Dr Sam Willis reveals how the Silk Road was the world's first global superhighway where people with new ideas, new cultures and new religions made exchanges that shaped humanity.
AJ Odudu and award-winning architect Dara Huang search for the next big interior designer, as eight hopefuls battle it out to makeover and win a life-changing, mortgage-free apartment of their own
Set in modern day Los Angeles, the Santos family consists of Guillermo Santos Sr., the wealthy patriarch of La Familia de Santos, his glamorous but vindictive wife Laura; eldest son Guillermo Jr., a slick and ambitious criminal defense attorney; Ricky, the half Black, half Hispanic, illegitimate son of Guillermo Sr.; and the youngest of the Santos brothers, Christian, a decorated police officer.
A South African television sitcom which tells the story of a white family who transform into a black family after violating the burial grounds of an ancient tribe.
It's a bike club. It's a brotherhood. The Devil's Ride sports a diverse crew, but one bonded by a commitment to each other and the club. Meet Laffing Devils president Gipsy, who must balance the club's growing ranks with pressure from older members to maintain the status quo. An ex-Marine who served in Iraq, vice-president Billy the Kid. The Devil's Ride finds the Laffing Devils not only in open conflict internally, but also at risk of losing their homebase.
A couple having high ambitions to get rich in any way possible. Denying all social norms, they take a challenge from an old couple for not talking for a year.
Junk Raiders is a 2009 Canadian reality television series that airs on The Discovery Channel and ION Life. The series follows the titular Junk Raiders, a team of seven professionals as they attempt to renovate an old steel factory in downtown Toronto and turn it into a high-end loft in one month with only a C$5500 budget. Because of the extremely limited budget, many of the materials needed must be found by freecycling: finding something unwanted for free and reusing it.
For the production of the series, the team had commissioned a "junk hot-line", urging Torontonians to donate any garbage that they could use. In addition, as looking through other peoples' trash is illegal in Toronto, the show also has a special exemption that allows the team to do just that.
The Shire was an Australian reality-drama series on Network Ten that debuted on 16 July 2012. The series follows the lives of 15 people, that work, live or play in and around Sydney's Sutherland Shire. The series has been described as "dramality" by Ten, a combination of drama with prompting and light scripting. The Shire was created and produced by Shine Australia. Modelled on the British TV show The Only Way Is Essex, the production company describe the series as a reality show version of soap opera Home and Away.
The show's success within key youth demographics was noted by Clare Kemond from The Age. She said the show was in the Top 20 shows of the year among younger viewers, more successful than its counterpart Home and Away.
Using the latest technological insights, this series sheds new light on how incredible feats of ancient engineering were achieved and how they continue to influence modern-day engineers and shape our world.
The journeys of some of the most well-known names in the world of crime, and a look at how they began as unknown thugs and transformed into globally notorious kings of crime.
Donald Mac is a legend - for being the most awkward driver ever. Take a ride with Kevin Hart as he goes undercover to give unsuspecting Lyft passengers a trip they'll never forget.
Each episode re-examines a single crime case where unanswered questions still remain. Through original interviews those involved, the evidence is dissected and new theories are presented in a quest to uncover the truth.
Paul O'Grady visits Zambia and South Africa on the trail of young animals which have been orphaned in the wild, either through the actions of poachers or through farming forcing them out of their natural habitats.