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Season 5: Now Available! Find out how technology, and changing views of Earth, are driving our grand quest to explore space.

Space: The New Frontier

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South African theater personality Taliep Petersen was murdered at his home in December 2006. The men were hired by Taliep's wife to murder him.

Final Curtain

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During the COVID-19 pandemic, China quarantined millions and monitored everyone else. Follow a French journalist living in Beijing with his wife. 

Beijing: Chronicle of a Pandemic

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Off Australia's coast is the Great Barrier Reef, a natural wonder that contains hidden wildlife sanctuaries that are home to magical marine creatures.

Wonder of the Great Barrier Reef with Iolo Williams

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The newly independent Netherlands rode an upswing in the 17th century until its trade, science, navy, and art were the most acclaimed in the world. 

Empire Builders: Dutch Golden Age

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Jump right into an amazing expedition with adventure angler Steve Townson. He fearlessly takes on the Amazon's variety of predatory freshwater fish.

Fishing Expedition Amazonia

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Kenneth W. Rendell amassed the largest and most comprehensive private collection of original World War II memorabilia in the world.

World War II: Saving the Reality

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Most people think they know everything about cows. They eat grass, give milk, and moo every now and then. But they are so much more than that. 

The Secret Life of Cows

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With exclusive access to cybersecurity and defense experts, we take you to the cutting edge of secret wars fought on the cyber battlefield.

Secret Wars

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Discover upcoming startups, entrepreneurs from across the globe, and wow-factor new technologies that are transforming our planet for the better.

TechTalk

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Played out behind closed doors, Hitler's final moments have long been bathed in shadow. However, newly revealed archives expose his last thoughts.

Hitler's Last Secrets

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This brisk portrait of Jane Fonda, actress and activist, resonates with recent American history, its myths, dreams, contradictions, and disillusions.

Citizen Jane Fonda

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Birds of prey are symbols of power, speed, and splendor. Follow the hawks, buzzards, and eagles that have conquered every habitat on earth.

Hunters of the Skies

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Men and women joined the Resistance to save Paris's monuments in the face of German supremacy. Historians and curators revisit the dark hours of WWII.

Paris Monuments: Defying the Nazis

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Toni Morrison has left a lasting impact on U.S. racial justice through her novels and the literary and cultural revolution she initiated.

Toni Morrison: Black Matters

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Experience a fascinating and breathtaking story from the Arctic: snowy owls leave us a stark message from their rapidly changing habitat.

A Winter's Tale

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In August 1938, just west of Vienna, Hitler ordered the construction of the Nazi's Mauthausen concentration camp, one of the deadliest in history.

Mauthausen: Camp of No Return

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Follow a family of desert elephants on their search for water. With them, we learn about the wonders of the Hoanib Valley of the Namib desert.

Hoanib

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Follow some of Britain's best air ambulance teams as they carry out lifesaving services and hospital-level treatment wherever and wherever required. 

Emergency Helicopter Medics 4K

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Bring to life compelling stories of four survivors who witnessed the horrors of the Holocaust firsthand. These survivors speak to our shared humanity.

Stories of Survival

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Explore how Greek civilization has affected the Western world with its contributions to science, philosophy, architecture, politics, and drama.

Empire Builders: The Ancient Greeks

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Exclusive stories of homicide that show how detectives use dedication, community support, and detailed forensic work to solve murders.

How to Catch a Killer

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Iran and Israel were once friendly countries. The Islamic Revolution of 1979 shifted Tehran's ambitions to one side and their former allies to the other.

Israel/Iran/USA: The Long War

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At 21, Briton Gemma Barker invented and impersonated three different boys and, under these three separate guises, went on to seduce two teenage girls.

The Girl Who Became Three Boys

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At the end of the Cold War, the Russian Navy abruptly decommissioned 100 nuclear submarines, leaving behind a massive nuclear waste disposal problem.

The End of Red October: The Soviet Biohazard

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Secluded from the world for millions of years, New Zealand became the ultimate storehouse for zoological models.

Modern Dinosaurs

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European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst and his NASA colleague Reid Wiseman document six months in space at the International Space Station.

Zero Gravity: Life on the International Space Station

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Explore gripping stories of violence and injustice across Asia, including terrorists wielding power, Duterte’s drug war, and the Hong Kong protests.

Undercover Asia: Black Markets and Slave Trades

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The baboons of the Table Mountain region have become a real plague. The resident population is split into sympathetic protectors and fierce opponents.

Baboon Bandits

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The 1936 Olympics, originally intended to foster international comity, was twisted into a nationalistic celebration of supposed Aryan superiority.

Hitler's Olympics

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These feathered prodigies have very special skills! The keas in New Zealand and the New Caledonian crows face off in the ultimate avian I.Q. test.

Beak & Brain

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New Releases

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How far do the stars stretch into space? We've built giant telescopes to cast our gaze deep into the universe and reconstruct the course of history.

Is the Universe Infinite? 4K

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This drama-documentary series takes us back in time to some of the most shocking murder cases in history.

Murder Maps 4K

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Historian David Starkey takes us on an epic journey to understand the oldest surviving political institution in Europe. the British monarchy.

Monarchy with David Starkey

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This series of short documentaries explores the world’s most breathtaking landscapes, intriguing animal behavior, and encounters with native humans.

Fascinating Places

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This series provides new insights into the causes of the American conflict and the opposing politics between the Union and the Confederacy.

Civil War: The Untold Story

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The James Webb Space Telescope leads a massive search for an extraordinary chain of events that launched our universe at the brink of the cosmic dawn.

Search for the Cosmic Dawn: The James Webb Space Telescope

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Shot in what could be the cradle of civilization, this film takes us to a largely unknown archeological site captured on film for the first time.

Kurdistan: The Untold Story of Mesopotamia

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Five tiny tombstones are found in a village in Pampierstad, filled with children killed by their mother. This film reveals when love turns to hate.

A Mother's Madness

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Martina Cole examines the life and times of the most notorious female serial killers across history.

Lady Killers with Martina Cole

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Here is a fascinating look at the public and private lives of six key men who ruled ancient Rome: from Julius Caesar to Nero and Hadrian.

I, Caesar: The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire

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Wild Ones explores the wonders of animal behavior, including hunting techniques, defense mechanisms, courtship, and mating rituals.

Wild Ones 4K

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Venus became enshrouded in a toxic haze while Earth was draped in the greens and blues of life. Why did Earth live and Venus die?

Exploring Venus 4K

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Investigation on the disappearance of 18-year-old Trudie Adams in New South Wales, Australia, has slowed to a standstill for decades until now.

Who Killed Trudie Adams?

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Trace the epic story of a people shrouded in myth and fantastical tales, yet whose influence permeates modern culture, religion, and politics.

The Normans

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Professor Jim Al-Khalili investigates the influence of the quantum world, such as how quantum vibrations affect how things smell.

Secrets of Quantum Physics 4k

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This series explores ways the Bible, with its rich narratives, have shaped politics, culture, and the human experience through the ages. 

The Bible: A History 4K

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Travel through jungles, forests, mountains, deserts, and oceans to discover animals, their habitats, and the environment that sustains them.

World of the Wild

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This classic series looks at history's major warring civilizations and documents how they lived, fought, trained, died, and changed the world.

Ancient Warriors

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Real-life police investigations turn supernatural when crimes are solved thanks to high-tech devices and psychics' paranormal powers.

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