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A decade ago, scientists announced that they had produced the first draft of the human genome, the 3.6 billion letters of our genetic code. It was seen as one of the greatest scientific achievements of our age, a breakthrough that would usher in a ne > read more

Hitler’s Private World

Published on 2011-05-13 15:26:35

When Adolf Hitler bought Eva Braun a movie camera, to film the people and parties which occurred at their Bavarian retreat, the technology to include synchronized sound had not yet been developed. So when soldiers discovered Hitler’s private hom > read more

Louis, Martin and Michael

Published on 2011-05-13 15:26:35

After losing out to Martin Bashir for an opportunity to produce an official Michael Jackson documentary, Louis Theroux tries his best to obtain an interview with Michael, but cannot. In the process, we get to see Louis meet with Uri Geller and Michae > read more

Being Different

Published on 2011-05-13 15:26:35

A tribute to the spirit and humanity of people who are physically different from the average: very tall and very large men and women, a bearded woman and her long-time husband, Siamese twins joined at the midsection, and several little people includi > read more

The Cromwell Street Killings

Published on 2011-05-13 15:26:35

Rosemary and her husband Fred West, were accused of murdering 10 female victims over a 20 year period ending in 1987. They took great joy in luring away vulnerable runaways with offers of rides, lodging or jobs as nannies. Once in their clutches insi > read more

Louis, Martin and Michael

Published on 2011-05-12 03:34:00

Hitler’s Private World

Published on 2011-05-12 03:29:00

Being Different

Published on 2011-05-12 03:12:00

Horizon: Miracle Cure? A Decade of the Human Genome

Published on 2011-05-12 03:09:00

The Cromwell Street Killings

Published on 2011-05-12 03:06:00

Animal Passions

Published on 2011-05-06 23:56:15

A British documentary on zoophilia presenting various personal, religious, psychological, and sociological views on the phenomenon of sexual relations between humans and other animals. Watch The Full Documentary Now (playlist) > read more

Animal Passions

Published on 2011-05-06 23:56:00

Bloomberg Game Changers: Steve Jobs

Published on 2011-05-06 23:51:41

Through interviews with friends, former colleagues and business associates, Game Changers reveals the many layers of the intensely private Steve Jobs – his style of leadership, management and creative process. Interviews include Apple co-founder > read more

Bloomberg Game Changers: Steve Jobs

Published on 2011-05-06 23:51:00

Tribal Wives

Published on 2011-05-06 23:48:22

40-year-old Michelle Frost from London is travelling to northern Mexico to stay with the Raramuri, an ancient tribe who live perched on the edge of the spectacular Copper Canyon. Although bright, bubbly and self-assured on the surface, Michelle su > read more

Tribal Wives

Published on 2011-05-06 23:48:00

Colosseum – A Gladiator’s Story

Published on 2011-05-06 23:44:45

Colosseum: A Gladiator’s Story travels back in time to the brutality and glamor of ancient Rome, to shed light on the true manner in which gladiators fought and trained. Throughout the special, historical facts about gladiators and the Colosseum ar > read more

Colosseum – A Gladiator’s Story

Published on 2011-05-06 23:40:00

BP: $30 Billion Blowout

Published on 2011-05-04 04:38:15

The Money Programme team presents an inside account of the BP oil spill. Features a host of interviews with key industry insiders, including world exclusives with Bob Dudley, the new Head of BP and Tony Hayward, his predecessor. Watch The Full Docum > read more

BP: $30 Billion Blowout

Published on 2011-05-04 04:38:00

The Strange New World of Nanoscience

Published on 2011-05-04 04:35:00

Where and what is nano? How will it shape our future? Nanoscience is the study of phenomena and manipulation of materials at the nanoscale, where properties differ significantly from those at a larger scale. The strange world of nanoscience – it > read more

The Net

Published on 2011-05-04 04:32:00

More of a film essay – of the type pioneered by Orson Welles and Chris Marker – than a standard documentary, The Net: (The Unabomber, the LSD and the Internet) begins with the typical format and structure of a nonfiction film, and a single subjec > read more

Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media

Published on 2011-05-04 04:29:00

The classic Canadian documentary Manufacturing Consent based on the Noam Chomsky/Edward Herman book by the same name. Explores the the propaganda model of the media. This film showcases Noam Chomsky, one of America’s leading linguists and politica > read more

What Remains: The Life and Work of Sally Mann

Published on 2011-05-04 04:26:00

As one of the world’s preeminent photographers, Sally Mann creates artwork that challenges viewers’ values and moral attitudes. Described by Time magazine as “America’s greatest photographer,” she first came to international prominence in 1 > read more

Ai Weiwei: Without Fear or Favour

Published on 2011-05-04 04:20:00

Architect, photographer, curator and blogger, Ai Weiwei is China’s most famous and politically outspoken contemporary artist. As Ai Weiwei’s latest work is unveiled in the Turbine Hall at Tate Modern, Alan Yentob reveals how this most courageous > read more

Did Cooking Make Us Human?

Published on 2011-05-04 04:17:00

We are the only species on earth that cooks its food – and we are also the smartest species on the planet. The question is: do we cook because we’re clever and imaginative, or are we clever and imaginative because our ancestors discovered cooking > read more

Last Hippie Standing

Published on 2011-05-04 04:14:00

Redefining social norms the early Hippies of the 60′s sowed the seed of Goa Trance Dance from which has mushroomed this amazing vibe of Oneness enveloping the entire planet now. This is a beautiful documentary on the Goan Hippie Heaven Era and what > read more

Worse Than War

Published on 2011-05-02 10:54:00

“By the most fundamental measure — the number of people killed — the perpetrators of mass murder since the beginning of the twentieth century have taken the lives of more people than have died in military conflict. So genocide is worse than war > read more

Laughing With Hitler

Published on 2011-05-02 10:50:00

This documentary looks at the clampdown on satire and other undesirable comedians as the Third Reich grew in power. The plight of specific groups (or “art”) tends to get lost in the scale of the much bigger human cost of WWII. However here the fi > read more

The Cult of the Suicide Bomber

Published on 2011-05-02 10:44:00

Presented by former CIA Operative, Robert Baer (George Clooney’s character from Syriana) returns to a former theatre of operations, the Middle East, to trace the origins of the modern day suicide bomber. A two-part series, which focuses on issues > read more

Voices From The Grave

Published on 2011-05-02 10:24:00

A compelling documentary tells the story of the Irish Troubles through the unflinching testimony of two men who were on opposite sides of that bloody conflict, the Provisional IRA’s Brendan Hughes, who was the Commander of the Belfast Brigade & Dav > read more

Sufi Soul: The Mystic Music of Islam

Published on 2011-05-02 10:19:00

With a dogmatic and fundamentalist view of Muslims increasingly predominant in the Western media, there has never been a more important time to show an alternative view of Islam. Sufism is the mystical dimension of Islam that preaches peace, toleranc > read more

Amish: World’s Squarest Teenagers

Published on 2011-05-02 10:15:00

The five Amish teenagers – Jerry, Andrew, Leah, Becky and Leon – bid an emotional farewell to their loved ones, as leaving their closed community for the very first time hits home. Their first challenge is getting to the UK: how will they cope w > read more

Armadillo

Published on 2011-04-28 23:11:00

In February 2009 a group of Danish soldiers accompanied by documentary filmmaker Janus Metz arrived at Armadillo, an army base in the southern Afghan province of Helmand. Metz and cameraman Lars Skree spent six months following the lives of young sol > read more

Rivers and Tides

Published on 2011-04-28 23:07:00

Landscape sculptor Andy Goldsworthy is renowned throughout the world for his work in ice, stone, leaves, wood. His own remarkable still photographs are Goldsworthy’s way of talking about his often ephemeral works, of fixing them in time. This film, > read more

God is American

Published on 2011-04-28 23:05:00

Since the End of World War II, the People of Tanna, a remote island in the south Pacific in the archipelago of Vanuatu, idolize an American prophet. His name is John Frum. (Supposed picture of John) The islanders believe he is an American pilot that > read more

Jobless

Published on 2011-04-28 23:02:00

As the unemployment statistics start to climb once more, multi-BAFTA-winning filmmaker Brian Woods goes behind the numbers to the people they represent and presents his take on the recession. Filmed throughout 2009, and seen in part through the eyes > read more

We Live in Public

Published on 2011-04-28 22:58:00

Ten years in the making and culled from 5000 hours of footage, We Live in Puplic reveals the effect the web is having on our society, as seen through the eyes of “the greatest Internet pioneer you’ve never heard of”, artist, futurist and vision > read more

Confessions of a Superhero

Published on 2011-04-28 22:55:00

Confessions of a Superhero is a feature length documentary that chronicles the lives of three mortal men and one mortal woman who make their living working as superhero characters on Hollywood Boulevard. The Hulk sold his Super Nintendo for a bus ti > read more

Monster Camp

Published on 2011-04-28 22:52:00

Welcome to Monster Camp, the true story about a world where people transform into creatures, heroes, and monsters to escape their daily lives. In the vein of Lord of the Rings, World of Warcraft, and Dungeons and Dragons; these enthusiasts have deve > read more

In Search of the Great Beast 666

Published on 2011-04-28 22:50:00

Aleister Crowley, self proclaimed The Great Beast and known by press as The Wickedest Man in the World, was perhaps the most controversial and notorious individuals in British History. This dramatically reconstructed film unearths the barely believa > read more

Area 51: The Alien Interview

Published on 2011-04-28 21:47:00

A documentary about aliens and UFOs with re-enactments of alien interviews and video of a supposedly real video of an alien being interviewed by government officials. Watch The Full Documentary Now > read more

Deadly Arts

Published on 2011-04-28 21:35:00

Deadly Arts – Capoeira is a phenomenal introduction to Capoeira for people who either are just beginning or have not heard of it. The show goes into great detail about the history and origins of Capoeira as well as explanations of its instruments a > read more

India Untouched

Published on 2011-04-26 03:32:00

‘India Untouched – Stories of People Apart’ is a comprehensive look at untouchability. Director Stalin spent four years travelling the length and breadth of the country to expose the continued oppression of Dalits, ‘the broken people’, who > read more

How Science Changed Our World

Published on 2011-04-26 03:28:00

Professor Robert Winston presents his top ten scientific breakthroughs of the past 50 years. Tracing these momentous and wide-ranging discoveries, he meets a real-life bionic woman, one of the first couples to test the male contraceptive pill, and e > read more

DMT: The Spirit Molecule

Published on 2011-04-26 03:25:00

The Spirit Molecule weaves an account of Dr. Rick Strassman’s groundbreaking DMT research through a multifaceted approach to this intriguing hallucinogen found in the human brain and hundreds of plants, including the sacred Amazonian brew, ayahuasc > read more

Horizon: Cloning the First Human

Published on 2011-04-26 03:22:00

Doctors Panayiotis Zavos and Severino Antinori claim they are ready to embark on the greatest human experiment of our age. They say they will attempt to clone a human being before the year is out. Most people think the objections to this are ethical > read more

