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Cities
1979
Cities
1979
Cities is a Canadian documentary television series broadcast on CBC Television from 1979 to 1980, followed by repeats for two years. Produced and directed by John McGreevy. The series featured a celebrity who would appear in an episode on location in a personal favourite city or more specific location. Appearances included Glenn Gould, Peter Ustinov, Elie Wiesel, George Plimpton and Mai Zetterling. Also appearing were Anthony Burgess, John Huston, Melina Mercouri and Hildegard Knef.Cult Massacre: One Day in Jonestown
2024
star 7.5Survivors and eyewitnesses tell the immersive story of Jim Jones' idealistic organization's final hours that spiraled into a mass casualty event.The Moaning of Life
2013
The Moaning of Life
2013
star 7.6Now Karl’s turned 40 and has officially hit middle age, it’s time for him to re-assess his life. He’s not married, he doesn’t have kids, he’s got a job where he’s known as an ‘idiot’, and he’s known for being miserable. He’s classic ‘mid-life crisis’ material. As Karl attempts to put his life in order, he’ll be dispatched around the world on a crash course to find out how other cultures deal with life’s big questions. The ups and downs of Karl’s experiences will be contrasted against the beautiful geography of the countries he visits, captured on HD with stunning aerial photography.The Search For Canada's Game Shows
2020
A journey across Canada to find out more about Canada’s game shows and their impact, featuring interviews with the producers, hosts and broadcasters who pioneered them.Planet of the Apemen: Battle for Earth
2011
star 6The story of how Homo sapiens once shared the Earth with other species of hominid, and how, against all the odds, we survived.Notre vraie nature
2024
Earth's Great Rivers
2019
Earth's Great Rivers
2019
star 7.8Revealing the extraordinary animals, astonishing landscapes and remarkable people who live alongside the Amazon, Mississippi and Nile.Eat Well for Less
2015
Eat Well for Less
2015
star 6Gregg Wallace and Chris Bavin with the assistance of dietician Lucy Jones are on a mission to help different families around Britain to save money, sort food facts from food fiction and eat better for less.Floyd on Africa
1996
Floyd on Africa
1996
Keith Floyd - the eccentric TV cook - travels to Africa, visiting a number of regions. The boisterous and bubbly Floyd cooks traditional dishes from each area using a variety of heat sources, sometimes in surprising surroundings. Places visited include South Africa, Zimbabwe, Madagascar and Zambia.Techmoan
2010
The Age of Uncertainty
1977
A 13-part personal view by John Kenneth Galbraith of the rise and crisis of Industrial Society.ARA San Juan: The Submarine that Disappeared
2024
star 7.7Interviews with experts and relatives fuel this investigative docuseries about the tragic 2017 disappearance of a military submarine that shook the world.The Victorian Kitchen Garden
1987
This wonderful series goes behind the high redbrick walls of Chilton Foliat in Berkshire, where Harry Dodson carefully recreates a traditional Victorian kitchen garden. Using traditional tools Harry painstakingly transformed the weed-choked ground into a gardener's and cook's delight solving many horticultural mysteries along the way and showing how gardeners dealt with pests and how they grew exotic fruits and vegetables for the household all year round.Evert! Evert! Evert!
2021
Allan Border: My Story
2022
This three-part documentary series provides an in-depth look at the career of the legendary Allan Border, whose captaincy changed Australian cricket forever.Four Kings
2024
Four Kings
2024
star 8Frank Bruno, Nigel Benn, Chris Eubank and Lennox Lewis. Four sporting heroes, driven by ambition in the ring and often forced to face even greater challenges outside it. This series focuses on the rise of each boxer from the late 1980s through to the early 2000s, charting their journeys and the prejudices they encountered.Cousteau: Amazon
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From Beirut to Bosnia
1993
The British correspondent in Lebanon, Robert Fisk, tries to find the roots of misunderstanding between the Muslims and the Western World, and why some Muslims do not trust the West. He travels from Lebanon to Palestine, then to Egypt, and finally concludes his journey in the terrorized Balkan. He also makes a short trip to Poland, showing an eloquent description of the Holocaust.Sounds of the Sixties
1991
star 7Series featuring rock, pop and R&B performances from the BBC archives.
