As the world's first national park, Yellowstone has long served as a model for the protection of wilderness around the world. For Americans it has become a source of great national pride, not least because it encapsulates all our popular notions of what a wilderness should be - vast, uninhabited, with spectacular scenery and teeming with wildlife.
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- Biology
- Environmental Studies
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- English subtitles
- 60
As the world's first national park, Yellowstone has long served as a model for the protection of wilderness around the world. For Americans it has become a source of great national pride, not least because it encapsulates all our popular notions of what a wilderness should be - vast, uninhabited, with spectacular scenery and teeming with wildlife.
The Amazon rainforest is the epitome of a last great wilderness under threat from modern man. It has become an international cause celebre for environmentalists as powerful agricultural and industrial interests bent on felling trees encroach ever deeper into virgin forest. But the latest evidence suggests that the Amazon is not what it seems.
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- Biology
- Environmental Studies
- TV-Recordings
- English subtitles
- 60
The Amazon rainforest is the epitome of a last great wilderness under threat from modern man. It has become an international cause celebre for environmentalists as powerful agricultural and industrial interests bent on felling trees encroach ever deeper into virgin forest. But the latest evidence suggests that the Amazon is not what it seems.
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Unreported World 2009 - Liberia: Stolen Childhood
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Channel Four
Unreported World reveals how Liberia is facing a child rape crisis.Six years after the end of a brutal civil war in which rape was routinely used as a weapon, children still face the daily fear of being attacked, and the West African country's hospitals are overwhelmed with child victims, a quarter of them under four years old.
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- History
- TV-Recordings
- English subtitles
- 24
Unreported World reveals how Liberia is facing a child rape crisis.Six years after the end of a brutal civil war in which rape was routinely used as a weapon, children still face the daily fear of being attacked, and the West African country's hospitals are overwhelmed with child victims, a quarter of them under four years old.
This Unreported World comes from Sierra Leone where, ten years after one of the most brutal conflicts in recent history, thousands have been left severely traumatised. Reporter Seyi Rhodes and director George Waldrum find that the population, which has witnessed rape, torture and public executions, is served by just one psychiatrist.
- TV-Recordings
- Politics & Public Policy
- TV-Recordings
- English subtitles
- 25
This Unreported World comes from Sierra Leone where, ten years after one of the most brutal conflicts in recent history, thousands have been left severely traumatised. Reporter Seyi Rhodes and director George Waldrum find that the population, which has witnessed rape, torture and public executions, is served by just one psychiatrist.
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Uprising
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Steve McQeen
1981: a devastating fire leaves 13 black teens dead. The protests, unrest and accusations of indifference defined race relations for a generation. From director Steve McQueen.
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- English subtitles
- 177
1981: a devastating fire leaves 13 black teens dead. The protests, unrest and accusations of indifference defined race relations for a generation. From director Steve McQueen.
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Uprising - Episode 1 - Fire
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Steve McQeen
The story of the New Cross house fire of 1981, in which 13 young black British people died, and how its aftermath ignited an uprising by the black British community.
- TV-Recordings
- English subtitles
- 59
The story of the New Cross house fire of 1981, in which 13 young black British people died, and how its aftermath ignited an uprising by the black British community.
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Uprising - Episode 2 - Blame
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Steve McQeen
The story of the aftermath of the New Cross fire and the run up to the Black People’s Day of Action, a mass demonstration organised to bring the tragedy to the attention of the nation.
- TV-Recordings
- English subtitles
- 59
The story of the aftermath of the New Cross fire and the run up to the Black People’s Day of Action, a mass demonstration organised to bring the tragedy to the attention of the nation.
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Uprising - Episode 3 - The Front Line
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Steve McQeen
How tensions between the black community and the police boiled over into some of the biggest riots in British history, from Brixton to Toxteth, while the cause of the New Cross fire remained unknown.
- TV-Recordings
- English subtitles
- 59
How tensions between the black community and the police boiled over into some of the biggest riots in British history, from Brixton to Toxteth, while the cause of the New Cross fire remained unknown.
This is the definitive and fully-authorised documentary of the highs and lows of the UK's most inspired and dissolute independent record label - Creation Records.
- TV-Recordings
- Music
- Other
- TV-Recordings
- No subtitles
- 90
This is the definitive and fully-authorised documentary of the highs and lows of the UK's most inspired and dissolute independent record label - Creation Records.
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Usain Bolt: The Fastest Man Who Has Ever Lived
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Stephen Lyle
Usain Bolt is the fastest man on the planet and a sportsman like no other. But what makes him so much faster than any other man in the history of the human race?
