Francisco de Assis Pereira's crimes are revisited from the perspective of the victims, new reports from investigators and unpublished audio recordings from one of Brazil's most infamous serial killers, known as the Park Maniac.
Faces of Evil is a gripping new six-part true crime series in which we revisit the nefarious deeds of some of the world’s most infamous killers from the UK and America. From relentless serial killers to remorseless child murderers, this series uncovers the evil behind their often unassuming faces.
A two-part documentary marking the 70th anniversary of the Partition of India, examining the stories of three British families, one Muslim, one Hindu and one British colonial, who lived in India at the time. Dr Binita Kane travels to Bangladesh to discover what happened when her Hindu father had to flee his ancestral village as a young boy. Mandy Duke travels to Calcutta, scene of some of the worst partition violence, to uncover the story of her grandfather, who filmed there as violence broke out. And Asad Ali Syed and his grandson Sameer, two British Muslims with Pakistani heritage, journey to Ambala, India, to search for the house where Asad was born before his family were forced to flee to Pakistan.
Tory Belleci of the MythBusters and Tommy Passemante from Nitro Circus are on a mission to take audiences on an unpredictable ride, hanging with the experts, daredevils and professionals who are in the business of making things explode.
Pritchard and Dainton – the better half of the Dirty Sanchez boys are back and are crazier than ever! Forget the valleys of Newport, the Sanchez boys are off on a trip of a lifetime in the search for the perfect high! The boys head of to all corners of the earth including India, Mexico, Papua New Guinea, Cambodia and Japan! In the search to find the ultimate high Pritchard and Dainton come across poisonous tree frogs, a hive of very angry Mexican bees and a nasty looking Piranha! The crew don't mean half the fun or pain – these two are pushing the limits when it comes to humour, adventure – and frankly downright stupidity.
End Day is a 2005 docu-drama that follows the fictional scientist Dr. Howell, played by Glenn Conroy, as he travels from his London hotel room to his laboratory in New York City, and shows how each scenario affects his journey as well as those around him, with various experts providing commentary on that specific disaster as it unfolds.
Researcher and six-time #1 New York Times bestselling author Dr. Brené Brown takes viewers on an interactive journey through the emotions and experiences that define what it means to be human. Grounded in more than two decades of research, Brown brings together a dynamic mix of powerful storytelling, pop culture references, and a range of impressive researchers to share the language, tools, and framework for meaningful connection.
During World War II, many buildings, historic, grand and monumental, were destroyed, entire towns razed, demolished and burned. Through extensive redesign, restructuring and rebuilding, new cities were created for a new world, and this is their story. The story of cities that were attacked, damaged and destroyed during the Second World War, and that have risen again from the ashes.
The Amazon is home to more than two million species across nine South American countries. How do they survive the volatile climate, hungry predators and changing seasons? Go deep into the jungle to see what life is like for creatures both fierce and friendly.
Explore monumental changes in the workplace and the long-term impact on workers, employers, educators and communities. Employment is part of the American Dream. Will the future provide opportunities for jobs that sustain families and the nation?
Ever wanted to quit your job and go travelling round the world? Well James and Karl did and filmed it all. The backpacking documentary follows James and Karl as they travel through 20 countries in 4 continents over 9 months, covering a distance of over 42,000 miles.
We think we know big cats pretty well, don’t we? Well actually, we don’t.
In this unprecedented series, recent scientific discoveries shed new light on the extraordinary prehistory of big cats and their ascent to world domination. How did these giant carnivores survive the ice age extinctions that wiped out the sabretooths, and persist into the present day? When we learn that the jaguar was once found in UK, the tiger ranged from Siberia to Turkey, and the lion, far from being African was a true worldwide phenomenon, it’s clear our view of cats has been blinkered. What happened? Brand-new night vision systems, super slow-motion cameras, and cutting-edge computer-generated imagery of a bygone age take us on a tantalising trail of evidence to answer these questions, revealing incredible and surprising stories of the world’s most charismatic predators: the big cats.
Between experiments, mutations and recompositions, the teeming story of the surrealist adventure, the most fertile avant-garde of the 20th century, whose centenary we are celebrating this year.
Singer and actress Meral Polat searches for the roots of Turkish pop music. The music that the guest workers from Turkey brought with them to Europe. But she also meets the artists who are currently leading the charts with psychedelic rock, hip-hop and electro-pop.