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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: Unnatural Selection ( 2019 )
Unnatural Selection explores new developments in the science of gene-editing that defy evolution and raise moral, social and environmental impact questions about where we, as a society, draw the line.
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TV Show: How the Universe Works ( 2010 )
How the Universe Works is the greatest story ever told, the creation of everything us. The programme investigates how the Universe came into existence out of nothing, and how it grew from a miniscule point, smaller than an atomic particle, to the vast cosmos we see today.
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TV Show: Nature ( 1982 )
For more than a quarter-century, Nature has brought the beauty and wonder of the natural world into American homes, becoming in the process the benchmark of natural history programs on American television. The series has won more than 600 honors from the television industry, the international wildlife film community, parent groups, and environmental organizations – including 10 Emmy Awards, three Peabody Awards, and the first honor ever given to a program by the Sierra Club.
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TV Show: The Mind, Explained ( 2019 )
Our minds are capable of great things, but they can also undermine our best intentions. Delve into the science behind creativity, brainwashing and more.
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TV Show: Big Cats ( 2018 )
Cats are naturally secretive, elusive and cryptic animals. Only now have the latest developments in filming technology, and a surge in cat research, enabled us to bring the cat superstars out of the shadows.Combining fascinating behaviour with amazing stories, Big Cats reflects the true nature of cats - revealing how they still have the power to surprise.
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TV Show: The Planets ( 2019 )
Welcome to the greatest story that's never been told. In a new, ground breaking series we'll be telling the story of the planets as never before.Alongside the most accurate and detailed imagery ever produced, The Planets using the latest planetary science research to piece together the gripping history of each world. These are stories of beauty and creation, violence and destruction that reveal the solar system and our place within it to be far more dramatic than we could ever have imagined.
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TV Show: Secrets of Archaeology ( 2006 )
Take a virtual reality tour of histories most intriguing ancient civilizations. Uncover the secrets of the pyramids as the pharaohs reach for immortality, walk the streets of the Eternal City of Rome, relive a step-by-step reconstruction of Pompeii under the shadow of mighty Vesuvius, experience life in bustling Baghdad and journey to Latin America to the mythical "El Dorado".
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TV Show: Spy in the Wild ( 2017 )
More than 30 animatronic spy cameras disguised as animals secretly record behavior in the wild in this "Nature" miniseries from WNET and BBC. The series captures rarely seen behavior that reveals how animals possess emotions and behavior similar to humans — including the capacity to love, grieve, deceive and invent. 
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TV Show: One Strange Rock ( 2018 )
One Strange Rock is the extraordinary story of Earth — our curiously calibrated, interconnected planet — and why it is special and uniquely brimming with life among a largely unknown but harsh cosmic arena. Anchoring the series is an elite group of astronauts who see Earth's bigger picture; they provide unique perspectives and relate personal memoirs of our planet seen from space.
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TV Show: Cosmos ( 1980 )
Hosted by renowned astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, Cosmos will explore how we discovered the laws of nature and found our coordinates in space and time. It will bring to life never-before-told stories of the heroic quest for knowledge and transport viewers to new worlds and across the universe for a vision of the cosmos on the grandest scale. Cosmos will invent new modes of scientific storytelling to reveal the grandeur of the universe and re-invent celebrated elements of the legendary original series, including the Cosmic Calendar and the Ship of the Imagination. The most profound scientific concepts will be presented with stunning clarity, uniting skepticism and wonder, and weaving rigorous science with the emotional and spiritual into a transcendent experience.
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TV Show: NOVA ( 1974 )
NOVA brings you stories from the frontlines of science and engineering, answering the big questions of today and tomorrow, from how our ancestors lived, to whether parallel universes exist, to how technology will transform our lives.
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TV Show: Africa ( 2013 )
David Attenborough takes a breathtaking journey through the vast and diverse continent of Africa as it has never been seen before.
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TV Show: Blue Planet II ( 2017 )
Wildlife documentary series, presented and narrated by David Attenborough, exploring the planet's oceans.
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TV Show: Frozen Planet II ( 2022 )
Frozen Planet II will take audiences back to the wildernesses of the Arctic and Antarctica. Ten years on from the original Frozen Planet, this series tells the complete story of the entire frozen quarter of our planet that's locked in ice and blanketed in snow.