- TV-Recordings
- Biology
- Sport
- TV-Recordings
- English subtitles
- 60
Usain Bolt is the fastest man on the planet and a sportsman like no other. But what makes him so much faster than any other man in the history of the human race?
Documentary series charting the evolution of pop from Tin Pan Alley to today's billion-dollar industry.It begins by tracing the roots of pop in the meeting of two cultures: Jewish and African-American.
- TV-Recordings
- Music
- Other
- TV-Recordings
- English subtitles
- 60
Documentary series charting the evolution of pop from Tin Pan Alley to today's billion-dollar industry.It begins by tracing the roots of pop in the meeting of two cultures: Jewish and African-American.
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Walking with Dinosaurs - Episode 01: New Blood
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Tim Haines, Jasper James
About 20 million years before the appearance of the first dinosaurs, the biggest extinction the world had ever known had occurred. Towards the end of the Triassic, 220 million years ago, there was another extinction, which wiped out many of the non-dinosaurs including the dicynodonts such as Placerias and primitive archosaurs such as Postosuchus. It was after this that dinosaurs really started to radiate and diversify.
- TV-Recordings
- Biology
- TV-Recordings
- No subtitles
- 27
About 20 million years before the appearance of the first dinosaurs, the biggest extinction the world had ever known had occurred. Towards the end of the Triassic, 220 million years ago, there was another extinction, which wiped out many of the non-dinosaurs including the dicynodonts such as Placerias and primitive archosaurs such as Postosuchus. It was after this that dinosaurs really started to radiate and diversify.
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Walking with Dinosaurs - Episode 02: Time of the Titans
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Tim Haines, Jasper James
The earliest dinosaurs were pretty small. Eoraptor was only about 1 m long. However the plant-eating prosauropod, Plateosaurus, that appeared at the end of the Triassic period, was a harbinger of things to come.
- TV-Recordings
- Biology
- TV-Recordings
- No subtitles
- 27
The earliest dinosaurs were pretty small. Eoraptor was only about 1 m long. However the plant-eating prosauropod, Plateosaurus, that appeared at the end of the Triassic period, was a harbinger of things to come.
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Walking with Dinosaurs - Episode 03: Cruel Sea
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Tim Haines, Jasper James
While dinosaurs were ruling on land, the sea was the dominion of an entirely different group of animals: the marine reptiles. The programme concentrates on these amazing creatures that were every bit as awesome as their counterparts on land.
- TV-Recordings
- Biology
- TV-Recordings
- No subtitles
- 27
While dinosaurs were ruling on land, the sea was the dominion of an entirely different group of animals: the marine reptiles. The programme concentrates on these amazing creatures that were every bit as awesome as their counterparts on land.
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Walking with Dinosaurs - Episode 04: Giant of the Skies
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Tim Haines, Jasper James
This episode is set in the early Cretaceous, a time when the world’s continents were breaking apart. It follows an enormous journey made by a giant pterosaur and many different geographical regions are covered in the programme.
- TV-Recordings
- Biology
- TV-Recordings
- No subtitles
- 27
This episode is set in the early Cretaceous, a time when the world’s continents were breaking apart. It follows an enormous journey made by a giant pterosaur and many different geographical regions are covered in the programme.
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War Horse: The Real Story
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Channel 4
The extraordinary and deeply moving story of the million British horses that served in World War I
- TV-Recordings
- History
- TV-Recordings
- No subtitles
- 47
The extraordinary and deeply moving story of the million British horses that served in World War I
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What Darwin Didn't Know
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Armand Leroi
Documentary which tells the story of evolution theory since Darwin postulated it in 1859 in 'On the Origin of Species'.
- TV-Recordings
- Biology
- TV-Recordings
- No subtitles
- 88
Documentary which tells the story of evolution theory since Darwin postulated it in 1859 in 'On the Origin of Species'.
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What's Going On: The Life and Death of Marvin Gaye
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Jeremy Marre
Marvin Gaye is one of the great and enduring figures of soul music, but his life was one of sexual confusion, bittersweet success and ultimately death by the hand of his own father.
- TV-Recordings
- Music
- TV-Recordings
- No subtitles
- 60
Marvin Gaye is one of the great and enduring figures of soul music, but his life was one of sexual confusion, bittersweet success and ultimately death by the hand of his own father.
Between the mid 1960s and the late 1970s, the long-playing record and the albums that graced its grooves changed popular music for ever. For the first time, musicians could escape the confines of the three-minute pop single and express themselves as never before across the expanded artistic canvas of the album.
