Destitute without electricity and running water, Yolanda Signorelli Von Braunhut has lost control of her late husband Harold’s iconic Amazing Live Sea Monkeys novelty. Yet she alone knows their secret formula, and from her crumbling estate on the Potomac, Yolanda wages legal and existential battles to fully win them back.
A Taste of History is a TV cooking series that explores America’s culinary beginnings from the birthplace of American cuisine. This innovative series brings America’s history to life and makes it vibrant as we step back in time and get to know the founders of our country through the food they ate and the recipes they prepared.
The Crusades: An Arab Perspective is a four-part series produced by Al Jazeera English, which presents the dramatic story of the medieval religious war through Arab eyes. The series provides a new perspective on the history of the Crusades for a global, English-speaking audience, that has largely read about or studied the famous struggle from a primarily Christian and Western point of view.
Like a modern confessional, a photo booth collects the confidences of Montrealers from different generations and backgrounds, in which they share their concerns, hopes, and cherished memories.
Filmed over six years, 42 people with Parkinson's take part in a groundbreaking medical trial. Can the results give hope to 10 million Parkinson's sufferers worldwide?
Cowboys and ranchers rely on their deep knowledge of the land to search for prehistoric dinosaur fossils - from T-Rex and Triceratops to discovering a rare and disputed dinosaur species.
The history of warfare from antiquity to the Falklands War; each episode looks at warfare from the perspective of different participants: infantryman, artillerist, cavalryman, tanker, airman, guerrilla, surgeon, logistician and commander.
Architect George Clarke visits some of Britain's most beautiful historic houses in the country each with their own individual architectural style. The problem is that the way houses were built years ago doesn't work anymore so George helps the owners make their period homes fit for modern life.
Jamie's Dream School is a seven-part British television documentary series made by Fresh One Productions, first aired on Channel 4. In it, Jamie Oliver enrols a group of teenagers with fewer than five GCSEs into his "Dream School" - a school in which lessons are taught by celebrities who are specialists in particular subjects. Participants, both pupils and teachers, gave evidence to the Education Select Committee in June 2011.
The lessons from Jamie’s Dream School are available on-line a dedicated YouTube channel, including David Starkey's history course and Simon Callow's drama lessons. Many are full-length videos as well as shorter clips and other interactive elements.
Ignition puts you in the driver's seat of the automotive world's latest car, truck and SUV offerings, courtesy of Motor Trend. Watch as our team of experts throttles, track tests and pushes the limits of these vehicles to harness their full capability.
I went solo backpacking around Central America for 6 weeks, travelling through Mexico, Belize and Guatemala. This 3 part documentary series shows the entire backpacking experience. From the fun activities, beautiful sites, crazy parties, to the exhausting journeys and the good, bad and ugly hostels.