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The Fourth Estate
Paramount+
The Fourth Estate
Explore the process and progress of The New York Times and its journalists in covering the Trump administration. Through extraordinary access, on-the-scene filmmaking, and exclusive sit-down interviews, this documentary series illuminates critical issues facing journalism today – including the challenge to the bedrock concept of truth, the changing role of the media, and the Times’ response to President Trump’s war of words.
The Fourth Estate 2018
Movie Connections
Movie Connections
Documentary series looking at the stories behind the production of popular English films, showing how they tie in with the production of other movies through the actors or actresses.
Movie Connections 2007
Peter Jones Meets
Peter Jones Meets
Peter Jones, star of Dragons' Den, leaves his lair to meet some of Britain's top entrepreneurs, finding out how they made their millions and investigating whether there is a blueprint for success.
Peter Jones Meets 2013
Earnin' It: The NFL's Forward Progress
Earnin' It: The NFL's Forward Progress
From the football field to the front office, each season of America’s most popular sport features more women in prominent roles.
Earnin' It: The NFL's Forward Progress 2022
Neanderthal Apocalypse
Neanderthal Apocalypse
Neanderthal Apocalypse 2015
Na cestě
Na cestě
Na cestě 2006
World's Greatest Bridges
World's Greatest Bridges
Discover how and why the world’s most iconic bridges were built.
World's Greatest Bridges 2017
Hacked
Hacked
You are never alone. Your movements are constantly monitored, as are your choices and opinions. Everything is registered and monitored. How easy is it to take over your digital life? And how easy would it be for an attacker to take over companies and authorities in Sweden? The series Hackad is an experiment where hackers tricks their way into companies and take over their networks. We get to see how easy it is to follow every trace that a private person leaves behind and how easy it can be to make payments in someone else's name.
Hacked 2021
How Did They Build That?
Paramount+
How Did They Build That?
An exploration of how some of the world's biggest man-made structures were built.
How Did They Build That? 2021
Air Warriors
Paramount+
Air Warriors
They are the high-flying pride of the U.S. military, one-of-a-kind warriors that, over the decades, collectively revolutionized aerial warfare. Through rare, archival footage and compelling testimonies, meet the men and women who fly and maintain these Air Warriors and see how they've overcome incredible obstacles to rule the sky.
Air Warriors 2014
Nerds 2.0.1: A Brief History of the Internet
Nerds 2.0.1: A Brief History of the Internet
Nerds 2.0.1: A Brief History of the Internet is a 1998 three hour American PBS documentary film that explores the development of the Arpanet, the Internet, and the World Wide Web in the United States from 1969 to 1998. It was created during the dot-com boom of the late 1990s. The documentary was written and hosted by Robert X. Cringely and is the sequel to the 1996 documentary, Triumph of the Nerds.
Nerds 2.0.1: A Brief History of the Internet 1998
Rewind The 60s
Rewind The 60s
It is now fifty years since the start of the 1960s – ten years of change, innovation, excitement and creativity that revolutionised our lives. To celebrate this amazing decade, Lulu presents Rewind the 60s - five entertaining programmes that explore all aspects of the 1960s: from where we lived, to what we ate, to how we dressed, and what we listened to. With the help of some very special guests, Lulu shows us how that extraordinary decade transformed Britain and the world forever – and how much fun it was to live through.
Rewind The 60s 2010
1066: The Battle for Middle Earth
1066: The Battle for Middle Earth
In this blend of historical drama and original source material, the story of this decisive year is remagined, not from the saddles of kings and conquerors, but through the eyes of the ordinary men who fought on their behalf.
1066: The Battle for Middle Earth 2009
Ningaloo Nyinggulu
Ningaloo Nyinggulu
Science-based documentary about the extraordinary wonders of one of the last intact wild places left on Earth – Ningaloo, a refuge for thousands of species of wildlife unknown, extinct, or endangered elsewhere.
Ningaloo Nyinggulu 2023
Empire
Empire
Empire is a unique programme that reports on and debates global powers on behalf of an international citizen. It does so in a way whereby it questions those geopolitical, geoeconomic, corporate, and other forms of power that influence citizens across borders. Many of those are not held accountable by any one government or any one nation, and so looking at the world as the global village it has become - with its integrated societies - we try to answer the questions on the minds of many of our viewers: why and how does global power act, react? And how does it throw its weight around?
Empire 2009
Dr. Death: The Undoctored Story
Dr. Death: The Undoctored Story
A docuseries chronicling two doctors' attempts to stop Dr. Christopher Duntsch, a seemingly brilliant, charming and ambitious neurosurgeon who aimed his scalpel at the citizens of Texas and left many patients maimed, paralyzed or dead.
Dr. Death: The Undoctored Story 2021
The Case Against Cosby
The Case Against Cosby
Follow the harrowing journey for justice driven by the only survivor whose case could be tried in a court of law, Andrea Constand. Based on her memoir, 'The Moment: Standing Up to Cosby, Speaking Up for Women', The Case Against Cosby reveals the stories of the many who have finally been able to raise their claims publicly against the serial sexual predator and television icon, Bill Cosby.
The Case Against Cosby 2022
Ach, Europa!
Ach, Europa!
Ach, Europa! 2017
If We Built It Today
If We Built It Today
They are some of the world’s all-time greatest building projects. Most have stood the test of time, but with today’s technology, could they be duplicated and done better?
