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Autumnwatch

2007

Autumnwatch

2007
9.5
A spontaneous, sometimes humorous look at UK’s wildlife in autumn through conversations with experts and passionate amateurs.
Medics

1990

Medics

1990
6
Medics was a British medical drama series first broadcast on ITV on 14 November 1990. The show ran for five series with a total of 40 episodes. The show came to end on 24 November 1995. It follows the everyday lives and loves, trials and tribulations of the doctors, nurses, patients and administrative staff of a large teaching hospital in the north-west of England near the city of Manchester.
Mars Rising

2007

Mars Rising

2007
6.8
Taking a look at how challenges are being handled to prepare for a manned flight to Mars.
Iran and the West

2009

Iran and the West

2009
4.8
Militant Islam enjoyed its first modern triumph with the arrival in power of Ayatollah Khomeini in Iran in 1979. In this series of three programmes, key figures tell the inside story.
The Tribal Eye

1975

The Tribal Eye

1975
8.8
David Attenborough explains the enormous growth of interest in tribal art, and explores the emotions which lie behind the masks and decorations of primitive people.
Infamous Assassinations

2012

Infamous Assassinations

2012
8.2
This brand-new and exclusive series takes a closer look at some of the world's most talked-about assassinations and near misses. Always a fascinating and macabre subject, assassinations can damage a nation's confidence, create wars and shock the world. Throughout this series some of the 20th century's most outrageous attempts can, thanks to rare archive footage and reconstructions, be seen first hand and viewers are brought closer to the events than ever before. From the assassinations of John F Kennedy and Mahatma Ghandi, to attacks on royalty, politicians and media celebrities, this series uncovers the real reasons behind these events and how they unfolded.
Arthur C. Clarke's World of Strange Powers

1985

Arthur C. Clarke's World of Strange Powers

1985
7.3
Arthur C. Clarke's World of Strange Powers is a popular thirteen-part British television series looking at strange worlds of the paranormal. It was produced by Yorkshire Television for the ITV network and first broadcast in 1985. It was the sequel to the 1980 series Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious World. The series is introduced by science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke in short sequences filmed at his home in Sri Lanka. Individual episodes are narrated by Anna Ford. The series was produced by John Fairley and directed by Peter Jones, Michael Weigall and Charles Flynn. It was followed by Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious Universe, broadcast in 1994.
Eisenbahn-Romantik

1991

Eisenbahn-Romantik

1991
8.8
Railway-related documentary covering modern railway systems, museum railways and their facilities as well as items on model railway layouts. Politics and criticism is not left out; the series reports on closures, controversial model ideas, delays to reconstruction plans or smart commuter transport concepts.
Fantástico

1973

Fantástico

1973
8
Fantástico is a Brazilian weekly television newsmagazine broadcast on Sundays on Rede Globo.
Africans in America: America's Journey Through Slavery

1998

Africans in America: America's Journey Through Slavery

1998
8.6
Everything you thought you knew about slavery is about to be challenged. Africans in America: America’s Journey Through Slavery is the groundbreaking series that makes history by sharing it from a new perspective. Nearly ten years in the making, this landmark six-hour set exposes the truth through surprising revelations, dramatic recreations, rare archival photography and riveting first-person accounts.
Urban Legends

2007

Urban Legends

2007
7.2
Urban Legends is a 30 minute 2007 television documentary-style series hosted by Michael Allcock. David Hewlett became the new host in 2011. In each episode, three urban legends are dramatized and presented to the television audience; the audience is then to speculate which one or two of the three is true. Each legend has witnesses to tell the story. For the one or two fake legends, the witnesses are actors, while the true legend uses real people affected by the story. Included in each episode are two quick quiz-like stories, called mini-myths, which air before the commercial breaks. Each will begin with the number of the mini myth and its name, followed by the story. After the commercial, the answer to the mini-myth is announced and the rest of the programming continues as it previously had. The show originally aired on the Biography Channel in the U.S., History Television in Canada and FX in the United Kingdom where it was hosted by Mark Dolan. It has also aired in Argentina, New Zealand, Sweden, Norway, Australia
The Search for the Nile

