Like GMOs before it, nanotechnology is irrevocably changing our world. What are the benefits of nanotech, and what are the risks? How might nanotech be used—or misused? Can the interests of science, business, and government strike a balance between the desire to act responsibly and deference to market and political pressures? These are some of the urgent questions explored in this timely four-part series.
Fry's Planet Word sees Stephen Fry finding out more about linguistic achievements and how our skills for the spoken word have changed. He dissects language in many of its guises.
The series revolves around Adam giving his opinions on television idents, the majority of the episodes look at idents from the United Kingdom but he has tackled other countries
They are some of the toughest, most extreme survivalists from across the nation. In the second season of Ultimate Survival Alaska, four teams - woodsmen, mountaineers, military veterans, and endurance athletes go head-to-head in an epic arctic competition that only National Geographic could inspire.
Hosted by Loretta Swit, Those Incredible Animals features members of the animal kingdom, by turns magnificent, curious and amusing. Each episode of this magazine-format series contains a theme - for example, Unlikely Friends looks at bears and whales and their interactions with humans.
Elaborate who done it murder mysteries where every episode explores a case that points police to one suspect only to later discover that person was framed by the actual killer.
It Could Happen Tomorrow is a television series that premiered on January 15, 2006 on The Weather Channel. It explores the possibilities of various weather and other natural phenomena severely damaging or destroying America's cities. This includes: a Category 3 hurricane hitting New York City, an F4 tornado destroying Washington, D.C., dormant volcano Mount Rainier re-activating and destroying towns in the surrounding valleys, a tsunami flooding the Pacific Northwest coast, an intraplate earthquake impacting Memphis, Tennessee, wildfires spreading into the heart of San Diego, a huge earthquake leveling San Francisco, a flash flood in Boulder, Colorado, and a flood in Sacramento. Newer episodes that were aired included an earthquake in Las Vegas, an F5 tornado ripping its way through Chicago and Dallas, and more.
The Germanic, Britannic and other barbarian tribal wars with Rome ultimately led to the decline and fall of the Roman Empire. This series is centered on the campaigns and battles with the barbarian tribes and extensive examinations of the reigns of little known Roman emperors and generals.
An incursion into the lives of emergency physicians from the trauma unit of Montreal’s Sacré Coeur hospital. Throughout the series, doctors, nurses and attendants will provide a look inside their unique work world and share their personal reflections on their very uncommon reality.
A true crime series with unique access to video footage that leads to the conviction of killers around the world. Each case is pieced together like a jigsaw as we link the CCTV, home surveillance, police bodycam, and mobile phone footage that builds the evidence to trap the killer. Experts explain how the latest technology builds a visual montage of evidence.
Made-for-TV special focusing on landmark American engineering projects such as Mt. Rushmore; the Eads Bridge, Brooklyn Bridge and Golden Gate Bridge; the Transcontinental Railway and the Panama Canal; Hoover Dam and more. Produced in 1970 featuring Lee Marvin as narrator and the 5th Dimension for musical backing.
Must Love Cats is an Animal Planet television series hosted by John Fulton which premiered in the United States in February 2011. In each episode, he travels through different parts of the United States and explores various aspects of the cat lovers lifestyle. Animal Planet announced in April 2011 that the series was renewed for a second season which premiered on March 10, 2012. The second season features countries outside of the U.S.