Browse documentary series in Australia
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This series travels the length and breadth of Britain to find out how the Victorians built Britain. It uncovers the incredible and surprising stories behind iconic landmarks; discovers the hidden heroes behind the epic constructions; and finds out how the incredible advances made by the Victorians forged the world we live in today.
How the Victorians Built Britain (2018 )
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In Masters of Mindfulness: Transforming Your Mind and Body, 11 top researchers and proponents of mindfulness discuss what modern science and contemporary research have revealed about this ancient practice and the many ways in which it can benefit your life. These 22 lectures present a unique and extraordinary opportunity, bringing a diverse group of renowned specialists together in one place for the first time to share their own personal experiences and their latest research, and to guide you through several mindfulness exercises.
Masters of Mindfulness: Transforming Your Mind and Body (2018 )
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Rob Bell explores the lost landscapes and infrastructure of some of Britain's former railway lines. From the 1960's the axe fell on 4,000 miles of Britain's rail network. Now, decades later, Rob Bell is going on journey to uncover those lost railway lines. Every week Rob will explore a different line; experiencing the hidden landscapes, lost infrastructure and forgotten worlds that disappeared when the line closed.
Walking Britain's Lost Railways (2018 )
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The complex love story of Tsar Nicholas II and his wife, the Empress Alexandra. Through their personally revealing letters, explore the couple's role in the lead up to the Russian Revolution of 1917, which led to their eventual brutal and tragic executions.
Nicholas and Alexandra (2018 )
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Lifelong nature lover Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall pursues his fascination with the wildlife of the West Country as he teams up with the region's most dedicated nature lovers.
Hugh's Wild West (2018 )
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Dominating the landscape for centuries, ancient cathedrals and abbeys reflect Britain's turbulent history through their architectural grandeur-stories of its kings and queens and the religious and social changes brought about by the English Reformation, as well as many other tales of intrigue, love, faith and conviction.
Secrets of Britain's Great Cathedrals (2018 )
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Yasmine Akram visits the playgrounds of the super-rich. She meets Irish ex-pats who have carved successful careers and made fortunes working in these glittering wonderlands.
Billionaire Wonderland (2018 )
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The story of Qin Shi Huang is as epic in life as it is in death. Crowned as a boy king over 2,000 years ago, he grew to unify China for the first time, establishing a new form of government, uniform laws, and a single writing system that is still in use today. He also ordered the construction of a royal tomb that is larger than the Great Pyramid of Giza and is guarded by a massive army of terracotta warriors. Explore the transformative life and magnificent afterlife of China's first emperor.
China's Dragon Emperor (2018 )
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Explore the tropical forests, dense jungles, and vast grasslands of Colombia, where a tremendous array of animals face a daily struggle against fierce predators and harsh weather. Watch as young tamarins face deadly boa constrictors, capuchins dodge hungry jaguars, capybaras share streams with caimans, and dazzling hummingbirds engage in an endless quest for nectar. In these unforgiving landscapes, stunning creatures and hidden dangers are waiting to be discovered around every corner.
Into the Wild: Colombia (2018 )
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The fiercest battles of WWII come to life as never seen before in this stunning collection of one of the most powerful epics of history. ACTUAL FOOTAGE from all sides of the war in COLOR. This documentary series takes you behind enemy lines and to the front lines of the tumultuous campaigns of the Atlantic, Mediterranean and Pacific theaters where the soldiers, sailors and airmen fought in the most defining time in the history of the modern world.
Battle Front WWII Road to Victory (2001 )
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Follow three women as they each make life-changing mistakes regarding their children and husbands, which lead to unpredictable criminal consequences. Based on Paula Daly's best selling novel, Windermere.
Deep Water (2019 )
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The two-part premium miniseries event on Theodore Roosevelt, the first modern President of the United States, will provide a rich, panoramic biography weaving Roosevelt's captivating personal story while revealing little-known truths behind his expansive curiosity, restless spirit and the profound, lasting impact he has had on the country.
Theodore Roosevelt (2022 )
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Exploring the 14 mysterious deaths in the UK with alleged connections to Russia over two decades.
Once Upon a Time in Londongrad (2022 )
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Chronicle of the attack perpetrated by the Palestinian terrorist group Black September in the Olympic Village during the 1972 Munich Summer Games.
