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Gordon's Great Escape

2010

Gordon's Great Escape

2010
7.8
Gordon's Great Escape is a television series presented by chef Gordon Ramsay. Series 1 follows Ramsay's first visit to India, where he explores the country's culinary traditions. Produced by One Potato Two Potato, in association with Optomen, the series aired on three consecutive nights between 18 to 20 January 2010 as part of Channel 4's 'Indian Winter' promotion. The second series aired in May 2011, where Ramsay explored the culinary traditions of Southeast Asia, visiting Thailand, Cambodia, Malaysia, and Vietnam.
Indie Sex

2007

Indie Sex

2007
5.1
Indie Sex is a 2007 American television documentary film directed by Lesli Klainberg.
Paranormal State

2007

Paranormal State

2007
7.2
Paranormal State is an American paranormal reality television series that premiered on the A&E Network on December 10, 2007. The program follows and stars the Pennsylvania State University Paranormal Research Society, a student-led college club. The show features the group's investigations of alleged paranormal phenomena at reportedly haunted locations.
Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making the Team

2006

Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making the Team

2006
7.9
Reality show following the auditioning process and making of the annual Dallas Cowboys Cheerleading Squad.
Secrets of the Penguins

2025

Secrets of the Penguins

2025
7.4
Over two extraordinary years, National Geographic Explorer Bertie Gregory discovered never-before-filmed secret traditions, surprising intelligence and close-knit societies of penguins. This astonishing series reveals they are more like us than we ever dreamed, from their powerful friendships to the courageous risk-takers using ingenuity and innovation in some of the world's most extreme places.
We Need to Talk About Cosby

2022

We Need to Talk About Cosby

2022
6.8
During his nearly 50 years in show business, Bill Cosby became one of America's most recognizable black celebrities: his career was a model of excellence for millions of Americans, until the painful testimonies of dozens of women uncovered the sinister grimace behind the smile of the so-called America's dad.
Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy

2021

Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy

2021
7.3
Stanley Tucci travels across Italy to discover the secrets and delights of the country’s regional cuisines.
Atlanta's Missing and Murdered: The Lost Children

2020

Atlanta's Missing and Murdered: The Lost Children

2020
7.1
This docuseries explores the period between 1979 and 1981 when at least 30 African-American children and young adults disappeared or were murdered in Atlanta, Georgia.
The Most Dangerous Animal of All

2020

The Most Dangerous Animal of All

2020
6.5
Soon after his birth-mother contacted him for the first time, Gary L. Stewart decided to search for his biological father. His disturbing identity would force Stewart to reconsider everything he thought he knew about himself.
Ghost Adventures: Serial Killer Spirits

2019

Ghost Adventures: Serial Killer Spirits

2019
8.5
Exploring haunted locations associated with infamous serial killers, Zak Bagans and the Ghost Adventures team – Aaron Goodwin, Jay Wasley and Billy Tolley – seek to document whether malicious energy has been left behind by sadistic killers and their evil acts.
Couples Therapy

2019

Couples Therapy

2019
7.5
Far from reality-show caricatures, this is true documentary filmmaking that brings viewers into the authentic and visceral experience of weekly therapy with four couples. World-class therapist Dr. Orna Guralnik deftly guides the couples through the minefield of honest confrontation with each other and with themselves, revealing the real-life struggles — and extraordinary breakthroughs — typically hidden behind closed doors.
Lost Treasures of Egypt

2019

Lost Treasures of Egypt

2019
7.3
An immersive, action-packed and discovery-led series following International teams of Egyptologists as they unearth the world's richest seam of ancient archaeology - Egypt's Valley of the Kings.
Jesus: His Life

2019

Jesus: His Life

2019
7.3
Explore the story of Jesus Christ through a unique lens: the people in his life who were closest to him. Each of the eight chapters is told from the perspective of different biblical figures, all of whom played a pivotal role in Jesus’ life including Joseph, John the Baptist, Mary Mother of Jesus, Caiaphas, Judas Iscariot, Pontius Pilate, Mary Magdalene and Peter.
Spy in the Wild

2017

Spy in the Wild

2017
7
Documentary series in which animatronic spy creatures infiltrate the animal world to explore their complex emotions.
The Murder of Laci Peterson

2017

The Murder of Laci Peterson

2017
6.9
Nearing the 15th anniversary of Laci Peterson's disappearance, A&E Networks takes a fresh look at the case. A definitive factual account by those who lived and breathed it every day.
Science of Stupid

2014

Science of Stupid

2014
6.2
This show combines cold hard science with some of the craziest, most spectacular and painful user generated clips ever recorded. Richard Hammond introduces all manner of mishaps featuring brave, if misguided individuals from around the world and then explains the science behind their failure and humiliation with the use of bespoke animations and super slo-mo cinematography. Every episode features between 50 and 60 clips of misadventure – ordinary folk making extraordinary mistakes. Each week watch stunts involving weightlifting, shooting guns or jumping over cars, that have gone wrong, paused, re-wound, and re-played and analysed to determine exactly what went wrong and why. Richard explains the physics, chemistry and biology at play, then presents forensic details to explain the stupidity that resulted in failure. He’ll look at everything including weight, volume, momentum, combustion and even how the brain operates. This is misadventure explained. This is the Science of Stupid.
The Sixties

2014

The Sixties

2014
7.5
The space race, the cold war, "free love," civil rights and more: The decade of the 1960s shaped our history -- and changed the world. In collaboration with Tom Hanks, Gary Goetzman and Mark Herzog, CNN explores perhaps the most transformative decade of the modern era in a 10-part documentary series and brings new insights into how those events shaped today.
David Attenborough's Natural Curiosities

2013

David Attenborough's Natural Curiosities

2013
7.3
Sir David shines the spotlight on some of nature’s evolutionary anomalies and reveals how these curious animals continue to baffle and fascinate.
Finding Your Roots

2012

Finding Your Roots

2012
6.5
Noted Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. has been helping people discover long-lost relatives hidden for generations within the branches of their family trees. Professor Gates utilizes a team of genealogists to reconstruct the paper trail left behind by our ancestors and the world’s leading geneticists to decode our DNA and help us travel thousands of years into the past to discover the origins of our earliest forebears.
24 Hours in A&E

2011

24 Hours in A&E

2011
6.8
A British medical documentary set in King's College Hospital. 91 cameras filmed round the clock for 28 days, 24 hours a day in A&E it offers unprecedented access to one of Britain's busiest A&E departments.