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- StarsDavid AttenboroughSimon BlakeneyBill RudolphAfrica, the world's wildest continent. David Attenborough takes us on an awe-inspiring journey through one of the most diverse places in the world. We visit deserts, savannas, and jungles and meet up with some of Africa's amazing wildlife.
- StarsJohn Kenneth GalbraithPat StarrBill ReimboldA look at the problems in industrial society in the light of economic factors.
- StarsAdam CurtisStewart BrandAl GoreA series of films about how humans have been colonized by the machines we have built. Although we don't realize it, the way we see everything in the world today is through the eyes of the computers.
- StarsBruce ParryDudu GomesMatt BrandonIn his style as participating anthropological observer, fit and flexible British army-vet Bruce Parry travels along the vast Amazon, trough several South American states. He meets tribal people, 'ordinary' locals, people from (often foreign) exploiting firms, even drug traders, rebels and soldiers chasing those.
- StarsDavid AttenboroughBarry PaineJohn ShrapnelStrand of documentaries on wildlife and the environment.
- StarsAlistair CookeAn account of the birth and development of the United States.
- Andes to Amazon is an exploration of the exciting, diverse and unique wildlife that inhabits the dramatic landscapes of the vast South American continent. It's a land of great extremes, stretching from the Antarctic to the Equator. It has the planet's greatest river system, longest mountain chain, biggest and richest rainforest and driest desert. Using the latest camera techniques, including infrared night-vision cameras, rarely seen animals are revealed, whilst a specialist aerial cameraman soars over the continent, revealing an entirely new perspective on its varied and dramatic landscape.
- DirectorNicolas BrownStephen CooterStarsDavid AttenboroughSir David Attenborough undertakes a personal journey to discover how global warming is changing the planet. The Truth About Climate Change is a two part documentary presented by him asking the question: What is the future for our world?
- CreatorJules VerneStarsMichael PalinBasil PaoChris CollinsMichael Palin attempts to copy the exploits of fictional character Phileas Fogg, by trying to travel around the world (without flying) in 80 days.
- StarsMonty DonMr. WeiRobeiro DiazIn this stunning series, Monty Don sets off on an enchanting journey to visit 80 of the world's most celebrated gardens, from ancient to modern, large to small, and grand to humble.
- StarsCillian MurphyRenée GodfreyColin FoordIn this landmark series, the BBC Natural History Unit explores a vast ocean that stretches nearly 10,000 miles, from Arctic to Antarctic and from sun-drenched tropical reefs to crushing abyssal depths.
- StarsDavid AttenboroughGavin ThurstonTim FoggOver 80% of Madagascar's animals and plants are found nowhere else on Earth. Discover what made Madagascar so different from the rest of the world, and how evolution ran wild there.
- DirectorPaul ReddishStarsDavid AttenboroughDavid Attenborough travels to the forests of Papua New Guinea, where 38 of the 42 kinds of bird of paradise are found.
- StarsDavid AttenboroughOver three very personal films, Sir David Attenborough looks back at the unparalleled changes in natural history that he has witnessed during his 60-year career.
- StarsDavid AttenboroughLakshmiJeff TurnerOccasional series of one-off documentaries, each examining the lifestyle of a particular animal.
- StarsSimon KingJonathan ScottSaba Douglas-HamiltonCome along on an adventure with Jonathan Scott, Simon King, and other professionals and camera crews as they journey through the Masai Mara game park in Kenya, Africa. In their travels they follow many different families and prides of animals, mainly focusing on a few different lion prides, leopards, and cheetahs, stunning males, aggressive yet loving females, and cute cubs too!
- StarsBilly ConnollyWendy WhiteleyJohannes O'RindaBilly Connolly's World Tour of Australia is the second in a line of 'world tours' that follow comedian Billy Connolly on his various travels across the globe.
- StarsBilly ConnollyEntertaining travelogue of England, Ireland and Wales presented by Billy Connolly, also includes clips from his popular stand-up performances on tour.
- StarsBilly Connolly
- DirectorAdam CurtisStarsGeorge BushGeorge W. BushJoanne HerringAn experimental documentary that explores Saudi Arabia's relationship with the U.S. and the role this has played in the war in Afghanistan.
- StarsDavid AttenboroughLaurie BraggeIn his now well-known role of narrator of wildlife expeditions, Attenborough accompanies a government-sponsored trek into the central New Guinea highlands to make contact with a group of natives never before seen by Europeans.
- StarsDavid AttenboroughPeter DrostRoger MunnsDavid Attenborough returns to the world's oceans in this sequel to the acclaimed documentary filming rare and unusual creatures of the deep, as well as documenting the problems our oceans face.