1971

The Search for the Nile

1971
6.3
The Search for the Nile is a 1971 BBC One docudrama miniseries about the 19th-century European quest to find the source of the Nile River, focusing on explorers like Richard Burton, John Hanning Speke, and David Livingstone. The acclaimed six-part series, starring Kenneth Haigh as Burton, is known for its detailed portrayal of the explorers' hardships, rivalries, and discoveries, winning a Primetime Emmy and a Peabody Award.
Pornucopia: Going Down in The Valley

2004

Pornucopia: Going Down in The Valley

2004
4.5
A spin-off from Real Sex that focuses on the Californian porn industry. It featured interviews with Jenna Jameson, Jenna Haze, Katie Morgan, Dave Cummings, Evan Stone, Jeff Stryker, and much more.
Paul Merton in China

2007

Paul Merton in China

2007
8
Paul Merton in China was a four-part television series broadcast on Five commencing from 21 May 2007. It follows the journey of Paul Merton, comedian and writer, and his interpreter Emma, as they voyage across the country, exploring Chinese culture, expansion and change from Mao Zedong's reign. The series was a hit for Five and Merton confirmed on Michael Parkinson's show that a second series entitled Paul Merton in India had been commissioned. The theme music from Channel Five's advertisement is Michel Legrand's Di Gue Ding Ding, which was also used as the theme music to Heston Blumenthal's series In Search of Perfection aired concurrently on BBC Two. All four episodes were released on DVD in late October 2008.
The Big Story

1949

The Big Story

1949
7.3
Based on a popular radio series, each show tells a different reporter's Big Story, a true story selected from newspapers across the United States. Comments from the actual reporter open and close each show but the permanent narrator drives the plot line and a featured actor dramatizes the reporter's role.
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years

1981

Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years

1981
6.3
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years is an 8-part 1981 drama serial based on the life of Winston Churchill, and particularly his years in enforced exile from political position during the 1920s and 30s. It was written and directed by Ferdinand Fairfax and Churchill was played by Robert Hardy. Hardy's brilliant performance as Churchill won critical acclaim and a BAFTA award in 1982. He reprised the role in The Sittaford Mystery, Bomber Harris and War and Remembrance and at the 50th anniversary celebrations of the end of World War II in 1995 when he quoted a number of Churchill's wartime speeches in character.
Danny Dyer's Deadliest Men

2008

Danny Dyer's Deadliest Men

2008
7
Danny Dyer's Deadliest Men was a documentary series broadcast on Bravo between 20 October 2008 and 10 August 2009. It followed Danny Dyer as he embarked on meeting some of the most feared and prolific men in the United Kingdom.
Whicker's World

1969

Whicker's World

1969
7.3
Whicker's World is an award-winning British television documentary series that ran from 1958 to 1994, presented by journalist and broadcaster Alan Whicker. Originally a segment on the BBC's Tonight programme in 1958, Whicker's World became a fully-fledged television series in its own right in the 1960s. The series was first shown by the BBC until 1968, and then by ITV from 1969 to 1983, when it was produced by Yorkshire Television, in which Whicker himself was a shareholder. The series returned to the BBC in 1984, and to ITV again in 1992.
The Rock 'n' Roll Years

1985

The Rock 'n' Roll Years

1985
6.8
Series linking the events of the year with music via newsreels, headlines, films, broadcasts and rock performance footage.
Charterfeber Norge

2006

Charterfeber Norge

2006
7.2
Charterfeber is a Norwegian docu-soap that debuted in March 2006. The show is about Norwegians traveling on a fully chartered vacation to southern Europe. The last time the program was sent on Norwegian television, TV3, was in December of 2012. TV3 and the production company, Rakett Film & TV, have just released information about an upcoming season of the series.