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911
2015
911
2015
star 7Take viewers into the everyday lives of firefighters and paramedics, who constantly face high-stress situations where adrenaline is at its peak. Fires, emergencies and serious accidents… emotions will run high! 911 follows brave men and women as they answer calls for help and other alarms, both real and false, and deal with accidents, prevention exercises, fires, and races against death...PCC, Secret Power
2022
PCC, Secret Power
2022
star 7.9A piercing four-part docuseries exploring the rise of Brazil’s largest crime organization, Primeiro Comando da Capital – better known as the PCC. The First Command of the Capital (PCC) holds the hegemony of crime in São Paulo, but also an international presence. Narrated by the "brothers", the secret of the PCC's power is revealed in its structure: a masonry of crime, implacable in your ideals.Horrible Histories with Stephen Fry
2011
Horrible Histories with Stephen Fry was a re-version of Horrible Histories. Broadcast from 19 June 2011 to 31 July 2011, the program featured a compilation of sketches from the first two seasons of the parent show with Stephen Fry replacing Rattus Rattus as host, presenting "added insight and historical nuggets". The spin-off consists of his "hand pick[ed] funniest moments" from the two then-aired series. Holy Moly describes the series as "a re-hash of all the best sketches and japes from the previous two series, presented by Stephen Fry, who pops up every few minutes to explain and elucidate historical facts." "Horrible Histories has been a hideously gruesome and gory success for CBBC and we are delighted to welcome it to BBC One", said Cassian Harrison, Commissioning Executive, History and Business, Science and Natural History. This version of the show came out just before the British Comedy Awards, when the show was still classified as strictly a children's show. After the awards show, when it had won the awardExtreme Fishing With Robson Green
2008
star 7.2Extreme Fishing with Robson Green is a factual entertainment show broadcast on Channel 5. The show sees actor and fishing enthusiast Robson Green travel around the world in search of the greatest fishing destinations. There have been five series to date. A spin-off series entitled Robson's Extreme Fishing Challenge began airing on 9 April 2012.Six Schizophrenic Brothers
2024
star 7An account of the Galvin family of Colorado Springs, CO, and how schizophrenia ripped through their family, affecting six of 12 siblings.High Speed Chase
2023
High Speed Chase
2023
star 7Fast, furious and 100 percent real, High Speed Chase puts you directly in the driving seat for some of the most extraordinary and dangerous police chases ever captured on camera.Citoyen 2.0
2021
Citoyen 2.0
2021
Laurence Latreille takes us all across Canada to meet men and women striving to make the world a better place. Through innovative environmental, social or economic initiatives, they bring hope by tackling the problems of the modern world at the grassroots level.DIY le Donnie
2014
DIY le Donnie
2014
DIY series presented by Donnie 'Dòtaman' MacLeod. Broadcast in Gaelic with English SubtitlesBilly Connolly's World Tour of New Zealand
2004
star 7Billy Connolly is back with the fourth in his massively popular World Tour series. This time Billy journey's to the other side of the globe to New Zealand, a country he has been visiting since the 1970s and of which he is immensely fond. Billy's extraordinary journey covers the length and breadth of New Zealand and is mixed with the best of his comedy from sell-out shows around the country.Filmed in 2004 during the first leg of his Too Old To Die Young Tour this series is a stunning journey around New Zealand's two islands from the Southern-most tip to the far north where the Tasman Sea meets the Pacific. Along the way Billy takes in Maori traditions, sand paintings, whale-watching, a 90 mile beach and much more to give us a fascinating insight into the spectacular scenery, culture and people of this amazing country.Tony Robinson's Marvellous Machines
2023
star 8Sir Tony Robinson travels the world to explore the most unusual and innovative machines and vehicles in this series packed with exciting stunts and epic challenges.The Bush Years: Family, Duty, Power
2019
star 6.7Explore the Bush family’s internal dynamics: the influential matriarchs, sibling ambitions and unceasing competitive spirit which drove them to power. Through archival footage and interviews with historians, journalists, political figures and Bush family members, the series reveals a story of triumph, tragedy, heroism, faith, and an evolving conservatism.The Shape of the World
1991
Reveals how maps shape not only our sense of geography, but also our social, political, and even religious thinking. In the past, mapmakers have provoked assassinations, won or lost wars, and opened the ways to wealth and power. Today, they help answer the crises of epidemics and climate change. Narrated by Patrick Stewart. Shown over six weeks on PBS, from April 1, 1991 to May 6, 1991, The Shape of the World uses the subject of mostly old maps to cover history, from Eratosthenes, the Egyptian Greek who figured out the circumference of the Earth over 2,200 years ago to modern (in 1990) satellite mapping using computers. The film crews go all over the world, from Portugal to Mexico to the Palio in Siena to the Far East. 3-disc set Released August 2009 The epic tale of mapping the globe, as seen on PBS. Produced in consultation with the British Library and Royal Geographical Society-the world's largest scholarly organization dedicated to the science of geography. "Explores the history of mapmaking with elegance andUnion with David Olusoga
2023
star 3.3National identity, social class, inequality. David Olusoga shines a light on our fractured modern society through the lens of the past, exposing the fault lines dividing the UK.Munich '72
2022
Munich '72
2022
star 6Chronicle of the attack perpetrated by the Palestinian terrorist group Black September in the Olympic Village during the 1972 Munich Summer Games.Lindsay
2014
Lindsay
2014
star 7Lindsay Lohan returns to New York City and reunites with friends and family. As Lindsay works to stay on track amid the demands (and pitfalls) of fame, she opens up as never before.The Bubbling Culture
2024
The Bubbling Culture
2024
Hosted by DJ Sabby, The Bubbling Culture is a 6 part anthology series of documentaries focused on spotlighting bustling movements rising within the SouthAfrican entertainment space. eco-system, especially within the digital space. When we look at film, television and entertainment, some of the biggest innovatorswithin these industries cultivated their craft within the robust digital space. This series explore these cultural movements with some of its key trailblazers. Each episode focuses on a different subculture, and explores it from multiple perspectives. Some of the episodes explore topics like Digital Content & OnlineComedy to Amapiano and PodcastingTour de force
2019
Tour de force
2019
Six of Hearts
1986
Six of Hearts
1986
A series which looks at the diversity of gay life through a mixture of documentary, drama, music and comedy.
