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- Two friends living in a small town during the 1960s, run away to enjoy their freedom during the Vietnam War, thus disappointing the father of one of them. When they return to town, they realize the importance of family unity.
- A child witnesses drug dealers murder his parents. He escapes and grows up wild in the city's slums. Years later he emerges to help the residents of the area who are being terrorized by street gangs and drug dealers.
- Explorer Victor Vescovo and his team embark on an unprecedented global mission to dive to the deepest points of the five oceans, a feat no one has ever achieved.
- David Attenborough revisits the Great Barrier Reef after nearly 60 years. His visit takes him from the most exposed part of the reef as well as down to 300m below the surface discovering corals never seen before.
- Cameras follow the actress as she embarks upon the trip of a lifetime to explore the lush rain-forests, magical wildlife and spectacular coastlines of Malaysian Borneo.
- 3D technology reveals a whole new dimension in the lives of plants, from the most bizarre to the most beautiful. In this sensational series, shot over the course of a year, David Attenborough explores their fascinating world. Using 3D time-lapse and pioneering techniques in 3D macro photography, he traces them from their beginnings on land to their vital place in nature today, exposing new revelations along the way. He moves from our time scale to theirs, revealing the true nature of plants as creatures that are every bit as dynamic and aggressive as animals. David discovers a microscopic world that's invisible to the naked eye, where insects feed and breed, where flowers fluoresce and where plants communicate with each other and with animals using scent and sound. He meets the extraordinary animals and fungi that have unbreakable ties with the plant world, from hawk moths and bats to tiny poison dart frogs, a giant tortoise and a fungus that can control the mind. And he does all this in one unique place, a microcosm of the whole plant world where, some 90% of all known plant species are represented: The Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew. This spectacular adventure through the Kingdom of Plants is so immersive and compelling it has the capacity to amaze even the least green-fingered.
- Teaming with archaeologists and using cutting edge visual technology, Lost Worlds brings back to life lost civilizations and cultures. Join us on the quest to rebuild what was lost and is now found.
- David Attenborough embarks on a remarkable 500 million-year journey revealing the extraordinary group of animals that dominate our world, and how their evolution defines our human bodies.
- Back to the Titanic documents the first manned dives to Titanic in nearly 15 years. New footage reveals fresh decay and sheds light on the ship's future.
- David Attenborough goes back in time to investigate the origins of life.
- Famous naturalist David Attenborough explains the rise and fall of pterosaurs, mistakenly known as flying dinosaurs. He also flies a glider to show how big the Quetzalcoatlus, at the time the largest known pterosaur species, really was.
- An investigation into what really happened after the massacre at the 1972 Munich Olympics, including the revenge carried out by Mossad, the Israeli intelligence agency.
- Sky Original documentary exploring the remarkable human story of Stephen Hawking, as family, friends and colleagues speak candidly for the first time about his life.
- Evolutionary story of flight from the very first insects to the incredible array of creatures which rule the skies today.
- Judi Dench embarks on a mission to learn and understand more about the beautiful giants that surround us: the trees.
- A documentary, narrated by actor Liam Neeson, that chronicles the rise and fall of the civilization of ancient Greece.
- A story about an English businessman in 1930s Germany who encounters a financier who has forged his career on greed, corruption, and opportunism, rather than the traditional British principles of decency and fair play.
- Listen and watch the stories of how America was captured by the Spanish Conquistadors. These are tales of daring, ambition, greed and bloodshed. Hear the tale of how Hernan Cortes conquered Mexico and rise and fall of the Pizarro brothers.
- David Attenborough explores the rise of life on our planet, from the explosion of first life on seabeds hundreds of millions of years ago to life today.
- This documentary examines what historians know about the Bible's Old Testament account of the Plague of the Firstborn and about Egypt's Pharaoh, Rameses. Egyptologists discuss whether the pharaoh mentioned in the story is Rameses II or perhaps his eldest son.
- From PBS: Steve Burrows, one of the world's foremost structural engineers - and the brains behind the famous Bird's Nest Stadium in Beijing - leads a team of investigators, including pioneering laser-scanning researchers, to unlock the secrets of the world's greatest engineering achievements.
- This is the untold story of the forgotten Secret Service heroes of World War II: members of the elite MI-14 division, the intelligence group in charge of carrier pigeon operations. Pigeons such as Winkie, G.I. Joe and Mary of Exeterwere dropped behind enemy lines by parachute and took part in some of the most daring missions of the war. With testimony from surviving bird trainers and access to recently declassified documents, this film reveals the crucial role pigeons played in saving the lives of soldiers and airmen, and the epic battles they fought against killer falcons. Using the latest scientific research, the film also explores the pigeons' instinct for survival and the sophistication of their navigational skills.
- KHUBILAI KHAN: FALL OF THE MONGOL HORDES 1 hour special for Discovery 700 years ago the world was dominated by one superpower... the Mongol Empire. Only one conquest still eluded their leader, Khubilai Khan - the mystical islands of Japan. To seal his place in history, he constructed the biggest invasion force the world has ever seen - a fleet of more than 4,400 ships. But at this pivotal moment in world-history the fleet vanished without a trace... What force destroyed the Mongol armada? Was it the legendary Japanese samurai? Human error? Or a natural disaster of catastrophic proportions? Now a Japanese marine archaeologist believes he has found the Mongol fleet. With an array of the latest marine forensic technology, he is revealing chilling new insights into the events of that fateful day. Can science finally solve the mystery of the Lost Fleet of Khubilai Khan?