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Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault
2016
star 1Fifty years after the original Star Trek first arrived on television, is there anything about Gene Roddenberry's space opera that hasn't been uncovered? Plenty! On December 13, 2016 fans can experience Star Trek: The Original Series - The Roddenberry Vault, a newly produced multi-part documentary featuring footage from the cutting room floor, long preserved in film canisters by the Roddenberry Estate. The origins of the classic series are explored with new interviews featuring cast and production personnel combined with newly-found deleted scenes, alternate angles, outtakes, behind the scenes moments, and original visual effects elements to tell the definitive story on the making and enduring legacy of Gene Roddenberry's creation.RapCaviar Presents
2023
star 7.5Based on the influential 2015 Spotify playlist, this series is a deep dive into current events that untangles important subjects and offers a view of the world from an artist’s perspective.Gangland Chronicles
2024
Gangland Chronicles
2024
Gangland Chronicles offers an inside look at some of the world’s most notorious criminal organizations. Each episode explores three legendary moments from a specific underworld group, ranging from mafias and cartels to motorcycle gangs and prison gangs. The series spotlights lucrative money-making rackets, deadly turf wars, iconic mob hits, crafty informants, and federal takedowns. Featuring infamous gangsters such as Al Capone, Pablo Escobar, El Chapo, John Gotti, Whitey Bulger, and Sonny Barger. Interviews with journalists, authors, and former members of these organizations offer an exclusive window into the inner workings of these groups.Toll
2020
Toll
2020
Every day someone tries to smuggle drugs, money, weapons, alcohol and other illegal goods into Norway. In this documentary series, you get an exclusive insight into the job the customs officers do on several transitions along Norway's long border.Motorway Patrol
1999
Motorway Patrol
1999
Observational documentary following the daily lives of police officers patrolling the motorways in and around Auckland, New Zealand's largest urban area.The Machines That Built America
2021
star 7The stories behind innovations such as TV, radio, phones, airplanes, motorcycles and power tools as well as the inventors including Nikola Tesla, William Harley, Alexander Graham Bell, Duncan Black and Alonzo Decker.Generation Drag
2022
star 6.7Follow five teens and their families as they anticipate their biggest performance at Dragutante, a drag show designed for LGBTQ teens to express themselves.The Derbyshire Auction House
2024
star 7Following one of the few women in Britain to helm an auction house, Irita Marriott. The series follows her as she builds her business in south Derbyshire, helping vendors make money from unwanted items.Twisted
2010
star 10TWISTED takes an in-depth look at the world's most prolific serial killers through first-hand accounts and testaments of those closest to them, and attempts to answer the question: Was it nature or nurture?Solved
2008
Solved
2008
Solved is an American true crime television series that airs on the Investigation Discovery network. The show also aired on TLC. Debuting on October 13, 2008, Solved is produced in conjunction with Digital Ranch Productions, Inc.Toddlers & Tiaras: Where Are They Now
2009
star 2.1Toddlers & Tiaras is an American reality television series on TLC. The series debuted on January 27, 2009. The pilot for the series aired on September 7, 2008. The series follows the families of contestants in child beauty pageants. Toddlers & Tiaras is now broadcast on TLC in the United Kingdom.Max Verstappen - Off the Beaten Track
2024
star 9‘Off the Beaten Track’ presents an intimate portrait of Max Verstappen, showcasing aspects of his life that remain largely unseen. Through three 30-minute episodes, viewers are treated to a closer look at Verstappen's off-track passions, including his ventures into team ownership, sim racing, and his business endeavours.OUT THERE: Crimes of the Paranormal
2024
star 6.7Go inside eight true crime cases with shocking encounters with the paranormal world - through eyewitness accounts, expert interviews, and all-new investigations. In each case, amidst an agonizing search for answers, one rumor emerges from the pack: something inhuman is afoot.The Long War: Iran, Israel, USA
2020
star 7.3Today, Israel and the United States are Iran's enemies par excellence. Their reconciliation seems impossible. Is the history of these three countries the chronicle of a war foretold, delayed for decades but inevitable?Rip It Up
2018
star 7The rise of the independent record industry in Scotland and why it continues to produce some of the most interesting and influential pop music in the world - as told by the indie pioneers and global superstars who made the music, the people behind the scenes, and the fans.Joanna Lumley's Japan
2016
star 5.7The British actress goes on a 2,000 mile journey across the four main islands of Japan, travelling from North to South meeting local people and absorbing the culture.Wildlife Specials
1995
star 8.3The BBC Wildlife Specials are a series of nature documentary programmes commissioned by BBC Television. The Wildlife Specials began with a pilot episode in 1995. 20 programmes have been made to date, with three of the recent ones being in multi parts. The earlier programmes were produced in-house by the BBC's specialist Natural History Unit, but the more recent Spy in the... titles were made by the independent John Downer Productions. The first 18 programmes, up to 2008, were narrated by David Attenborough. The most recent two were narrated by David Tennant. "The world's leading natural history filmmakers meet the world's most charismatic animals" — BBC taglineCoastal Railways with Julie Walters
2017
star 8.5Actor Julie Walters rides upon the UK's most beautiful coastal railways.