Afghan Muscles

Published on 2011-04-25 04:18:00

The young men of Afghanistan have discovered the art of bodybuilding. In a country ravaged by war, these men still hold on to their dreams; dreams of muscle, honour and fame – absolute control of the body in a world of chaos. From the dusty ruins > read more

Through a Blue Lens

Published on 2011-04-25 04:12:00

This award-winning documentary film, shot in Vancouver, Canadas notorious Downtown Eastside, caught the eyes of audiences, film makers and critics world wide for its unusual and sensitive depiction of life on the street. Through A Blue Lens document > read more

Paris Is Burning

Published on 2011-04-25 04:08:00

Filmed in the mid-to-late 1980s, Paris is Burning chronicles the ball culture of New York City and the various ethnicities, including African American, Latino gay and transgender community involved in it. Many consider Paris Is Burning to be an inval > read more

The World’s Greatest Money Maker: Warren Buffett

Published on 2011-04-25 04:05:00

Warren Buffett is the greatest investor of all time. His decisions about buying shares and companies have beaten the stock market year after year and made him the richest person in the world – thought to be worth 37 billion dollars. Yet Buffett li > read more

Winnebago Man

Published on 2011-04-25 03:54:00

Jack Rebney is the most famous man you’ve never heard of – after cursing his way through a Winnebago sales video, Rebney’s outrageously funny outtakes became an underground sensation and made him an internet superstar. Filmmaker Ben Steinbauer > read more

The Mark of Caïn

Published on 2011-04-25 03:48:00

Sailing ships, stars, angels and executioners — The Mark of Cain chronicles the vanishing practice and language of Russian Criminal Tattoos. Captured in some of Russia’s most notorious prisons, including the fabled White Swan, the film traces the > read more

Only Human: Make Me Normal

Published on 2011-04-25 03:46:00

Moneer, 12, has a form of autism called Asperger’s Syndrome. When he loses his mother to cancer, the teachers struggle to help him deal with his feelings and manage his violent behaviour. Roxanne, also 12, just wants to be a normal teenager, but h > read more

The Maze Prison Escape

Published on 2011-04-24 03:09:00

The Maze Prison escape (known to Irish republicans as the Great Escape) took place on 25 September 1983 in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. HM Prison Maze (previously known as Long Kesh) was a maximum security prison considered to be one of the most > read more

Showdown with Satanism

Published on 2011-04-24 03:06:00

Bob Larson confronts Satanism's First Family of black magic, Nikolas Schreck and Zeena Schreck. Their philosophy of the occult with shock you as they explain their devotion to Set, the ancient Egyptian Lord of Darkness. This video is an inside look a > read more

Mr Miss Pageant

Published on 2011-04-24 03:03:00

Gavin is a power tool designer from the north of England. In his spare time though he enjoys slipping into his female personae of Leah. He is straight and has a girlfriend that appreciates both side of his personality. He keeps it secret from everyon > read more

Shadow Company

Published on 2011-04-24 03:01:00

With the situation in Iraq one of the key problems facing the incoming U.S. President, see the most comprehensive documentary about private military companies. Winner of 4 LEO Film and TV awards, used as research for the movie “Blood Diamond”, sc > read more

Asteroids – The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Published on 2011-04-22 23:34:00

Famed for their ability to inflict Armageddon from outer space, asteroids are now revealing the secrets of how they are responsible for both life and death on our planet. Armed with an array of powerful telescopes, scientists are finding up to 3000 > read more

The Collective Evolution

Published on 2011-04-22 23:28:00

The Collective Evolution is a documentary aimed at showing the current state of the world, why it needs to be changed, and how each and every one of us can play a role in changing it. The documentary also addresses this need for change through five > read more

Sir! No Sir!

Published on 2011-04-22 23:25:00

This feature-length documentary focuses on the efforts by troops in the U.S. military during the Vietnam War to oppose the war effort by peaceful demonstration and subversion. It speaks mainly to veterans, but serves as a ready reminder to civilians > read more

Children of God: Lost and Found

Published on 2011-04-22 23:21:00

After a highly unconventional childhood in Children of God, a cult that mixed religion with sex, filmmaker Noah Thomson escaped to begin a normal life. But after experiencing years of sexual abuse and neglect, Thomson and other former members of the > read more

Defamation

Published on 2011-04-22 23:18:00

This documentary is directed by Yoav Shamir and embarks on a quest to answer the question: “What is anti-Semitism today?” Does it remain a dangerous and immediate threat? Or is it a scare tactic used by right-wing Zionists to discredit their crit > read more

The Real Dirt on Farmer John

Published on 2011-04-22 23:13:00

The epic tale of a maverick Midwestern farmer. Castigated as a pariah in his community, Farmer John bravely transforms his farm amidst a failing economy, vicious rumors, and arson. He succeeds in creating a bastion of free expression and a revolutio > read more

What a Way to Go: Life at the End of Empire

Published on 2011-04-22 23:11:00

What A Way To Go: Life At The End Of Empire offers a 123-minute scan of the planet and its twenty-first century human and non-human condition. Divided into four parts, Waking On The Train, The Train And The Tracks, Locomotive Power, and Walkabout, t > read more

10 things You Need to Know About Sleep

Published on 2011-04-22 23:07:00

Do you get enough sleep? Many of us don’t. 10 Things You Need to Know About Sleep reveals the science behind why so many find it difficult to nod off, and offers practical tips on the best ways to get a good night’s sleep. In a series of experi > read more

Secrets of Egypt: Cleopatra

Published on 2011-04-22 01:44:00

Cleopatra VII Philopator was an ancient Greek queen and the last pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. She was a member of the Ptolemaic dynasty, a Greek royal family which ruled Egypt after Alexander the Great’s death during the Hellenistic period. The Ptole > read more

The Kingdom of Lost Boy

Published on 2011-04-22 01:37:00

In the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, it is believed that several years after the death of select religious leaders their reincarnations can be identified as young children. These young children, or tulkus, are immersed in a rigorous 20-year education t > read more

The Royal Family at Work

Published on 2011-04-22 01:35:00

All four of the Queen’s children talk frankly for the first time about their working roles as part of the Royal Family. The younger generation are also seen to be getting involved. There’s an early-morning surprise for the residents of an inner- > read more

The Bridge

Published on 2011-04-22 01:29:00

The Bridge focuses on the large number of suicides that occur each year at the Golden Gate Bridge, capturing footage of the suicides and interviewing family members. Also interviewed are people who have attempted suicide at the bridge, witnesses of t > read more

Restrepo

Published on 2011-04-22 01:23:00

Restrepo is a feature-length documentary that chronicles the deployment of a platoon of U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan’s Korengal Valley. The movie focuses on a remote 15-man outpost, “Restrepo,” named after a platoon medic who was killed in act > read more

Scottsboro: An American Tragedy

Published on 2011-04-22 01:11:00

In 1931, two white women stepped off from a box car in Paint Rock, Alabama to make a shocking accusation: they had been raped by nine black teenagers on the train. So began one of the most significant legal fights of the twentieth century. The trial > read more

Joanna Lumley: In the Land of the Northern Light

Published on 2011-04-22 01:07:00

An amazing journey in Norway’s far North as Joanna Lumley pursues a lifelong dream to track down the elusive, stunningly beautiful Northern Lights – ‘the true wonder of the world,’ as she puts it. Joanna grew up in tropical Malaysia, and as > read more

The World’s Biggest Cave

Published on 2011-04-22 01:03:00

More than three times the height of Niagara Falls, much of Vietnam’s Mountain River Cave has remained untouched by humans until now. With exclusive footage, NGC reveals, for the first time in history, astounding evidence which suggest that this cou > read more

Who Built Stonehenge?

Published on 2011-04-20 02:52:00

Stonehenge, located on the Salisbury Plain in Southern England, has long been associated with Druids, a group of wise men present in England more than 2000 years ago. Still today at Summer Solstice, the longest day of the year, Druid celebrations ar > read more

Science Under Attack

Published on 2011-04-20 02:49:00

Nobel Prize winner Sir Paul Nurse examines why science appears to be under attack, and why public trust in key scientific theories has been eroded – from the theory that man-made climate change is warming our planet, to the safety of GM food, or th > read more

The Amityville Horror: The Real Story

Published on 2011-04-20 02:45:00

On 13 November 1974, police discovered six members of the De Feo family shot dead; the father, mother and four of the five children, at 112 Ocean Avenue in Amityville, New York. Attention turned to Ronald, the only child to survive the ordeal. He was > read more

Escaping North Korea

Published on 2011-04-20 02:43:00

The dramatic stories of North Koreans who are risking everything, including torture and execution, to escape the repression and hunger of their homeland and reach safety in the South. The border between the two Koreas is so heavily guarded that refu > read more

Garbage Warrior

Published on 2011-04-20 02:40:00

What do beer cans, car tires and water bottles have in common? Not much unless you’re renegade architect Michael Reynolds, in which case they are tools of choice for producing thermal mass and energy-independent housing. For 30 years New Mexico-ba > read more

Why I am no longer a Christian

Published on 2011-04-20 02:38:00

This is an on-going Youtubian documentary experience giving a broad insight into one man’s spiritual journey. The YouTube user Evid3nc3 describes in a series of small video clips his explanation as to why he choses to become an atheist. His own tho > read more

a/k/a Tommy Chong

Published on 2011-04-20 02:33:00

At the height of popularity of the Bush administration — the federal government entrapped and subsequently imprisoned Tommy Chong. Josh Gilbert began documenting the federal case against his long time friend, for the terrible crime of selling bongs > read more

What is One Degree?

Published on 2011-04-20 02:31:00

Comedian Ben Miller returns to his roots as a physicist to try to answer a deceptively simple question: what is one degree of temperature? His quest takes him to the frontiers of current science as he meets researchers working on the hottest and col > read more

Too Ugly for Love

Published on 2011-04-20 02:29:00

BDD, or Body Dysmorphic Disorder, is a largely undiagnosed medical condition that is said to affect 1% of the British population. Sufferers are obsessed with how they look and can spend hours obsessively grooming themselves. Often misunderstood as a > read more

Quants: The Alchemists of Wall Street

Published on 2011-04-20 02:26:00

Quants are the math wizards and computer programmers in the engine room of our global financial system who designed the financial products that almost crashed Wall Street. The credit crunch has shown how the global financial system has become increas > read more

Deborah 13: Servant of God

Published on 2011-04-18 04:14:00

A documentary about 13-year-old Deborah Drapper, who, unlike other British teens has never heard of Britney Spears or Victoria Beckham. She has been brought up in a deeply Christian family and her parents have tried to make sure she and her ten broth > read more

Wrestling

Published on 2011-04-18 04:11:00

In America professional wrestling is a popular form of sports entertainment. Louis Theroux meets veteran wrestlers and those making their debut, and attends an event organised by the most extreme wrestling federation. There’s clearly a lot of theat > read more

The Secret World of Pain

Published on 2011-04-18 04:09:00

Horizon reveals the latest research into one of the most mysterious and common human experiences – pain. Breakthroughs have come from studying a remarkable woman in London who has felt no pain at all in her life, a man in the US who cut off his ow > read more

Do We Really Need the Moon?

