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Great Artists with Tim Marlow

2001

Great Artists with Tim Marlow

2001
7
A major 25 part television series in which art historian Tim Marlow takes a fresh look at the most important artworks of some of the greatest artists in history. Shot on location in over 50 galleries, museums, churches and palaces throughout Europe and the United States, this series is a comprehensive survey of the history of Western art. Both intelligent and informative, the series aims to provide an uncomplicated and accessible analysis of the works and artists featured including Giotto, Michelangelo and Raphael.
Ross Kemp: Shipwreck Treasure Hunter

2022

Ross Kemp: Shipwreck Treasure Hunter

2022
10
Actor and author Ross Kemp dives into the deep ocean to uncover long lost stories and mysteries in this new Sky series, `Ross Kemp: Shipwreck Treasure'. Accompanying him for the dives of a lifetime is expert diver Emily Turton, and together they will go on many expeditions to some of the most famous shipwrecks around the UK. They hope to find answers to long-standing questions, hidden secrets, and any potential treasures that could be lost on the sea floor. Through these wrecks, Britain's complex history will become a little more clear.
The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song

2021

The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song

2021
The 400-year-old story of the black church in America, the changing nature of worship spaces, and the men and women who shepherded them from the pulpit, the choir loft, and church pews.
Drive Thru History: The Gospels

2015

Drive Thru History: The Gospels

2015
The story of Jesus from the locations recorded in Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Dave travels to over 50 sites in Israel to deliver the Gospels in a fresh way, show the evidence for the truth of scripture, and encourage families to get excited about reading the Bible again.
The Great Smog: Winter of '52

2022

The Great Smog: Winter of '52

2022
6
Dr Xand Van Tulleken and Raksha Dave investigate the Great Smog of 1952 - the deadliest environmental disaster ever recorded and one of the world's worst peacetime catastrophes. Lasting just over four days, the Great Smog plunged London into a terrifyingly murky gloom - the acrid pollution seeping into homes, leaving Londoners gasping for breath, shutting down transport and emergency services, and overwhelming hospitals and undertakers alike.
Icons Unearthed: The Simpsons

2022

Icons Unearthed: The Simpsons

2022
6.8
Cast, crew, and experts will reveal never-before-heard stories about the most iconic film and television series.
Welcome to My Strange City

2020

Welcome to My Strange City

2020
Follow journalist Alexandra Alevêque and meet people living in the coldest, warmest, highest, most humid, and most densely populated cities in the world. Alexandra will experience life in these extreme cities and live in each one long enough to learn about the locals' way of life and gain insight into humankind's incredible capacity to adapt and find solutions to survive.
The Icons That Built America

2024

The Icons That Built America

2024
8
Highlights the talented, often provocative entertainers whose brilliance and rise to stardom transformed American popular culture.
Ancient Warriors

1994

Ancient Warriors

1994
5
Ancient Warriors is a 1994 20-part documentary series from the Discovery Channel. Each half-hour episode looks at a major fighting people or force and charts the reasons for their rise to dominance and subsequent fall. The show explores the motivations of ancient soldiers, as well as how they lived, fought, trained, died, and changed the world. It also uses battle re-enactments and computer graphics to demonstrate military strategy.
Bering Sea Gold: Under the Ice

2012

Bering Sea Gold: Under the Ice

2012
7.6
Bering Sea Gold: Under the Ice is a reality television series, from the creators of the Deadliest Catch, set in Nome, Alaska that airs on Discovery Channel. In the series we follow the crews on 'The Lazy Gator', 'The Clark' and 'Shamrock' during the ice season. Viewers of the Bering Sea Gold television series will recognise several crew members.
Banged Up

2008

Banged Up

2008
6
10 British teen boys who had several run ins with law enforcement. They spend time in an old prison to see what prison life would be like in a real prison.
How Do Animals Do That?

2019

How Do Animals Do That?

2019
8
Animals do the most incredible things. They have super powers humans can only dream of. On How Do Animals Do That? new science and amazing demonstrations reveal the secrets of the animal world.
Dog's Best Friend

2014

Dog's Best Friend

2014
4.5
The true stories and behind the scene events of some of the uncanniest canine acquaintances—the remarkable friendships that dogs can have.
Icons Unearthed: Marvel

2023

Icons Unearthed: Marvel

2023
8
Cast, crew, and experts reveal never-before-heard stories about the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
35 Serial Killers the World Wants to Forget

2018

35 Serial Killers the World Wants to Forget

2018
6.5
The official definition of a serial killer is someone who kills three or more people. But do they have more in common than just a statistic? The series looks deeply into contemporary serial killers, to the most meticulous killer of modern times, Sacramento's Dorothea Puente, the owner of the 'House of Horrors'. Then there are the educated killers, like Dr Harold Shipman, who is thought to have killed nearly 300 people who were his patients and Ted Kaczynski, the Unabomber, who held a PhD in Mathematics. At the other end of the scale, Los Angeles serial killer Lonnie Franklin was organised but not smart, his reign of murder led to the deaths of so many disadvantaged women.
Icons Unearthed: James Bond

2023

Icons Unearthed: James Bond

2023
7
Before there were franchises there was James Bond. How did Bond enthrall audiences for over 60 years, surviving failed partnerships, lawsuits, competition, and corporate takeovers? Hold onto your martinis and get ready for Icons Unearthed: James Bond.
Secret Nature

2004

Secret Nature

2004
For 30 years Oxford Scientific Films has concentrated on animals that are difficult to film and action that is often impossible to appreciate with the naked eye. In Secret Nature, we open the treasure trove of world class images that includes stunning timelapse, slow motion, high speed and macro sequences.
Mr. A & Mr. M: The Story of A&M Records

2021

Mr. A & Mr. M: The Story of A&M Records

2021
4
An in-depth look at A&M Records, a record label that helped foster the careers of some of the most well-known artists in the music industry. Started by Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss out of a garage in 1962, they built A&M Records into one of the most successful independent record labels in history.
Africa's Great Civilizations

2017

Africa's Great Civilizations

2017
8
Henry Louis Gates Jr. takes a look at the history of Africa, from the birth of humankind to the dawn of the 20th century. A breathtaking and personal journey through two hundred thousand years of history, from the origins, on the African continent, of art, writing and civilization itself, through the millennia in which Africa and Africans shaped not only their own rich civilizations, but also the wider world.
Idris Elba's Fight School

2022

Idris Elba's Fight School

2022
4.5
Idris will provide seven disadvantaged young people with lessons in discipline, focus and determination by putting them through an experimental boxing school.