- StarsDavid AttenboroughPierce BrosnanPeter ScoonesMammoth series, five years in the making, taking a look at the rich tapestry of life in the world's oceans.
- StarsDavid AttenboroughStrand of documentaries on wildlife and the environment.
- StarsAndrew MarrA documentary series in which broadcaster Andrew Marr journeys across Britain, revealing the habits, rhythms and secrets of British life, visible only from a bird's-eye view.
- StarsRichard WilsonChristopher SladePeter RandallRichard Wilson drives a selection of cars from the 1950s on scenic drives of the UK which were recommended in 1950s guidebooks.
- StarsCaroline CatzCharting life on board the Royal Navy's new aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth as she is taken to sea for the first time on sea trials that test ship and crew to the limit.
- StarsAlan TitchmarshThis is a compelling 8 part documentary that examines the evolution of the British Isles - its landscape and wildlife that have evolved through climatic, geological and human change.
- StarsCharley BoormanRuss MalkinPaul MungeamCharley Boorman travels from Ireland to Australia by local means of transport. After several training courses and some minor route alterations, the three team members are ready.
- StarsAdam CurtisLove, power, money, ghosts of empire, conspiracies, artificial intelligence and You. An emotional history of the modern world by Adam Curtis.
- StarsQuentin WillsonCarroll ShelbyGordon MurrayA nostalgic look at a popular make of car no longer in production.
- StarsDavid AttenboroughDavid Attenborough explores Charles Darwin's controversial theory of evolution by natural selection.
- DirectorGeoffrey O'ConnorStarsLouis TherouxBritish documentarian Louis Theroux examines the toll meth has taken on several addicts in Fresno, California.
- StarsJeremy ClarksonCharles DaleBob BarrettJeremy Clarkson covers various topics of cars, from the hot hatchback to the British sports car, in an educational format.
- DirectorSerena DaviesStarsDavid AttenboroughGreta ThunbergMichael E. MannDavid Attenborough takes a stark look at the facts surrounding climate change in today's world, detailing the dangers we are already having to deal with and future threats, but also the possibilities for prevention and radical political, social and cultural change.
- StarsClive JamesMariana de MoraesFrançoise SaganA travel program originally broadcast on BBC, and later transferring to ITV.
- StarsNicholas CraneNeil OliverMark HortonThe story of the coastline of the UK and her near neighbours.
- DirectorBrian LeithStarsJohn LynchThree part documentary series looking at the natural history of the Congo.
- StarsSean Pertwee
- StarsSimon ReeveFor most people the equator is just an imaginary line running 25,000-miles around the globe. But the countries along the equator are among the most troubled on the planet. In this new series Simon takes a journey around the region with the greatest natural biodiversity and perhaps the greatest concentration of human suffering: the equator. In Equator Simon meets illegal loggers, father and son circumcisers, drunk villagers, and a young woman stuck in the baking desert. Simon and the Equator film-crew are protected by soldiers in a coca field, and UN 'peace-enforcers' in a gold mine. They are blackmailed and abandoned by drivers in one country, and travel through another that has just 300 miles of paved roads - despite being the size of Western Europe. Simon is drenched while white-water rafting, surrounded by a million flamingos and swallowed by a tidal wave. After being warned about the deadly virus Ebola, Simon vomits blood and develops a temperature of nearly 40C. Diagnosed with malaria, he's saved by medicine derived from the Vietnamese sweet wormwood. One remote tribe takes Simon to their sacred monument, while a father from another tribe of former head-hunters decides to make Simon part of the family. After presenting his 'father' with a fine pair of trousers, Simon is blessed with blood, presented with a short sword, and adopted. Simon discovers a matrilineal society where daughters are called 'iron butterflies', mass graves in the jungle, and islands where protesting fisherman have killed giant tortoises. He helps an orphaned orangutan into a tree, swims with sea-lions, fishes for piranha, climbs the equivalent of half-way up Everest, and discovers the city thought to be most at risk from volcanic eruptions. Simon's trip takes him through the nation suffering the worst humanitarian crisis in the Western hemisphere, and the African country that's endured the most violent conflict on the planet since the Second World War
- StarsDavid HarewoodAdolpheFidel MillCameras follow the amazing wildlife and human castaways found on three of the world's most exotic tropical islands. Narrated by David Harewood.
- StarsDomhnall GleesonThis series shows how life survives in some of the fastest changing environments across the World
- StarsDavid AttenboroughJohn BrownSophie DarlingtonA nature documentary series on five vulnerable or endangered species known to form enduring populations: chimpanzee, emperor penguin, lion, tiger and African wild dog.
