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Boca Juniors Confidential
2018
star 5.5Players, fans and staff of soccer powerhouse Boca Juniors provide an exclusive, behind-the-scenes look at Argentina's legendary club.Ghost Adventures: Serial Killer Spirits
2019
star 8.6Exploring haunted locations associated with infamous serial killers, Zak Bagans and the Ghost Adventures team – Aaron Goodwin, Jay Wasley and Billy Tolley – seek to document whether malicious energy has been left behind by sadistic killers and their evil acts.Ma maison, mon cauchemar
2019
Richard Turcotte meets people who, like him, had to live through the nightmare of a renovation project gone wrong. Water leaks, fungi, vermin infestations, undrinkable water, shaky structures: these unlucky owners have seen it all! Richard explains the consequences that a problem house can have on the mental, physical, financial and familial health on its owners.Exposed: The Church's Darkest Secret
2020
star 8The story of the individuals who brought Bishop Peter Ball to justice and the cover-up that went to the highest levels of the Church of England.The Devil Next Door
2019
star 7.1A Cleveland grandfather is brought to trial in Israel, accused of being the infamous Nazi death camp guard known as Ivan the Terrible.Marina
2014
Marina
2014
Icons Unearthed: Star Wars
2022
star 6.9Marcia Lucas, Oscar-winning film editor and ex-wife of George Lucas, sits down for her first-ever on-camera interview and provides unique insight into the rise of LucasFilm — including her 14-year marriage to and eventual divorce from George Lucas — the editing of the original Star Wars trilogy, the origin of the idea that Darth Vader would be Luke’s father and if there were really originally plans for nine movies.Mary Beard's Ultimate Rome: Empire Without Limit
2016
star 7In this four-part series classicist and historian, Professor Mary Beard draws on her immense scholarship, unique viewpoints and myth-busting approach to Roman history, to give her definitive take on the Roman Empire. How and why did it happen? In search of answers, she takes us to the most telling sites and the most revealing artifacts, and she examines the legacy the Roman Empire has left behind.Rise of the Continents
2013
star 7.9The Earth’s continents are instantly recognizable. These iconic landmasses seem permanent and unchanging, yet they are merely the wreckage of a much larger long-lost supercontinent – Pangaea. In this stunning four part series Professor Iain Stewart uncovers the evidence for this ancient past. He reveals how the world around us is full of clues – in the rocks, the landscapes and even the animals. All of which tell us how the land we live on was created.POP HELLAS 1951-2021
2021
star 8A series of documentaries on the modern history of the Greek way of life from the 1950s until today. A special production with the participation of several well-known protagonists of the formation of these trends. How did the Greeks eat and cook for the last 70 years? How did they dress and what were their fashions and influences? What is the relationship of Greeks with music and entertainment in each decade? How did the role of the Car evolve in everyday life and what importance did Music acquire in our lives? The presentation of the dominant trends that have played a role in every field, but also interviews of renowned people from every field who analyze and interpret phenomena and behaviors of every era. Each documentary delves into a field and illuminates historically every decade as a synthesis of events and trends that influenced the way of life of the Greeks.A Sinister Sect: Colonia Dignidad
2021
star 6.6A colony of German Christians with a charismatic and manipulative leader establishes itself in Chile and becomes instrumental to the dictatorship.The Knights Templar
2002
star 6The long and storied history of the French warrior monks who fought in the Crusades, formed a powerful banking empire in Europe and collapsed under the weight of rumors that they had captured both the Holy Grail and the Ark of the Covenant.Okavango: River of Dreams
2019
star 8Experience the wildlife of the Okavango Delta, an oasis and lush paradise in Southern Africa that connects a wide array of creatures. Lions chase elephants, who chase hippos, who chase crocodiles.Fun to Imagine
1983
star 7.6Richard Feynman, theoretical physicist, enjoys thinking aloud about the adventures science can offer. Back in 1983, the BBC aired Fun to Imagine, a television series hosted by Richard Feynman that used physics to explain how the everyday world works – “why rubber bands are stretchy, why tennis balls can’t bounce forever, and what you’re really seeing when you look in the mirror.” In case you’re not familiar with him, Feynman was a Nobel prize-winning physicist who had a gift for many things, including popularizing science and particularly physics.
