This documentary series hosted by Alex Fernández, which brings together the best Mexican comedians to talk about humor, its limits, and its relationship with politics, among other topics. The testimonies of Andrés Bustamante, Eugenio Derbez, Sofía Niño and Chumel, among others, combine with humorous archival footage from all eras to discover what makes us Mexicans laugh.
Mary Beard gives a personal and provocative take on the nude in Western art, from Ancient Greece to the present. Just why do artists and viewers seem so obsessed by nudity?
A look back at a cruel conflict, the Franco-Prussian War (1870-71), which changed the political geography of Europe and sowed the seeds of a deep antagonism between France and Germany that culminated in two world wars. Excerpts from the diaries of the witnesses, photographs and painted panoramas tell the truth about a forgotten war.
Yotam Ottolenghi travels to four of the Mediterranean Sea's most beautiful islands to experience the culinary flavors and secrets that symbolize these culturally distinctive regions.
The show follows the Ingebrigtsen family, with three brothers, Henrik, Filip, and Jakob, running in international competitions, and their father is their trainer.
Lives are at stake. Souls hang in the balance. Some Christians are engaged in the battle, most are not. Life Is Best will thoroughly equip and inspire you to join the fight for lives and souls. Featuring pro-lifer Scott Klusendorf.
The BBC’s Platinum Jubilee coverage 2022 including: The Queen’s Birthday Parade Trooping the Colour, A Service of Thanksgiving, Party at the Palace and Platinum Jubilee Pageant
The range of seasons in Britain are as extraordinary as the climate is unique. The splendour of the autumn colour change is as magnificent as anywhere on earth, while the animal migration is of planet-wide importance. For the first time, the BBC Natural History Unit's filming techniques and expertise are focused on Britain.
This documentary-series examines Grant's life story using his perspective and experiences to explore a turbulent time in history: the Civil War and Reconstruction.
Who has never dreamed of leaving everything behind to explore the world? Lydiane St-Onge dared. Follow her in her quest for thrills, discoveries, encounters and human cooperation in Bolivia and then Belize.
Will there come a point when our brain stops thinking without a computer? When we consider digital sex better than the real thing? And turn our body into a machine? We are living in the midst of an upheaval that could be more radical than anything our parents or grandparents ever experienced. But what does it all mean for us as human beings? In seven episodes the protagonist Helen Fares goes on a journey through futuristic technologies. She meets virtual friends, learns to steer a drone with her brain and to hack her own DNA. Encounters with experts in the US, Japan and Britan provide context to the posed question: Are we evolving into a new species - the Homo Digitalis? Simultaneously Homo Digitalis is a scientific experiment. In a playful test either as chatbot or as website the user can find out his or her personal future.
Kevin McCloud is passionately optimistic about technology and the future, but Jon Richardson, Phil Wang and Alice Levine aren't so sure. Can Kevin persuade his trio of sceptics to see the light?