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TV Show: Eugenics: Science's Greatest Scandal ( 2019 )
Eugenics: Science's Greatest Scandal explores the history and modern versions of eugenics, the attempt to manipulate our genetic inheritance, to change human evolution and to breed a "better" human. The series will reveal the roots of eugenics in the liberal, progressive world of Gower Street, Bloomsbury, London which held great sway in Britain and America and shaped the way our societies were structured and organised to this day.
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TV Show: The Planets ( 2017 )
In conjunction with the first total solar eclipse in the continental U.S. in 99 years, Science Channel celebrates by presenting a definitive series on Earth's closest neighbors in the solar system, The Planets. Former NASA astronaut Mike Massimino hosts, guiding viewers through eight, hourlong episodes that detail Venus, Mars, the newly discovered Planet 9, Exoplanets and more. A best-selling author, Massimino is a veteran of two missions in the Hubble Space Telescope and four space walks. He's also credited as the first person to tweet from space.Renamed The Planets and Beyond with Season 2, Astronaut Mike Massimino continues the exploration of the planets in our solar system and beyond. From the Gas Giants to mysterious exo-planets light years away, this is the definitive series about alien worlds.
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TV Show: Earth from Space ( 2019 )
Cameras in space tell stories of life on our planet from a brand new perspective, revealing new discoveries, incredible colours and patterns, and just how fast it is changing.
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TV Show: Seven Worlds, One Planet ( 2019 )
Narrated by Emmy®-winner Sir David Attenborough, Seven Worlds, One Planet is a brand new ambitious seven-part landmark nature docu-series. Each one-hour episode will transport viewers to a single continent and tell the story of its spectacular wildlife and iconic landscapes. Millions of years ago incredible forces ripped apart the Earth's crust creating seven extraordinary continents.This series will reveal how each distinct continent has shaped the unique animal life found there. We will discover why Australasia is full of peculiar and venomous wildlife; why North America is a land of opportunity where pioneers succeed; and what the consequences are for life racing to compete on the richest of all continents, South America.
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TV Show: Oliver Stone's Untold History of the United States ( 2012 )
Oliver Stone's Untold History of the United States, also known as The Untold History of the United States, is a 2012 documentary series directed, produced, and narrated by Oliver Stone. Oliver Stone and American University historian Peter J. Kuznick, began working on the project in 2008. Stone, Kuznick and British screenwriter Matt Graham co-wrote the script. The documentary miniseries for Showtime had a working title Oliver Stone's Secret History of America. It covers "the reasons behind the Cold War with the Soviet Union, U.S. President Harry Truman's decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan, and changes in America's global role since the fall of Communism." Stone is the director and narrator of all ten episodes. The series is a re-examination of some of the under-reported and darkest parts of American modern history using little known documents and newly uncovered archival material.
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TV Show: Size Matters ( 2018 )
Hannah Fry takes a spectacular look at the science of size by imagining a parallel world in which everything is made bigger or smaller.
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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: Lost Cities of the Amazon ( 2020 )
New discoveries in the Amazon are revealing evidence of a long-lost civilization that built giant cities of untold treasures; with the help of cutting-edge tech and archaeology, experts investigate the clues these mysterious people left behind.
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TV Show: The Blue Planet ( 2001 )
The BBC spent five years and $10 million to produce this landmark exploration of the ocean, a world we know less about than the moon. We go further out and deeper down to show you things that have never been seen before. The Blue Planet reveals the sea and its communities at their most fearsome and alluring. Until now, we've only touched the surface...
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TV Show: Human Planet ( 2011 )
Following in the footsteps of Planet Earth and Life, this epic eight-part blockbuster is a breathtaking celebration of the amazing, complex, profound and sometimes challenging relationship between humankind and nature. Humans are the ultimate animals – the most successful species on the planet. From the frozen Arctic to steamy rainforests, from tiny islands in vast oceans to parched deserts, people have found remarkable ways to adapt and survive in the harshest environments imaginable. We've done this by harnessing our immense courage and ingenuity; learning to live with and utilise the other creatures that share these wild places. Human Planet weaves together eighty inspiring stories, many never told before on television, set to a globally influenced soundtrack by award-winning composer Nitin Sawhney.
