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Cold Blood

2008

Cold Blood

2008
6.8
Combining the thrill of a mystery with the visceral experience of true crime drama, Cold Blood presents competing versions of what may have happened, and reenacts the events from different perspectives as new evidence comes to light.
Murderous Affairs

2016

Murderous Affairs

2016
7.7
Zeros in on love affairs gone wrong and spouses who are driven to kill - stories that give a whole new meaning to the vow: Till death do us part.
Popular Mechanics for Kids

1997

Popular Mechanics for Kids

1997
8.3
Popular Mechanics for Kids is an educational Canadian television series based on Popular Mechanics magazine. It was notable for starting the careers of both Elisha Cuthbert and Jay Baruchel. The show's purpose was to teach viewers how things work. It was awarded the Parents Choice Award in 2003, and was nominated for the Gemini Awards. The show was filmed primarily in Montreal, Quebec, and is currently distributed on VHS / DVD by Koch Vision.
The Men Who Built America

2012

The Men Who Built America

2012
8.1
Influential builders, dreamers and believers whose feats transformed the United States, a nation decaying from the inside after the Civil War, into the greatest economic and technological superpower the world had ever seen. The Men Who Built America is the story of a nation at the crossroads and of the people who catapulted it to prosperity.
Inside the Ambulance

2016

Inside the Ambulance

2016
6
Cameras mounted on paramedics and inside their vehicles get closer than ever to the work of Britain's frontline life-savers.
The Island Diaries

2016

The Island Diaries

2016
8.5
Join host Sophie Fouron as she travels the globe to discover the unique lifestyles being lived out on islands.
Meerkat Manor

2005

Meerkat Manor

2005
7.6
Meerkat Manor is a British television programme produced by Oxford Scientific Films for Animal Planet International that premiered in September 2005 and ran for four series until its cancellation in August 2008. Blending more traditional animal documentary style footage with dramatic narration, the series told the story of the Whiskers, one of more than a dozen families of meerkats in the Kalahari Desert being studied as part of the Kalahari Meerkat Project, a long-term field study into the ecological causes and evolutionary consequences of the cooperative nature of meerkats. The original programme was narrated by Bill Nighy, with the narration redubbed by Mike Goldman for the Australian airings and Sean Astin for the American broadcasts. The fourth series, subtitled The Next Generation, saw Stockard Channing replacing Astin as the narrator in the American dubbing.
Curiosity

2011

Curiosity

2011
7.1
Curiosity is an American documentary television series that premiered on August 7, 2011, on the Discovery Channel. Each episode focuses on one question in science, technology, and society and features a different celebrity host. Stephen Hawking hosted the premiere episode titled "Did God Create the Universe?", which aired simultaneously on seven Discovery Communications networks: Discovery Channel, TLC, Discovery Fit and Health, Animal Planet, Science, Investigation Discovery, and Planet Green. Season one consists of 16 episodes.
Shipping Wars

2012

Shipping Wars

2012
6.9
Shipping Wars is a reality TV series on A&E that began airing on January 10, 2012. The show follows six independent carriers who have discovered that fortunes can be made transporting items that traditional carriers either cannot or will not haul. The series also features uShip, the world’s largest online auction house for independent truckers. For Season 1, the featured carriers are Marc Springer, Roy Garber, Jennifer Brennan, Jarrett Joyce, and Suzanne and Scott Bawcom. Starting with Season 2, the Bawcoms are replaced by the team of Christopher Hanna and Robbie Welsh. Season 3 premiered on December 12, 2012 . New shippers Johnny Chavez and the team of Chelsea Grant and Courtney Aguilera appear in Season 4.
The Story of Film: An Odyssey

2011

The Story of Film: An Odyssey

2011
7.7
A worldwide guided tour of the greatest movies ever made and the story of international cinema through the history of cinematic innovation.
The Sixties

2014

The Sixties

2014
7.5
The space race, the cold war, "free love," civil rights and more: The decade of the 1960s shaped our history -- and changed the world. In collaboration with Tom Hanks, Gary Goetzman and Mark Herzog, CNN explores perhaps the most transformative decade of the modern era in a 10-part documentary series and brings new insights into how those events shaped today.
The World from Above

2010

The World from Above

2010
10
The World from Above is a unique continuing series of aerial programmes offering an entirely different view of the world. From 10,000ft, down to just a few feet the stabilised high definition aerial camera seeks out the beautiful, as well as the dramatic, on journeys across very different parts of the world including Europe, Africa and the United States.
Christopher Kimball's Milk Street Television

2017

Christopher Kimball's Milk Street Television

2017
7.8
Let’s stop doing things in the kitchen that made sense in the 19th century but not in the 21st. Milk Street travels the world to bring you the very best ideas and techniques with no lists of hard-to-find ingredients, strange cookware, or all-day methods to slow you down.
The Detectives

2018

The Detectives

2018
7.6
A gripping factual series that brings to life the work of real detectives by blending the best of documentary storytelling with fully dramatized re-enactments. Every episode features a different detective reliving the investigation that not only challenged them like no other, but also had a residual impact on an aspect of Canadian life and law enforcement.
Robert Kirkman's Secret History of Comics

2017

Robert Kirkman's Secret History of Comics

2017
7.4
A six-part documentary series that takes a deeper look into the stories, people and events that have transformed the world of comic books.
Españoles en el Mundo

2009

Españoles en el Mundo

2009
6
I Shouldn't Be Alive

2005

I Shouldn't Be Alive

2005
7.1
The show features accounts of individuals and groups caught in dangerous scenarios, presented both through interviews and dramatic reenactments. The main focus is how the survivors survived and the decisions they made that kept them alive.
I (Almost) Got Away With It

2010

I (Almost) Got Away With It

2010
6.4
Murders, drug dealers, bank robbers or jail escapees. The stories are different, but the motive is always the same: to stay out of prison. See what pushed these fugitives to their crimes, how they changed their identities, evaded the law and - almost - got away with it.
Your Worst Nightmare

2014

Your Worst Nightmare

2014
7.5
Spine-tingling crimes that take viewers on a ride of twists and turns, complete with jump-out-of-their-seats moments and chilling conclusions. This show uses classic suspense film techniques to follow some of the creepiest, most harrowing crimes ever committed, as these victims' darkest dreams become unfathomable realities.
The F Word

2005

The F Word

2005
6.2
The F Word is a British food magazine and cookery programme featuring chef Gordon Ramsay. The programme covers a wide range of topics, from recipes to food preparation and celebrity food fads. The programme is made by Optomen Television and aired weekly on Channel 4. The theme tune for the series is "The F-Word" from the Babybird album Bugged.