The alarm clock. The personal computer. The smartphone. The radio. You know the greatest gadgets of all time (and you’ve probably owned most of them), but which has changed the world more than any other? To make our list of 101, a gadget had to be something you could hold in your hands, mechanical or electronic, and a mass-produced personal item. The rest was up to the judges. Check out our selections.
Off the Grid: Million Dollar Manhunt is a game show which airs on The History Channel. Contestants attempt to evade Kevin Reeve, an expert in surveillance, fugitive tracking, and classified government technologies. If they can succeed in performing simple tasks, for one day, and avoid detection, they win $1 million.
The XY Factor is a short-lived American documentary series that premiered in 2002 on the History Channel. It covers views and attitudes towards sex across various eras of history.
Prehistoric Megastorms is a paleontology-based American documentary television series that premiered in 2008 on the History Channel. Comet storm Great Flood of Noah British Superflood Asteroid Apocalypse Hypercane Mega Tsunami Volcanic winter are the megastorms shown. Also the names episodes.
Death or Canada is a Gemini- and IFTA-nominated, two-part Canadian–Irish docudrama which was broadcast in Ireland on RTÉ One in November/December 2008, in the UK on The History Channel UK in January and February 2009 and in Canada on History Television on March 16, 2009. The film also had a limited theatrical release in Canada, and enjoyed a gala screening on March 3, 2009 to kick-off the celebrations for Toronto's 175 birthday.
Death or Canada, as narrated by Brian Dennehy, follows the Protestant Willis family from the west of Ireland as they flee to Canada in the Spring of 1847 at the height of An Gorta Mór or the Great Hunger. The family ultimately arrives in the young city of Toronto, which is overrun by a deluge of 40 000 Irish famine refugees. This dramatic story is interspersed with commentary from historians and other experts. Death or Canada is a Canada-Ireland Treaty Co-Production, produced by Canada's Ballinran Productions, whose other credits include Manic Organic, and Hangman's Gra
China's First Emperor was a documentary aired on The History Channel on 2008.
It tells the story of Qin Shi Huang's career as a military leader and ruthless ruler and how he unified China during the Qin Dynasty.
He is played by Xu Peng Kai.