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With 100 million records sold, 16 Grammy Awards, and a place in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Sting is a unique paradox: We know so little about him.

Sting: A Free Man

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A new fashion series looks at the highlights and impact of some the world’s most groundbreaking and influential designers of the 20th century.

The Designers

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The Dollywood theme park in Tenessee is a multimillion-dollar attraction that offers a unique perspective of American society and money values.

Dollywood or Bust

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Stephen King has been one of the world's most successful, best-selling authors for decades. How can the success of his horror novels be explained?

Stephen King: A Necessary Evil

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English comedian and actor Russell Brand looks back at the time when he was addicted to heroin and his career was on the brink of collapse.

Russell Brand Addiction to Recovery

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A look at the peace and love movement of 1967, from London to San Francisco, and the music and culture that defined a generation.

1967: Summer of Love

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A behind-the-scenes look at the beloved painter's journey from humble beginnings to a pop-culture icon who inspired millions around the world.

Bob Ross: The Happy Painter

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What makes Agatha Christie such a successful writer? The answer may lie in sophisticated computer analyses of Christie's every written word.

Agatha Christie Code

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Historian Lucy Worsley (Mozart in London) recounts Queen Elizabeth I and her siblings' radically different approaches towards religious music.

The Queen's Quest: Saving the Church From Silence

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The literary characters Dracula, Tarzan, and Sherlock Holmes have long been icons of pop culture. Find out how these myths became legends.

We Are Legend

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In this lighthearted but factual film, we tell the true" story of early Christianity with the help of twelve biblical scholars.

Marketing The Messiah

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Luciano Pavarotti died in 2007. This film pays tribute to the wildly popular opera singer who proved that classical music was not owned by the elite.

Pavarotti: Birth of a Pop Star

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Charlie Chaplin's iconic characters from the era of silent movies sum up what was most moving and inventive in the emerging cinematic arts.

Birth of the Tramp: Creative Genius of Charlie Chaplin

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Cary Grant has been described as the greatest screen actor of all time. Now, for the first time, he tells his own story.

Becoming Cary Grant

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Trace Santa's history as a fusion of cultures and traditions. This jolly old soul with his bag of Christmas gifts is a modern consumer creation.

The Legends of Santa

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How did St. Nicholas become Santa Claus? This film sorts myths from facts about this much-loved character.

In Search of Santa Claus

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Author Jack London symbolized America's ambitions, driving forces and contradictions, from the conquest of the West to the First World War.

Jack London: An American Adventure

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This film recounts the birth of Tarzan in the mind of Edgar Rice Burroughs and how each generation has reinvented and reinterpreted the character.

Tarzan: The Story Behind the Legend

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Prince Charles leads a truly royal effort to transform a legendary Scottish manor, offering jobs, attracting investment. and building housing.

Prince Charles: The Royal Restoration

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This film profiles the servants, consultants, advisers, and guards working for Britain's House of Windsor and their toil to keep the monarchy going.

Serving the Royals: Inside the Firm

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Jackie Chan, the multitalented performer, is a true icon of Chinese culture and helped reconcile the gap between Eastern and Western cinema.

Jackie Chan: Building an Icon

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Celebrity Row

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A 1960 archaeological site in remote Morocco revealed remains of ancient homo sapiens that challenge scientists to rethink the origins of our species.

Sapiens: The New Origins

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Genetics underpins the whole of human evolution, from our rise as a class of primates on the African plain to our spread across the Earth.

The Evolution of Us

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Toumai, the oldest human ancestor recorded to date, is a seven-million-year-old fossil that "crash-landed" into the world of the living.

Toumai: The Oldest Living Ancestor

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See Australia’s ancient history brought to life through never-before-seen archival film captured by this feat of documentary production.

First Footprints

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This film asks: who were the Neanderthals?The answer lies numerous caves that hold remnants of their lives, including discarded flint tools. 

