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TV Show: Climate Change by Numbers ( 2015 )
One off docu, so not allowed
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TV Show: Digging for the Truth ( 2005 )
Digging for the Truth explores some of the world's greatest archaeological mysteries, from the Pyramids of Egypt to the Lost Ark of the Covenant, from the Holy Grail to King Solomon's Gold. Hosted by adventurer and survival expert Josh Bernstein. Shot in High Definition for The History Channel.
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TV Show: The Sword
The sword has influenced the outcome of some of the greatest moments in history, inspired famous myths and legends, and served as a symbol of the fight against evil and oppression. It turned blacksmiths into artisans, soldiers into legends, and actors into swashbuckling heroes. Explore the history of this iconic weapon and its evolution from flint and bone tools of the Stone Age to light saber weapons in space.
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TV Show: Underwater Universe ( 2011 )
Underwater Universe tracks the history and evolution of the Ocean's seven deadliest zones...locations that throughout history have been the direct cause of human devastation by floods, tsunamis, hurricanes, whirlpools, ice, underwater volcanoes, and shipping graveyards.Leading oceanographers, expedition footage from partnering organizations like Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and 3-D animation depict the awesome cosmic and geological fluctuations that make the Oceans deadly over time.
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TV Show: Atlantic: The Wildest Ocean on Earth ( 2015 )
In this landmark series, the BBC Natural History Unit explores a vast ocean that stretches nearly 10,000 miles, from Arctic to Antarctic and from sun-drenched tropical reefs to crushing abyssal depths. Over three programmes it reveals the amazing, surprising and resilient inhabitants of the Atlantic, both animals and people, as they pit themselves against the world's wildest ocean.
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Movie: Einstein and Hawking: Unlocking the Universe ( 2019 )
Exploring two of the greatest thinkers of humanity, and their contributions to our understanding of the universe.
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Movie: The Secret History of the Moon (Short 2020) ( 2020 )
The Moon has drawn out our sense of wonder since before we were fully human. Where did it come from? What secrets are written in its rocks? For most of our history, its story was cloaked in myth and mystery. Only now are the vivid details coming into focus.
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Movie: Perpetual Planet: Heroes of the Oceans ( 2021 )
Legendary oceanographer Sylvia Earle and a cast of pioneering marine scientists tell the story of the incredible work being undertaken across the planet to protect the fragile ecosystem of our oceans. Perpetual Planet: Heroes of the Oceans is a showcase of the wonder of the sea, of the living laboratory we all live in and of the vital science being carried out beneath the waves every single day. Australia's Great Barrier Reef, Antarctica, and the world's other unique ecosystems are highlighted in the gripping and visually stunning documentary.
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TV Show: Points de Repères ( 2016 )
What would we currently be without Copernicus or Darwin? What would Europe be if Churchill had not gone to war with the Nazis, or if the Fall of the Berlin Wall had not happened? A grain of sand can change the course of history. Points de Repères tells us the great History through small events that changed the world.
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TV Show: Ancient Inventions of War, Sex and City Life ( 1998 )
Ancient Inventions of War, Sex and City Life was a BBC historical documentary series released in 1998. It was presented by ex-Monty Python member Terry Jones and looked at great inventions of the ancient world.
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Movie: Lost Tombs of the Pyramids (TV Special 2020) ( 2020 )
For centuries Egyptologists have believed that the Great Pyramids of Giza were designed as tombs. But why have no bodies or treasure ever been discovered inside the pyramids? Now, the history of the pyramids could be on the verge of being re-written. With exclusive access we follow the team as they unearth and examine the lost tombs, making the most important find in Egypt since the opening of Tutankhamun's tomb.
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Movie: The Sounds of Space (Short 2021) ( 2021 )
This short film takes you on a journey back in time and to the edge of our solar system and beyond, to discover what other worlds of sound are lurking beyond Earth's atmosphere.
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TV Show: Ancient Earth: Dinosaurs of the Frozen Continent ( 2022 )
Antarctica went through greenhouse epochs before it eventually succumbed to ice again. The great mystery is how the animals and plant life evolved and survived in a strange polar seasonal world of months of darkness.