- StarsDavid AttenboroughSir David Attenborough reviews the history of mankind's relationship with the natural world in the lands around the Mediterranean.
- StarsDavid AttenboroughJustin MarshallJean-Bernard CaronDavid Attenborough goes back in time to investigate the origins of life.
- StarsBrian CoxThomas M. IliffeDoug AllanProfessor Brian Cox combines some of the most spectacular sights on Earth with our deepest understanding of the universe to reveal how the planet's beauty is created by just a handful of forces.
- StarsFrankie BoyleGrant MorrisonElaine C. SmithFrankie Boyle explores and documents where Scotland's really at in 2019.
- StarsDavid AttenboroughAlec BaldwinChadden HunterFocuses on life and the environment in both the Arctic and Antarctic.
- StarsStephen FryBrian BlessedSteven PinkerFry's Planet Word sees Stephen Fry finding out more about linguistic achievements and how our skills for the spoken word have changed. He dissects language in many of its guises.
- StarsMichael PalinRob HehnlinMichael Palin embarks on another epic journey of exploration and adventure, this time 15,000 miles through 18 countries around the Pacific rim.
- StarsTilda SwintonRichard WollocombeTom HiddlestonThe history of these beautiful Islands from their creation as uprising lava to their being studied by Darwin to their modern day inhabitants.
- StarsMichael PortilloElizabeth WelchDavid RambowMichael Portillo crosses the Atlantic to ride the railroads of America, armed with Appleton's General Guide to the United States.
- StarsMichael PortilloMichael Portillo travels around South-east Asia, guided by his 1913 Bradshaw's Handbook on a 2,500-mile railway adventure across six countries.
- StarsMichael PortilloThe length and breadth of Australia is travelled and explored by Michael Portillo by way of his beloved mode of transport - trains.
- StarsMonty HallsDan NachtrabKarl StefanovicMonty Halls explores Australia's Great Barrier Reef, one of the natural wonders of the world and the largest living structure on our planet. Monty explores its full 2000-kilometre length, from the wild outer reefs of the Coral Sea to the tangled mangrove and steaming rainforest on the shoreline; from large mountainous islands to tiny coral cays barely above sea level; from the dark depths of the abyss beyond the reef to colourful coral gardens of the shallows.
- StarsMichael PortilloAlex HutchinsonLindsay SuttonMichael Portillo travels along the railway networks of Great Britain and Ireland, referring to a Victorian guidebook written by George Bradshaw as he describes how the destinations have changed.
- StarsMichael PortilloPaul RaffertyKenneth LettsMichael Portillo travels across the European continent with his handy Bradshaw guide book. Looking at history and trying 21st century things that changed since before The Great War...
- StarsMichael PalinNatalia MakarovaVictoria WoodA series presenting various railway adventures from around the world.
- StarsMichael PalinThe Dalai LamaMichael Palin travels the Himalaya mountain region.
- DirectorHarvey LilleyStarsBernard HillAlfred AndersonJim Anderson
- StarsLes KeenJimmy DohertyMichaela FurneyDocumentary series following Essex boy Jimmy Doherty as he sets up his own pig farm in Suffolk despite having no farming experience.
- StarsJonathan RossHayao MiyazakiHideaki AnnoA six-part TV series focusing on Japanese films, TV shows, anime, manga & culture, hosted by Jonathan Ross. Interviews include those with Lone Wolf and Cub comic writer Kazuo Koike, director Takeshi Miike, and many more. Jonathan Ross visits the set of the current Ultraman TV series, allows two former Godzilla actors to stomp model buildings, and speaks with Japan's top animators. Clips include those from Ringu, Spirited Away, Audition, Godzilla pics, some of Akira Kurosawa's films, Babycart movies and many more. Manga artist Junko Mizuno, who is interviewed, provides cartoon characters that are used throughout the series.
- StarsMichelle DockeryPeter DrostGraham MacFarlaneStunning 3-part BBC documentary about the natural world and wildlife of Japan's islands: Honshu, Hokkaido and the Southernmost Islands.
- StarsJames MayJames May gives a scientific explanation to - well just about everything; from human evolution and functions, meteorology, chemistry, physics, and so many other subjects.
- StarsJames MayPaul CzaplickiJames May looks at every form of cars for the masses, their origins and their effect on history.
- StarsJames MayJames May reassembles miscellaneous objects which have been stripped down to their constituent parts, gaining an insight into their intricacies and the way in which they were designed and built.