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Celebrity Yorkshire Auction House
2021
star 8Auctioneer Angus Ashworth and his team help famous faces clear their homes of clutter, hoping to discover hidden gems to be auctioned off for serious profits.Hunting the Edge of Space
2011
In this two-hour special, NOVA examines how a simple instrument, the telescope, has fundamentally changed our understanding of our place in the universe. What began as a curiosity - two spectacle lenses held a foot apart - ultimately revolutionized human thought across science, philosophy, and religion. "Hunting the Edge of Space" takes viewers on a global adventure of discovery, dramatizing the innovations in technology and the achievements in science that have marked the rich history of the telescope.The Icons That Built America
2024
star 8Highlights the talented, often provocative entertainers whose brilliance and rise to stardom transformed American popular culture.Battle for the Moon: 1957-1969
2019
star 8July 20, 1969. Nearly six hundred million people have their eyes glued to their televisions: Neil Armstrong is just about to make one of mankind’s oldest dreams come true. After more than twenty years of intense struggle between the Americans and the Soviets, the biggest adventure for humanity in the 20th century has just been achieved. As a climax of the Cold War, the conquest of the moon was a true saga, passionate, epic and filled with twists and turns. It wasn’t just a scientific competition between East and West; It was also a fabulous adventure combining political history, technological exploits, acts of bravery and personal dramas.Bill Bailey's Australian Adventure
2023
star 7.3Comedian, musician and raconteur Bill Bailey explores the massive Australian state of Western Australia. Vast and epic, its frontier spirit inspires a mind-blowing journey into one of the sparsest and most surprising places on the planet.Great American Scenic Railroads
2002
Catch an unforgettable glimpse into America's storied past as you ride the rails on these rolling museums of steam and steel. Focus on the history and mechanics of the engines themselves and a bit of local history.America's Untold Story
2017
The first permanent European settlement in the United States was founded two generations before the Pilgrims arrived in 1565—not by English Protestants, but by a melting pot of Spanish, Africans, Italians, Germans, Irish and converted Jews, who integrated almost immediately with the indigenous tribes. America’s Untold Story, from Secrets of the Dead, uncovers the story of America’s past that never made it into textbooks.Holiday Hit Squad
2006
Holiday Hit Squad
2006
Black Widow
2024
Black Widow
2024
star 7.8Follows the decade-long police investigation into one of Britain’s most dangerous female murderers. Over 20 years, Dena Thompson who was known as ‘The Black Widow’, carried out a sustained campaign of fraud, deception, bigamy and murder. Using Lonely Hearts columns to lure a succession of husbands and dozens of lovers into her life, she was able to coerce them into giving up their life’s savings, their homes, their families and their freedom based on her bizarre but convincing stories.After the Warming
1989
After the Warming
1989
star 7Set in 2050, social journalist James Burke looks back at events of the world from the dawn of civilization and shows how climate change has affected human history. At the point of the Industrial Revolution, humans began to do things to the climate, rather than the other way round. When he brings us up to date (1989), that is when the predictions begin. From Kyoto to the two Gulf Wars, Burke accurately predicts many of the events that have taken place so far. His predictions have been sound, even to the tune of carbon credits and climate change agreements. Using virtual reality computer simulations, Burke traces the Earth's history of ice ages and warming trends and presents several possible scenarios caused by the greenhouse effect during the 1990s to 2050.CHIVAS: El Rebaño Sagrado
2021
star 7.5This four-part docuseries chronicles one unforgettable season with one of Mexico's most popular soccer club, the Chivas of Guadalajara, as they strive to resurrect their legendary franchise from a series of devastating losses.Ancestors in the Attic
2006
Got any secrets in your family tree, skeletons in ye olde ancestral closet? Were your ancestors sinner or saints, royals or rogues? Part personal drama, part CSI-like forensic investigation and part historical revelation, Ancestors in the Attic reveals to Canadians not only their roots, but also the diverse stories that make up the history of our country.Surviving Jeffrey Epstein
2020
star 5This docuseries investigates billionaire New York financier Jeffrey Epstein, who is alleged to have used his connections to the rich and famous to shield his predatory behavior with young girls. Revealing how Epstein set up a pseudo sexual Ponzi scheme to bring in underaged girls, the doc delves into the aftermath the survivors are experiencing with no justice to be served.The Talent Show Story
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The Talent Show Story is a British television documentary series about the history of British television talent shows. The series comprises five episodes and was broadcast on ITV from 7 January to 4 February 2012. It is narrated by Victoria Wood. It was co-produced by Shiver Productions and Thames.Andy McNab's Tour of Duty
2008
Andy McNab's Tour of Duty is a British documentary television series about the War in Afghanistan and the Iraq War. First broadcast in June and July 2008 on ITV4, the show is presented by ex-SAS soldier Andy McNab, and is cast as an insight into the life of the Allied soldiers in these conflicts, setting aside the already well documented politics of the conflicts and giving accounts in the soldier's own personal frames of reference. The series combines first hand accounts and amateur film footage shot by the soldiers on the ground, with official archive footage from the Ministry of Defence, and reconstructions. The series was first commissioned by ITV from Flashback Productions as a 6 part series of 1 hour episodes, to be broadcast exclusively as original programming for the digital channel ITV4 in a move to increased spending on the channel's output in a bid to increase the channel's audience share, and target the channel toward a demographic of 25 to 44-year-old men.Uschis VIP Gärten
2012
Uschis VIP Gärten
2012
Fjorden Cowboys
2014
Fjorden Cowboys
2014
star 6.2The Fjord Cowboys follows Lothepus, the hard working expert on explosives, and Joar, his hedonistic apprentice and their lives on the shores of the world famous Hardanger Fjord. Behind their somewhat rough appearance, they are in fact a pair of astute entreprenour businessmen with no fear of authority who play by their own rules. Together they work hard, and party even harder. But they have children to raise, projects to execute and loved ones to deal with, and their particular zest for life does not always match other peoples’ expectations.The Real Line of Duty
2024
The hit BBC drama Line Of Duty told the story of a fictional anti-corruption police unit. Now for the first time, senior police officers behind the real life sting operations re-open the casebooks to reveal the methods used to uncover corruption and secure convictions. Narrated by Martin Compston, The Real Line Of Duty uncovers the wider story of the Metropolitan Police turned the torch on their own.
