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TV Show: The Blues ( 2003 )
The Blues anchors a multi-media celebration that raises awareness of the blues and its contribution to American culture and music worldwide.Under the guiding vision of Executive Producer Martin Scorsese, seven directors will explore the blues through their own personal styles and perspectives. The episodes in the series are motivated by a central theme: how the blues evolved from parochial folk tunes to a universal language.
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TV Show: Home ( 2020 )
Home offers viewers a never-before-seen look inside the world's most innovative homes. Each episode unveils the boundary-pushing imagination of the visionaries who dared to dream and build them.
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TV Show: Rotten ( 2018 )
This docuseries travels deep into the heart of the food supply chain to reveal unsavory truths and expose hidden forces that shape what we eat.
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TV Show: Scotch! The Story of Whisky ( 2016 )
Three-part series in which David Hayman surveys the state of the Scotch whisky industry, meeting coopers and coppersmiths, a master blender and distilling students to discover the craft and science involved.
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TV Show: You Ain't Got These ( 2020 )
This is not a show about sneakers. It's a show about sneaker culture. Fitting in. And belonging to something bigger than yourself. Best of all? Lena Waithe is in it.
 
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TV Show: Headspace Guide to Meditation ( 2021 )
Headspace takes a friendly, animated look at the benefits of meditation while offering techniques and guided meditations to jump-start your practice.
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TV Show: Heaven's Gate: The Cult of Cults ( 2020 )
Heaven's Gate: The Cult of Cults is a thorough examination of the infamous UFO cult through the eyes of its former members and loved ones. This four-part docuseries uses never-before-seen footage and first-person accounts to explore "the cult of cults" that shocked the nation with its out-of-this-world beliefs. What started in 1975 with the disappearance of 20 people from a small town in Oregon ended in 1997 with the largest suicide on U.S. soil and changed the face of modern New Age religion forever. The 39 members of Heaven's Gate who died by suicide believed their souls would "graduate" to an alien spacecraft behind the Hale-Bopp Comet.
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TV Show: Secret Knowledge ( 2013 )
In a series of authored films, some of our most engaging experts reveal their favourite hidden objects, forgotten places and artistic passions.
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TV Show: Myth & Mogul: John DeLorean ( 2021 )
Combining exclusive access and interviews with never before seen footage shot by Oscar winning director D.A Pennebaker this 3-part documentary series explores the rise and fall of automotive icon John DeLorean, the poster boy of late ‘70s corporate greed. Epitomising these hubristic times with his grandiose vision of the car of the future, the series will show how John DeLorean came to captivate the world.
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TV Show: Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson ( 2021 )
Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson will examine sound creation and the revolutionary technology that has shaped music as we know it. Each episode will follow Ronson as he uncovers the untold stories behind music creation and the lengths producers and creators are willing to go to find the perfect sound. Ronson explores music's intersection with artistry and technology in candid conversations with music legends and icons including Paul McCartney, Questlove, King Princess, Dave Grohl, Ad-Rock and Mike D from the Beastie Boys, Charli XCX and more, where he discovers the ways in which these unique tools have influenced their work.
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TV Show: Dr. Death: The Undoctored Story ( 2021 )
Peacock's Dr. Death: The Undoctored Story will offer audiences the chance to hear and see the whole story, told by the real people who survived it. In addition to interviews with the real-life Dr. Robert Henderson, Dr. Randall Kirby and Michelle Shughart (played by Alec Baldwin, Christian Slater and AnnaSophia Robb, respectively, in the scripted series), the docuseries will feature new conversations with others closest to Duntsch and his criminal case including Jerry Summers, Duntsch's best friend who he paralyzed following two surgeries; Wendy Young, the ex-girlfriend of Duntsch and mother to his two sons; Dr. Joy Gathe-Ghermay, the anesthesiologist during Jerry Summer's horrific surgery; Dr. Mark Hoyle, a Texas surgeon who physically tried to stop Duntsch during a surgery; Tex Muse and Pamela Trusty, two of Duntsch's victims; and lawyers from the trial.