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TV Show: Through the Wormhole ( 2010 )
Hosted by Morgan Freeman, Through the Wormhole explores the deepest mysteries of existence - the questions that have puzzled mankind for eternity. Can we eliminate evil? What is nothing? Is there a superior race? Now, science has evolved to the point where hard facts and evidence may be able to provide us with answers instead of philosophical theories. Through the Wormhole brings together the brightest minds and best ideas from the very edges of science - Astrophysics, Astrobiology, Quantum Mechanics, String Theory, and more - to reveal the extraordinary truth of our Universe.
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TV Show: Frozen Planet ( 2011 )
David Attenborough travels to the end of the earth, taking viewers on an extraordinary journey across the polar regions of our planet.
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TV Show: Abstract: The Art of Design ( 2017 )
In Abstract: The Art of Design, step inside the minds of the most innovative designers working today in a variety of disciplines and learn how design impacts every aspect of life.
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TV Show: Human Universe ( 2014 )
Professor Brian Cox explores the most precious, most wonderful thing in the universe, us.
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TV Show: Maps: Power, Plunder and Possession ( 2010 )
Map expert Professor Jerry Brotton uncovers how maps aren't simply about getting from A to B, but are revealing snapshots of defining moments in history and tools of political power and persuasion.
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TV Show: Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity ( 2011 )
Professor Jim Al-Khalili tells the electrifying story of our quest to master nature's most mysterious force - electricity. Until fairly recently, electricity was seen as a magical power, but it is now the lifeblood of the modern world and underpins every aspect of our technological advancements. Without electricity, we would be lost. This series tells of dazzling leaps of imagination and extraordinary experiments - a story of maverick geniuses who used electricity to light our cities, to communicate across the seas and through the air, to create modern industry and to give us the digital revolution.
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TV Show: All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace ( 2011 )
A series of films about how humans have been colonised by the machines we have built. Although we don't realise it, the way we see everything in the world today is through the eyes of the computers.
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TV Show: Digging Up Britain's Past ( 2019 )
Archaeology series exploring fascinating periods in British history as revealed by unfolding archaeological digs.
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TV Show: H2O: The Molecule That Made Us ( 2020 )
H20: The Molecule That Made Us dramatically reveals how water underpins every aspect of our existence. In the emptiness of outer space, Earth is alive because of water. Humanity's relationship with this simple molecule is everything.
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TV Show: Explained ( 2018 )
This enlightening series from Vox digs into a wide range of topics such as the rise of cryptocurrency, why diets fail, and the wild world of K-pop.
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TV Show: Brain Games ( 2011 )
Get ready to have your mind messed with! Brain Games uses interactive experiments, misdirection and tricks to demonstrate how our brains create the illusion of seamless reality through our memory, through our sensory perception, and how we focus our attention.
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TV Show: Genius by Stephen Hawking ( 2016 )
Genius by Stephen Hawking will be presented and narrated by renowned theoretical physicist Prof. Stephen Hawking. Through the use of large-scale experiments and remarkable demonstrations, the program decodes the mysteries of evolutionary biology, astrophysics and quantum mechanics, solving questions like "Why am I here?", "Are we alone?" and "Can we travel through time?" Each episode features three people with curious minds who must use their own intellect to learn what humanity's most notable thinkers have discovered about the greatest scientific mysteries over the centuries. GENIUS takes its participants (and viewers at home) back in time - to ancient Greece, where Eratosthenes calculated the Earth's circumference - and to more recent history and such thinkers as Edward Hubble, who uncovered and established the distances between our planet and the vast galaxies throughout the universe.
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TV Show: Round Planet ( 2016 )
Round Planet is a parody of nature documentaries such as Planet Earth, hosted by Matt Lucas as Armstrong Wedgewood.
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TV Show: Patagonia: Earth's Secret Paradise ( 2015 )
Documentary series delving into a rarely seen South American wilderness, home to surprising creatures who survive from the mighty Andes Mountains to Cape Horn.
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TV Show: The Nature of Things with David Suzuki ( 1960 )
Host David Suzuki offers informative views about the state of the world and how to make it a better place. His documentaries are produced in Canada and abroad, and all offer a look at the way the planet is changing and shifting in our modernized age.
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TV Show: Storyville ( 1997 )
Series showcasing the best of international documentary filmmakers works.
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TV Show: Broken ( 2019 )
This investigative docuseries shows how negligence and deceit in the production and marketing of popular consumer items can result in dire outcomes.