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TV Show: Ice Age: A Frozen World
Ice Age: A Frozen World, fronted by naturalist and explorer Steve Backshall, wildlife presenter Michaela Strachan and geologist Chris Jackson will tell this epic story using state of the art technology to bring this frozen world to life. The factual thriller will take viewers on a gripping journey through time, with a mixture of on location pieces, breathtaking Virtual Studio production and expert interviews. The series will unravel the hidden secrets of the Ice Age and how it created the world we now live in. 
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TV Show: Voices of Liberation ( 2022 )
The writings and eyewitness accounts of wartime participants help trace the story of Europe's liberation during WWII in this historical docuseries.
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TV Show: The American Presidency with Bill Clinton ( 2022 )
The HISTORY Channel's new series The American Presidency with Bill Clinton, is hosted and executive produced by President Bill Clinton and explores the history of the American presidency and the struggle for a more perfect union across six themed episodes: race, extremism, the struggle for rights, presidential vision, global power. This premium series features expert commentary from renowned authors, historians and witnesses to history including Pulitzer Prize-winners Jon Meacham and Annette Gordon Reed, as well as Dr. Douglas Brinkley, Dr. Edna Medford Green, Dr. H.W. Brands and George Takei. Across each one-hour episode, it takes a comprehensive look at a wide variety of presidential action that moved our country forward, like President Eisenhower ordering the 101st Airborne Division into Little Rock, AR to ensure the safety of the "Little Rock Nine," President Lincoln's Gettysburg Address and Emancipation Proclamation, and Lyndon B. Johnson signing into law what has been called the most important piece of Civil Rights legislation to date: the Voting Rights Act of 1965. "The American Presidency" also tackles presidential decisions that further divided our country, like Herbert Hoover's "repatriation drives" that led to the mass expulsions of Mexican-American citizens during the Great Depression and FDR's Executive Order 9066 leading to nearly 120,000 Japanese-Americans being systematically rounded up and forced into prison camps.
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TV Show: Uranium: Twisting the Dragon's Tail ( 2015 )
Uranium: Twisting the Dragon's Tail is a stunning documentary series exploring the incredible story of uranium, from its creation in an exploding star to its deployment in nuclear weapons, nuclear power, and nuclear medicine. It's a journey across nine countries and more than a century of stories, to discover the rock that made the modern world. It's part science, part history, and all epic adventure. Join physicist and YouTube phenomenon Dr. Derek Muller as he reveals the untold story of the most wondrous and terrifying rock on Earth.
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TV Show: Hitler: The Lost Tapes ( 2022 )
Exploring the public and private life of the infamous dictator, featuring the photos and videos of two photographers who dedicated their lives to documenting Hitler - Heinrich Hoffmann, his official photographer, and Hoffmann's photographic assistant Eva Braun, who went on to become Hitler's wife.
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TV Show: Home: The Story of Earth ( 2022 )
In 1969, the first humans to travel to the moon looked back at the whole of the Earth. Since then our understanding of our planetary home and our impact upon it has grown exponentially.
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TV Show: Great Lakes Untamed ( 2022 )
The Great Lakes, home to a fifth of the world's fresh water and the backbone of a vast ecosystem, are explored from every angle on this documentary series.
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Movie: Inside Einstein's Mind: The Enigma of Space and Time ( 2015 )
Retrace the thought experiments that inspired his theory on the nature of reality.
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TV Show: Our Brain ( 2022 )
Breakthroughs in brain imaging and genetics has made it possible to understand how the interplay of genes and environment affect the mind, and ultimately, tell us how to live better.
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TV Show: Flukten med Norges gull ( 2022 )
The documentary series about how the Norwegian government, through a secret operation carried out by a group of unlikely people, managed to smuggle 49 tonnes of gold out of the country during the Nazi invasion in April 1940.
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TV Show: Celts: The Untold Story ( 2022 )
This 3-part documentary series will delve into the mysteries, myths, and arcane history of the CELTS, and reveal brand new information about the ancient civilization.
