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One man transfixed television viewers during snooker's golden age - Alex 'Hurricane' Higgins. This poignant documentary charts the remarkable rise and fall of the snooker genius, from his early days growing up in Belfast to his climb to the top of the sport as two-time world champion.
Alex Higgins: The People's Champion (2010 )
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The Bluebell Line was the UK's first preserved standard gauge passenger railway, re-opening part of the Lewes to East Grinstead line of the old London, Brighton & South Coast Railway in 1960. Since then it has preserved for posterity a country branch line, its steam locomotives, crashes, and goods stock, signaling systems, stations and operating practices.
Preserved Lines: Bluebell Railway (2010 )
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Highly cinematic documentary charting a macabre mystery that unfolds as the lives of a handful of starkly different, seemingly unconnected characters are intimately drawn together by a shocking crime involving over a thousand mutilated corpses in a tale of twenty-first century body snatching in the city of New York. Much was written about this notorious crime but little understood about the hidden, yet legal, tissue transplant industry that spawned it...until now. With exclusive access inside maximum-security prison to the man the NYPD labeled "Public Enemy No.1" this film charts how a former surgeon went from saving lives to ripping them apart.
Bodysnatchers of New York (2010 )
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Finding Fidel tells the remarkable story of war cameraman Erik Durschmied, who in 1958 journeyed to Cuba's Sierra Maestra mountains to interview a little-known rebel leader named Fidel Castro. A month later, Castro's band of fighters rolled into Havana, and the world would never be the same. Finding Fidel follows Durschmied as he returns to Cuba on the 50th Anniversary of the Revolution, retracing his original route to the mountains after an ailing Fidel has handed power over to his brother Raul and the island is waiting for change.
Finding Fidel: The Journey of Erik Durschmied (2010 )
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Midland's businessman Paul Downes hires a castle in Jamaica and invites 12 young Ukrainian women to join him in the hope one will marry him. Paul suffers bi-polar disorder and has a manic episode - his plans turn bizarre and troubling.
A Bipolar Expedition (2010 )
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This gripping documentary recounts the story of the long search for Nazis in hiding from 1945 to the present day. Sixty years of relentless investigations, set-backs, trials and dramas brought about principally by three extraordinary individuals: the Austrian death camp survivor, Simon Wiesenthal and the German/French couple Beate and serge Klarsfeld who devoted their lives to search for the highest level Nazis still at large.
Nazi Hunters: The Real Story (2010 )
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Mike Tyson: controversial, ferocious, savage, brutal. For the first time legendary heavyweight boxing champion Iron Mike talks LIVE to Steve Bunce about his shocking and violent life. Saved from the gutter and moulded into the Baddest Man on the Planet, Tyson is as explosive on stage as he was in the ring. From the street crime to the ear biting and the fights through to the uncensored truth, this story will rip out your heart. In this once-in-a-lifetime official expose, hear how burning ambition, unimaginable wealth, violence and tragedy shaped the man who became of the most controversial sporting icons of all time. Packed with exclusive bonus features, don't miss out on the most revealing sports story of the year.
Tyson: Unleashed (2010 )
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Encountering Burning Man, follows the artistic and personal quests of an anthropologist and three fire artists while they head to Black Rock Desert in Nevada where more than 45,000 people gather every year to experience Burning Man.
Encountering Burning Man (2010 )
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My Strange Addiction is an American documentary television series that premiered on TLC on December 29, 2010. The series focuses on people with unusual compulsive behaviors. These range from eating specific non-food items to ritualistic daily activities to bizarre personal fixations or beliefs.
My Strange Addiction (2010 )
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Edwardian Farm is an historical documentary TV series in twelve parts, first shown on BBC Two from November 2010 to January 2011. It depicts a group of historians trying to run a farm like it was done during the Edwardian era. It was made for the BBC by independent production company Lion Television and filmed at Morwellham Quay, an historic quay in Devon. The farming team was historian Ruth Goodman and archaeologists Alex Langlands and Peter Ginn. The series was devised and produced by David Upshal and directed by Stuart Elliott. The series is a development from two previous series Victorian Farm and Victorian Pharmacy which were among BBC Two's biggest hits of 2009 and 2010, garnering audiences of up to 3.8 million per episode. The series was followed by Wartime Farm in September 2012, featuring the same team but this time in Hampshire on Manor Farm, living a full calendar year as wartime farmers. An associated book by Goodman, Langlands, and Ginn, also titled Edwardian Farm, was published in 2010 by BBC Books. The series was also published on DVD, available in various regional formats.
Edwardian Farm (2010 )
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Beyond Survival is a Canadian documentary television show hosted by survival expert Les Stroud.
Les Stroud's Beyond Survival (2010 )
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Modern families experience life in previous eras.