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TV Show: How the States Got Their Shapes ( 2011 )
How well do average Americans know their country? Brian Unger hits the road to uncover the history hidden in the lines and contours that make up the U.S. map through man-on-the-street quizzes and head-to-head competitions. Contestants battle to win some cash, show their state pride and display their knowledge of U.S. geography as they reveal how the country took shape.
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TV Show: From Ice to Fire: The Incredible Science of Temperature ( 2018 )
Helen Czerski explores the incredible science of temperature. She'll take us from a starting point of the simple human sensations of heat and cold deep into the world of molecular physics, fluid dynamics and high-energy plasmas to reveal the mind-bending science that lies at the heart of this most immediate of our senses.She'll reveal that temperature is so much more than a nice hot cup of tea or the cool of a winter breeze. In fact, what we perceive as temperature is just our senses reacting to the vibration of atoms and molecules. But these vibrations have the ability to change the state of matter, forge new elements from old and start reactions that can transform the world in beautifully constructive or horrifically destructive ways.
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TV Show: American Dynasties: The Kennedys ( 2018 )
American Dynasties: The Kennedys takes viewers to the heart of America's ‘First Family,' revealing how personal relationships within the dynasty helped shaped national and global events from the Cold War to the Wall Street crash. The docuseries spans the life of patriarch Joseph "Joe" Kennedy and his children uncovering how this one family so significantly shaped twentieth century America.
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TV Show: Stephen Hawking's Grand Design ( 2012 )
Based on his acclaimed new book with science writer Leonard Mlodinow, The Grand Design, Professor Hawking draws on more than 40 years of his own research and a recent series of observations and theoretical breakthroughs to reveal an original and controversial theory. He argues that scientific obsession with formulating a single new model may be misplaced; Hawking holds the position that by synthesizing existing theories, scientists may discover the key to understanding the universe's deepest mysteries.
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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: Only Connect ( 2008 )
Quiz show in which connections must be made between apparently unconnected things, where patience and lateral thinking are as vital as knowledge.
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TV Show: Epic Warrior Women ( 2018 )
Epic Warrior Women highlights the women who fought just as courageously, skillfully and fiercely as male warriors of their time. With stunning re-enactments, original costumes, historic locations and CG animation, the three-part series chronicles the military achievements of the original Amazon horse warriors of the Steppe, probes the highly-trained female gladiators of Ancient Rome and concludes with the feared all-female regiments of Dahomey that shaped African history.
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TV Show: Britain's Bloodiest Dynasty ( 2014 )
Out of the chaos, darkness and violence of the Middle Ages, one family rose to seize control of England - The Plantaganets. Acclaimed historian Dan Jones tells the story of the dynasty who ruled England and much of France during the Middle Ages. More shocking, brutal and exhilarating than Game of Thrones, these events actually happened.
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TV Show: The Plantagenets ( 2014 )
Professor Robert Bartlett tells the extraordinary story of England's most dysfunctional, yet longest ruling, royal dynasty.
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TV Show: Blood and Guts: A History of Surgery ( 2008 )
Today, astonishing surgical breakthroughs are making face transplants, limb transplants and a host of other previously undreamed of operations possible. But getting here has not been a simple story of selfless men working tirelessly in the pursuit of medical advancement. Instead it's a bloodstained tale of blunders, arrogance, mishap and murder. In trying to keep us alive, surgeons have all too often killed us off, and life-saving solutions have often come from the most surprising places. Blood and Guts is an incredible story of stolen corpses, medical fraud, lobotomized patients – and every now and then courageous advances that have saved the lives of millions around the world. You may think twice before going under the knife…
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TV Show: Art of Scandinavia ( 2016 )
Series in which Andrew Graham-Dixon explores the history of Scandinavia through its art.
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TV Show: Pain, Pus & Poison: The Search for Modern Medicines ( 2013 )
In Pain, Pus & Poison, Dr. Michael Mosley tells the extraordinary story of how scientists learnt to use the world around us to heal our bodies and conquer the common afflictions of pain, pus and poison. He explores how certain chemicals – once invisible and almost magical in their effects - were discovered, captured, understood and finally exploited. In the three-part series, Michael discovers how a crisis in the French wine industry led to the discovery of what actually causes disease; how a German scientist obsessed with colour found the world's first targeted drug and how, if it weren't for a group of Oxford scientists and American industrialists, penicillin - the most powerful life-saving drug the world has ever seen - might have remained no more than a lab curiosity.
