The very first submarine, which legend claims lurked beneath New York Harbor during the American Revolutionary War. The small ships that rescued thousands from Dunkirk. The destroyer that forced the easing of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Over the centuries, conflicts have prompted advances to ship designs, making vessels stronger, faster, smarter, and capable of changing the course of wars. Join us as we examine the world's greatest Combat Ships, and reveal how they shaped world history and inspired men and women to acts of incredible courage.
Retraces the Boston Red Sox's haunted history and chronicles decades of heartbreak, myth, and near-misses, culminating in the 2004 championship that redefined what it meant to believe.
Follow the culinary and entrepreneurial journey of Ravneet Gill and her husband Mattie, as they take on the challenge of opening their own restaurant using only their personal savings.
The 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.
The lives of Elizabeth Taylor, Elvis Presley, John Gotti and Madonna are exposed with a candor and honesty never before seen in this provocative series.
Following the men and women who work around the clock on Britain's longest and most iconic road, ensuring the traffic keeps moving and the public is kept safe.
The odyssey of Rodrigo Jarpa, a remarkable and charismatic sexologist who, together with Nathalie Nicloux, a comedian and actress, travels around the world discovering new ways to live and practice sexuality. Each episode is an X-ray of some city and goes deep into a predetermined topic, seen from the local culture, customs and local perspective.
An Intimate Four-Part Documentary Series Chronicling the Life of Perennial Pound-For-Pound Champion Floyd Mayweather in the lead up to His 12-Round Unanimous Decision Victory Over Manny Pacquiao.
What musical genre can claim to have gone, in the space of fifty years, from a hidden cabaret in Oran to Super Bowl halftime? Born in Algeria at the end of the Second World War, the raï wave spread from the cabarets of western Algeria to the cassette shops of Barbès in Paris, before sweeping the world at the end of the 1980s. its hybridization, the intoxicating music traveled from Algerian and French weddings to the biggest international stages, before suddenly disappearing from the radar at the dawn of the new millennium. Icons that have disappeared, including Cheikha Remitti and Prince Hasni, to young heirs, passing by the star Khaled, the collector Hadj Sameer trace the tumultuous course of this musical genre, between clandestinity, planetary glory and resistance.
When she was a child, Kate Humble wanted to be a nomad. Living in some of the world's most remote wildernesses, cheek by jowl with nature, seemed like such a wildly romantic existence.
Set in China's remote Tibet, Xinjiang, and Yunnan provinces, this three-part series reveals the colorful, diverse cultures and untold stories of China's border provinces.
Series which looks at the many sides of Fred Dibnah - engineer, steeplejack, artist, craftsman, steam enthusiast and inventor - and celebrates his contribution to our knowledge and appreciation of Britain's architectural, industrial and engineering heritage.