Munich '72 (2022 )
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One by one the extraordinary, exhilarating stories of each of The Rolling Stones are vividly told with exclusive interviews from the band and a stellar cast of rock stars.
My Life as a Rolling Stone (2022 )
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Documentary series on Alexia Putellas, captain of the Barcelona women's football team and player for Spain's national football team who has become an icon of women's football.
Alexia: Labor Omnia Vincit (2022 )
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The extraordinary truth about one of the most revered, yet enigmatic, controversial, and complex figures in contemporary history. Told through the multiple viewpoints from those who knew her best and drawing on archive and personal letters where we hear from Mother Teresa in her own words, this series tells the astonishing story of a latter-day Saint.
Mother Teresa: For the Love of God? (2022 )
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A detailed account of the two millennia of intolerance and persecution suffered by the Jews, from antiquity to the present day.
A History of Antisemitism (2022 )
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The BBC Wildlife Specials are a series of nature documentary programmes commissioned by BBC Television. The Wildlife Specials began with a pilot episode in 1995. 20 programmes have been made to date, with three of the recent ones being in multi parts. The earlier programmes were produced in-house by the BBC's specialist Natural History Unit, but the more recent Spy in the... titles were made by the independent John Downer Productions. The first 18 programmes, up to 2008, were narrated by David Attenborough. The most recent two were narrated by David Tennant. "The world's leading natural history filmmakers meet the world's most charismatic animals" — BBC tagline
Wildlife Specials (1995 )
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Big truck restorer Jon Kelly dices with financial disaster, sky high ambitions, mechanical dramas and his own red-hot personality, as he sets out on an all or nothing mission to build Australia's greatest truck rehab business.
Aussie Truck Rehab (2023 )
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Journeying to the far reaches of our planet, this eight part series follows some of the world's most amazing species, telling extraordinary stories that are dramatic, thrilling, funny and sometimes heart-breaking, but always full of hope.
Planet Earth III (2023 )
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Internet sleuths and professional investigators re-open some of Hollywood's most notorious and controversial celebrity deaths.
(re)solved (2023 )
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Audiences are invited to look back at The 2010s, a turbulent era marked by political and social upheaval, culminating in the single most dramatic year of the 21st century: 2020. It was a decade in which social media transformed society and streaming upended entertainment, resulting in genre-defying music and ushering in the era of "peak TV".
The 2010s (2023 )
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A re-examination of the brutal murders of four flight attendants in the 70s and 80s. Is the wrong man behind bars? If so - will the victims' families ever get justice? Part of True Crime on Channel 4.
The Flight Attendant Murders (2023 )
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As the prosecution builds its case, Alex Murdaugh's defense team pokes holes at every turn—but will a damning piece of digital evidence be checkmate for the king of the Lowcountry?
The Fall of the House of Murdaugh (2023 )
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This seven-hour miniseries explores the foundations of the greatest empires of all time and the incredible stories of Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar and Cleopatra.
Ancient Empires (2023 )
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Science-based documentary about the extraordinary wonders of one of the last intact wild places left on Earth – Ningaloo, a refuge for thousands of species of wildlife unknown, extinct, or endangered elsewhere.
Ningaloo Nyinggulu (2023 )
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The life of a Norwegian icon, a world-renowned artist and a dedicated humanitarian: actress Liv Ullmann.
Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled (2023 )
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A spine-tingling account of what happened when a Halloween night of celebration turned into a nightmare. More than 100,000 young revelers, who were packed into the narrow bar-lined alleyways of Seoul's trendy Itaewon neighborhood, became trapped in a mass panic. The toll was astonishing: 159 people, including two American students studying abroad, had suffocated and died that night. Nearly all those who perished were in their twenties.
Crush (2023 )
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Do you want to know what your future holds? A life beyond 150 years old? A world where computers can read our emotions? A planet transformed by unlimited clean energy? Mathematician Hannah Fry will explore these questions and more.
The Future with Hannah Fry (2023 )
Lift The Ice (2023 )
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Featuring archival footage, insightful interviews with active-duty military members, renowned experts, and historians, "Beyond the Battlefield" takes a closer look at crucial moments in the history of the U.S. Army Special Forces, as well as Marine and Naval Aviation.
Beyond the Battlefield (2023 )