Published on 2011-04-18 04:07:00

The Moon is such a familiar presence in the sky that most of us take it for granted. But what if it wasn’t where it is now? How would that affect life on Earth? Space scientist and lunar fanatic Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock explores our intimate relati > read more

Egypt: A Nation in Waiting

Published on 2011-04-18 04:04:00

Having ruled Egypt for 30 years, Hosni Mubarak is now 83 years old. Mubarak, then vice-president, was the only candidate to succeed Anwar al-Sadat after the then Egyptian president was assasinated in 1981. He became the fourth president of the Repub > read more

God Grew Tired Of Us

Published on 2011-04-18 04:01:00

In 1987, Sudan’s Muslim government pronounced death to all males in the Christian south: 27,000 boys fled to Ethiopia on foot. In 1991, they were forced to flee to Kenya; 12,000 survived to live in a U.N. camp in Kakuma. Archival footage documents > read more

America Before Columbus

Published on 2011-04-18 03:59:00

History books traditionally depict the pre-Columbus Americas as a pristine wilderness where small native villages lived in harmony with nature. But scientific evidence tells a very different story: When Columbus stepped ashore in 1492, millions of pe > read more

Strangest Things

Published on 2011-04-18 03:55:00

Some of the strangest things in the Universe: - Hypervelocity stars: in 2005 astronomers discovered the first ‘hypervelocity’ star careening out of a galaxy at 530 miles per second (10 times faster than ordinary star movement). We have ideas abo > read more

Daredevils: The Flying Car

Published on 2011-04-18 03:51:00

From London to Timbuktu inventor Gilo Cardozo risks his neck testing his latest invention, the world’s first ever practical flying car. Gilo was last seen flying a motorised paraglider over Mount Everest with Bear Grylls. This time he teams up with > read more

2210: The Collapse?

Published on 2011-04-16 22:38:00

magine if hundreds of years from now, scientists excavated the abandoned ruins of some of our largest cities, what conclusions would they come to? It happened to the Romans, the Anasazi, and the Mayans and, inevitably, one day our own modern civilis > read more

Conan Doyle – For The Defence

Published on 2011-04-16 22:35:00

Sherlock Holmes is one of the most famous detectives in the world and continues to be to this day. However less well known is the fact that author Arthur Conan Doyle implemented the tools of Holmes himself. This documentary looks at Doyle’s own cas > read more

Ghosts on the Underground

Published on 2011-04-16 22:32:00

The London Underground is the oldest underground railway in the world, with the first section being opened in 1863 on which is now the Circle, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan lines. In 1890 it became the first to operate electric trains. The whol > read more

Panorama: The Battle For Bomb Alley

Published on 2011-04-16 22:27:00

For four years, thousands of British servicemen fought with the Taliban for the district of Sangin – the most violent part of Afghanistan. The fighting cost 106 British lives, including Staff-Sergeant Olaf Schmidt, who won the George Cross there. > read more

The Two Escobars

Published on 2011-04-16 22:23:00

Pablo Escobar was the richest, most powerful drug kingpin in the world, ruling the Medellín Cartel with an iron fist. Andres Escobar was the biggest soccer star in Colombia. The two were not related, but their fates were inextricably-and fatally-int > read more

Married To The Eiffel Tower

Published on 2011-04-16 22:05:00

This Documentary explores the world of three women who are sexually and emotionally attracted to objects. These so-called ‘objectum sexuals’ shy away from contact with other humans in favour of structures large and small. It is the second episode > read more

Mystery of the White Dunes

Published on 2011-04-16 21:50:00

Located in the State of Maranhão, on the north shore of Brazil, the Lençóis Maranhenses National Park is an area of about 300 square kilometers (155,000 ha) of blinding white dunes and deep blue lagoons, forming one of the most beautiful and uniqu > read more

Mysterious Hanging Coffins of China

Published on 2011-04-16 21:41:00

Hanging coffins is an ancient funeral custom found only in Asia: there are hanging coffins in China, the Philippines, and Indonesia. Some coffins are cantilevered out on wooden stakes, while some lay on rock projections – other coffins are simply p > read more

A Place Called Chiapas

Published on 2011-04-16 21:34:00

The Zapatista Army of National Liberation (Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional, EZLN) is an armed revolutionary group (VNSA) based in Chiapas, the southernmost, and one of the poorest, states of Mexico. Since 1994, they have been in a declare > read more

The Chinese Are Coming

Published on 2011-04-16 21:21:00

Travelling across three continents, Justin Rowlatt investigates the spread of Chinese influence around the planet and asks what the world will be like if China overtakes America as the world’s economic superpower. In the first of two films, he emb > read more

The Secrets of the Austrian Cellar

Published on 2011-04-15 22:06:00

Josef Fritzl kept his daughter Elisabeth imprisoned and used her as a sexslave for 24 years. Over nearly a quarter of a century Elisabeth bore him seven children. Three of whom were kept in the cellar with her, three were taken to live upstairs with > read more

Shoah

Published on 2011-04-15 22:03:00

Claude Lanzmann directed this 9 1/2 hour documentary about the Holocaust without using a single frame of archive footage. He interviews survivors, witnesses, and ex-Nazis (whom he had to film secretly since though only agreed to be interviewed by au > read more

Taxi to the Dark Side

Published on 2011-04-15 21:53:00

Taxi to the Dark Side is a documentary film directed by American filmmaker Alex Gibney, and produced by Eva Orner and Susannah Shipman, which won the 2007 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. It focuses on the murder of an Afghan taxi driver n > read more

Stalingrad

Published on 2011-04-15 21:45:00

The Eastern Front experienced the viciousness of war on a scale of unimaginable horror and brutality. The bloodiest and most savage fighting took place in Stalingrad between August 1942 and February 1943. Stalin’s city on the Volga had military sig > read more

The Day The Gods Fell To Earth

Published on 2011-04-15 21:38:00

For half a century persistent rumors have led to believe that flying saucers might have crashed in various places of our planet. In some cases people have succeeded in recovering some of the creatures which were on board. UFOs Under Investigation go > read more

Icons of Power: Napoleon

Published on 2011-04-15 21:30:00

This is one of the episodes from the documentary series “Icons of Power” produced by National Geographic. Icons… examines the politics and intrigue surrounding great figures in history. It also includes three other documentaries: Empress of Amb > read more

The Holy Grail

Published on 2011-04-15 21:25:00

The Holy Grail is a sacred object figuring in literature and certain Christian traditions, most often identified with the dish, plate, or cup used by Jesus at the Last Supper and said to possess miraculous powers. The connection of Joseph of Arimath > read more

The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers

Published on 2011-04-15 21:21:00

in 1971 Daniel Ellsberg, a high-level Pentagon official and a war strategist, concludes that the Vietnam war is based on decades of lies and leaks 7,000 pages of top secret documents to The New York Times, making headlines around the world. Hailed as > read more

Comanche Warriors

Published on 2011-04-14 11:11:00

North American Indian tribe of equestrian nomads whose 18th- and 19th-century territory comprised the southern Great Plains. The name Comanche is derived from a Ute word meaning “anyone who wants to fight me all the time.” The Comanche had previ > read more

Blizzard Retrospective

Published on 2011-04-14 11:08:00

Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. is a major gaming company which has created several successful PC games, including Warcraft, Starcraft and the Diablo series, and the MMORPG World of Warcraft. It’s now been 20 years since Blizzard started in the gaming > read more

Water – The Great Mystery

Published on 2011-04-14 11:04:00

Water – The Great Mystery spans the globe to reveal recent discoveries about water, the most amazing yet least studied substance in the world. Witness as researchers, scientists, philosophers and theologians try to understand this unique liquid and > read more

Hell House

Published on 2011-04-14 11:01:00

A look at the “Hell House” performed annually in October by the youth members of Trinity Church (Assemblies of God) in Cedar Hill, Texas – seen by over 10,000 visitors each year. This documentary delves deep into the organization and planning > read more

Metallica – Some Kind of Monster

Published on 2011-04-14 10:58:00

Some Kind of Monster is a music documentary about Metallica’s making of their album St. Anger and the difficulties they had to go through in the process. The directors shot over 1200 hours and followed the band around night and day for over a year > read more

Orthodox Stance

Published on 2011-04-14 10:53:00

Dmitriy Salita, a 25 year-old Russian immigrant, is making history as a top professional boxer. While providing an intimate, 3-year long look at the trials and tribulations faced by an up and coming professional boxer, Orthodox Stance is a portrait > read more

Human Resources

Published on 2011-04-14 10:51:00

Human Resources – Social Engineering in the 20th Century explores the rise of mechanistic philosphy and the exploitation of human beings under modern hierarhical systems. Topics covered include behaviorism, scientific management, work-place democra > read more

Ibogaine – Rite of Passage

Published on 2011-04-14 10:48:00

A Revealing documentary about the most promising treatment modality for drug dependance available. Ibogaine is the only substance we know, which is capable of blocking acute withdrawal in opioid addicts as well as cocaine and alcohol. Although the F > read more

Wodaabe: Herdsmen of the Sun

Published on 2011-04-14 10:44:00

Herzog’s documentary of the Wodaabe people of the Sahara/Sahel region. Particular attention is given to the tribe’s spectacular courtship rituals and ‘beauty pageants’, where eligible young men strive to outshine each other and attract mates > read more

Pilgrims

Published on 2011-04-14 10:41:00

Every year around 25,000 people from Northern Ireland travel to the unlikely destination of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the small town of Medjugorje. But sun, sand and silly souvenirs are not high on the list of priorities for these holiday makers, ra > read more

Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired

Published on 2011-04-13 02:14:00

In 1977, Roman Polanski was arrested in Los Angeles on charges he gave drugs and had sex with a 13-year-old girl he was photographing for Vogue. Eleven months later, having pled guilty to one count, he fled to Europe before sentencing. This film exa > read more

Our Secret Sun

Published on 2011-04-13 02:11:00

The Sun is almost perfectly spherical and consists of hot plasma interwoven with magnetic fields. It has a diameter of about 1,392,000 km, about 109 times that of Earth, and its mass (about 2×1030 kilograms, 330,000 times that of Earth) accounts for > read more

The Coca-Cola Case

Published on 2011-04-13 02:09:00

This feature length documentary present a searing indictment of the Coca-Cola empire and its alleged kidnapping, torture and murder of union leaders trying to improve working conditions in Colombia, Guatemala and Turkey. The filmmakers follow labour > read more

Besieged Fortress

Published on 2011-04-13 02:05:00

John Cusack narrates this look at a colony of termites as it battles for survival against a flood and an invading ant army. Experience a whole new take on the disaster film as director Philippe Calderon uses macrophotography to find out just what ha > read more

