Ignition puts you in the driver's seat of the automotive world's latest car, truck and SUV offerings, courtesy of Motor Trend. Watch as our team of experts throttles, track tests and pushes the limits of these vehicles to harness their full capability.
An up close and personal look at some of the deadliest animals in the wildlife kingdom. This series showcases the methods, tactics, and weapons animals use to find their next meal, or to avoid becoming one.
Fashion historian Amber Butchart fuses biography, art and the history of fashion as she explores the lives of historical figures by examining the clothes that they wore.
Explore some of the most death-defying accidents caught on film. Survivors and eyewitnesses explain what went wrong and a panel of experts dissect the scientific principle behind these
Each episode of this cinematic documentary series tells the incredible story of one armed standoff, the result of the government’s perceived interference with an individual or group’s way of life. In turns heart-pounding, provacative, and tragic, these stories hold a mirror to the present and offer commentary on the relationship between the government, it’s people, and ultimately the balance of power.
In this delightful six-part series, the nation's best-loved home cook draws on her wealth of cookery know-how to share a selection of her absolute favourite recipes.
History's Greatest Hoaxes looks at some of the most spectacular hoaxes that show that you can fool some of the people some of the time, but not all of the people all of the time. It looks at remarkable hoaxes including the Hitler Diaries, the Piltdown Man, the War of the World broadcast, Papillon, the Loch Ness Monster, and the Alien Autopsy film.
Adam Liaw embarks upon his adventure across China, beginning in his mum’s hometown of Beijing, he then travels through the provinces that gave birth to the eight great regional cuisines of China. And while this series is about food, travel, history and culture, it's also got an even deeper personal aspect for Adam as he returns to the island of Hainan, his father's ancestral homeland.
Follows Rudy along the canals of St. Petersburg, Russia, to the Taj Mahal in India, into the jungles of Thailand's Golden Triangle and inside the tango halls of Buenos Aires.
In 1860, as the American Experiment threatened to explode into a bloody civil war, there were as many as four hundred thousand slave-owners in the United States, and almost four million slaves. The nation was founded upon the idea that all men are created equal and endowed by their creator with the inalienable rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. The nation would pay a bloody cost for denying that right to more than twelve percent of its population.
But when slavery was first brought to America's shores, this war, and even the nation it tore apart, was centuries in the future. With incredibly detailed historical reenactments, expert commentary and the stories of slavery told through first-hand accounts, this is an epic struggle 400 years in the making. A journey into the past like none other. This is the story of these men and women who by their hands laid the foundation of what would become the most powerful nation on Earth. Join us as we rise...UP FROM SLAVERY.
Biologist Patrick Aryee and physicist Helen Czerski go beyond the limits of human perception to explore the extraordinary and surprising world of animal senses.
True crime documentary series. In each episode, a UK or US murder case that collides the wealthiest people with the most fatal of crimes is examined, with either the killer or the victim living a life of luxury and wealth.