Symbiosis: Land of Neanderthals

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Meet the "First Europeans," our long-extinct relation from the Ice Age. We're beginning to see just how close Neanderthals were to modern humans.

The Neanderthal in Us

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Filmmaker Bryce Michael Sage explores how same-sex attraction can be compatible with evolution and how it could have survived through history.

Survival of the Fabulous

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Investigation of discoveries showing that the dim-witted cave dwelling Neanderthals were smart and technologically savvy. So why did they disappear? 

Neanderthal Apocalypse

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When a tiny, human-like skeleton is discovered on an Indonesian island, a scientific mystery begins. Is this creature a human or another species?

The Real Hobbit: Rethinking Human Origins

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Rise of Mankind

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If we had to list the great things about humanity, we'd probably see several works of Beethoven among them. Learn the story of Ludwig Van Beethoven.

In Search of Beethoven

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How, from a young age, did Mozart compose and perform some of the most complex and marvelous musical pieces in history.

In Search of Mozart

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Enjoy this journey through Beethoven’s five spellbinding piano concertos. Each beautifully crafted performance will leave you transfixed.

The Beethoven Piano Concertos

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Fryderyk Chopin is considered one of the greatest composers, but who exactly was the young Polish boy who rose to such heights?

In Search of Chopin

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This biographical account of Haydn's life is a visual and aural extravaganza, including performances by some of the world's most celebrated musicians.

In Search of Haydn

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Share pianist Leif Ove Andsnes’ quest to understand and interpret one of the greatest works for piano ever written: Beethoven’s five piano concertos.

Concerto: A Beethoven Journey

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Maestro: Stories of the Great Composers

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Joan of Arc was an extraordinary female warrior born in an age that believed women couldn’t fight, let alone lead an army. But Joan was led by faith.

Joan of Arc: God's Warrior

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Here's the true story of a unique American female legend: Calamity Jane. Her life is the subject of myth, yet it was raw as the American West.

Calamity Jane: Legend of the West

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Ancient Egypt was home to female doctors, priestesses, and even pharaohs. How did these 18 queens shape the history of this classical civilization?

Egypt's Lost Queens

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The tale of the Native American Pocahontas and settler John Smith is an American legend. Was it really a love story or a work of vivid imagination?

Pocahontas & John Smith: Love and Survival in the New World

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Initially perceived as a limited revolution by niche groups, sexual revolution ultimately redefined relations between humanity as a whole.

Sex Revolutions

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Mary Magdalene has become a central character in the story of Christianity's origins. Yet, her story, who she was, remains enshrouded in myth.

Scarlet Woman: The True Story of Mary Magdalene

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Investigate the historical, cultural, and theological context of women in the Bible. In a patriarchy, they took risks and challenged the social order.

Notorious Women of the Bible

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The intertwined lives and fates of Mary Stuart of Scotland and Elizabeth I of England are recalled in this opulent costume drama.

Queens: The Virgin and the Martyr

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During the Montreal Olympic Games, a young gymnast quickly became a legend. But behind the scenes, she was forced into a relationship with a dictator.

Nadia Comaneci: The Gymnast and the Dictator

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Explore the life of a female scientist and pioneer of feminism whose discoveries paved the way for modern nuclear science and the atom bomb.

Lise Meitner: The Mother of the Atom Bomb

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Elizabeth I is said to have carried on an affair with a nobleman, and new evidence suggests that his wife was assassinated so that they could marry.

Elizabeth I: Killer Queen

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This is the story of Farah Pahlavi, the only empress in Persian history. Learn more about Iran's history and culture, along with the empress' life.

Farah Diba Pahlavi: The Last Empress

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This film tells stories of survival and suffering as these women navigated their strategic marriages, the longing for love, and power politics.

Splendor and Misery of the Last Tsarinas

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Ultra marathoner Nikki Kimball takes on the 273-mile Long Trail. What drives someone to attempt such a feat, and what allows them to finish?

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