Alive explores disasters that grabbed global headlines for weeks, months, and even years, through the lens of several survivors' perspectives.


A unique insight into a war that has raged since 2014. We follow the characters and events which shape the course of a seemingly endless war.
From Einstein's Relativity to quantum mechanics, host Jim Al-Khalili explores the impact of one of the most extraordinary phenomena in our universe.
MasterChef winner Kamini Pather seeks out hidden gems, quiet restaurants, bustling markets, swinging nightspots, and street stalls around the world.
Dutch exchange student Marleen Konings was studying in Cape Town when she unknowingly made friends with an ex-con, who drugged, shot, and killed her.
Scientists take a close look into the life of this Nordic teenager to better understand early Scandinavia and the oft-overlooked bronze age.
East Africa’s Mara River is a giver of life and a bringer of death. It is a crossing point of migration and the stage for a bloody confrontation.
Cassini will rank as one of the greatest space missions of all time. The craft dove past Saturn's rings and into its atmosphere.
Alive explores disasters that grabbed global headlines for weeks, months, and even years, through the lens of several survivors' perspectives.


A unique insight into a war that has raged since 2014. We follow the characters and events which shape the course of a seemingly endless war.
From Einstein's Relativity to quantum mechanics, host Jim Al-Khalili explores the impact of one of the most extraordinary phenomena in our universe.
MasterChef winner Kamini Pather seeks out hidden gems, quiet restaurants, bustling markets, swinging nightspots, and street stalls around the world.
Dutch exchange student Marleen Konings was studying in Cape Town when she unknowingly made friends with an ex-con, who drugged, shot, and killed her.
Scientists take a close look into the life of this Nordic teenager to better understand early Scandinavia and the oft-overlooked bronze age.
East Africa’s Mara River is a giver of life and a bringer of death. It is a crossing point of migration and the stage for a bloody confrontation.
Cassini will rank as one of the greatest space missions of all time. The craft dove past Saturn's rings and into its atmosphere.
Alive explores disasters that grabbed global headlines for weeks, months, and even years, through the lens of several survivors' perspectives.
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