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TV Show: America's Hidden Stories ( 2019 )
Was Revolutionary War hero General Pulaski actually a woman? Did Ronald Reagan secretly order a cyberattack on the Soviet Union during the Cold War? Was America's heartland the true birthplace of the Spanish flu? Our nation's secrets aren't secret anymore: old tales, new truths. Modern historians, equipped with state-of-the-art technology and newly discovered evidence, are rewriting the narratives of our nation's most iconic stories. Follow teams deep into America's past as they uncover the truth about the Salem witches, a spy network behind Pearl Harbor, and more.
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TV Show: The Dark Ages: An Age of Light ( 2012 )
The Dark Ages have been misunderstood. History has identified the period following the fall of the Roman Empire with a descent into barbarism - a terrible time when civilisation stopped. Waldemar Januszczak disagrees. In this four-part series he argues that the Dark Ages were a time of great artistic achievement, with new ideas and religions provoking new artistic adventures. He embarks on a fascinating trip across Europe, Africa and Asia, visits the world's most famous collections and discovers hidden artistic gems, all to prove that the Dark Ages were actually an 'Age of Light'.
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TV Show: How to Make ( 2020 )
Designer, maker and materials engineer Zoe Laughlin dismantles and dissects three classic items to understand the wonders of form, function and material that go into making them, before building her own truly bespoke versions, step by step.
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TV Show: Cyberwar ( 2016 )
Cyberwar taps into the geopolitics of hacking and surveillance, Ben Makuch travels the world to meet with hackers, government officials, and dissidents to investigate the ecosystem of cyberwarfare.
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TV Show: The Gene: An Intimate History ( 2020 )
The Gene: An Intimate History brings vividly to life the story of today's revolution in medical science through present-day tales of patients and doctors at the forefront of the search for genetic treatments, interwoven with a compelling history of the discoveries that made this possible and the ethical challenges raised by the ability to edit DNA with precision. 
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TV Show: Everyday Miracles: The Genius of Sofas, Stockings and Scanners ( 2014 )
Mark Miodownik reveals the amazing stories behind everyday objects of desire and how they are miraculously transformed from raw materials into the very stuff of the modern world.
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TV Show: The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed ( 2017 )
In this major three-part series, Chris and Xand van Tulleken uncover the latest secrets of our bodies.
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TV Show: Primates ( 2020 )
Primates is the definitive portrait of a hugely charismatic family of animals, to which we all belong.From deserts to jungles, grasslands to bustling cities, the series reveals the huge variety of stunning landscapes primates are found in. A surge in primate research is revealing a new side to these intriguing animals, whilst the latest developments in camera technologies will enable us to film primates in sensational new ways.
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TV Show: Botany: A Blooming History ( 2011 )
A series which tells the story of how people came to understand the natural order of the plant world, and how the quest to discover how plants grow uncovered the secret to life on the planet.
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TV Show: The Beginning and End of the Universe ( 2016 )
Professor Jim Al-Khalili tackles the biggest subject of all, the universe, through a series of critical observations and experiments that revolutionised our understanding of our world.
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TV Show: David Baddiel on the Silk Road ( 2016 )
Discovery Channel joins David Baddiel as he sets off on a 4,000 mile journey to explore the most famous trade route in history – the Silk Road.This four-part travelogue follows the comedian and novelist on the adventure of a lifetime, as he travels from Xi'an, China to Istanbul, Turkey to uncover a series of remarkable locations, mysteries and hidden gems, many unknown to the western world.
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TV Show: Lost Home Movies of Nazi Germany ( 2019 )
A candid look at what life was really like for those living in, and under Hitler's Swastika - at home - and abroad, a record not only of what they saw, but of what they knew.
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TV Show: Orbit: Earth's Extraordinary Journey ( 2012 )
Right now you're hurtling around the Sun at 100,000 kms an hour. Join Kate Humble and Dr. Helen Czerski as they explore the relationship between the Earth's orbit and the weather.
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TV Show: Roman Empire ( 2016 )
This stylish mix of documentary and lavish historical epic chronicles the turbulent, violent reigns of Commodus and Julius Caesar.
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TV Show: The Sky at Night ( 1957 )
Our team of astronomers tell us what's on view in the night sky. From comets to quasars, there is always something fascinating to discuss in the Universe.