Tesla – Master of Lightning

Published on 2011-04-13 02:00:00

New Voyage Communications in Washington, D.C., has developed a unique, in-depth television documentary about the life, times, and legacy of Nikola Tesla, American inventor and visionary. This program is the result of years of research, in which many > read more

Saint of 9/11

Published on 2011-04-13 01:58:00

In an enduring photograph of September 11, a team of rescue workers carry a Franciscan priest’s body from the World Trade Center. The world came to know Father Mychal Judge, a Chaplain of the Fire Department of New York City, in death as a symbol > read more

Marjoe

Published on 2011-04-13 01:54:00

Marjoe is a 1972 American documentary film produced and directed by Howard Smith and Sarah Kernochan about the life of evangelist Marjoe Gortner. Marjoe was a precocious child preacher with extraordinary talents, who was immensely popular in the Ame > read more

Sex, Drugs and Plants

Published on 2011-04-13 01:49:00

Sex, Drugs and Plants’ gives an insight into the fascinating world of plants. By feeling, “hearing,” smelling and tasting, these plants continue their journey through the undergrowth, in a bid for survival. Scientists and experts reveal the ski > read more

Reggae Britannia

Published on 2011-04-09 22:19:00

The acclaimed BBC4 Britannia series moves into the world of British reggae. Showing how it came from Jamaica in the 1960s to influence, over the next 20 years, both British music and society. The documentary includes major artists and performances f > read more

Heavy Metal Britannia

Published on 2011-04-09 22:15:00

Nigel Planer narrates a documentary which traces the origins and development of British heavy metal from its humble beginnings in the industrialised Midlands to its proud international triumph. In the late 60s a number of British bands were forging > read more

Deranged Killers: Son of Sam

Published on 2011-04-09 22:10:00

The arrest of serial killer David Berkowitz in the summer of 1977 marked the end of a year-long rampage that left six people dead and several wounded in New York City. This real-life documentary thriller traces the parallel stories of Berkowitz, as > read more

Deranged Killers: Green River Killer

Published on 2011-04-09 22:08:00

Investigators hunt for clues that will help them capture a killer believed to be responsible for the deaths of over 48 women in Washington State. The killer picks prostitutes because he thinks he can kill as many of them as he wants without getting c > read more

Deranged Killers: DC Snipers

Published on 2011-04-09 22:05:00

Criminal investigators race against time, hunting down John Muhammad and Lee Malvo as the pair carry out one of the most terrifying killing sprees in American history: a murderous rampage that left ten dead, three seriously wounded, and the more than > read more

Deranged Killers: The Night Stalker

Published on 2011-04-09 22:04:00

They are among the most notorious killers in history. Among them: Bundy, Ramirez, Berkowitz. Household names of true life horror. How were these mass murders brought to justice? And how different might the cases have been if they were investigated t > read more

Mega-Tsunami: Wave of Destruction

Published on 2011-04-09 21:58:00

Scattered across the world’s oceans are a handful of rare geological time-bombs. Once unleashed they create an extraordinary phenomenon, a gigantic tidal wave, far bigger than any normal tsunami, able to cross oceans and ravage countries on the oth > read more

Nuclear Nightmares

Published on 2011-04-09 21:53:00

For the last 50 years the world has lived in fear of radiation. Hiroshima, Nagasaki and accidents at nuclear power stations struck terror in people everywhere – but Nuclear Nightmares has uncovered evidence to suggest these fears could be unfounded > read more

Bus 174

Published on 2011-04-09 21:50:00

This Documentary depicts what happened in Rio de Janeiro on June 12th 2000, when bus 174 was taken by an armed young man, threatening to shoot all the passengers. Transmitted live on all Brazilian TV networks, this shocking and tragic-ending event b > read more

For the Love of the Leader

Published on 2011-04-09 21:47:00

This is the story of an extraordinary love affair between one Nation’s women and its leader. The Nation is Libya, an Islamic socialist state. Its leader, Muammar Gaddafi, a man reviled in the west as a brutal dictator, but in Libya “held up as > read more

Private Parts: The Trouble with my Breasts

Published on 2011-04-09 01:48:00

Private Parts is part of a three episode documentary series looking at human breasts and genitals and problems associated with them. This BBC produced series also introduced the documentary “The Trouble With My Vagina” and “The Trouble With My > read more

Infomercials

Published on 2011-04-09 01:45:00

Louis Theroux attempts to become a presenter on Florida’s Home Shopping Network TV channel and meets the people who invent, sell and make a fortune from products such as the Win Gym. Louis gives viewers the chance to get brief glimpses of things t > read more

Dead Men’s Tales – Harry Houdini

Published on 2011-04-09 01:39:00

Throughout his career, Houdini (born Erik Weisz; March 24, 1874 – October 31, 1926) performed three variations on a “Buried Alive” stunt/escape. The first was near Santa Ana, California in 1917, and it almost cost Houdini his life. Houdini was > read more

Into Eternity

Published on 2011-04-09 01:36:00

Illuminated only by the burning match he holds in his fingers, a man speaks directly to the camera. But he’s not talking to you. He’s addressing people of the future, perhaps 100,000 years from now. “We have buried something from you,” he say > read more

Allergy Planet

Published on 2011-04-09 01:30:00

We are in the grip of an allergy epidemic. 50 years ago one in 30 were affected, but in Britain today it is closer to one in three. Why this should be is one of modern medicine’s greatest puzzles. In search of answers, Horizon travels round the gl > read more

Waste Land

Published on 2011-04-09 01:27:00

An uplifting feature documentary highlighting the transformative power of art and the beauty of the human spirit. Top-selling contemporary artist Vik Muniz takes us on an emotional journey from Jardim Gramacho, the world’s largest landfill on the > read more

The Shag Harbour UFO Incident

Published on 2011-04-09 01:23:00

The Shag Harbour UFO Incident was the reported impact of an unknown large object into waters near Shag Harbour, a tiny fishing village in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia on October 4, 1967. The impact was investigated by various civilian (Royal > read more

Inside Job

Published on 2011-04-09 01:20:00

Inside Job provides a comprehensive analysis of the global financial crisis of 2008, which at a cost over $20 trillion, caused millions of people to lose their jobs and homes in the worst recession since the Great Depression, and nearly resulted in a > read more

White Terror

Published on 2011-04-09 01:17:00

Adopting the position of a neutral observer, Daniel Schweitzer was able to film neo–Nazi sympathisers and leaders alike, who let him attend their ‘private parties’ and visit facilities where they produce their ‘home videos’. He gets an audi > read more

Are We Still Evolving?

Published on 2011-04-09 01:09:00

Dr Alice Roberts asks one of the great questions about our species: are we still evolving? There’s no doubt that we’re a product of millions of years of evolution. But thanks to modern technology and medicine, did we escape Darwin’s law of th > read more

Dub Echoes

Published on 2011-04-05 11:27:00

“Dub Echoes” is a documentary that traces the origins of the Jamaican dub music and it’s influence on the development of hip hop and electronic music.The film shows how the Jamaican invention called dub ended up influencing much of the music we > read more

One Night in Bhopal

Published on 2011-04-05 11:20:00

Mixing drama and eyewitness accounts, this documentary tells the story of the night of the disaster through the people who lived there. The drama-documentary focuses on five local people, who saw first-hand the effects of the gas on the patients, a > read more

One Million Snake Bites

Published on 2011-04-05 11:17:00

From the giant King Cobra to the tiny sawscaled viper, India is home to many of the world’s deadliest snakes. Now a new report has revealed that India is in the middle of a snakebite epidemic of epic proportions, with a loss of human life far in ex > read more

The Rockefellers

Published on 2011-04-05 11:13:00

For decades, the Rockefeller name was despised in America–associated with John D. Rockefeller Sr.’s feared monopoly, Standard Oil. By the end of his life, Rockefeller had given away half his fortune–but even his vast philanthropy could not eras > read more

Countdown to Catastrophe: Mega Quake – Japan and Beyond

Published on 2011-04-05 11:09:00

Witness an 8.9 Mega quake then watch as a 30 foot high tsunami destroys many cites of Japan. Its only a matter of time before a devastating earthquake hits a major American city and wipes it off the map. Scientists now believe that day could be soon > read more

America’s Most Hated Family in Crisis

Published on 2011-04-05 10:00:00

Following up on his 2006 documentary, The Most Hated Family in America, Louis Theroux returns to Topeka, Kansas, for a week-long visit with the Westboro Baptist Church. He again joins the Phelps family on their controversial pickets where they try t > read more

The Second World War in Colour

Published on 2011-04-05 09:56:00

WWII In Colour documents the Second World War as the troops saw it – in full colour. This three-hour digitally remastered video presents a rarely-seen picture of the war. The documentary includes colour footage of Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun, D-Day > read more

Tesco - The Supermarket that's eating Britain

Published on 2011-04-05 09:51:00

Tesco is Britain’s favorite supermarket. With 2,000 stores and 15 million customers a week, it’s almost twice as big as its nearest rival. Dispatches shows how Tesco could soon become even bigger, and asks if this retail giant is abusing its powe > read more

Dispatches - Crash - How Long Will It Last

Published on 2011-04-05 09:42:00

Will Hutton examines why the Government, regulators and banks were largely unprepared for the financial crisis that occurred a year after the collapse of Northern Rock. He looks at the weeks following the bankruptcy of financial services firm Lehman > read more

Dispatches - Terror In Mumbia

Published on 2011-04-05 09:37:00

The untold story of 2008's terrorist attack on the Indian city of Mumbai. The story is told in the words of its victims and the gunmen. Produced and directed by award-winning filmmaker Dan Reed, Terror in Mumbai tells the story of what happened when > read more

National Geographic: Earth - Making of a Planet

Published on 2011-04-03 23:42:00

National Geographic: Earth - Making of a Planet: The history of our planet is epic from its birth out of cosmic rubble to the unique complex of land, sea, atmosphere and life we know now. See how water was transported to Earths surface inside million > read more

Megastructures: Singapores Vegas

Published on 2011-04-03 23:36:00

Megastructures: Singapore’s Vegas, a documentary revealing the story behind the design and construction of the Marina Bay Sands resort and casino in Singapore. Director and writer Donovan Chan, from Beach House Pictures, talks about his inspiration > read more

Horizon: Miracle Cure? A Decade of the Human Genome

Published on 2011-04-03 23:33:00

Horizon: Miracle Cure? A Decade of the Human Genome: A decade ago, scientists announced that they had produced the first draft of the human genome, the 3.6 billion letters of our genetic code. It was seen as one of the greatest scientific achievement > read more

Return to Area 51

Published on 2011-04-03 23:28:00

The US government site named Area 51 is one of the most secretive hi-tech military bases in the world. Explore newly released information that indicates the Air Force not only tested planes at Area 51, but that the Nevada site is also the final resti > read more