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TV Show: Vaietut arktiset sodat ( 2022 )
The Silent Arctic Wars is a new generation historical documentary series that opens up the Arctic war events of World War II in a never-before-seen way. The six episodes of the series reveal a little-noticed overall picture and countless unknown details about the events of World War II in the North. The focus is on the struggle of the great powers over who gets control of the region and its natural resources. New information and perspectives on the events are offered by numerous international experts, ongoing field research, as well as newly opened archives and some never-before-seen footage.
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TV Show: The Great Stink of 1858 ( 2023 )
Dr Xand van Tulleken tells how an extraordinary heatwave struck London in the summer in 1858 and a terrible stench began to rise from the River Thames. 
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TV Show: Legends of Venom ( 2023 )
Each hour tells the stories of various snakes: how they live, why we can't see them, what they do to feed and breed, and how they deal with living near humans. Glossy natural history footage showcases the beautiful snakes and their behaviour. To tell the human side, we feature snake catchers entering houses and properties before rescuing the snakes and releasing them to live out their days in the wild. Snakes featured: Mamba, Cobra and Viper.
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TV Show: Britpop: The Music That Changed Britain ( 2023 )
The birth, boom and bust of the biggest moment in British pop in the last 30 years.
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TV Show: The Elegant Universe ( 2003 )
Brian Greene, a Columbia University physics professor and best-selling author of The Elegant Universe, hosts this fascinating exploration of string theory, beginning with an overview of general physics concepts. Greene then moves on to a straightforward and visually stimulating explanation of the more recent string theory that unites relativity and quantum mechanics.
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TV Show: Ningaloo Nyinggulu ( 2023 )
Tim Winton takes us on a journey to one of the last intact wild places left on Earth. Its First Peoples call this global treasure Nyinggulu. The rest of us know it as Ningaloo.
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Movie: King of Clones ( 2023 )
From human cloning research to a scandalous downfall, follow the life and work of Korea's most notorious scientist, Hwang Woo-suk.
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Movie: Low-Tech ( 2023 )
Low-tech is a practical ecological approach that involves designing or disseminating simple, durable, and accessible techniques and know-how for all. Low-tech takes us into a group of citizens who are fighting to democratize this approach.
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TV Show: Elizabeth II: Making of a Monarch ( 2023 )
Elizabeth II: Making of a Monarch offers a tantalizing look at our Queen's extremely eventful and character defining early life – shining a light on the events which shaped her Majesty into the amazing person and monarch she was.We follow a cast of royal experts, including personal friend, of the late Queen Gyles Brandreth and royal historians Dr Ed Owens & Professor Kate Williams, as they dive into the world-renowned Getty Images archive. Uncovering unseen and super-rare pictures of her majesty Queen Elizabeth II, from her eventful childhood and wartime service through to a fairytale romance with Prince Phillip and her difficulties juggling motherhood with duty. These images give us an intimate look into the Queen's life rarely seen by the public. This is the "Making of a Monarch".
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TV Show: Picasso: The Beauty and the Beast ( 2023 )
When Pablo Picasso died in 1973, the world mourned a superstar - a revolutionary creative powerhouse who repeatedly turned 20th century art on its head. But since then, the stories of his cruelty, womanising, coercive behaviour, and cultural appropriation have made us call into question our reverence of the great master. Now, fifty years since his death, a new three-part series lays bare the life and work of a man who was as much monster as genius and looks at his legacy; the suicides and betrayals alongside the stunning artworks that he left behind.Picasso lived through two world wars and documented a century of war, despair, peace and hope - shapeshifting through periods of Blue to Rose, Cubism, neo-Classicism and into the avant-garde. He created many of the greatest artworks of the 20th century: Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, Weeping Woman and Guernica. In a career that spanned eight decades he created some 150,000 pieces - enough to fill an aircraft hangar. His art could be brutal, depicting violence and lust, but he also captured beauty and innocence like no-one else. And his personal life was equally full of contradictions.
