Four 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.
Join world-renowned outdoorsman and author Steven Rinella as he dives into history’s greatest and most perplexing wilderness mysteries. With his deep knowledge of the wild, survival expertise, and unyielding curiosity and grit, Steve is uniquely positioned to look at these mysteries through a totally new lens, examining how people’s interactions with their environment may rewrite the narrative on some of our most iconic legends.
Professor Mary Beard looks beyond the stories of emperors, armies, guts and gore to meet the everyday people at the heart of Ancient Rome's vast empire.
These short documentaries take an intimate look at the lifestyles and culinary passions of people across Japan. Their stories are sure to warm the heart and whet the appetite.
3-part BBC Miniseries depicting the Allied progress from the D-Day landings in Normandy all the way to Berlin. The Normandy breakout is covered, as well as the Battle of the Bulge and Operation Market Garden, to the eventual objective of Berlin. The Series is narrated by Actor Sean Bean.
Adam Richman is on the ultimate hunt to uncover the most unique, surprising, and delicious hidden food treasures in every town. He'll uncover the dishes you would never find anywhere else on the planet, at the places you would never expect.
An elite team is investigating the Bermuda Triangle with the aid of a secret weapon—a map, decades in the making, marking the location of unidentified undersea wrecks and anomalies. Each week they will attempt to identify one mystery wreck, along the way evaluating the evidence behind legends and scientific theories like rogue waves, giant methane bubbles, ship-sucking whirlpools, and dead zones that bewilder equipment and planes. In the Bermuda Triangle, one never knows what one will find. On the ocean floor, the team makes historic and important discoveries that go beyond myth and conjecture.
Warm up to a different tomorrow with this short docuseries of personal reflections expressed through words, movement & dance. An experimental collaboration between writers and creative movers from around the world during the first covid-19 lockdown, in spring & summer 2020. From visualization to embodiment, from letters of love to sobering realizations, we're reminded in times of extreme uncertainty that a basic human need emerges... that of reimagining the future. Eight stand-alone episodes created together while being apart - in Lebanon, France, Iran, Jordan and the USA.
An intimate portrait of the ingenuity and resilience of three different animal families as they face the seasonal extremes and fierce predators of the Brazilian wilderness.
Headteacher Stephen Drew, from Educating Essex, welcomes boys and their parents to a residential summer school like no other in a bid to unlock their true potential before it's too late.
New Year's Eve Live with Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen (originally Kathy Griffin) is an annual program broadcast on CNN. It originates live from Times Square in New York City. It covers the traditional ball drop live, but also reports on other New Year's Eve celebrations across the country and around the world.
It is a competing program to similar shows such as New Year's Rockin' Eve and New Year's Eve with Carson Daly in the United States. Overseas, the program is simulcast on CNN International and available around the world.
Real Stories is an Australian satirical television comedy series produced by Carlton Television for Network Ten. It was created by Hamish Blake and Andy Lee. The series was first broadcast on 22 August 2006.
Eight episodes were produced. The program was a parody of current affairs shows. It was hosted by Jennifer Adams, a former Seven Network reporter. The show mimicked a standard current affairs format. Pre-recorded segments in the show were introduced by the host. These segments starred Hamish Blake, Andy Lee, Ryan Shelton, and Tim Bartley with voice-overs provided by Greg Fleet.
The show originally started as a project for Melbourne's Channel 31, a community access television station, as a collaboration between Roving Enterprises and Hamish & Andy's production company, Radio Karate. There are no plans to continue production of the show. It was repeated during 2007, and is currently available on DVD. Several podcasts were produced, including material not broadcast in the series.
The series captures the story of Kashmir, highlighting the events leading up to the mass exodus of Kashmiri Pandits in the 90s, the abrogation of Article 370, and its impact on the former state.