Ethos

Published on 2011-04-03 23:20:00

Ethos, a powerful new documentary hosted by Woody Harrelson, is an investigation into the flaws in our systems, and the mechanisms that work against democracy, our environment and the the common good. With a stunning depth of research and breadth of > read more

NOVA: Smartest Machine on Earth

Published on 2011-04-03 23:16:00

"Watson," an IBM computing system, is gearing up for a first-of-its-kind challenge—taking on human contestants on the game show Jeopardy! With a brain the size of 2,400 home computers and a database of about 10 million documents, will Watson be abl > read more

The Glorious Resolve

Published on 2011-04-03 23:09:00

The Glorious Resolve: The Glorious Resolve highlights the epic of infantry soldiers, who fought against all odds even being heavily outnumbered when 1500 miscreants raided one of the section level outpost of an Infantry Battalion in South Waziristan > read more

Python Hunters - Invasion In The Everglades

Published on 2011-04-03 23:02:00

National Geographic Wild: Python Hunters - Invasion In The Everglades: The Burmese python has established a breeding population in Florida's Everglades. Will they spread to other areas in the USA... Watch The Full Documentary Now > read more

History Channel Evolve: Speed

Published on 2011-04-03 22:48:00

History Channel Evolve: Speed: The ability to react and move can often mean the difference between life and death in the animal kingdom. Some animals have evolved into championship fliers, swimmers, and runners. What are the forces that create this n > read more

Inside Ice Vegas

Published on 2011-04-03 22:42:00

In the Northern Chinese city of Harbin, an army of 18,000 workers are racing against the clock to cut, shape and polish over 400,000 cubic metres of ice and snow into The Harbin Ice and Snow Festival. For awestruck visitors, this world famous event i > read more

The Truth About Food – How to be Slim

Published on 2011-04-02 22:30:00

After trying every diet in the book, a family of dieters are about to give up until the latest nutritional science comes to their aid. Sit back as THE TRUTH ABOUT FOOD reveals the foods that keep you feeling fuller for longer, how dairy products may > read more

What Makes a Genius?

Published on 2011-04-02 22:06:00

Could you have come up with Einstein’s theory of relativity? If not – why not? This is what Marcus du Sautoy, professor of mathematics, wants to explore. Marcus readily admits that he is no genius, but wants to know if geniuses are just an extre > read more

Status Anxiety

Published on 2011-04-02 21:55:00

We care about our status for a simple reason: because most people tend to be nice to us according to the amount of status we have (it is no coincidence that the first question we tend to be asked by new acquaintances is ‘ What do you do?’). Wit > read more

The Betrayed: (Armenian Genocide documentary)

Published on 2011-04-02 21:35:00

ARMENIA: THE BETRAYED (BBC, January 2003) "In a special Correspondent to coincide with Holocaust memorial week, Fergal Keane investigates how a terrible slaughter, three quarters of a century ago, has returned to haunt the relationship between Turkey > read more

The Birth Of Israel

Published on 2011-04-02 21:22:00

Documentary examining the the events leading up to the Israeli war of Independence in 1949, its continuing impact on Arab/Israeli relations and the implications for the Middle East peace process. Sixty years ago Israel established itself in the wake > read more

Between the Folds

Published on 2011-04-02 21:15:00

"This film is much more than a loving look at the fascinating, brilliant characters who devote their lives to folding paper. It reveals origami itself as richer and more intricate than you could imagine... and by the end, you find yourself convinced > read more

Our Labor of Love

Published on 2011-04-02 21:07:00

Our Labor of Love is a Full Length Documentary about Out of Africa Wildlife Park in Camp Verde, Arizona (near Sedona). Out of Africa Wildlife Park strives to educate and entertain; to provide an exciting and engaging opportunity to love and respect > read more

Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity

Published on 2011-04-02 21:03:00

Can you feel the pull? This cutting-edge production features high-resolution visualizations of black holes and other cosmic phenomena based on data generated by telescope observations and ultra-high end computer simulations. Audiences will be dazzle > read more

Wright Brothers’ Flying Machine

Published on 2011-04-02 20:54:00

First, there was the issue of lift. When the brothers found the existing data on lift inaccurate, they collected their own data, making use of a wind tunnel that they designed and built themselves. Then there was the control of an aircraft. While oth > read more

Secrets of the Parthenon

Published on 2011-04-02 20:49:00

A highly sophisticated restoration team is painstakingly reassembling the Parthenon of Athens—a classic Greek building that has suffered from wars, earthquakes, and disastrous previous restoration attempts. The Parthenon’s builders created daunt > read more

National Geographic: Japans Hidden Secrets

Published on 2011-04-02 01:06:00

National Geographic: Japans Hidden Secrets: Japan... Most of its 127 million human inhabitants live squeezed into dense urban hotspots... This is the Japan we know; skyscrapers rise above the bright lights of a technological wonderland; a 24/7 lifest > read more

Mysteries of Jerusalem: The Search for the True Cross

Published on 2011-04-02 00:58:00

Mysteries of Jerusalem: The Search for the True Cross : The cross that Jesus died on became emblematic of the entire Christian religion. Over the centuries it became a much sought-after holy artifact that inspired many false trails and claims. Indeed > read more

Hemplands Conspiracy - The Story of America's Most Controversal Crop

Published on 2011-04-02 00:54:00

Hemplands Conspiracy - The Story of America's Most Controversal Crop: From its introduction into our nation's Colonial cornucopia, to its sinister criminalization in more recent times, this two part series tells the shocking story of the most amazing > read more

Should I Smoke Dope?

Published on 2011-04-02 00:44:00

Should I Smoke Dope?: Although it's illegal, over 15 million people have tried cannabis. Even politicians admit to having smoked it in their youth. But, in the press, there are more and more frightening stories about the effects of the drug, and ther > read more

The Zodiac Killer

Published on 2011-04-01 23:38:00

Why? Why dont you idiots ever learn? Dont you know people like me exist? asks The Zodiac Killer in voice-over as he calmly walks down a suburban street in broad daylight wearing a bad wig and one of those silly novelty glasses with the big rubber nos > read more

Hillside Stranglers

Published on 2011-04-01 23:29:00

The Hillside Strangler is the media epithet for two men, Kenneth Bianchi and Angelo Buono, cousins, who were convicted of kidnapping, raping, torturing, and killing girls and women ranging in age from 12 to 28 years old during a four-month period fro > read more

The Diary of Jack the Ripper: Beyond Reasonable Doubt?

Published on 2011-04-01 23:15:00

"Oh what deeds I shall commit. For how could one suspect that I could be capable of such things... I will take the first whore that I encounter and show her what hell is really like!" After more than a century, out of the mists and fogs of Victoria > read more

Jack the Ripper the First Serial Killer Revealed

Published on 2011-04-01 23:07:00

During the latter half of 1888 a notorious serial killer nicknamed Jack The Ripper terrorises the East End of London by murdering prostitutes in a terribly violent way. Public outrage follows. Inspector Frederick Abberline is assigned to the case but > read more

Outlaw Comic The Censoring of Bill Hicks

Published on 2011-04-01 10:38:00

They say genius is never appreciated in its own time, or however that saying goes, but Hicks was widely appreciated elsewhere. It was his own country that couldn’t accept him unedited, above ground. If you can appreciate yet another explanation for > read more

Atomic Wounds

Published on 2011-04-01 10:24:00

Atomic Wounds : At 89, Doctor Hida, a survivor of the 1945 atomic bomb at Hiroshima, continues to care for some of the other quarter of a million survivors. Atomic Wounds retraces his dedicated journey and highlights how the terrible danger of radiat > read more

Hidden History Of Rome

Published on 2011-03-31 22:42:00

Hidden History Of Rome: Hidden History of Rome also broadcast as The Surprising History of Rome Everyone knows that Nero fiddled while Rome burned, but what was everyone else doing? While exploring the Hidden History of the Roman Empire, Jones learns > read more

No Plan No Peace

Published on 2011-03-31 22:36:00

"Iraq will be better," declared Tony Blair five days after the fall of Saddam. "Better for the region, better for the world, better, above all, for the Iraqi people." That contrasts starkly with the several hundred thousand dead and injured Iraqis, f > read more

Mysteries of the Garden of Eden

Published on 2011-03-31 22:28:00

Metaphor, myth, or reality? Traditions of a 'paradise lost' are surprisingly common and consistent across many cultures. Explore the legend and learn if this marvelous place can be pinpointed. "The truth" is, many cultures share an Eden-like traditio > read more

Dogfighting Undercover

Published on 2011-03-31 22:20:00

Dogfighting Undercover: BBC-Dogfighting Undercover-August 30, 2007 Investigation into the secret and dangerous world of international dogfighting. For a year and a half, a BBC undercover team operated alongside dogfighting gangs in the UK and Europe, > read more

Behind The Big News

Published on 2011-03-31 22:16:00

Behind The Big News: Most Americans know the mainstream media manipulates stories, manufactures illusions, and exploits fears. But the reason is more than just liberal bias or sloppy reporting. Behind the Big News exposes a revolutionary agenda origi > read more

Billion Dollar Secret

Published on 2011-03-31 22:13:00

The program starts by speaking of the annual Pentagon budget of $250 billion that is submitted to Congress for approval. From his office in London, Cook asserts that if all the line items are calculated, there is a mismatch of about $20 billion (the > read more

Do You Want to Live Forever?