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TV Show: Design Defined ( 2023 )
Designers and historians share the origins and hallmarks of some of the most beloved design styles, including midcentury modern, farmhouse, art deco and more. You'll learn the secrets behind each unique approach to design.
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TV Show: Secrets of Our Universe with Tim Peake ( 2023 )
Secrets of Our Universe with Tim Peake is an unmissable, premium landmark series that delivers a fun, action-packed and family-friendly exploration of our universe. Across three mesmerising episodes, Tim will investigate three iconic subjects: The Planets, Stars & Black Holes, and Space Missions.Each episode will share the most incredible stories and exciting revelations on each theme and provides an epic investigation into the Big Questions: What are stars made from? What is a black hole? How far have humans gone in space? Tim will also pause to answer all those niggling queries… Why do some planets have rings? Why does Venus glow?Each episode sees Tim visit astonishing locations, including the extraordinary laboratory where stars are made and the slopes of a volcano that offers the best stargazing on earth. He uses an arsenal of techniques to immerse us in his world – from high-end graphics and stunning archive, to going behind-the scenes with the world's top scientists and the latest discoveries.
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TV Show: Shakespeare: Rise of a Genius ( 2023 )
Shakespeare: Rise of a Genius with an A-list cast of actors, including Dame Judi Dench, Dame Helen Mirren, Brian Cox, Adrian Lester, Lolita Chakrabarti, Martin Freeman and Jessie Buckley, alongside academics and writers including James Shapiro and Jeanette Winterson, bringing fresh insights into the story of our greatest writer.  The series is narrated by Juliet Stevenson.
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TV Show: Black Life: Untold Stories ( 2023 )
Chronicles Canada's long history of anti-Black racism through current interviews and archive material, with episodes focusing on police violence and the emergence of hip-hop music.
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TV Show: The Secrets of Your Food ( 2017 )
The Secrets of Your Food is the delicious science story of the food on your plate. Michael Mosley and James Wong present a celebration of the physics, chemistry and biology that lie hidden inside every bite. Together they travel the world and take over the UK's leading food lab in order to deconstruct our favourite meals, taking us inside the food, right down to the molecular level.
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TV Show: Incredible Medicine: Dr Weston's Casebook ( 2017 )
Surgeon Gabriel Weston has spent many years studying the workings of the human body. In this new series she introduces us to people from across the globe, individuals with the world's most unique bodies.Using the latest technology and with the help of leading scientists, Dr Weston uncovers the secrets of their bodies and reveals what makes them unique. By studying the rarest of cases, scientists hope to develop the treatments and even cures of the future.
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TV Show: Outlaw Tech ( 2017 )
State of the art science, thrilling suspense, unforgettable characters. These are the true stories of a new wild west, where biology, physics, chemistry, and technology are tools of the outlaw trade. With complex security systems designed to stop the world's most nefarious criminal masterminds, a new Science Channel series goes inside amazing capers to unpack the high-tech arsenal used on both sides of the law. Each of the six, hour-long episodes, features cat and mouse escapades with science at the center, as it is used to hack our banks, museums, casinos, prisons and more. From the physics of defeating heat sensors, to the complex code that cracked thousands of ATMs, to the epic engineering that allowed El Chapo to escape his maximum security prison, Outlaw Tech takes us step by step through a battle royale of brilliant outlaw science versus cutting-edge security systems and tried and true investigation techniques.
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TV Show: Kennedy ( 2023 )
Marking 60 years since JFK's assassination, Kennedy is the new eight-part docuseries from director and composer Ashton Gleckman, Gleckman's production company Blackbird Pictures and Academy Award-winning production company RadicalMedia. Narrated by Emmy Award-winner Peter Coyote, the 3-night event chronicles the remarkable life, enduring legacy, and ambitious leadership of John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States. The story unfolds through a cinematic library of archival materials and over 70 new interviews from those well-versed in JFK's history including comedian Conan O'Brian, JFK's niece Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, actor Bruce Greenwood and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Eileen McNamara.