Turn Back Time (2010 )
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Victorian Pharmacy is a historical documentary TV series in four parts, first shown on BBC Two in July 2010. It was made for the BBC by independent production company Lion Television. It was filmed at Blists Hill Victorian Town in Shropshire. It is a historical documentary that looks at life in the 19th Century and how people attempted to cure common ailments. Since some of the ingredients of Victorian remedies are now either illegal or known to be dangerous, Nick Barber often uses his modern pharmaceutical knowledge to produce similar products without those ingredients. The other main presenters are Tom Quick, a PhD student, and Ruth Goodman, a domestic historian who also appeared in Tales from the Green Valley, Victorian Farm and Edwardian Farm.
Victorian Pharmacy (2010 )
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As shown on TV, Nazi Collaborators explores the fascinating and often shocking tales of how individuals from all walks of life: the privileged; the political elite; ordinary working men; turned against their nations and races to fight alongside the Nazis during World War 2. Many did it for financial gain, others for the promise of elevated status. Some believed that siding with imperialist Germans offered the best chance of survival for their people, whilst others later claim they would be killed if they refused.
Nazi Collaborators (2010 )
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The stories behind what made and shaped the most notorious figures in Australian criminal history.
Australian Crime Stories (2010 )
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Paul Murton follows in the footsteps of the first tourists to Scotland. With a Victorian guidebook in his hands, he travels across the country tracing the changes that have taken place since the birth of Scottish tourism 200 years ago.
Grand Tours of Scotland (2010 )
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A mini-odyssey along the coast from Cornwall to Wales in the company of the actor Timothy Spall and his wife Shane on their Dutch barge.
Timothy Spall: Somewhere at Sea (2010 )
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Documentary series exploring the history of design
The Genius of Design (2010 )
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This riveting documentary goes behind the scenes at iconic London hotel, The Savoy, as it undergoes a 100 million pound makeover. With unprecedented access, the two episodes chart the hotel's extensive renovations between 2007 and 2010 - with footage detailing the landmark's rich history.
The Savoy (2010 )
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Series looking at how WW2 was documented by German and British amateur home movie makers.
Shooting the War (2010 )
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Into the Cold retraces two men dramatic expedition to the North Pole one of the toughest and most magnificent environments in the world and also one that is rapidly vanishing. In two months, 400+ miles, and -50F temperatures, the film reveals a deeply personal journey by foot to the top of the world as never before seen on camera. At current rates of climate change, this centennial commemorative expedition in 2009 will not be possible in another 100 years.
Into the Cold: A Journey of the Soul (2010 )
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A story presenting personal and collective events that offers a reflection about sport accessibility, suburb life, migrant condition, ladies football and ultras role in the Social Football movement. This is Cap20100, a documentary in which a self managed experience Championship, goes in parallel to other 4 self managed teams participating in official tournaments.
Cap20100 - L'importanza di fare rete (2010 )
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Three time Emmy–award winning journalist Simcha Jacobovici solves ancient mysteries and finds that what really happened is often not what we have been led to believe.
Secrets of Christianity (2010 )
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Did intelligent beings from outer space visit Earth thousands of years ago? From the age of the dinosaurs to ancient Egypt, from early cave drawings to continued mass sightings in the US, each episode gives historic depth to the questions, speculations, provocative controversies, first-hand accounts and grounded theories surrounding this age old debate.
Ancient Aliens (2010 )
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Derren Brown hits the road to find out if some of the more extraordinary claims from around the world are actually true.
Derren Brown Investigates (2010 )
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Jamie Foxx presents the inspiring true story of high school band leader Conrad O. Johnson, who transformed his ragtag jazz band students into a legendary funk powerhouse that took the nation by storm.
Thunder Soul (2010 )
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Nazi Hunters (2010 )
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From the Himalayas in the north to the Nilgiris in the south - for a hundred years these little trains have climbed through the clouds and into the wonderful world of Indian hill railways.
Indian Hill Railways (2010 )
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Legendary chef Raymond Blanc welcomes the cameras into his kitchen to share his cooking secrets. Filmed in the lively surroundings of his Oxfordshire restaurant kitchen, this programme features a range of achievable and inspirational recipes for cooks of all abilities.
Raymond Blanc's Kitchen Secrets (2010 )
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Following comedian Rhod Gilbert as he tries out different jobs across Wales
Rhod Gilbert's Work Experience (2010 )
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Weird or What? is a series on the Discovery Channel and History hosted by William Shatner. Each episode contains three separate stories of the bizarre and unexplained. As the show unfolds, it weighs various supernatural and scientific theories that attempt to explain the story, and sometimes features tests conducted as proof of a theory's plausibility. The show features strange occurrences such as ghosts, aliens, monsters, medical oddities and natural disasters.
William Shatner's Weird or What? (2010 )
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This handsomely-produced documentary by the BBC chronicles Diamond’s success story, from shy Jewish Brooklyn kid to singer-songwriter and magnetic stage performer, sometimes called “the Jewish Elvis”. Filled with a vibrant soundtrack and rare archival footage, this complex portrait features interviews with musicians such as Robbie Robertson and Neil Sedaka as well as Diamond himself, who speaks candidly about his struggles. A must for anyone who adores Diamond either as an artist or as kitsch!
Neil Diamond: Solitary Man (2010 )