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TV Show: Australia's Ocean Odyssey: A Journey Down the East Australian Current ( 2020 )
A landmark documentary series that takes a spectacular journey from the Great Barrier Reef down to Antarctica, revealing the ocean currents that create life on our planet, and what we can do to protect our planet's beating blue heart.
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TV Show: Engineering an Empire ( 2005 )
In an era long passed, mighty empires were forged from nothing and rose to the heights of power. Join host Peter Weller, an actor and a professor at Syracuse University as he travels the world to show the engineering feats that gave rise to some of the greatest civilizations known to man. From Rome to the Pharaohs' Egypt, from Greece to Carthage, from the Aztecs to the Maya and more, this new program from the History Channel uses computer graphics to explore the architectural, political and cultural glory of the world's greatest empires.
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TV Show: Secrets of the Solar System ( 2020 )
Secrets of the Solar System explores the greatest set of journeys humankind has ever taken, on a quest to answer the deepest of questions: where do we come from? How was the solar system formed? Are we alone in the universe?
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TV Show: Mankind: The Story of All of Us ( 2012 )
The amazing journey of our species reaches the present day. The end of the Civil War marks the beginning of the age of innovation. Japan becomes a superpower, and the demand for rubber devastates Africa. Mankind enters the Atomic Age, while continuing to grow and evolve.
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TV Show: The Spanish Civil War ( 1983 )
Six-part documentary series which uses film and eyewitness accounts from both sides of the conflict that divided Spain in the years leading up to World War Two, also placing it in its international context.
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TV Show: The Story of Film: An Odyssey ( 2011 )
Award-winning film-maker Mark Cousins provides a worldwide guided tour of the greatest movies ever made and tells the story of international cinema through the history of cinematic innovation.
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TV Show: The Age of Aerospace ( 2016 )
The Age of Aerospace explores the last 100 years of aviation history in unprecedented detail. From the Wright brothers first flight to the Apollo moon landings and beyond, the series highlights milestones in an industry defined by innovation. Woven into this history is the story of The Boeing Company. Today it stands as the largest aerospace company in the world, but over much of the last century it navigated an uncertain future through war and peace, booms and busts. The Age of Aerospace recounts the fate of a company, a country, and its people, and the countless contributions to technology, culture, and history they have made.
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TV Show: Mysteries of Apollo ( 2019 )
New information reveals the secret story of the Apollo 13 rescue, and how America's best minds used innovative science and engineering to save the lives of three astronauts facing life-or-death on one of NASA's most dangerous missions.
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TV Show: Deep Time History ( 2016 )
By revealing the surprising links between human history and Deep Time, we'll show how our civilization and innovations are driven not only by the decisions we make or by victory on the battlefield, but by physics, geology, biology, chemistry - by forces so far back in time, that even the formation of our planet secretly shaped the stories we thought we knew.
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TV Show: The Secret Lives of Big Cats ( 2019 )
The 7 big cats are some of the most powerful predators on Earth. But at the same time, these majestic creatures are shy and affectionate, with other qualities we never knew. Technology is giving us the tools to see them in more detail than ever, to learn the intricacies of their lives. In this 7-part CuriosityStream original series, travel to some of the most dangerous and remote locations on the planet — where big cats reign and nature is at its most savage. Each episode highlights the individual stories of one of the seven species — Lion, tiger, cheetah, leopard, jaguar, snow leopard, and puma. See their extraordinary, intimate natural behavior recorded with new high-tech night vision systems and super-slow-motion cameras. These are the incredible and unexpected stories of the world's most charismatic predators: the big cats.
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TV Show: Ancient Earth ( 2017 )
This original CuriosityStream 3-part documentary series features stunning animations in Ultra HD 4K quality and sheds light on the kind of life that existed in the Permian, Triassic and Cretaceous periods beginning 250 million years ago.
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TV Show: Climate Impact Asia ( 2020 )
By 2100 over 1 billion people on Earth will live in low-lying coastal zones. 70% of these will live in Southeast Asia.
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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: Underwater Wonders of the National Parks
The US National Parks have some of the most iconic landscapes in the U.S. But there is also an underwater side to explore!
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TV Show: Stephen Hawking's Favorite Places ( 2016 )
Commander Stephen Hawking pilots his space ship the SS Hawking on the journey of a lifetime, zooming from black holes to the Big Bang, Saturn to Santa Barbara. After all, why should astronauts have all the fun?
