Also require dark deeds, illicit lovers, greedy nobles, mad cardinals? Look no further. They’re all here.
Dogs of War

2014

Dogs of War

2014
“Dogs of War” documents Jim and Lindsey Stanek, a married couple who started a nonprofit organization called Paws and Stripes, benefiting PTSD veterans paired with adopted dogs who help them adjust back to regular life after returning home from war. Each episode will feature the story of one or two veterans as they get matched with a potentially life-saving best friend and begin their journey out of darkness.
Mary Berry's Absolute Favourites

2015

Mary Berry's Absolute Favourites

2015
In this delightful six-part series, the nation's best-loved home cook draws on her wealth of cookery know-how to share a selection of her absolute favourite recipes.
Gotti: Godfather and Son

2018

Gotti: Godfather and Son

2018
7
This documentary serves as the complete and definitive father and son story of two men who were raised in the mob and became the reigning king and heir apparent with John Gotti Jr. providing his most extensive on-camera interview to-date.
SUV Superbuild

2018

SUV Superbuild

2018
A ten-part series that dives deep into the rich history behind these machines, the unique design challenges they face, and the extreme engineering solutions they require, while showcasing the unique national pride and heartfelt passion that brings them to life.
Alien Mysteries

2013

Alien Mysteries

2013
6
Alien Mysteries is a Canadian UFO documentary series featuring eyewitness testimony that is produced by Exploration Production Inc. for Discovery Channel. Alien Mysteries showcases the real life stories of ordinary people who fall victim of alien abduction or attack. Alien Mysteries debuted on Discovery Canada on March 3, 2013.
Roux Down The River

2024

Roux Down The River

2024
Chef Michel Roux navigates the magnificent Thames River from his family restaurant in Bray, stopping at the most delicious restaurants, pubs and eateries along its banks, to enjoy its food, its chefs, its local characters and history to inspire the very best of his own cooking which he'll do along the way on his river based food journey. A delicious, escapist treat of a floaty, foody series.
They Took Our Child: We Got Her Back

2015

They Took Our Child: We Got Her Back

2015
True crime docuseries about child abductions featuring the survivors' testimonies.
Danse avec les poissons

2010

Danse avec les poissons

2010
Napoleon: The Man Who Ruled the World

2001

Napoleon: The Man Who Ruled the World

2001
Employing a multitude of media, this film chronicles the military genius' conquests. Dr. Chandler, world's leading authority on Napoleon, offers insight into the general's character. Niall Barr and John Tincey also offer their expertise.
Daredevils

2009

Daredevils

2009
Escape artists, extreme-sports competitors and other risk-takers are among those spotlighted.
Doctor*Ology

2007

Doctor*Ology

2007
10
Doctor*Ology is a documentary television series which premiered its first five episodes on March 2, 2007 on the Discovery Channel. It is a comedic documentary, starring Leslie Nielsen, which describes the type of work done in various medical specialties.