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The Machines That Built America: Snack Sized

2021

The Machines That Built America: Snack Sized

2021
The sped-up, super-charged, half-hour history of the top innovators and brands behind the machines that built America. Thrusting viewers from the surprising beginnings all the way up to the present day and spotlighting the story you didn’t know, filling in blanks you didn’t even know were there, from iconic names like Chevrolet, Boeing, and Harley Davidson.
MLB: Baseball's Seasons

2009

MLB: Baseball's Seasons

2009
Baseball's Seasons is a documentary series on MLB Network. Each episode takes a look at a season in the history of Major League Baseball. It first aired January 7, 2009 in the first week of the network's existence. Like a lot of the network's other original programming, Baseball's Seasons airs during baseball's offseason.
Australia's Deadly Monsters

2017

Australia's Deadly Monsters

2017
Australia's creatures adapt to life within varied and often hostile environments.
Adolf Hitler's War

2020

Adolf Hitler's War

2020
Hitler was determined to extend Germany eastwards to make Germany a great continental power. Hitler's policy, based on a racist ideology, planned to eliminate or enslave the population that stood in the way of the Reich. It was this determination that propelled the world into war. Hitler believed that the conquest territories including Poland, the Belarussian and Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republics, and the Baltic States "for the German people" was his destiny.
Jonnie's Blade Camp

2021

Jonnie's Blade Camp

2021
On the eve of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, Jonnie Peacock is on a mission to help five young amputees realise their sporting potential. Over the course of a year-long training camp, Jonnie uses state of the art technology, inspirational guests and his own experiences to get the kids to achieve things they never thought possible in this epic in scope but intimate documentary two-part series.
Britain's Whale Hunters: The Untold Story

2014

Britain's Whale Hunters: The Untold Story

2014
Adam Nicolson looks at how and why whale populations were so drastically reduced in the 20th century, and attempts to see whaling through the eyes of the time.
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The Negotiators

2019

The Negotiators

2019
A deep dive into one of the world’s most high-pressure professions: hostage negotiation. With exclusive access to the expert negotiators involved, we go behind the scenes of some of the world's most dangerous hostage situations, and reconstruct how the negotiations played out.
The History of Home Narrated by Nick Offerman

2020

The History of Home Narrated by Nick Offerman

2020
An examination of how the fundamental need of shelter changed lives and transformed houses into homes.
Back to Nature

2021

Back to Nature

2021
A journey through the Australian landscape and the unique stories of the land, deepening our connection with nature.
How to Get Ahead

2014

How to Get Ahead

2014
What you had to say, do and dress in order to get ahead at various times in history
Hitler vs Churchill: The Eagle and the Lion

2016

Hitler vs Churchill: The Eagle and the Lion

2016
A documentary which explores the remarkable parallels between the careers of Adolf Hitler and Winston Churchill, as well as their personal rivalry and animosity.
The Shadow Dimension

2021

The Shadow Dimension

2021
A researcher investigates shadow phenomena, searching for answers while unveiling an enigmatic world feared by many and misunderstood by most. Joined by experts in the field, he journeys to locations with known supernatural activity.
Grow, Cook, Eat

2019

Grow, Cook, Eat

2019
Michael Kelly, founder of GIY (Grow It Yourself), and Karen O'Donohoe offer step-by-step guidance in growing vegetables in raised beds and containers. Each episode focuses on a single vegetable, and moves from seed, through thinning, watering, and potential problems, to the kitchen. A guest cook demonstrates 1-3 recipes anyone can replicate at home. The series is filmed in the brilliant landscape colors of Southern Ireland, but the gardening and cooking principles are universal.
Epic Trails

2018

Epic Trails

2018
Eric Hanson travels to around the globe to backpack the world's most epic trails. The show also showcases the people, culture and experiences to be had in the regions he visits.
Encounters with Evil

2016

Encounters with Evil

2016
Life 2.0

2020

Life 2.0

2020
A high-end documentary series that takes a deep and thought-provoking dive into a variety of topics - such as the future of human life extension, breakthroughs in interspecies communication, the rise of “cyborgism”, existing in virtual reality, and more.
Survive the Wild

2016

Survive the Wild

2016
Program that, thanks to archive images and recreations, delves into the tactics and strategies used by animals to survive and prevail in the wild world.
A History of Celtic Britain

2011

A History of Celtic Britain

2011
In four chapters, largely based on and illustrated with archaeological finds and sites, Neil Oliver explains how, as far as is known, the Iron Age Celtic tribes known as the Ancient Britains evolved and entered European civilization. Their internecine tribal phase was warlike and partitioned. Overseas contacts, especially metal trade, brought wealth and progress. Ultimately, it attracted the superior Roman empire, which would conquer and pacify Britain into a province, like Gaul shortly before, but Caesar's invasion wasn't the definitive annexation yet, that was left to emperor Claudius; even afterward some Celtic traits and even rebellions remained.
Bangers and Cash

2019

Bangers and Cash

2019
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Bangers & Cash follows the Mathewsons - a dynasty of classic car auctioneers from picturesque North Yorkshire. The charismatic and friendly family hunt for rare vehicles to sell and they uncover some remarkable and heartwarming stories behind the cars as they do.