Guided by a century-old Bradshaw’s Handbook of Indian, Foreign and Colonial Travel, Michael Portillo embarks on a railway adventure across India and takes in the extraordinary variety of the Indian landscape.
Facebook was created by Mark Zuckerberg to 'connect the world', now many believe parent company Meta is ruining the world through its apps including Instagram. Is that just moral panic or is there a real threat to us and our children? In this series we’ll reveal the real motivations and methods of the tech giant from insiders, whistleblowers, and researchers. We'll also provide tips to keep children safe.
The Mark Steel Lectures are a series of radio and television programmes. Written and delivered by Mark Steel, each scripted lecture presents arguments for the importance of a historical figure.
The lectures were originally broadcast on BBC Radio 4 over three series between 1999 and 2002. Many of the arguments were illustrated by miniature sketches. These sketches featured Mark Steel, Martin Hyder, Mel Hudson, Carla Mendonça, Femi Elufowoju Junior and Debbie Isitt. The first series was subtitled "A series of lectures about Englishmen who changed the course of history", with the remaining two changing this to "A series of lectures about people with a passion". The first series was produced by Phil Clark; the others by Lucy Armitage. The lecture on Ludwig van Beethoven was nominated for a Sony Radio Comedy Award.
The programme transferred to television in 2003, with an Open University series on BBC Four, which was later repeated on BBC Two. This variously featured:
⁕Gerard Logan as Lord Byron
⁕Martin Hy
Going Wild With Jeff Corwin is a Disney nature show produced and aired in the late 1990s. Host Jeff Corwin travels to some of the most exotic places in the world, including Florida, South Africa, Papua New Guinea, Death Valley, Hawaii, etc., and searches for some of our planet's most amazing animals. In each episode, Jeff searches for a "Feature Creature", and always finds it at the end of the episode. These creatures include manatees, cobras, crocodiles, bighorn sheep, dolphins, bears, etc. As he explores, Jeff looks for "Creature Clues" to help him find the animal. In some episodes, Jeff also explores ancient ruins, including, Gila Cliff Dwellings, Port Arthur, Rhyolite, and Ayutthaya. The show lasted for two seasons from 1997-1999, before it was canceled.
Norwegian black metal is beloved by fans worldwide, but is also known for its shocking story. Now the musicians who created the grim genre, tells how it all came to be.
In the documentary web series, a team of three actors, a motorcycle cafe owner, a photographer and an Esquire reader goes to the Putorana Plateau. This is an ancient, dangerous and picturesque place, untouched by civilization. The plateau is located in Siberia beyond Norilsk, which cannot be reached by train or plane. There is no Internet or telephone connection. "Seven brave" without preparation go in search of the" pole of inaccessibility " — the most remote point from cities in Russia, which was conquered by a few.
The profiles of two condemned men in Oklahoma - Richard Glossip and Justin Sneed - and their two very different accounts of the murder of Barry Van Treese. Richard Glossip waits on death row saying he is an innocent man while Sneed cut a deal: testify against Glossip in exchange for a life sentence.
There are seven billion humans on Earth, spread across the whole planet. Scientific evidence suggests that most of us can trace our origins to one tiny group of people who left Africa around 70,000 years ago. In this five-part series, Dr Alice Roberts follows the archaeological and genetic footprints of our ancient ancestors to find out how their journeys transformed our species into the humans we are today, and how Homo Sapiens came to dominate the planet.
TV star and horror-fan Jonathan Ross revisits the scenes of his youth in London’s East End for a chilling trip down memory lane, exploring its historical dark-side and seeking evidence of paranormal activity in his own childhood haunts.
A showcase of the eclectic and energetic group of college students at Prairie View A&M University as they navigate performing in one of the most prestigious HBCU marching bands along with tackling a rigorous academic schedule and maintaining a high grade point average.
From Custer’s Last Stand and the Battle of Little Big Horn to the gunfight at the OK Corral and death of Jesse James, this is a history of the West like no other. Tony Robinson's Wild West uses exclusive, never-before-seen 3D stereoscopic photographs to expose the untold story of the Wild West, and reveal the true stories of the men and women who tamed the American wilderness. This three part documentary charts the 50 year period that began at the end of the American Civil War in 1865, when all the western territories in America were opened up to be exploited. Throughout the series, Tony, a huge fan of western movies, investigates the clashes between the native American tribes and pioneers, namely the famous ‘Last Stand’ of General Custer at Little Big Horn. He examines the infamous western bandits, including Butch Cassidy and Jesse James, often glorified in Hollywood’s lat