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TV Show: Africa's Trees of Life ( 2016 )
Africa's Trees of Life tells three stories of the endurance and survival of Africa's most iconic natural history symbols – from predators to prey, extreme environments and legendary trees. A pride of lions, a territorial leopard and a cheetah mother play out their lives in the shadows of three impressive trees – the sausage tree in the Luangwa Valley in Zambia, the Acacia camel thorn in the Kalahari in South Africa, and the marula tree in the Manyeleti near the Kruger National Park. This is the incredible story of the hunters and the prey that depend on these remarkable trees – the trees of life.
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TV Show: Fiasco ( 2021 )
In Fiasco, Leon Neyfakh will transport listeners into the day-to-day reality of our country's most pivotal historical events, bringing to life the forgotten twists and turns of the past while shedding light on the present.
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TV Show: While the Rest of Us Die ( 2020 )
From the Cold War to COVID, the secret history of the government's Doomsday plans. Based on the book by Garrett M. Graff, the six-part series exposes the U.S. government's flawed plans to protect its citizens. The show unpacks America's national security spending on hidden underground cities, a secret air force and a plan to suspend democracy in order to serve the interests of the elite class. The series features interviews with political figures including former Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson and former National Coordinator for Security, Infrastructure, Protection and Counter-terrorism Richard Clarke, and national security experts Malcolm Nance, Elizabeth Goitien and Paul Rieckhoff. It will be narrated by "Westworld" star Jeffrey Wright.
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TV Show: 500 Nations ( 1995 )
500 Nations is an eight part documentary which explores the history of the indigenous peoples of North and Central America and their fall to the European conquerors.  
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TV Show: Voir ( 2021 )
Film lovers examine the cinematic moments that thrilled, perplexed, challenged and forever changed them in this collection of visual essays.
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TV Show: The Cult of The Family ( 2019 )
The Cult of The Family is a three-part investigation that chronicles the rise and fall of Australia's most notorious cult, "The Family" and its strange but charismatic female leader, Anne Hamilton-Byrne.
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TV Show: The Andy Warhol Diaries ( 2022 )
After he's shot in 1968, Andy Warhol begins documenting his life and feelings. Those diaries, and this series, reveal the secrets behind his persona.
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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: BlackBerry ( 2023 )
The extended series version of the BlackBerry feature film, featuring never-before-seen footage. Adapted from the #1 National Bestseller, BlackBerry tells the story of the two men who charted the course of the spectacular rise and catastrophic demise of the world's first smartphone.
 
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TV Show: Disco: Soundtrack of a Revolution ( 2023 )
From the sweaty basement bars of 70s New York to the glittering peak of the global charts, how disco conquered the world - its origins, its triumphs, its fall and its legacy.
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TV Show: Born in Synanon ( 2023 )
Born in Synanon chronicles one woman's journey to discover the truth about Synanon, the experimental community that turned into a full-blown cult. Cassidy Arkin was born into Synanon. Her earliest memories are of a happy place with extended family, a portrait that stands in stark contrast to the abusive hierarchical society into which it evolved and that her peers vividly recall.What began as a successful drug-and-alcohol treatment program would become a fully established, racially inclusive utopian community. But in 1974, the year Cassidy was born, the community's leaders embarked on a relentless descent into extremism, forging a path characterized by unparalleled control. They mandated uniforms, shaved members' heads, required vasectomies and even ordered the changing of partners to break up marriages - all while acquiring a large cache of weapons and training a military-like cadre. Tensions escalated within the community as its members increasingly became isolated from the law and order of the outside world, which created a crack in the utopian armor driven by the vision of its charismatic founder Chuck Dederich. While initially forming Synanon to combat alcoholism, Dederich eventually succumbed to his own struggles with substance abuse and unchecked bipolar disorder.Over four episodes, Cassidy and her mother Sandra Rogers-Hare go on a quest to understand the nature of Synanon – both the good and the bad. They reconnect with former members and share deeply personal experiences, revealing a vast trove of never-before-seen archival footage. The truth is shocking, leaving Cassidy unprepared for the startling discoveries that she soon would uncover.
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TV Show: Secrets of Big Data ( 2022 )
Technology is the great paradox of the twenty first century. While it's inarguable that it has enhanced certain aspects of our lives, it's hard to ignore the detrimental effects it can inflict on society at large. These are the stories of the future that big data is bringing to our doorsteps. The real-world impact of predictions and surveillance. The power of artificial intelligence and autonomous machines. For better or worse, these are the Secrets of Big Data.