Aside from Jesus himself, no one has had a greater influence on the founding of Christianity than Paul of Tarsus. Among his many achievements, three are of prime importance: 1) as a powerful, tireless missionary, he spread the faith to Asia Minor, Greece, and Italy; 2) his letters, which form much of the New Testament, present a basic theology for Christianity; and 3) more than anyone else, he brought Gentiles into the early church, not only Jews, thus 'universalizing' the faith.
The Magical Adventures of Quasimodo is an animated television series based on Victor Hugo's novel Notre Dame de Paris. The show was produced by CinéGroupe, Télé-Images, and Astral Media. It aired in 1996. The series takes place in Paris, 1483. The three main characters are Quasimodo, Esmeralda, and François. They fight villains, stop sinister plots, and escape from traps. They often come face to face with their greatest enemy, Frollo.
"Destination Golf" is a travel and lifestyle television series that focuses on showcasing unique and beautiful golf destinations around the world. The show highlights the courses, the surrounding areas, and the overall experience of playing golf in these locations. It features a variety of courses, from iconic championship venues to hidden gems, and also explores the culture, cuisine, and activities available in each destination.
Haunted homes and businesses across North America terrorized by paranormal entities. Residents recount harrowing supernatural encounters, dark histories unveiled. Despite fear, bond with community keeps them from leaving.
Katrina Cebreiro is an award winning filmmaker who's first big venture is the Miscellanea series in lieu of a feature film. Constantly popping out story ideas, her focus could not be spent on the years it takes to make a feature film where only one story idea comes into fruition. So instead she opted for an indie TV series where she can tell a new story per episode. Katrina's storytelling focuses on fictional plot lines, which goes against the grain of the current trend of creator's recreating their own life for film. Although personal aspects will always be apart of her stories, but instead using surrealism
In remote La Verkin, Utah, an hour north of the Grand Canyon, a small group of believers have formed the Rocky Mountain Militia. White superiority and the fight for racial purity are among their core objectives. Our cameras take you inside a world that has never been exposed. We meet Johnny Bangerter, the leader of the Rocky Mountain Militia, along with his followers including his wife Casey, his mother Mary Lynn, his sister Mary, and David Dalby, the resident survivalist and isolationist. Hiding nothing, they put their radical and troubling beliefs right out on the kitchen table.
Biographer A.N. Wilson uncovers the intriguing personal life of Queen Victoria through her journals and letters in this psychological portrait of Britain's longest reigning monarch. With Queen Victoria's writings read by Anna Chancellor.
Top 20 Countdown: Most Shocking is an American reality television show produced by Nash Entertainment and truTV Original Productions. The show present twenty of the most shocking clips you've ever seen. From holiday disasters to great escapes to terrible drivers, each episode counts down the most action-packed high-adrenaline stories to reveal the most outrageous video of them all. This is a spin-off series Most Shocking which began airing on October 4, 2006.
This soon-to-be classic documentary mini-series traces the causes, courses as well as the major events and personalities of the American Civil War. Between 1861 and 1865, this epic American story of struggle and survival was written in blood, and in this series is told mostly from first-hand accounts and in the spoken words of the participants themselves, through their diaries, letters, and memoirs. The series concludes with Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House and the surrender of the western Confederate Army to Sherman in North Carolina in the spring of 1865. It then explores the legacy of slavery and the consequences and meaning of a war that transformed the country forever.
Time Team America is an American television series that airs on PBS. It premiered on July 8, 2009. It is an Oregon Public Broadcasting adaptation of the British show Time Team, produced in collaboration with Channel 4 which commissioned the original show, in which a team of archeologists and other experts are given 72 hours to excavate an historic site.
The U.S. version features "freelance and university-affiliated experts [who] mostly join existing excavations...[and] arrive with resources that the archaeologists already on the case usually can’t afford and specific questions that, if answered, will advance the understanding of the site."
A second season was announced on October 18, 2011, scheduled to shoot during the summer of 2012 and to air in 2013. On December 20, 2011 it was announced that Justine Shapiro would host the second season.
Join Ryan again on his most recent Extreme Treks series. Extreme Treks is part adventure, part exploration, and part education. The best way to understand and respect the world around us is to put yourself right in the path of Mother Nature.