David Attenborough travels to the end of the earth, taking viewers on an extraordinary journey across the polar regions of our planet.
Alex Honnold leads an expedition to Greenland to climb a huge 4,000 foot sea cliff and investigate the impacts climate change on the region.
Bruce Parry presents this five-part documentary series set in the spectacular wilderness of the Arctic, where he explores the dramatic changes its people are experiencing
Truls Svendsen & Cecilie Skog will travel the world with a lot of humour. Will they manage to reach their goal?
Gordon Buchanan, Kate Humble and Simon Reeve head north to follow the remarkable story of polar bears and the Arctic.
A groundbreaking expedition to the Arctic investigates the unknown world of icebergs, exploring the creation, life and death of these frozen behemoths for the first time
Unterwegs zum Nordkap - Winterreise durch Skandinavien
Three iconic adventurers - newsman John Simpson, polar explorer Ranulph Fiennes and solo yachtsman Robin Knox-Johnston - go on a newsgathering trip to war-torn Afghanistan, attempt to sail around the most notorious of all maritime landmarks, Cape Horn, situated at the southernmost tip of South America, and man-haul sledges across the frozen sea ice of the Canadian Arctic.
Polar Bear Week with Nigel Marven
Through unprecedented access we showcase the spectacle that is Wild Russia. From east to west, via mountains, volcanoes, deserts, lakes and Arctic ice, this breathtaking six-part series uses stunning cinematography to chart the dazzling natural wonders of this vast country.
Fortitude is a place like nowhere else. Although surrounded by the savage beauty of the Arctic landscape, Fortitude is one of the safest towns on earth. There has never been a violent crime here. Until now. In such a close-knit community a murder touches everyone and the unsettling, mysterious horror of this crime threatens the future of the town itself.
In Greenland, a climate meeting for the Arctic Council is in the process of agreeing on a new and historic climate agreement that prohibits all environmentally harmful oil drilling in the area when the political advisor to Sweden's Foreign Minister Elsa suddenly disappears during a visit to a research vessel.
Arctic Air is about a Yellowknife-based maverick airline and the unconventional family who runs it. The owners are Mel Ivarson, an old school bush pilot; Krista Ivarson, Mel's daughter; and Bobby Martin, the son of Ivarson's deceased partner. Episodes focus on interpersonal conflicts between the characters as well as dramatic flying missions with their aging fleet of Douglas DC-3s, de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otters and other aircraft. Each episode has one or more flying missions. The series was canceled on March 17, 2014, due to government budgetary cuts
A unique account of Tony Blair’s ten years as Prime Minister.
The Metropolitan Opera's series of live performance transmissions to movie theaters around the world.
Around the World in 80 Days is an animated television series that lasted one season of sixteen episodes, broadcast during the 1972-1973 season by NBC. It was the first Australian-produced cartoon to be shown on American network television. Leif Gram directed all sixteen episodes, and the stories were loosely adapted by Chester "Chet" Stover from the novel by Jules Verne.
Series about 1990s pop culture.
How much money is there in the world? Why isn't the segway falling? What happens if you throw an atomic bomb into the mouth of a volcano? What is a "cloud" or where is your information stored? And when will they invent a cure for cancer? It is impossible to fit all the knowledge about our vast planet in your head, although ... The new cycle of the legendary film magazine "I Want to know everything!" is an encyclopedia series in which the most interesting facts — from the structure of the Sahara to the peculiarities of human cryofreezing - are explained simply and fascinatingly.
For centuries, explorers have searched for the Bible’s most sacred religious artefacts. One of the most mysterious of these objects is the famed Ark of the Covenant. The gold-plated wooden chest – one of the most instrumental symbols of faith and God's presence – was believed to house the two tablets bearing the Ten Commandments. The Ark’s exact whereabouts has long puzzled scholars. Where did it go? And why has it remained such a mystery?
Eight celebrities couples venture on the perilous mud roads along deep chasms and ravines, extreme mountain passes and terrifying jungle routes in The Most Dangerous Roads.