Elizabeth Vargas, alongside former members of controversial organizations, goes on a search to uncover how these sects use their influence to prey upon people's desperation to create powerful and often destructive belief systems. Each episode will take an immersive look at one currently active group through the eyes of past devotees and get perspective from believers and leaders that are still inside.
From the 1970s to the 2000s, Amsterdam became the drug capital of Europe. This Sky Original documentary charts how a liberal movement morphed into a violent, billion-pound industry.
How could it happen that the Dutch State became the largest drug importer of the 1990s? The docuseries takes a look at the dark undercover world of the Interregional Criminal Investigation Team (IRT), a specialist police force founded in 1988 to combat organized crime in the Netherlands. This prestigious police team infiltrated the criminal environment, as a result of which it became increasingly involved in drug trafficking, among other things. The delta method, as this infiltration technique is called, led to the police team even having its own drug line from South America to the Netherlands in the 1990s. In 'De IRT Affair', the main characters tell their story about how they imported thousands of kilos of drugs in the period from 1988 to 1993 to combat organized crime.
A Year in the Beacons follows the course of a year in the national park for the staff of the Glanusk Estate, the Brecon Mountain Rescue Team, and a family of farmers in the foothills of Pen y Fan.
These are some of the toughest prisons in the world. Prisons so tough, even gang bosses and killers learn the meaning of fear. Across four continents, six different prisons, the series takes us beyond the gates, walls, barred windows and cells into an unknown world, a world we know exists, but a world nobody wants to think about.
This series investigates the issues related to raising boys in various Brazilian cities. Through poignant stories of families who believe that "those born as boys need to act in a certain way" and of fathers and mothers who are trying to change this scenario, the series questions, provokes, and shakes the pillars of Brazilian society.
Code Red explores the most significant and dramatic disasters in living memory. Over ten one-hour episodes, we investigate the anatomy of catastrophe and look at the ways in which they have changed us forever.
Investigative series that follows lovers as they embark on doomed romances that end in unexpectedly tragic ways. Illustrated through split-screen archives and new materials, this series includes interviews with family, friends, and law enforcement personnel who paint a picture of love stories twisted by rage, curdled by obsession and crippled by paranoia.
A joint venture between Discovery and BBC Studios, offering unprecedented access to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Customs and Border Protection agency as they operate on the 28 bridges connecting the United States of America and Mexico. The lives and work of the DHS are followed and explored as they guard the border and process the millions of people who cross it every year, as well as finding a wide array of illegal contraband, much of it expertly concealed.
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.