Published on 2011-03-31 22:02:00

Do You Want to Live Forever?: Channel 4 Documentary following the revolutionary life-extension and immortality ideas of this somewhat eccentric scientist, Dr. Aubrey de Grey. This show is all about the radical ideas of a Cambridge biomedical gerontol > read more

Day of Miracles

Published on 2011-03-31 09:36:00

Day of Miracles: During the disaster of 9/11 there were many miraculous survivors whose stories are great. Sujo John was in Tower One and led many down the staircase while the building was peeling like a banana. He got out only to realize that his > read more

United States Vs United Nations

Published on 2011-03-31 09:27:00

United States Vs United Nations: This 23 minute video explains how United Nations? policies and practices infringe upon the freedoms guaranteed United States citizens under the U.S. Constitution. United States vs. United Nations answers the questions > read more

Canada's Genocide

Published on 2011-03-31 09:23:00

Canada's Genocide: Canada’s “dirty secret” – the planned genocide of aboriginal people in church-run Indian Residential Schools – and a clergyman’s efforts to document and make public these crimes. First-hand testimonies from residential > read more

Coca-Cola Exposed! Killer Cola

Published on 2011-03-31 01:40:00

Dispatches: Exposing Coca-Cola: This Dispatches episode is a behind-the-scenes peer into a murky world of Coke who are having a tough time of it at the minute. Thomas investigates the way in which Coca-Cola operate. He travels to South America, India > read more

Marijuana USA

Published on 2011-03-31 01:36:00

Marijuana USA: More states are permitting the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes and the Obama administration has signaled relaxed enforcement of the industry in those states. Now, a new generation of marijuana entrepreneurs has emerged across A > read more

Deep Water

Published on 2011-03-31 01:32:00

DEEP WATER is the stunning true story of the first solo, non-stop, round-the-world boat race, and the psychological toll it took on its competitors. Sponsored by the Sunday Times of London, the much-ballyhooed event attracted a field of nine, inclu > read more

The Conspiracy of Silence

Published on 2011-03-31 01:27:00

Conspiracy of Silence is a powerful, disturbing documentary revealing a U.S. child sex abuse and pedophilia ring that leads to the highest levels of government. Featuring intrepid investigator John DeCamp, a highly decorated Vietnam war veteran and 1 > read more

Las Hurdes

Published on 2011-03-31 01:22:00

Las Hurdes: Today the region of Las Hurdes is fairly developed and is considered as one of the leading areas for rural tourism in Spain. Green mountains, lots of rivers and natural swimming pools, great food and friendly people, make Las Hurdes an ex > read more

Amityville Horror: The Real Story

Published on 2011-03-31 01:14:00

In December 1975, George and Kathy Lutz and their three children moved into 112 Ocean Avenue, a large Dutch Colonial house in Amityville, a suburban neighborhood located on the south shore of Long Island, New York. Thirteen months before the Lutzes m > read more

Hooligans & Thugs Soccer's Most Violent Fan Fights

Published on 2011-03-31 01:08:00

Hooligans & Thugs Soccer's Most Violent Fan Fights: Steve Jones from The Sex Pistols narrates this disturbing documentary that examines violence among soccer fans, a phenomenon that often occurs in England and other European countries as well as > read more

The Boy Who Sees Without Eyes

Published on 2011-03-31 01:04:00

Extraordinary People - The Boy Who Sees Without Eyes: This is the story of a Ben Underwood who has taught himself to use echo location to navigate around the world. Ben is blind, but has managed to do some truly extraordinary feats. Watch The Full > read more

Blood in the Face

Published on 2011-03-31 00:54:00

Blood in the Face: An expose of the beliefs, history, and personalities of American White Supremacist groups, including neo-Nazis, fascists, the Ku Klux Klan, and the Aryan Nation. Footage includes interviews, as well as the supremacist's own promot > read more

National Geographic: Secrets Of The Tang Treasure Ship

Published on 2011-03-31 00:50:00

National Geographic: Secrets Of The Tang Treasure Ship: Historians have long speculated that thousands of wooden ships plied a Maritime Silk Route from the Middle East to China, braving long distances on white-capped seas, but time and the deep ocean > read more

LennonNYC

Published on 2011-03-29 23:26:00

In October 2010, John Lennon would be 70 years old. In December 2010, he will have been dead for 30-years. Yet, his art still haunts us. LENNONYC explores and celebrates the arc of Lennon's solo career, the art and the choices that his and Yoko Ono's > read more

WikiRebels: The Documentary

Published on 2011-03-29 23:17:00

WikiRebels: The Documentary: Its definitely a new paradigm when a small private activist group has the capacity to provide free access to the inner workings of companies and governments. Pushing First Amendment rights and freedom of the press to thei > read more

Ronald Reagan: An American Journey

Published on 2011-03-29 23:09:00

Experience the astonishing political career of one of the most influential and popular political figures of the past three decades with this in-depth look at Ronald Reagan, the 40th President of the United States. Now you can relive the historical m > read more

The Real Abraham Lincoln

Published on 2011-03-29 22:57:00

This docudrama tells the fascinating story of Lincoln’s rise to the presidency and his leadership during the Civil War. Watch The Full Documentary Now Alternate Link:Videoweed > read more

History Channel Evolve: Size

Published on 2011-03-29 22:40:00

History Channel Evolve: Size: Life has evolved into a multitude of sizes. Over the course of three billion years, life has taken on many forms-from an .02-micrometer-long bacteria to the 110-foot-long blue whale. Scientists are learning how the strug > read more

Justin Bieber - This Is My World

Published on 2011-03-29 22:32:00

Justin Bieber - This Is My World: This new profile takes the viewer on the path to success of what became the Justin Bieber phenomenon and includes his performances, backstage footage and interviews with Bieber, Usher, and several industry heavyweigh > read more

How Drugs Work cannabis

Published on 2011-03-29 22:27:00

Documentary using visual effects and CGI to examine the effects of cannabis, revealing whether it is addictive, if it destroys our memories and if it can lead to psychosis. Watch The Full Documentary Now > read more

Zeitgeist: Moving Forward

Published on 2011-03-29 22:21:00

Zeitgeist: Moving Forward is the third installment in Peter Joseph's Zeitgeist film series. The movie was independently released in over 60 countries and in over 30 languages starting on January 15, 2011 with over 340 screenings worldwide.The film wa > read more

National Geographic: The Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque

Published on 2011-03-29 22:16:00

National Geographic: The Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque: For over 12 years, more than 2500 people have been working at temperatures above 40 degrees centigrade, on a project thats intended to become a national icon. The construction of the Sheikh Zayed Al > read more

History Channel It's Good to Be the President

Published on 2011-03-29 22:12:00

Americans like to think we know our President. We followed him during the campaign, invited him into our living rooms during countless televised appearances and even learned about his cholesterol count after each annual physical. But the truth is, we > read more

Top Gear - Soul Cars

Published on 2011-03-29 02:00:00

Top Gear - Soul Cars: Some cars have a million horsepower, others have twinkly lights and big shiny wheels. But a rare few have something else; soul. Its found in funny places. In the crack of a rusty sill. Down the back of a torn seat next to an o > read more

Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer

Published on 2011-03-29 01:56:00

Client 9 takes an in-depth look at the rapid rise and dramatic fall of New York Governor Eliot Spitzer. As NY's Attorney General, Eliot Spitzer prosecuted crimes by America’s largest financial institutions and some of the most powerful executives i > read more

ESPN Films - The Fab Five

Published on 2011-03-29 01:52:00

ESPN Films - The Fab Five: They were one of the most famous - and infamous - teams in college basketball history. Arriving on the campus of the University of Michigan in the fall of 1991, the five freshmen -Chris Webber, Jalen Rose, Juwan Howard, Jim > read more

Give It Up For Greg Giraldo

Published on 2011-03-29 01:43:00

Give It Up For Greg Giraldo: Jon Stewart, Conan OBrien, Sarah Silverman, Colin Quinn, Dave Attell, Lewis Black, Jim Gaffigan and Nick Swardson along with Comedy Central celebrate the life of a modern hero, a groundbreaking comedic voice and family me > read more

Dragons Or Dinosaurs Creation Or Evolution

Published on 2011-03-29 01:36:00

Dinosaurs are often used to discredit the Bible, so what if their existence actually helps prove its veracity? This explosive documentary answers these and other questions that surround this controversial theory. Watch The Full Documentary Click Her > read more

Japan's Tsunami How It Happened

Published on 2011-03-29 01:33:00

exploring the scientific factors behind the magnitude 9 earthquake and the resultant tsunami that struck Japan on March 11. Professor of geological sciences Roger Bilham views the effects of the devastation from the air, and journalist Callum Macrae > read more

The Great Conspiracy: The 9/11 News Special You Never Saw

Published on 2011-03-29 01:28:00

“The Great Conspiracy: The 9/11 News Special You Never Saw” is a 70-minute sequel to The Great Deception. That is a ground-breaking 44-minute video also by Barrie Zwicker. He was the first mainstream journalist in the world to go on air (in Janua > read more

9/11: The Falling Man

Published on 2011-03-29 01:25:00

The Falling Man, the story of the ‘jumpers’ of 9/11. It follows the trail of the photographer who nearly lost his life shooting the image; of the citizens who decried it, arguing that it was sensational and exploitative; of the editors who publis > read more

Confronting The Evidence: A Call To Reopen The 9/11 Investigation

Published on 2011-03-29 01:19:00

“Confronting the Evidence” includes footage of a “town hall meeting” held on September 11, 2004 in New York City. Hosted by actor and activist Ed Begley Jr., the groundbreaking event featured David Ray Griffin, David vonKleist, Barry Zwicker, > read more

Oil, Smoke and Mirrors

Published on 2011-03-29 01:08:00

Through a series of interviews, this film argues that the bizarre events surrounding the 9/11 attacks, and the equally bizarre prosecution of the so-called “war on terror”, can be more credibly understood in the wider context of an imminent diver > read more

Dangerous Knowledge

Published on 2011-03-19 01:36:00

Beneath the surface of the world, are the rules of science. But beneath them, there is a far deeper set of rules – a matrix of pure mathematics which explains the nature of the rules of science and how it is way we can understand them in the first > read more

Through The Wormhole: What Happened Before the Beginning?

Published on 2011-03-19 01:30:00

Every cosmologist and astronomer agrees: our Universe is 13.7 billion years old. Using cutting-edge technology, scientists are now able to take a snapshot of the Universe a mere heartbeat after its birth.Armed with hypersensitive satellites, astronom > read more

Cosmic Journeys

Published on 2011-03-19 01:24:00

Cutting-edge stories about the origins of the universe, black holes, exploding stars, the search for ET life, and the nature of the planets.How did the universe begin? Where will it end? Are there other worlds like Earth?A groundbreaking series combs > read more

Why Are We Here?

Published on 2011-03-19 01:15:00

In this short documentary, Dawkins takes a look at the purpose of human existance and asks the earthshaking question – Why are we here?Pointing out that religious stories of human purpose fail miserably, Dawkins indicates that science may be able t > read more

The Universe: Beyond The Big Bang

Published on 2011-03-18 09:44:00

Documentary that explores how mankind came to understand the Universe and its origins in the Big Bang.From the earliest people who looked up at the sky and wondered about its nature to modern physicists like Einstein, Gamow, Alpher And Guth.The unive > read more

The Day I Died

Published on 2011-03-18 09:23:00

This documentary features in-depth case studies of Near Death Experiences including a dramatic veridical (verifiable accurate) out-of-body experience, the most recent research studies, and balanced interpretations of NDEs from both skeptical and “b > read more

Roving Mars

Published on 2011-03-17 04:23:00

Mars is Earth’s closest planetary neighbor, and for decades scientists have been curious about the so-called “Red Planet,” wondering if it’s possible that life exists there, how its soil and terrain differs from our own, and if water can be f > read more

The Blue Planet: Seas of Life

Published on 2011-03-17 04:15:00

Although the oceans comprise two-thirds of planet Earth, much of what goes on beneath their surface remains shrouded in mystery, and most certainly soaking wet.The BBC series The Blue Planet: Seas of Life dips into the briny deep, exploring an aquati > read more

Planet Earth: The Complete BBC Series

Published on 2011-03-17 04:08:00

With a production budget of $25 million, the makers of The Blue Planet: Seas of Life crafted this epic story of life on Earth. Five years in production, with over 2,000 days in the field, using 40 cameramen filming across 200 locations, and shot enti > read more