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TV Show: Realm of the Volga ( 2019 )
With a stunning variety of landscapes and species, the Volga flows ver 2,000 miles, traversing the heartlands of Russia.
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TV Show: A World Without NASA ( 2020 )
When most people hear NASA, they think of rockets and exploration of the universe. In fact, the results of space race technology fuel entire facets of our daily lives. In this two-part series, we'll explore technologies we take for granted in our daily lives, tracing its roots back to the quest for the stars, and imagine our world had it never happened. From online dating to your smartwatch heart monitor, GPS to groceries, explore the far-ranging ways the space race completely changed YOUR life.
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TV Show: Spies of War ( 2019 )
Montagu, Garbo, Fuchs, Penkovsky... they were the greatest spies of the twentieth century. Through analysis of declassified documents, archives, reconstructions, and interviews, Spies of War offers you a glimpse into the minds and methods of undercover operatives. Discover the tactics for transmitting top secret information. See how one man assumed 24 identities to simulate the existence of a spy ring. Witness how scientists provided the USSR with ultra-confidential plans for the atomic bomb.
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TV Show: American Icons ( 2019 )
An original series that tells the often unknown stories of the men and women who have defined America and its place in the world.
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TV Show: Amazing Gravity
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TV Show: Secret Migrations ( 2019 )
Every year, the pipistrelle bat, the painted lady butterfly, the Eleonora's falcon and the Blackcap undertake mysterious migrations. From North to South and East to West, from Scandinavia to South Africa and from the Baltic to the Atlantic, these animals' journeys have crisscrossed all of Europe and Africa for thousands of years. These discreet journeys cover thousands of kilometres, and trigger puzzles that scientists are still trying to understand today. Just over our heads, or a few miles from our coasts, some of these migrations bear witness to the species' extraordinary ability to adapt, incorporating changes that have been slowly forged through evolution.Others testify to the ever-increasing influence of man's impact on the environment. With the help of field experts and state-of-the-art technology, we will track these astonishing species and hope to reveal the mysteries and secret pathways of their migrations Thanks to miniature transmitters, satellite monitoring and DNA analysis, this series uncovers incredible journeys, unsuspected behaviour and habits that are crucial to the survival of these great migrators.
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TV Show: Science vs. Terrorism ( 2019 )
Over the last two years, researchers in mathematics, virtual reality, chemistry, physics, computer science or engineering have been pushing the boundaries of their fields. Their goal is to develop more accurate data analysis and to trigger more efficient responses against international terrorism. Working closely together with public decision-makers and security actors, they have been developing and designing an array of cut- ting-edge technologies in order to save lives.There are sophisticated algorithms for tracking down suspect individuals, olfactory DNA, spying mini-drones, new fabrics or materials…
This is no science fiction.The series enters the secret laboratories of those who put their skills at the service of protecting the world.
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TV Show: Science Breakthroughs ( 2016 )
Take a deeper look at some of the recent developments in physics, astronomy and other sciences.
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TV Show: Illusions ( 2015 )
Illusions introduces the world of the visual scientist Prof. Arthur Shapiro. Find out how your mind misinterprets information due to visual bias.
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TV Show: The History of Food ( 2018 )
Go back in time to our earliest hunter-gatherer beginnings all the way to the future of seed storage and food production.
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TV Show: Hi$tory ( 2019 )
NPR's Peter Sagal takes us on an irreverent romp through American history to reveal how money makes the world go around.
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TV Show: Space Probes! ( 2016 )
They're out there, all alone in the vastness of space. Join the space probes, and their parents back on Earth, to explore our solar system.
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TV Show: Speed ( 2019 )
Investigating mankind's insatiable necessity to move faster and further; for pleasure, for work, to explore, to survive.
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TV Show: Destination: Pluto
The series examines the Pluto planet controversy, the personal stakes of mission scientists, as well as the challenges of a long duration spaceflight of nine years, and shares with viewers the thrill of discovery as the strange, unique geography of Pluto and its giant moon Charon is revealed for the first time.
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TV Show: Destination: Moon ( 2016 )
What role will the moon play in man's next attempts to conquer space?
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TV Show: Destination: Jupiter ( 2016 )
Catch up on all the discoveries made by the space probe Juno, which is up close and personal with the largest planet in the solar system.