In 1971, a skyjacker parachutes off a plane with a bag of stolen cash — and gets away with it. Decades later, his identity remains a compelling mystery.
Author Michael Pollan leads the way in this docuseries exploring the history and uses of psychedelics, including LSD, psilocybin, MDMA and mescaline.
Follow Baratunde Thurston, bestselling author and podcaster, as he explores the country’s diverse landscapes to see how they shape the way we work, play and interact with the outdoors. From coal miners turned beekeepers in Appalachia to Black surfers catching waves in L.A., uncover a deeper understanding of our passionate and complex relationship with the natural world.
1915 is a 1982 Australian mini series about two friends who wind up serving in World War One.
Follow six women who specialize in animal communication and have made it their mission to help humans communicate with their furry, feathered and scaly friends. The animal whisperers meet animals from across Québec and use their talents to improve their well-being.
Professor Robert Winston meets Lucy, the first upright ape, and follows her ancestors on the three-million-year journey to civilisation.
Peek into the gorilla habitat at Cleveland Metroparks, where two new babies are adapting to life in the troop.
Discover the remarkable ways animals of all shapes and sizes are adapting to make the most of opportunities in the newest and fastest changing habitat on the planet - our cities.
“300 Million Years” relates the dramatic history of how the continent of Europe came to be and the first humans to call it home.
Our planet’s lakes make up a huge freshwater reserve delicately balanced between the water that feeds them and the rivers they feed.
A new perspective on wildlife at night. A team of biologists and specialist camera crew explore the length of South and Central America to find out how animals have adapted to life in the dark.
A look at the military strategy of aerial bombardment and its effect on 20th century wars, and the future of warfare.
This documentary series reveals the importance of our National Wildlife Refuge system, unique to the United States, and the hard work entailed in animal and habitat conservation. The system maintains millions of acres of wilderness and wetlands for endangered species and those animals that thrive in numbers. Refuge brings this beauty to you in spectacular high definition videography.
For centuries in western culture, opera has been the greatest show on earth. Historian Lucy Worsley explores how history and opera go hand in hand. She visits the great European cities where some of the most famous operas were written, tells the stories of the colourful characters who composed them, and shows how they reflected the turbulent times they were composed in and the lives, hopes and fears of the people who lived in them. Whilst Lucy visits the cities and European opera houses, Antonio Pappano, music director of London's Royal Opera, helps us understand some of those operas' greatest musical moments.
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An intimate and powerful experience, looking at some of the planet’s most fearsome animals in their own unique neighborhoods.
A four-part series set over a year in Africa and focuses on each season, revealing the different conditions they bring. Temperatures, rain, and light change every animal as they adapt to the new season.
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.
A half-hour documentary series set in a unique Arctic town with true northern exposure that provides a front-row seat for some of the closest human-bear encounters ever seen on television.
Examines the diversity of wildlife found in three very different environments in the wilds of Northern Scandinavia.