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This Excessive Ambition
2024
star 7.3Following the success of his album El Madrileño, C. Tangana is faced with the challenge of creating the most ambitious tour of his career and shaking up the concept of the live performance. A journey undertaken by the artist over more than four years. From the birth of the album in Cuba to the conceptualisation of the show, the hostility of the negotiations, the rehearsals, the awkward conversations, the behind-closed-doors events and the whirlwind of concerts throughout Spain and Latin America.Hairy Bikers: Route 66
2019
The Hairy Bikers traverse the infamous Route 66, serving up plenty of delicious food along the way.Stephen Fry in Central America
2015
star 7.7The author, actor and comedian embarks on a journey through the entire Central American isthmus to the Panamanian border with South America, beginning in Mexico.The Stuarts: A Bloody Reign
2018
star 1Four kings from the House of Stuart sat on the English throne from 1603 to 1688. It was a time of great religious struggle and political instability. The Gunpowder Plot nearly wiped out King James I. The Thirty Years War broke out on the continent. A civil war erupted which led to the public beheading of King Charles I and the birth of a commonwealth headed by Oliver Cromwell. London was ravaged by the plague and the Great Fire of London. Throughout this series we look at the reign of the Stuarts through the powerful Wynn family at Gwydir Castle in North Wales, one of the best time capsules from that era. The story of the Wynn family reflects the turbulent history of this Stuart era. They had close connections with this new royal house and their status would rise and fall with the successes and failures of Stuart rule.Every Frame a Painting
2014
star 8.7Every Frame a Painting is dedicated to the analysis of film form.Journeys Through French Cinema
2017
star 8My Journey Through French Cinema (2017), Bertrand Tavernier’s César-nominated three-and-a-half-hour tour through French film history, was too short to introduce audiences to all that he wanted to share. In this new eight-part series (8x55min), the acclaimed director of such films as Coup de Torchon and ‘Round Midnight guides us through a roster of filmmakers both influential and forgotten, explores how his country’s cinema was shaped by the German occupation and changed again through the New Wave, spotlights little-known female filmmakers, and more. Subjects include: René Clément, Henri-Georges Clouzot, Julien Duvivier, Henri Decoin, Claude Autant-Lara, as well as composers who made movie music an art in and of itself, far from the Hollywood spotlight.Corey White's Roadmap to Paradise
2018
Under-qualified comedian Corey White tries to solve the biggest problems facing everyday Australians. Watch Corey's collision course with conventional wisdom as he tries to fix things his way.Legends of Welsh Sport
2022
Looking back on some of the greatest and most inspiring stories in Welsh sport – from the underdogs who defied the odds to the game changers who changed their sports and their country.Den fantastiska historien med Berg och Meltzer
2018
Berg and Meltzer goes traveling through time to find out how Swedish women have lived and worked in a historic perspective. The girls picks up a few of the puzzle pieces that's been hidden, forgotten and gotten tucked away by kings and war.Johnny vs Amber
2021
star 4.2The tumultuous marriage and subsequent legal battle between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard will have both sides of the story told in Johnny vs Amber.＜JUNG KOOK: I AM STILL＞ THE ORIGINAL
2024
star 7Despite his natural talent and remarkable achievements that followed, Jung Kook continues to chart his own course. This documentary covers his first solo single debut to unreleased interviews, exclusive behind-the-scenes footage, and the full version of "Jung Kook ‘GOLDEN' Live On Stage."Nybyggarna
2012
Nybyggarna
2012
To find participants for the program Anders Öfvergård lived as a homeless in ten days, around the Greater Stockholm. He spent nights in public toilets, an illegal campsite and in a cellar. The idea for the program came when it hit him and his two colleagues from the production company Skare.Rusted Development
2014
star 5.8The show documents the efforts of Chuck Palumbo (a former WWE wrestler and mechanic) and his partner Rick Dore (a custom car and hot rod builder) as they locate and then clean up the collection of a car hoarder with the main idea being to get classic cars and parts back into the realm of public use and display.Last Days
2018
Last Days
2018
Photographer Lieve Blancquaert travels around the world to show how different cultures deal with aging and death.Samvidhaan: The Making of the Constitution of India
2014
How the constitution of the largest Democratic Republic in the world was created.The Fabric of the Cosmos
2011
star 7Brian Greene is going to let you in on a secret: We've all been deceived. Our perceptions of time and space have led us astray. Much of what we thought we knew about our universe-that the past has already happened and the future is yet to be, that space is just an empty void, that our universe is the only universe that exists-just might be wrong.Social Studies
2024
star 6Filmed in Los Angeles over a school year, a diverse group of LA teens who open up their lives and phones to offer an intimate glimpse into how social media has reshaped childhood.History's Secrets
0000
star 7.5Mysterious events, compelling figures and great unanswered questions from the past are explored, with a focus on the reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes; the CIA's top-secret experiments; the Unabomber and; little known stories from NASA's Apollo missions.Gorongosa Park: Rebirth of Paradise
2015
star 2Experience the incredible and inspiring rebirth of an African wilderness through the eyes of an Emmy-winning wildlife cameraman. American-born, African-raised Bob Poole embarks on an amazing adventure: spending two years living in Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique, Southern Africa, joining scientists and conservationists in the battle to re-wild this once-legendary national park.