The Fundamentalists

Published on 2011-03-17 04:00:00

To most people the word “fundamentalism” conjures up images of terrorism.This documentary tells how this phenomenon, with its complex history, is rife in many of the world’s religions & how its intention is to impose a single truth on a plural > read more

Collision: Christopher Hitchens vs. Douglas Wilson

Published on 2011-03-17 03:52:00

COLLISION carves a new path in documentary film-making as it pits leading atheist, political journalist and bestselling author Christopher Hitchens against fellow author, satirist and evangelical theologian Douglas Wilson, as they go on the road to e > read more

The God Who Wasn’t There

Published on 2011-03-17 03:44:00

Former fundamentalist Christian Brian Flemming places the core concepts of his former religion under the microscope in a documentary that attempts to do for religion what Morgan Spurlock’s Super Size Me did for the fast-food industry. In his bold q > read more

Engineering an Empire: The Maya and The Aztecs

Published on 2011-03-15 11:34:00

At the height of its glory, this mysterious civilization ruled a territory of 125,000 square miles across parts of Guatemala, Mexico, Honduras, El Salvador and Belize. What began as a modest population of hunters and gatherers expanded into more than > read more

The Nazis, A Warning From History

Published on 2011-03-15 11:30:00

The Nazis would later try to rewrite history to say that Hitler became Chancellor simply because it was his destiny, but in reality, Hitler had been helped by economic circumstance and the support and miscalculation of others.As the new century appro > read more

The Bloody History of Communism

Published on 2011-03-15 11:25:00

Communism was the bloodiest ideology that caused more than 120 million innocent deaths in the 20th century.It was a nightmare which promised equality and justice, but which brought only bloodshed, death, torture and fear.This three-volume documentary > read more

Spartacus – Behind The Myth

Published on 2011-03-15 11:16:00

Two thousand years ago, the Roman Empire was the strongest and most powerful assembly of people on Earth. In the year 73 BC, they boasted the greatest army in the ancient world, but their army was to be taken down many times over by Spartacus – an > read more

Slavery and the Making of America

Published on 2011-03-15 11:10:00

Slavery and the Making of America is a four-part series documenting the history of American slavery from its beginnings in the British colonies to its end in the Southern states and the years of post-Civil War Reconstruction.Drawing on a wealth of re > read more

Racism: A History

Published on 2011-03-15 11:01:00

A documentary which is exploring the impact of racism on a global scale, as part of the season of programmes marking the 200th anniversary of the abolition of slavery. Beginning by assessing the implications of the relationship between Europe, Africa > read more

Islam: Empire of Faith

Published on 2011-03-15 10:55:00

What is Islam? Who is Muhammad? This is the first of 3 part documentary narrated by Ben Kingsley about Islam and attempts to answer these questions. This part deals with the life of the Prophet Muhammad, his early life, his encounter with God Almight > read more

Guns, Germs, and Steel

Published on 2011-03-13 22:29:00

Based on Jared Diamond’s Pulitzer Prize-winning book of the same name, Guns, Germs and Steel traces humanity’s journey over the last 13,000 years – from the dawn of farming at the end of the last Ice Age to the realities of life in the twenty-f > read more

Egypt’s Golden Empire

Published on 2011-03-13 22:16:00

Over 3,500 years ago, Rome was no more than a soggy marsh and the Acropolis was just an empty rock, but Egypt was on the brink of its greatest age – the New Kingdom.There was an explosion of creativity, wealth and power in Egypt that would make it > read more

Empires: Napoleon

Published on 2011-03-13 22:11:00

For nearly two decades he strode the world stage like a colossus – loved and despised, venerated and feared.From his birth on the rugged island of Corsica to his final exile on the godforsaken island of St. Helena, Napoleon brings this extraordinar > read more

Cathedral

Published on 2011-03-13 22:06:00

The history of Britain and the aspirations of her Christian communities can be traced in the glorious excesses of the cathedrals. From Norman grandeur to the modern interpretations found in Liverpool and Coventry, explore the changing styles of the c > read more

The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till

Published on 2011-03-13 22:03:00

Simple yet riveting, The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till articulates the madness of racism in the South of the 1950s. Combining archival photos and footage with deeply felt interviews, this documentary tells the harrowing story of what happened whe > read more

French Revolution

Published on 2011-03-13 21:55:00

The French Revolution (1789–1799) was a period of radical social and political upheaval in French and European history. The absolute monarchy that had ruled France for centuries collapsed in three years. French society underwent an epic transformat > read more

Scratch

Published on 2011-03-13 21:47:00

Scratch is a feature-length film/ DVD that explores the world of the hip-hop DJ. From the birth of hip-hop, when pioneering DJ’s began extending breaks on their party records (which helped inspire break dancing and rap), to the invention of scratch > read more

Flamenco at 5:15

Published on 2011-03-13 21:42:00

This Oscar®-winning short documentary is an impressionistic record of a flamenco dance class given to senior students of the National Ballet School of Canada by two great teachers from Spain, Susana and Antonio Robledo.For a few weeks each year, in > read more

Before the Music Dies (B4MD)

Published on 2011-03-13 21:36:00

Ever since MTV arrived in our living rooms, there has been an inordinate amount of emphasis on beauty and youth and appearance – none of which enters our consciousness through our ears. Never have so few companies controlled so much of the music pl > read more

The Truth About Vitamins

Published on 2011-03-13 21:24:00

Millions of people take vitamins everyday convinced of their power to help hem stay healthy. However, being in the habit of taking large doses of vitamins can cause different consequences. > read more

No End in Sight

Published on 2011-03-12 21:37:00

On March 19, 2003, forces from the United States and a handful of allied nations invaded Iraq to remove Saddam Hussein from power.American military leaders expected the conflict to last no more than a few months, and President George W. Bush declared > read more

Death In Gaza

Published on 2011-03-12 21:29:00

In spring 2003, filmmaker James Miller and reporter Saira Shah, following the success of their Peabody-winning films Unholy War and Beneath the Veil, set out to take a first-hand look at the culture of hate that permeates the Middle East.They capture > read more

Wars In Peace

Published on 2011-03-12 21:26:00

Afghanistan, war in the Hindu Kush, a war fought by the Soviet Union to prevent the spread of Islamic Fundamentalism. Like Vietnam, a conflict dominated by the helicopter gunship. Unlike Vietnam, a hit and run guerilla war not all rebels could agree > read more

War On Terror – At Home with the Terror Suspects

Published on 2011-03-12 21:21:00

Having spent years in Belmarsh prison, the detainees now live under partial house arrest on Britain’s streets. Officially known by letters of the alphabet; Detainee ‘A’, Detainee ‘AR’ etc, little is known of their day-to-day existence. Disp > read more

Strange Days on Planet Earth

Published on 2011-03-12 21:13:00

Around the globe, experts are racing to solve a series of mysteries: how could a one-degree rise in average temperature have profound effects around the globe? How could crumbling houses in New Orleans be linked to voracious creatures from southern C > read more

The Illuminati

Published on 2011-03-12 20:52:00

This is a giant geopsychopolitical picture and things are happening with the use of subliminal indirect reverse psychological propaganda. It’s made to be confusing by the evilarchy that controls not only the United States but Britain. The documenta > read more

WACO: A New Revelation

Published on 2011-03-12 20:42:00

According to the agency, there were three of four video cameras pointing at the front door that could tell you everything that happened at the front door of that building that day. They claim they can’t find a single one of them. Every one of those > read more

The Beyond Within

Published on 2011-03-12 20:27:00

There is more to reality than meets a normal eye. Behind the curtain of everyday consciousness is hidden another unutterably strange universe.It’s the world of mystical experiences and those who have been there describe the visit as the most signif > read more

Waiting to Inhale

Published on 2011-03-12 20:23:00

What’s striking from the social stand point is how much more harshly we deal with marijuana than alcohol. Clearly alcohol causes more deaths, it causes more injuries, it makes peoples’ judgment impaired more than marijuana.Waiting to Inhale exami > read more

Human Ape

Published on 2011-03-12 20:14:00

Humans are apes. Great apes. Apes all belong to the super-family Hominoidea. The great apes are the family Hominidae which we share with the Chimpanzees, Gorillas and the Orangutan.Our DNA is less than 2 percent different from that of chimpanzees, so > read more

Inside Planet Earth

Published on 2011-01-27 02:05:00

It’s the ultimate voyage our world has to offer: a journey from the temperate surface of our world to the fiery core of the Earth.With the aid of stunning visual effects, the unexplored interior of the Earth is split wide open, giving us an unbelie > read more

Alien Earths

Published on 2011-01-27 02:02:00

Join leading astronomers on a visual journey beyond our solar system in search of planets like Earth.Using CGI animation, we’ll explore bizarre worlds that stretch our imagination: planets with iron rain and hot ice, with diamonds everywhere, and e > read more

Yugoslavia: The Avoidable War

Published on 2011-01-27 01:58:00

If anyone doubts that it is time for a clear and critical look at Western intervention in the Balkans, consider this: The forces that the US supported in Bosnia and Kosovo were and are closely allied with Osama Bin Laden’s al-Qaeda network.Bin Lade > read more

Journey to 10,000 BC

Published on 2011-01-27 01:54:00

10,000 B.C. was a time of cataclysmic change on Earth. Extreme climactic fluctuations hurled the planet into a minor ice age; mega-fauna like the saber-toothed tiger and woolly mammoth were suddenly becoming extinct; and early humans began to inhabit > read more

Ben Stein’s Flunked: No Intelligence Applied

Published on 2011-01-26 02:07:00

Expelled : No Intelligence Allowed subjected viewers to the fact burning, logic twisting, psychedelic head trip of Intelligent Design propagandists and their conspiracy-theory ravings.This under-appreciated exposé by YouTubes own PrometheusWithLight > read more

Through The Wormhole: Beyond The Darkness

Published on 2011-01-26 01:50:00

What is the universe made of? If you answered stars, planets, gas and dust, you’d be dead wrong. Thirty years ago, scientists first realized that some unknown dark substance was affecting the way galaxies moved.Today, they think there must be five > read more

Through The Wormhole: What Are We Made Of?

Published on 2011-01-26 01:48:00

Our understanding of the universe and the nature of reality itself has drastically changed over the last 100 years, and it’s on the verge of another seismic shift. In a 17-mile-long tunnel buried 570 feet beneath the Franco-Swiss border, the world > read more

Ice Age Columbus: Who Were the First Americans?

Published on 2011-01-26 01:40:00

Traditional history tells us that European settlers discovered America about the time of the Renaissance. But revolutionary new archaeological data and the latest DNA research reveal that Europeans visited our shores far earlier – some 17,000 years > read more

Hubble – 15 Years of Discovery

Published on 2011-01-25 01:37:00

ESA’s anniversary DVD film Hubble – 15 years of discovery covers all aspects of the Hubble Space Telescope project – a journey through the history, the troubled early life and the ultimate scientific successes of Hubble.This portrait, directed > read more

Through The Wormhole – Is There A Creator?

