Tony Robinson walks our oldest roads to find the truth behind the megaliths, burial sites, ley lines and hidden caves along their path, and connect the clues they have left hidden in the British landscape.
A hundred years ago, long-distance travel became popular and a social event instead of being expeditions as before. The new feeling of wanderlust arises. The five-part series depicts a journey around the globe with previously unreleased film footage from the 1920's and 1930's, photographs by onboard photographers, and travel writer's notes.
Explaining and investigating the world's most infamous plane crashes by putting skilled pilots into state of the art simulators, and replicating the scenario.
Neuroscientist David Eagleman explores the interior of the brain to reveal why people feel and think the way they do. Episodes examine how personality, emotions and memories are encoded as neural activity; the unconscious brain; and how the brain navigates thousands of conscious decisions every day. Dr. Eagleman ponders the darker side of humanity and why the brain drives people toward certain actions and behaviors. The series also looks at the future, considering what may be next for the human brain and for the human species.
Tammy Faye, the "First Lady of the Electric Church," had a spectacular rise, a scandalous collapse, and an unexpected revival. Her biography raises a question: How did people get the story so wrong?
They passed intelligence, intercepted communications, stole blueprints and mapped targets. But ultimately they drove the deep-seated paranoia and distrust that would forever change the course of history.
A revolution in space technology is unfolding. New players in the launch industry are radically cutting the cost of access to space and understanding of the universe is growing exponentially thanks to space-based research.
In 1958-1959, Pierre Perrault, who was in his infancy as a filmmaker, co-directed with René Bonnière, a series of films on the people of the river, their trades, their traditions and their lifestyles. Discover the complete series of thirteen episodes that was broadcast on Radio-Canada television in 1960.
Join hosts Hank Green, Kallie Moore, and Blake de Pastino as they take you on a journey through the history of life on Earth. From the dawn of life in the Archaean Eon through the Mesozoic Era — the so-called “Age of Dinosaurs” -- right up to the end of the most recent Ice Age. The evolutionary history of mammals including humans and other modern species is explored with these amazing paleontology experts.
Richard Hammond embarks on a global adventure to explore the world’s biggest structures and machines and discover how engineers build, maintain and use them.
"Jonas Brothers: Living the Dream" takes viewers on a spectacular journey to places they rarely get to see - from the Jonas Brothers tour bus to private family dinners to their living room at home to the breathtaking backstage moments seconds before they hit the stage. It's not easy balancing the life of a rocker with the life of a typical prank-playing, music-loving teenager. Everyday teens by day, superstar rockers by night - Jonas Brothers are truly living the dream.