Documentary TV Series - Page 488
The Undefended Border
2002
Explores the furious post-9/11 pace of immigration police work in Canada, revealing individual investigators staggering in the blur of competing urgencies. The series pulls back the layers of bureaucracy to reveal the priorities and the police work behind individual cases involving illegals, following their progress through investigation, detention, and deportation.Judgment Day: Prison or Parole?
2016
Each year in America, 85% of inmates seeking early release will be denied, but 15% will be released from prison before serving their full sentences. Two thirds of these parolees will commit a crime that sends them back behind bars, making the decision to release an inmate early an agonizing dilemma. Judgment Day: Prison or Parole is an investigative series that takes viewers inside the high stakes decisions made by parole boards everyday. When 95% of inmates in the US will eventually be placed back into society, parole board members must decide who should remain incarcerated and who is safe for release.Incredible Journeys with Simon Reeve
2021
star 7During a career spanning more than fifteen years, Simon has visited over a hundred countries on six different continents. Now, he catches up with some of the memorable characters he's met along the way.Gemma & Gorka: Life Behind the Lens
2023
Documentary series following the unfiltered lives of actress and radio presenter Gemma Atkinson and professional dancer Gorka Marquez.The World in Images
2023
The World in Images
2023
Telling the story of an image: From its creation to its impact on our vision of the world, how can we explain its power? The World in Images offers an interpretation that asks us to look beyond the first glance.Top Trumps
2008
Top Trumps
2008
Top Trumps was a 10-part British television series based on the famous card game. It aired on Channel 5 in 2008, the channel being called Five at the time of broadcast. It was produced by Lion Television and presented by Robert Llewellyn and Ashley Hames. The show was a competition between the two presenters. Each chose one type of the machines chosen and finds out facts about it. At the end of the show, each presenter must choose 2 Trump factors to use in which they think their chosen machine will be best in. A fifth one gets randomly chosen. The winner is the one who wins on most Trumps factors.What's Really in our Food
2007
Presented by Gregg Wallace, What's Really In Our Food series peels back the baffling world of food labelling, investigates junk food and the UK's love of ready meals.Curse of the Chippendales
2021
star 6The male dancers of Chippendales captured the hearts and dollars of the 80s. But whatever goes up, must come down.Remedy: Ancient Medicines for Modern Illness
2018
This hard-hitting and transformative documentary series explores the most powerful herbal medicines known to man – the cumulative work of at least a thousand generations of our human ancestors. These remedies have been kept from us because big pharma doesn’t want you to have the power to heal yourself. That ends now. DURING THIS EXCLUSIVE EVENT YOU WILL BE GUIDED THROUGH 9 POWERFUL EPISODES THAT EACH FOCUS ON A SPECIFIC DISEASE OR ILLNESS AND HOW TO HEAL IT USING MEDICINAL HERBS.Lance
2020
Lance
2020
star 6.9This documentary chronicles Lance Armstrong's cycling triumphs, his cancer diagnosis, and the controversy that upended his career.21st Century Jet: The Building of the 777
1996
The Boeing Company develops their most technically advanced aircraft: the 777. From corporate conference rooms to factory floors, its extensive testing and first commercial flight, more than 10,000 people were involved in the creation of the new plane, assembled with parts from all over the world.Imperfect Murder
2023
Imperfect Murder
2023
'Imperfect Murder" is a series that delves into the heart of true crime, unravelling stories of mystery, betrayal, and the quest for justice. Through interviews, re-enactments, and expert insights, "Imperfect Murder" offers a comprehensive look at the complexities of criminal behaviour driven by motives as diverse as greed, jealousy, and revenge.All You Need Is Love: The Story of Popular Music
1977
star 6A 17-part television documentary series on the history of modern pop music covering some of the many different genres that have fallen under the label of "popular music" between the mid-19th century and 1976, including folk, ragtime, Tin Pan Alley, vaudeville and music hall, musical theatre, country, swing, jazz, blues, R&B, rock 'n' roll and others.The Joy of Essex with Jonathan Meades
2018
Jonathan Meades provides a tour of Essex, a county he sees as the home of picturesque villages, pre-war modernism and 19th-century social experiments.Britain's Greatest Generation
2015
Documentary series that tells the stories of the extraordinary last survivors of the generation who fought or lived through World War II.Who's Doing the Dishes?
2014
star 4Over the course of a week, five different celebrities cook a meal for a group of four strangers, who must figure out the identity of each celebrity in order to win cash prizes.
