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- StarsMichael WoodDocumentary series retracing the journey of Alexander the Great across sixteen countries.
- StarsJoseph CampbellBill MoyersGeorge LucasMythologist Joseph Campbell presents his ideas about comparative mythology and the ongoing role of myth in human society.
- DirectorRobert H. GardnerStarsEsin AtilBen KingsleyMichael SellsIslam: Empire of Faith is a documentary series, made in 2000, that details the history of Islam, from the birth of the Islamic Prophet, Muhammad to the Ottoman Empire. The first episode deals with the life of Muhammad, the second with the early Caliphates, Crusades, and Mongol invasion, and the third with the Ottoman Empire and Safavid dynasty.
- StarsTerry JonesMarcello WaltonKammy DarweishTerry Jones presents the history of the medieval religious wars in the middle-east known as the Crusades.
- StarsMelvyn BraggMichael CroninDavid GwillimThe history of the English language.
- StarsTony RobinsonJonathan FoyleCarl Wilson-DownieTony Robinson visits various periods in history, literally getting involved in the worst jobs our ancestors had to endure.
- StarsRobert BartlettProfessor Robert Bartlett examines the extraordinary expansion and unchecked ambition of the Normans, and shows how they transformed the history of Europe.
- StarsWaldemar JanuszczakShaun GreenhalghChristianity slowly emerged from being a persecuted minority to the state religion of the Roman Empire. This episode is a history of the ways believers grappled with a way to depict Jesus. Simple symbolic meaning developed into splendid art and churches.
- StarsAngela Palmer-HaibachDiarmaid MacCullochDiarmaid MacCulloch, an Oxford history professor, travels to historical points of interest relevant to Christianity discussing the origins and spread of Christianity in a span of 6 episodes.
- StarsFi GloverTyger Drew-HoneyZöe LuckerIn this historical docuseries, six celebrities experience the relentless graft of Victorian Britain.
- StarsMorgan FreemanRobert ThurmanAmir HussainMorgan Freeman presents his quest in order to find how most religions perceive life after death, what different civilizations thought about the act of creation and other big questions that mankind has continuously asked.
- DirectorCatherine TatgeStarsJan BartosArtina BartosovaMiroslava BartovaThe Question of God: C.S. Lewis & Sigmund Freud is a four-hour series for public television that explores the fundamental philosophical and spiritual questions that face us every day. The series frames these questions in the context of the lives of C.S. Lewis and Sigmund Freud, two remarkable men with sharply divergent worldviews. Inspired by a course taught at Harvard University by Dr. Armand Nicholi, the series challenges and inspires viewers to find their own answer to The Question of God.
- StarsBernard HillJonathan MillerRichard DawkinsA mini-series which follows the history of atheism.
- DirectorSteven BoeWhitney BoeStarsMark HamillTim CurryLance HenriksenEvery human asks: who am I? What is my purpose? The answers are in the sustaining allegories of myths from human history. Mythic Journeys reveals how those myths can transform lives into journeys.
- DirectorMaggie RoweAndersen GabrychStarsCraig AnstettDavid AvallonePeter BaynhamA satirical 'documentary' that pokes a sharp and goofy finger at new-age religions, modern self-help movements (ala The Secret, Oprah, etc.) and their seductive 'you can have everything you've ever wanted' message. Tripp Bailey, a washed-up journalist and wanna-be documentarian, as he tries to infiltrate and debunk Pyrasphere, 'Hollywood's Fastest-growing New Religion.' Along the way, Tripp encounters a colorful collection of cultists (including his ex-wife) and their glamorous guru, Gossamyrhh, whose fame-hungry philosophies lead him down a path where he must choose between his own selfish ambitions and his 'journalistic integrity.'
- CreatorFrançois BusnelStarsThomas Balou MartinTales of love, sex, power, betrayal, heinous crimes, unbearable separations, atrocious revenge, and metamorphoses - the poetic force of the myths has crossed the centuries.
- StarsDavid AttenboroughDavid Attenborough's study of the world of plants, which demonstrates, with the aid of time-lapse photography, the rich and varied ways in which they flourish.
- StarsKenneth ClarkIan RichardsonRonald LaceySir Kenneth Clarke walks through the ages exploring the glorious rise of civilization in Western man.