Risk Takers is a Canadian television documentary series which profiles people in dangerous professions, produced by CMJ Productions of Montreal.
The series originally aired on Discovery Channel Canada, and also airs on the North American channel Discovery HD Theater. The series will also air on Global in the 2007-08 television season. The show premiered on June 11, 2007 in North America with the first episode of the series: "Coast Guard", directed by Phil Comeau. It showcased the lives of Coast Guard rescue swimmers in Miami and Key West, Florida.
Caring for everyone from prisoners to tiny babies - nurses share personal stories from the job they love. Capturing the highs and lows of day-to-day life across Northern Ireland.
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.
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.
LOL's flagship stand-up series, Comedy In Color, features more than 100 original performances from the next generation of brilliant, diverse, and hilarious comedians. Comedy In Color was taped live at the world-famous Just For Laughs comedy festival in Montreal.
This beautifully filmed wildlife conservation series with exclusive access follows the vital work being undertaken by Auckland Zoo professionals as they rescue, rehabilitate and protect endangered animals inside the Zoo and out into the stunning wilds of Aotearoa New Zealand.
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.
Follow the journey of three dynamic duo teams made up of the top emerging creative talent from the Southern tip of Africa as they compete to transform three empty white-box spaces into designer dream homes, one room at a time.
Once naive and weak, Derrick Harrison takes on a journey to taking control of his life and getting his boyfriend out of prison for a crime he committed. Unfortunately, his skewed perception of responsibility leads him deep into a life of drugs, escorting and dangerous company.
With a goal to connect people from all backgrounds and walks of life through food, host Skye Estroff drives to the tastiest towns in America, discovering what makes each restaurant unique!
When American troops started their final invasion of Nazi Germany in February 1945, cameramen were at their side and complied over a thousand reels covering 12 weeks in Germany until the ultimate collapse of the Third Reich including stories on the road from the Bulge over the Remagen Bridge to the Eagle’s Nest. Michael Kloft has selected the most striking scenes for his two-part documentary.