Britain's Best Drives is a six-part 2009 British television series in which Richard Wilson travels across the UK in reviewing the best driving roads from a motoring guide of the 1950s. In each episode he drives a different car of the period. There was also a seventh episode where Wilson learns how to drive a manual transmission car again.
Martin Luther’s attack on the all-powerful Catholic Church was a knife to the heart of an empire that had endured for over a thousand years. Nailing his treatise to the doors of the Wittenberg Cathedral, this previously obscure German monk changed the world forever, unleashing forces that plunged Europe into war and chaos. But Luther would do more than revolutionize the Church, he offered the Christian world a new vision of man’s relationship with God and, in turn, redefined man’s relationship with authority in general.
Sometimes, the only way to stop a madman before he kills again is to get inside the mind of a monster and think like he does. Cops go head-to-head with the most dangerous and deadly criminals in one-on-one battles of wits, only one of them will win.
The presenters will discuss the stories of women who have experienced violence in different situations – at work, in the hospital, at home, in adulthood and childhood. Candid stories and figures will be the reason for a conversation in which a man and a woman will finally hear each other. And they will be able to say what they were silent about before.
Between dystopian visions and far-sighted social analysis, comic writer Alan Moore explains how his works are a swan song to our era. A journey through occultism, mysticism and anarchy.
Marcus du Sautoy, Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford, escorts you through the most important of all intellectual disciplines: Mathematics, the Empress of the Sciences.
This non-fiction series on the life and career of Lola Flores is built on the testimony left to us by her daughters, her sister, her friends, her researchers and many of today's artists of various kinds who have been influenced by his art as Rosalía, Miguel Poveda, C. Tangana or Ara Malikian (among many others).
The “Pentagon” is called an emergency house in Novouzensk, Saratov region, Russia, without heating and sewerage. For six months, Andrei Loshak and the film crew watched people who “do not live, but survive.” The documentary series “Pentagon” is a portrait of the poorest residents of Russia, who concluded an unspoken agreement with the state: you don't touch us, and we don't touch you. But then the war began...
American Lawmen explores the first policing of railroads, the mafia, the Everglades and lawless outposts across America. American Lawmen is the stories of policing seen through the eyes of the brave few who first picked up a badge.
"Call Her Daddy" creator, host and executive producer Alex Cooper is at the top of her game, signing one of the biggest deals in podcast history. This revealing two-part series gives audiences a behind-the-scenes, intimate look at her journey and the defining moments that shaped her influential voice.
Experience the wonder of nature, past and present, majestic and dangerous, like you’ve never seen it before in these three features: Antarctica: On the Edge, Titans of the Ice Age and Great White Shark.
First aired in September 2002, Mark Evans along with his loyal (if ageing) side-kick Pete Walker took on their latest mad-cap building project after the construction of two cars and an aeroplane. A Chopper is Born followed Marks 6 month odyssey to build a kit helicopter. The Rotorway Exec 162 is the most popular kit helicopter in the world. Manufactured in Phoenix, Arizona, Rotorway have been building Helicopter kits for nearly 30 years.
The US Fish and Wildlife Services has a special unit; The Office of Law Enforcement. It boasts 261 special agents. It even has its own Forensic Laboratory which supports international investigations of wildlife crimes. The unit exists because, over the last five years, it has become apparent to the West that many of the world's terrorist attacks are funded by the cash generated from animal poaching. This series is the story of some of their investigations as the Office of Law Enforcement battles the richest and most determined wildlife criminals in the world. What's more - President Barack Obama has now extended this fight to territories outside the USA. In a Presidential Order last year he committed the USA to financing and arming teams across the world to hit back against the animal poachers. This series is the story of that battle.
"Humanience" - a fusion of "Human" and "Science" - is an educational program that delves deep into the enigmatic aspects of humanity, unraveling its mysteries from a scientific perspective.