CCTV Cities is a 2008 British television documentary program, produced and presented by journalist Donal MacIntyre. Each episode featured a British town or city. Leeds, Wigan, Edinburgh and London were all featured. The documentary was shown on Five.
Instances shown include an attempted suicide on a bridge in Leeds, where a man attempts to commit suicide by jumping into the River Aire, as well as police being attacked with missiles in Halton Moor, Leeds, when criminals attempted to regain a stolen car which the police were recovering.
The Pokerstars European Poker Tour is a series of poker tournaments similar to those in the World Poker Tour, created by John Duthie, winner of the inaugural Poker Million tournament. It began in 2004 as part of the worldwide explosion in Texas Hold 'em popularity. The EPT is sponsored by and part owned by PokerStars and taped by Sunset + Vine for television broadcast across Europe.
In seasons 1-3, the most significant difference between the competing poker tours was the buy-in and its effect on the prize pool, with the EPT featuring buy-ins about half the size of the WPT. This changed in season 4 when the buy-in for most EPT events was increased to €8,000.. At 2007 exchange rates, this is approximately equal to the US$10,000 which is the buy-in for most WPT events.
Furthermore, the final table is made up of 8 players, as opposed to the 6 player final tables popularised by the WPT.
For the first couple of seasons, Duthie commentated for the show alongside Colin Murray. Since the middle of Season 3, James Ha
Family Court with Judge Penny is an American arbitration-based reality court show, presided over by former judge and lawyer Penny Brown Reynolds. The half-hour program, which aired in first-run syndication, premiered on September 8, 2008. It was produced by 44 Blue Productions and distributed by Program Partners in the United States and Canada and being shown on Pick TV formerly Sky 3 in the United Kingdom. Sony handled barter advertising. The show was nominated for a Daytime Emmy in 2009.
Take a dive with treasure hunter and scuba fanatic Jake Koehler! From uncovering murder weapons to returning lost technology and sunken engagement rings, there is never a dull moment in Scuba Jake's aquatic adventures.
The National Parks are Britain's most treasured landscapes, but they are increasingly becoming battlefields. They were designated 60 years ago as places for everyone, but is that still the case? In this series the award-winning filmmaker Richard Macer spent a year amid conflicts in three different parks, on a journey to discover who they are really for. In each park the stories are very different, but there is something that unites them all - fiercely divided communities who are prepared to fight in order to preserve their right to enjoy the countryside. In each film Macer has secured access to the National Park Authority - an organisation which looks after the landscapes and decides upon planning matters. In all these stories the Park Authorities have a key role to play in trying to find amicable solutions to the problems which confront them.
Guardians of Refuge is a documentary series created by Kevin Keator that follows South African wildlife sanctuaries and the iconic species they protect. Each film-length episode spotlights a different refuge and its residents—from elephants and rhinos (“The Land Giants”) to birds (“The Feathered Whispers”) and bigācat “Grassland Predators” like lions and cheetahs—capturing day-to-day conservation work, human–wildlife conflict, and the fight to keep habitats viable. Directed by Cissy and Werner Maritz, the series blends intimate animal stories with on-the-ground stewardship inside these sanctuaries.
In this series of "The Infographics Show," delve into animated videos on psychology and biology as we examine one of the most complex species on earth: humans.
This series consists of 13 twenty-two minute episodes tracing the history of the development, evolution, and use of guns in America from the earliest matchlocks brought to the American continents by Spanish conquistadors through the flintlock long rifles of the American Revolution, the percussion muskets and revolvers of the Civil War, and the sixguns and lever action rifles of the Old West. It continues though 20th century military conflicts including WWI and WWII, and traces the history of sporting arms through the modern sporting rifles popular today.
20-year-old Heather Elvis vanished in South Carolina in 2013. Her family endured harassment and conspiracy theories from online trolls, including suspects, as they and police continued searching.
The series explores the vulnerable and often hectic lives of a close group knit of friends and provides a truthful evaluation of how fear and past misfortunes can define our present point of view.
Every insect's favourite comicbook hero gets his own series. Each episode dips into an ArachnoFly comic, as interpreted by superfan Lloyd - star of Lloyd of the Flies - and follows his half-fly half-spider hero as he patrols Cereal City.
At the heart of desert landscapes, once stood three giants, three builders’ masterpieces, three symbols of all powerful civilizations: Carthage, Troy and Persepolis.
Their remains testify to their titanic proportions, unique designs and unprecedented constructions. But how did the Carthaginians come to create a cutting-edge hydraulic system? How did Trojans architects construct a city known to be indestructible? How did Darius I, “king of kings”, made built one of the largest palatial complexes ever? This series aims to solve the many secrets of these architectural tour-de-force.
Through experts’ insights, 3D modeling and the use of ultramodern techniques (magnetic resonance, satellite scans, photogrammetry…), Ancient Megacities scrupulously explores the sites where once stood these architectural jewels, retraces step by step their construction process and tries to decipher the remaining mysteries about their disappearance.
A band of thirty schoolgirls brave tensions, line-up changes and heartbreak to triumph at tours across Europe and the USA. Over the course of a year, the Sweethearts face the hardest lesson of all – when to let go.