- TV-Recordings
- Music
- TV-Recordings
- No subtitles
- 90
Between the mid 1960s and the late 1970s, the long-playing record and the albums that graced its grooves changed popular music for ever. For the first time, musicians could escape the confines of the three-minute pop single and express themselves as never before across the expanded artistic canvas of the album.
Documentary telling the unexpected story of how arguably the greatest work of English prose ever written, the King James Bible, came into being.
- TV-Recordings
- Literature Books
- TV-Recordings
- English subtitles
- 60
Documentary telling the unexpected story of how arguably the greatest work of English prose ever written, the King James Bible, came into being.
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Which Side Are You On?
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Ken Loach
Ken Loach presents his moving film which looks at the songs and poems inspired by the strike produced by the likes of striking miners, their friends, family and supporters
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- Literature Books
- Politics & Public Policy
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- English subtitles
- 55
Ken Loach presents his moving film which looks at the songs and poems inspired by the strike produced by the likes of striking miners, their friends, family and supporters
Classicist Dr Michael Scott uncovers the strange, alien world of the ancient Greeks, exploring the lives of the people who gave us democracy, architecture, philosophy, language, literature and sport.
- TV-Recordings
- Classical Civilisation
- English subtitles
- 60
Classicist Dr Michael Scott uncovers the strange, alien world of the ancient Greeks, exploring the lives of the people who gave us democracy, architecture, philosophy, language, literature and sport.
Classicist Dr Michael Scott, explores the legacies of the Ancient Greeks, what they have given us today, and asks why these legacies have lasted through time.
- TV-Recordings
- Classical Civilisation
- English subtitles
- 60
Classicist Dr Michael Scott, explores the legacies of the Ancient Greeks, what they have given us today, and asks why these legacies have lasted through time.
Documentary taking an in-depth, behind-the-scenes look at 30 years of Bob Geldof and Bono's campaign against poverty.
- TV-Recordings
- Politics & Public Policy
- TV-Recordings
- No subtitles
- 60
Documentary taking an in-depth, behind-the-scenes look at 30 years of Bob Geldof and Bono's campaign against poverty.
Do we know what poverty is? Throughout human existence, the poor have always been with us. Beginning with the Neolithic age, Ben Lewis's funny and sinister animated odyssey takes us through the changing image of poverty - helping us define what poverty looks like today and question whether it is inevitable.
- TV-Recordings
- Politics & Public Policy
- TV-Recordings
- No subtitles
- 60
Do we know what poverty is? Throughout human existence, the poor have always been with us. Beginning with the Neolithic age, Ben Lewis's funny and sinister animated odyssey takes us through the changing image of poverty - helping us define what poverty looks like today and question whether it is inevitable.
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Why the Industrial Revolution Happened Here
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Michael Tuft
Professor Jeremy Black explains the unique economic, social and political factors that helped Britain transform itself almost entirely by the 19th century.
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- English subtitles
- 58
Professor Jeremy Black explains the unique economic, social and political factors that helped Britain transform itself almost entirely by the 19th century.
Professor Jeremy Black examines one of the most extraordinary periods in British history: the Industrial Revolution. He explains the unique economic, social and political conditions that by the 19th century, led to Britain becoming the richest, most powerful nation on Earth. It was a time that transformed the way people think, work and play forever.
- TV-Recordings
- Engineering
- History
- TV-Recordings
- No subtitles
- 60
Professor Jeremy Black examines one of the most extraordinary periods in British history: the Industrial Revolution. He explains the unique economic, social and political conditions that by the 19th century, led to Britain becoming the richest, most powerful nation on Earth. It was a time that transformed the way people think, work and play forever.
China is a vast country with an astonishingly diverse landscape. Through unprecedented access, this six-part series reveals the little-known natural treasures and secret wildlife havens of China's wildest regions.
- TV-Recordings
- Biology
- Geography
- TV-Recordings
- No subtitles
- 59
China is a vast country with an astonishingly diverse landscape. Through unprecedented access, this six-part series reveals the little-known natural treasures and secret wildlife havens of China's wildest regions.
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Windscale: Britain's Biggest Nuclear Disaster
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Caroline Catz
A film revealing how political ambition fuelled the Windscale fire of 1957 and then dictated that the heroes of Windscale be made the scapegoats
- TV-Recordings
- History
- TV-Recordings
- No subtitles
- 90
A film revealing how political ambition fuelled the Windscale fire of 1957 and then dictated that the heroes of Windscale be made the scapegoats
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Women
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Vanessa Engle
Documentary series about feminism and its impact on women's lives from acclaimed filmmaker Vanessa Engle
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- English subtitles
- 180
Documentary series about feminism and its impact on women's lives from acclaimed filmmaker Vanessa Engle