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With no previous experience, Andi Rive abandoned her old city life and devoted herself to tending a pride of lions and raising awareness about a species that is facing extinction.
The Lion Queen
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The two NZ survivors of the deadly White Island eruption tell their remarkable story of survival.
The Eruption: Stories of Survival (2020 )
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The nightmare dramatized in the movie "Gravity" is now a sad reality: fragments of missiles or satellites that threaten to damage and destroy our space infrastructure. With the amount of debris in space rising over the past two decades, the danger keeps getting worse. To clean up the mess, engineers are now devising innovative schemes using magnetic nets, lasers, and robotic trash collectors.
Space Smash (2020 )
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Scientists forming the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) detail signs of the global reach and impact of rising temperatures and warming oceans. From the Arctic to Fiji to the Amazon rainforest, humans and animals are being forced to confront the local effects of this change.
Earth's Survival: Decoding Climate Science (2014 )
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The myth of Joan of Arc has fascinated people the world over. In the collective memory, she is the young shepherd girl who died at the stake having saved France. But 15th century chronicles report that following events in Rouen, certain people refused to believe she was dead and that another woman was burned instead.
The Real Joan of Arc (2007 )
Nero's Golden House (2001 )
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The name Anne Frank stands for courage and confidence in hopeless times. But also for the cheeky and unsparing view of an adolescent on her family and her environment. Millions of people around the world know her diary, she wrote it while hiding from the Nazis. With this docu-drama, the first major German film adaptation of the life story of the Frankfurt girl is now available. The film follows Anne's fate from a happy childhood to hiding in the Secret Annex in Amsterdam to her death in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. It focuses on the relationship between father and daughter. Otto Frank was the only one who survived the betrayal of the Secret Annex residents. The most secret thoughts and longings
Meine Tochter Anne Frank (2015 )
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Physicist Dr Helen Czerski takes us on a journey into the science of bubbles - not just fun toys, but also powerful tools that push back the boundaries of science.
Pop! The Science of Bubbles (2013 )
Who Killed Gandhi? (2013 )
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Secrets of the Mega Resort takes a fascinating look at how Baha Mar creates 1 million dream holidays a year. With access to the world's largest luxury resort, this film has an access-all-areas pass into a hidden world of private jets, trained flamingos and exclusive penthouses run by a team of 5,000 staff who pamper guests around the clock in the Bahamian sun
Secrets of the Mega Resort (2019 )
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Birth of Planet Earth tells the twisted tale of our planet’s origins. Scientists now believe that our galaxy is filled with solar systems, including up to a billion planets roughly the size of our own. The film employs advanced, data-driven, cinematic-quality visualizations to explore some of the greatest questions in science today: How did Earth become a living planet in the wake of our solar system’s violent birth? What does its history tell us about our chances of finding other worlds that are truly Earth-like?
Birth of Planet Earth (2019 )
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Over the last 40 years, China has been transformed out of all recognition. The scale of its growth and the sheer speed of change has been astonishing. The country has seen the largest lifting of people out of poverty that has ever taken place in human history. How did an impoverished and backward communist country become an engine of global capitalism? What lies ahead for this economic behemoth?
How China Got Rich (2019 )
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Space scientists in Mumbai dream of launching the country's first astronomical satellite. Meanwhile the children living next door to the Space Centre are inspired to have dreams of their own.
Indian Space Dreams (2019 )
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Basma Khalifa was born to Sudanse parents in Saudi Arabia and grew up in Northern Ireland. In this documentary she revisits her country of birth to see if she would ever want to move back there.
Inside the Real Saudi Arabia: Why I Had to Leave (2019 )
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On June 1st, 2009, Air France flight 447 disappeared somewhere over the South Atlantic. After five lengthy, costly search campaigns, the plane was finally located and the black boxes recovered. Now, for the first time, footage from the search missions has been made available. We discover the story behind this search for an aircraft lost, and found, in the middle of nowhere.
In Search for Flight AF447 (2019 )
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The historian explores the land that inspired her passion for the past by embarking upon a 900-mile journey along the river Nile and examining how it shaped ancient Egypt.
The Nile: Egypt's Great River with Bettany Hughes (2019 )
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Pools are a defining part of our national identity. Evoking deep nostalgia and childhood memories, this two-part documentary takes a look at the Australian identity through the prism of the pool.
The Pool (2019 )
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Wildest Places is a 12-part television documentary series exploring some of the most incredible natural habitats on the planet and an extraordinarily diverse range of wildlife. With series titled Wildest Pacific, Wildest Antarctica and Wildest Australia, it includes amazing never-before-seen footage filmed over more than 10 years. Wildest Places is a visual feast that showcases astonishing aspects of animal life in an untamed world and features rarely captured animal behaviours in remote habitats.