If We Built It Today 2019
Frank Hvam: Make Badminton Great Again
Frank Hvam: Make Badminton Great Again
Frank Hvam: Make Badminton Great Again 2022
Vinnie Jones: Russia's Toughest
Vinnie Jones: Russia's Toughest
Can Hollywood's hardest, Vinnie Jones, take on Russia's toughest jobs pitting himself against some of the wildest men and most extreme landscapes on earth? He's answering a personal life-long quest to find out why Russia is the toughest place on our planet to live, work and play. In this six part documentary series, Vinnie's challenge is to work, live and play alongside the men who hold down these jobs. Vinnie's punishing set of missions will span the biggest country in the world. Siberia alone is bigger than the USA, Alaska and Western Europe combined. It accounts for 1/12 of the world's entire landmass! On this vast stage, Vinnie will pit both brains and brawn against the following: Cowboys, Trawler Men, Rail Men, Bodyguards, Poacher Squad, Truckers.
Vinnie Jones: Russia's Toughest 2013
Seeking Brother Husband
Max
Seeking Brother Husband
Documenting the ups, downs and everything in between as polyandrous relationships navigate boundaries and life-changing decisions while working to add additional husbands to their families.
Seeking Brother Husband 2023
Unexplained
Unexplained
British show about possible x-files style stories.
Unexplained 2008
Australian Crime Stories
Prime Video
Australian Crime Stories
The stories behind what made and shaped the most notorious figures in Australian criminal history.
Australian Crime Stories 2010
Pentagon
Pentagon
The “Pentagon” is called an emergency house in Novouzensk, Saratov region, Russia, without heating and sewerage. For six months, Andrei Loshak and the film crew watched people who “do not live, but survive.” The documentary series “Pentagon” is a portrait of the poorest residents of Russia, who concluded an unspoken agreement with the state: you don't touch us, and we don't touch you. But then the war began...
Pentagon 2023
SEC Storied
SEC Storied
ESPN Films launched the SEC Storied documentary series in September 2011, presenting fans the opportunity to explore the rich athletic history of the Southeastern Conference. From extraordinary athletes and coaches to defining games and moments, the series has featured films that focus on the SEC's recent and more distant past, including one of the most-viewed documentaries in ESPN history.
SEC Storied 2011
Visions
Visions
Weekly anthology series of original dramas, often with period settings.
Visions 1976
Fighter Pilot: The Real Top Gun
Fighter Pilot: The Real Top Gun
This three-part documentary series follows a trio of fighter pilot recruits as they attempt to become the best of the best - to be selected to fly the RAF’s brand new F35 Lightning jet.
Fighter Pilot: The Real Top Gun 2019
The Hairy Bikers Go Local
The Hairy Bikers Go Local
The Hairy Bikers are back, this time with an important mission: to play matchmaker and bring together the best local restaurants with the most innovative local suppliers.
The Hairy Bikers Go Local 2023
Strange Days on Planet Earth
Strange Days on Planet Earth
Strange Days on Planet Earth is a four-part television program on PBS concerning human impact on the environment. It is narrated by Edward Norton. The show was produced by Sea Studios Foundation. Strange Days on Planet Earth grew into an ongoing partnership with the National Geographic Society to bring focus on our personal connection to the planet’s life systems. The series were broadcast on PBS to over 12 million viewers in the U.S. and millions more in Europe, Latin America, Australia, and New Zealand. In 2007–2008, the Strange Days initiative focused on the global issues acing the ocean, under the name Strange Days Ocean.
Strange Days on Planet Earth 2005
The Queen
The Queen
The Queen was a 2009 British drama-documentary showing Queen Elizabeth II at different points during her life. Broadcast on Channel 4 over five consecutive nights from 29 November 2009, the Queen was portrayed by a different actress in each episode. The Queen was portrayed by Emilia Fox, Samantha Bond, Susan Jameson, Barbara Flynn and Diana Quick. Katie McGrath played Princess Margaret in the first episode and Lesley Manville played Margaret Thatcher in the third episode. The series was co-funded by the American Broadcasting Company, the network which aired the series in the US. This reunited Emilia Fox and Katie McGrath who had played sisters in BBC One's Merlin.
The Queen 2009
Surviving Death
Netflix
Surviving Death
What happens after we die? This docuseries explores personal stories and research on near-death experiences, reincarnation and paranormal phenomena.
Surviving Death 2021
Crash Course Black American History
Crash Course Black American History
Over the course of 50 episodes, we're going to learn about Black American History. Clint Smith will to teach you about the experience of Black people in America, from the arrival of the first enslaved Black people who arrived at Jamestown all the way to the Black Lives Matter movement.
Crash Course Black American History 2021
Laughing on the Inside
Prime Video
Laughing on the Inside
This docuseries shows comedian Sofía Niño de Rivera leading comedy workshops for people incarcerated in Mexico City’s prison system. A moving and unique social experiment, this project follows members of three distinct prison populations as they learn to transform their trauma into five-minute stand-up routines.
Laughing on the Inside 2023
Lady Tamara
Netflix
Lady Tamara
The glamorous life of socialite Tamara Falcó takes center stage in this reality series as she balances work, play and her famous family.
Lady Tamara 2022
Police: Hour of Duty
Police: Hour of Duty
Real-time documentary following police officers on duty between 9pm and 10pm.
Police: Hour of Duty 2020
Langs de Maas
Langs de Maas
Langs de Maas 2021
Face à soi
Face à soi
Face à soi 2018
Mighty Cruise Ships
Paramount+
Mighty Cruise Ships
A spin-off of the hugely successful Mighty Ships series, Mighty Cruise Ships documents the most dynamic passenger vessels in the world en route to unbelievably glorious paradise hotspots.
Mighty Cruise Ships 2014
Stolen Youth: Inside the Cult at Sarah Lawrence
HULU
Stolen Youth: Inside the Cult at Sarah Lawrence
A group of bright Sarah Lawrence College students fall under the dark influence of a friend's father, Larry Ray. With unprecedented access to the survivors who lived with Ray, the series follows the cult from its origins through its still-unfolding aftermath.
Stolen Youth: Inside the Cult at Sarah Lawrence 2023