Browse documentary series in Canada
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Three recent bull shark encounters in the heart of Sydney Harbor leave the city on edge. Shark attack survivor Paul de Gelder returns to the exact location where a bull shark nearly took his life to determine the cause for the spike in attacks.
Sydney Harbor Shark Invasion (2024 )
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Operation Undercover is an adrenaline-fueled new series that takes viewers inside real-life, discreet operations run by police to keep communities across the country safe. Led by former undercover agent, Lou Valoze, this six-episode series offers exclusive, unprecedented access to undercover stings targeting arms dealers, drug suppliers, human traffickers and various criminal enterprises. With a 26-year career as an undercover agent, Valoze has faced the Chicago mob, outlaw biker gangs, and domestic terrorists. Now, he brings his expertise to other agents leading high stakes operations of their own.
Operation Undercover (2024 )
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Combat veterans Rudy Reyes and Ronnie Adkins unravel the mysteries behind the strangest and most controversial images, sounds, and documents from the modern history of war. Mysteries span the modern era of warfare, including the World Wars, The Korean War, the Vietnam War, The Cold War, The Gulf War, and the conflicts of the 21st century. Assassinations caught on tape, exploding battleships, ghost planes, vanished soldiers, propaganda hoaxes, alleged cover-ups and conspiracies are analyzed and dissected by Reyes and Adkins, aided by a team of top experts, and former members of the military. Each episode lifts the veil of secrecy on the fog of war.
The Proof Is Out There: Military Mysteries (2024 )
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This series delves into the lives and psyches of women who have committed irreparable acts. Each episode tells the story of a murderess who has made the headlines, and traces the thread of a tragedy that has left an indelible mark. Through these deeply moving stories, we revisit the places, times and social context that led to the tragedy.
Elles ont tué (2024 )
Jeanick Fournier: l'histoire d'une voix (2024 )
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This series explores its lore and legends, interacting with comic icons and cultural figures to understand how Black comedy has shaped America for over a century.
Black Comedy in America (2024 )
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Follows a dance season in the life of one of the best high school dance teams in the country: the Miami Northwestern "G Girls." Led by a boldly unapologetic and visionary director, Traci Young-Byron, the “G Girls” have become a trend-setting viral sensation whose successes and struggles reflect those of the neighborhood they call home: Liberty City, Miami.
Supa Girlz (2024 )
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Dr. Tiara Moore has discovered bull sharks thriving in polluted, algae-filled lagoons. Teaming up with Dr. Craig O'Connell, they study why pregnant females still migrate there and how their pups survive in a seemingly hostile environment.
The Real Sharkano (2024 )
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Follows law enforcement as they pursue fugitives on the run.
Fugitives Caught on Tape (2024 )
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The crimes are real, and the stakes are high. You've read the harrowing headlines. But now, for the first time, the men and women who faced the unthinkable give us the details. The stories are shared officer to officer, elbows on the bar with the grit left in, taking viewers into moments of crisis in some of the biggest cases of our time as told by the police officers who worked them.
PD True (2024 )
Road trip fatal (2024 )
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There’s a growing population of aggressive white sharks in an unlikely location, Canada. Andy Casagrande heads out on an expedition along Nova Scotia’s coast to determine if this new population could be the largest in the world.
Great White North (2024 )
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Uncover three shocking stories of women whose seemingly ordinary lives are upended by questionable deaths.
Ms. Murder (2024 )
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Delves into the life and career of shock rock pioneer Alice Cooper, exploring his transformative influence on music and pop culture through archival footage, interviews, and personal anecdotes.
Biography: Alice Cooper (2024 )
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Finding Diamonds follows filmmaker Ian Bawa and his dog, Diamond, as they travel across Canada exploring the relationship between humans and support animals in the face of trauma and grief.
Finding Diamonds (2024 )
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Dr. Craig O'Connell and his team willfully ignite shark-feeding frenzies to uncover whether these violent and chaotic events trigger mating behavior. The results could be the key to ensuring the survival of these crucial apex species.
Shark Frenzy: Mating Games (2024 )
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Historian Dan Snow relives the story of a crack team of 133 young airmen whose mission is to destroy the great dams of Germany in World War Two using a revolutionary new bouncing bomb.
The Dambusters (2020 )
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Who Financed Hitler? Where did he get the money and backing to achieve power in 1933 Germany? This eye-opening mini-series unearths Hitler's money trail and exposes the people who enabled him to become the most powerful man in Europe.
Hitler's Gold (2020 )
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Knowledge Original series that follows the heroic members of Canada's busiest volunteer search and rescue team as they set off by foot and helicopter to rescue people from the rugged wilderness of North Vancouver. (NSR)
Search and Rescue: North Shore (NSR) (2020 )
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La famille est dans le pré (2020 )
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An unprecedented access to the Montréal–Trudeau International Airport and its dedicated staff—security guards, control tower, dog squad, falconers, kitchens and tarmac—working behind the scenes every day to ensure that everything goes well.
YUL : la vie à l’aéroport (2020 )
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Follow single men and women in a unique experiment to try to break their bad relationship habits and understand why their past experiences have been so unsatisfying. Viewers and contestants alike benefit from the useful advice dispensed by sex therapist Louise Sigouin.
Si on s'aimait (2020 )
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Following in the footsteps of hardy pioneers, Brett and Cliff enter remote locations with just the basic tools and survival gear to emulate the work their heroes had to endure, facing challenging geography, extreme weather and only the most rudimentary amenities.
Edges Unknown (2020 )
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Vanessa Pilon recently settled into the core of a magnificent Rougemont orchard with her small family. In this series, she renovates a mobile home adjacent to her property. What’s Vanessa up to? She’s making a new home for her father, Michel Pilon, a major Quebec crooner from the 1970s. Together, and with each other’s help, father and daughter are out to create a bold new version of intergenerational family life.
Chante-moi la pomme (2020 )
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A look at Canada's resilient, vibrant northern communities and the determined men and women who help provide their lifeline to the outside world. These groups are linked together by the summer sealift, when ships loaded with critical cargo travel each year to the farthest reaches of the north to deliver food, clothing, supplies and vital pieces of infrastructure.
High Arctic Haulers (2020 )
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This documentary series exposes the quest of Olenny Pelletier, an interpersonal relations specialist who takes an interesting look at celibacy in 2020. The show follows five young, single women who collect failures in romance and hope to find their soul mate.
Célibataires à boutte (2020 )
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Follows five spendthrift protagonists, each with a different personality, in order to unveil their tricks for saving pennies on the dollar.
Bienvenue chez les cheaps (2020 )
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Tori Herridge and a team of scientists piece together life stories behind unearthed bones
Bone Detectives: Britain's Buried Secrets (2020 )
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Actor, humanitarian, and documentarian Ravi Patel takes a trip around the world to investigate societal norms in search of answers to some of life’s most pressing questions.
Ravi Patel's Pursuit of Happiness (2020 )
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The Emmy®-winning documentary series is now on SHOWTIME, delivering immersive reporting from the frontlines of global conflicts, civil uprisings and beyond, and tackling untold and complex geopolitical stories from all corners of the globe.
VICE (2020 )
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A travel series that's all about connection. From St. John's to Yellowknife, the hosts uncover some of the country's best hidden gems and meet the people who make each travel destination so unique.
For Glowing Hearts (2020 )
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A refreshingly unique approach of focusing on one single murder case through the lens of the five people most closely involved with the crime in order to reveal a deeper and more complete picture of what actually happened in order to bring about justice.
The Killer Truth (2020 )