Wildest Places (2019 )
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Superstitious tells a story about a clumsy and anxious fairy named Ailbhe who owns a magic shop and does her best to avoid bad luck until one day an adorable black cat named Jinx stumbles into her store. Chaos ensues as Ailbhe gets progressively more stressed with every step Jinx takes. Will Ailbhe be able to overcome her fears to save them both before it's too late?
Superstitious (2024 )
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The Okavango River in southwest Africa, home to one of the world's most magnificent and deadly hunters: the crocodile. These highly adapted and lethally efficient predators are known to attack humans as well as animals and few sights in nature compare to the spectacle and savagery of a crocodile feeding frenzy. Follow Roger Horrocks as he prepares to dive with over twenty feeding crocodiles. Witness these spectacular predators like never before with Dragon's Feast shot in stunning 3D.
Dragon's Feast 3D (2013 )
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The incredible story of how gay men and women went from being the ultimate outsiders to occupying the halls of power, with a profound influence on our cultural, political and social lives.
How We Got Gay (2013 )
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A team of canine experts reveal the secrets of man's best friend, investigating the differences between different breeds and exploring the genetic history of the dogs of a small English village.
The Wonder of Dogs (2013 )
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Historian and author Helen Castor, presenter of the popular series She-Wolves, explores how the people of the Middle Ages handled the most fundamental moments of transition in life: birth, marriage and death. In doing so she reveals how people in the medieval world thought and what they believed in. For the people of the Middle Ages the teachings of the Catholic Church shaped thoughts and beliefs across the whole of Western Europe. But by the end of the Middle Ages the Church would find itself in the grip of momentous change and the way of medieval birth, marriage and death would never be quite the same again.
Medieval Lives: Birth, Marriage, Death (2013 )
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Mollusks deserve a second chance to better their first impression since the world is truly one of a kind. Enter the secret world of mollusks!
Secret World of Mollusks (2021 )
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Witness the skill and cunning of the great feline predators. Lions, Tigers, Leopards, and Cheetahs all are the embodiment of feline grace and power. They are spectacular top predators that dominate their world and command our respect and our attention. This visually beautiful film brings together dramatic footage from around the world and shares intimate moments from the private lives of cats.
Top Cats (2014 )
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A documentary about the tragic life of Charmaine Mare, a young girl who had come to Cape Town in search of work to help provide financial support for her poverty stricken parents. Mare arrived in Cape Town in January 2013 and stayed with a friend Kristina White in Kraaifontein. But, for a few days she would be left alone with Johannes de Jager, the boyfriend of her friend's mother. In those few days, court records show that Mare frequently had to plead with him not to make sexual advances, and even recorded their conversations. Sadly, nobody listened to her pleas for help, with tragic consequences.
The Butcher of Kraaifontein (2014 )
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A group of unlikely allies modernized college sports and changed a small Midwestern town, serving as a parallel to the Civil Rights movement that would transform the entire American society.
Jayhawkers (2014 )
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"When Titans Clash" is a documentary series by CNA Insider that explores the complex geopolitical relationships between the United States and China and their impact on the rest of the world. Each episode focuses on a different aspect of the US-China rivalry, including the historical roots of tensions, the impact of the trade war, the potential consequences of the technology competition, and the implications for Southeast Asia. Additionally, the series examines potential conflicts between China and other countries, including the US, India, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan.
When Titans Clash (2021 )
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After a terrible winter, 1942 starts badly for Stalin due to a ruthless Nazi campaign that leaves millions of Soviets captive and without food.
Hitler: Uncovering His Fatal Obsession (2021 )
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Anxious manager Mimi, horny-for-holidays Alice, and lazy dud Shay navigate working at a deeply average suburban party store where the customer is usually right, but only because this shop and its staff are a mess.
Celebration Nation (2021 )
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3,200 years ago, Egypt is living the final hours of its golden age under the reign of Ramesses II. After ruling the country for 67 years, the great pharaoh dies at the old age of 92. His mummy is burried in the heart of the Valley of the Kings. This is the beginning of his great journey towards the afterlife but only under one condition: that his tomb remains off limits forever. However, in the 19th century, many European adventurers explore the tomb of the king searching for the burial chamber. Then begins an archeological investigation, which reveals the story of Ramesses II after-life.
Ramesses II: The Great Journey (2011 )
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In the heart of a metropolitan city of 15 million people and among the construction of a new billion-dollar transportation network, an archaeological sensation has been discovered: the ancient harbour of Theodosious, lost from the history books for over 1000 years.
The Emperor's Lost Harbour (2011 )