Published on 2011-01-25 01:34:00

It’s perhaps the biggest, most controversial mystery in the cosmos. Did our Universe just come into being by random chance, or was it created by a God who nurtures and sustains all life?The latest science is showing that the four forces governing o > read more

Genesis

Published on 2011-01-25 01:29:00

Just like the director did some ago in Microcosmos, this is a project in which we can see the advances of film-making, the one that can show us images that we had never seen before.From the crystallization of Vitamin C through and electronic microsco > read more

Living with Us

Published on 2011-01-25 01:15:00

Bronwen Parker-Rhodes’ captivating new documentary Living With Us examines the special relationship between animals and their trainers, offering a touching glimpse at their unique and close bond.Unobtrusively shot, the film closely observes three t > read more

The Genius Sperm Bank

Published on 2011-01-22 07:27:00

The Genius Sperm Bank was created in the late 1970s by Robert Klark Graham, an American millionaire optometrist. Officially named the Repository for Germinal Choice, its aim was to breed highly intelligent people in order to save the world from genet > read more

The Code

Published on 2011-01-22 07:23:00

The Code presents the first decade of Linux from 1991 to 2001. Besides Torvalds, it includes many of his closest allies in development process, that is nowadays seen as the greatest success story of the Internet culture. Eventually, Linux becomes a v > read more

Technology: World War 2.0

Published on 2011-01-22 07:14:00

Josh Davis of Wired magazine investigates an internet botnet attack of Estonia’s banks and newspapers.Wired Science reports on cardiac surgery performed by a “robo-doc”.Adam Rogers explores the disappearance of home chemistry sets.Ziya Tong del > read more

Sky Archaeology

Published on 2011-01-22 07:07:00

Archaeologist Richard Hansen and his team trek through the Guatemalan rain forest while above them a satellite sees through the dense jungle and points the way towards a lost Mayan city.This jungle holds a secret, a treasure abandoned two thousand ye > read more

Seven Wonders of the World

Published on 2011-01-21 02:01:00

Various lists of the Wonders of the World have been compiled over the ages to catalogue the most spectacular man-made constructions and natural things in the world.The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World is the first known list of the most remarkable > read more

Modern Marvels: Surveillance Technology

Published on 2011-01-21 01:58:00

Eavesdrop on conversations up to a mile away and try out advanced systems that see through walls. In the world of surveillance, Big Brother is not only watching, he’s also listening, analyzing, recording, scanning, and tracking every aspect of our > read more

Inside The Mind of Google

Published on 2011-01-21 01:55:00

In this CNBC Original, Maria Bartiromo takes viewers Inside The Mind of Google for a rare look at the world’s most powerful technology company and its crown jewel, the Google Internet search engine.This is the fascinating story of how two grad stud > read more

In It’s Image

Published on 2011-01-21 01:50:00

n the mid 70s, Steve Thaler began toying with rudimentary artificial neural networks. Soon after, he began to experiment with colonies of neural networks that launched into brainstorming sessions with one another to produce the equivalent of stream o > read more

Human v2.0

Published on 2011-01-20 01:46:00

Meet the scientific prophets who claim we are on the verge of creating a new type of human – a human v2.0.It’s predicted that by 2029 computer intelligence will equal the power of the human brain. Some believe this will revolutionise humanity – > read more

The Human Family Tree

Published on 2011-01-20 01:43:00

On a single day on a single street, with the DNA of just a couple of hundred random people, National Geographic Channel sets out to trace the ancestral footsteps of all humanity.Narrated by Kevin Bacon, The Human Family Tree travels to one of the mos > read more

Through The Wormhole – Is Time Travel Possible?

Published on 2011-01-20 01:39:00

Einstein’s Theory of Relativity says that time travel is perfectly possible — if you’re going forward. Finding a way to travel backwards requires breaking the speed of light, which so far seems impossible. But now, strange-but-true phenomena su > read more

The Search for Adam

Published on 2011-01-20 01:22:00

Could we all be descendants of an “Adam”? And if Adam existed, who was he, where did he live and what did he look like?Join leading geneticist and National Geographic Explorer-In-Residence, Spencer Wells, as he embarks on a quest to trace every m > read more

March of the Penguins

Published on 2011-01-19 01:17:00

One of the year’s most unexpectedly moving films, this French-made documentary about the mating cycle of emperor penguins took moviegoers by surprise and became a box-office blockbuster in the process. Small wonder: March of the Penguins is cinema > read more

Natural World: The Chimpcam Project

Published on 2011-01-19 01:15:00

How does a chimpanzee see the world? A research project at Edinburgh Zoo is designed to answer just that question in an innovative new way – by training chimps to use video touch screens and giving them a special chimp-proof camera.How will they re > read more

Life

Published on 2011-01-19 01:12:00

Life is a nature documentary series made for BBC television, first broadcast on BBC One and BBC HD from October to December 2009. The series takes a global view of the specialized strategies and extreme behavior that living things have evolved in ord > read more

Jungle Trip

Published on 2011-01-19 01:08:00

Lost in the heart of the Peruvian Amazon, there is a vine that is said to talk to humans, giving an understanding to the secrets of life. The custodians of this plant are the medicine men, or shamans. The divine does not give up its secrets easily.It > read more

Streets of Plenty

Published on 2011-01-18 01:03:00

An unprecedented look into the underworld of Vancouver’s downtown east-side ghetto. This 65 minute documentary follows one man’s 30 day experiment of joining the thousands of homeless, ill, and addicted, who survive the streets of Vancouver’s c > read more

Cocaine Cowboys 2: Hustlin’ with the Godmother

Published on 2011-01-18 00:59:00

If you liked Cocaine Cowboys, you’ll like this one too. True story of the cocaine queen who makes Tony Montana look like Mother Teresa.Set on the inner-city streets of Oakland, California, cocaine dealer Charles Cosby has his life is changed foreve > read more

Richard Dawkins: Faith School Menace?

Published on 2011-01-18 00:56:00

The number of faith schools in Britain is rising. Around 7,000 publicly funded schools – one in three – now has a religious affiliation.As the coalition government paves the way for more faith-based education by promoting ‘free schools’, the > read more

18th Street Gang

Published on 2011-01-18 00:53:00

18th Street is considered the largest gang in Los Angeles, California, and is a strong armed transnational Latino criminal gang.It is estimated that there are thousands of members in Los Angeles County alone. There are approximately 200 separate indi > read more

Children Full of Life

Published on 2011-01-17 00:51:00

Mr. Kanamori, a teacher of a 4th grade class, teaches his students not only how to be students, but how to live. He gives them lessons on teamwork, community, the importance of openness, how to cope, and the harm caused by bullying.In the award-winni > read more

Inside the Medieval Mind

Published on 2011-01-17 00:48:00

One of the world’s greatest authorities on the Middle Ages, Professor Robert Bartlett of St Andrew’s University, investigates the intellectual landscape of the medieval world.In the first programme, Knowledge, he explores the way medieval man und > read more

Daughter from Danang

Published on 2011-01-17 00:45:00

A heartbreaking documentary that upsets your expectations of happily-ever-afters, Daughter from Danang is a riveting emotional drama of longing, identity, and the personal legacy of war.To all outward appearances, Heidi is the proverbial “all-Ameri > read more

Katie Piper – My Beautiful Face

Published on 2011-01-17 00:42:00

Katie Piper (born 12th October 1983) is a former model and television presenter from Andover, Hampshire in England.Piper had hoped to have a full-time career in the media, but in March 2008 in North London, sulfuric acid was thrown at her face by Ste > read more

Poison on the Platter

Published on 2011-01-15 23:15:00

Poison on the Platter, is an eye-opening film, made by Mahesh Bhatt and Ajay Kanchan, illustrating how all of our lives are gonna be (adversely) affected by genetically modified foods.It is no more a farmer’s issue alone, it’s a matter of the con > read more

Natural World – A Farm for the Future

Published on 2011-01-15 23:13:00

Wildlife film maker Rebecca Hosking investigates how to transform her family’s farm in Devon into a low energy farm for the future, and discovers that nature holds the key.With her father close to retirement, Rebecca returns to her family’s wildl > read more

Flow – For Love of Water

Published on 2011-01-15 23:10:00

Irena Salina’s award-winning documentary investigation into what experts label the most important political and environmental issue of the 21st Century – The World Water Crisis.Salina builds a case against the growing privatization of the world > read more

We Feed The World

Published on 2011-01-15 23:08:00

Every day in Vienna the amount of unsold bread sent back to be disposed of is enough to supply Austria’s second-largest city, Graz. Around 350,000 hectares of agricultural land, above all in Latin America, are dedicated to the cultivation of soybea > read more

Through The Wormhole: How Did We Get Here?

Published on 2011-01-14 23:05:00

Everywhere we look, life exists in both the most hospitable of environments and in the most extreme. Yet we have only ever found life on our planet. How did the stuff of stars come together to create life as we know it? What do we really mean by ‘l > read more

Break the Science Barrier

Published on 2011-01-14 23:03:00

Science is useful but that is not all it is. Science can be uplifting, thrilling, life-enhancing.Originally broadcast on Britain’s Channel 4 in 1996, Break the Science Barrier follows the Oxford Biologist Richard Dawkins as he meets with people who > read more

Extreme Universe

Published on 2011-01-14 23:00:00

Ever wondered what would happen if you were sucked into a black hole? Or, if wormholes could make time travel a reality?And could life on Earth survive a huge meteor strike like the one that took out the dinosaurs?Now you can find out in this captiva > read more

The Cosmos: A Beginner’s Guide

Published on 2011-01-14 22:55:00

The Cosmos: A Beginner’s Guide-a fully-funded Open University production for BBC TWO – tackles the big questions about the Solar System, space and the Universe in general: How were they made? Are we alone? What’s the furthest thing we can see? > read more

The Incredible Human Journey

Published on 2011-01-14 00:26:00

Dr Alice Roberts travels the globe to discover the incredible story of how humans left Africa to colonize the world.How did we get here? Following a trail of clues from the latest scientific research, Dr. Alice Roberts re-traces the greatest ever jou > read more

Cosmic Journeys

Published on 2011-01-14 00:13:00

From Big Bang to Man

Published on 2011-01-14 00:09:00

This is the story of the universe and our place within it. And if that’s not enough, we will describe how every atom in existence today came into being, how galaxies formed, how our own solar system began.We will trace the progress of life on Earth > read more

Infamy

Published on 2011-01-14 00:06:00

Infamy is an intense journey into the dangerous lives and obsessed minds of six of America’s most prolific graffiti artists. Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Doug Pray (Hype and Scratch) who teamed up with writer, publisher, and graffiti guru Roger > read more

Who Built Stonehenge?

Published on 2011-01-13 00:01:00

We Are the Aliens

Published on 2011-01-12 23:58:00

Clouds of alien life forms are sweeping through outer space and infecting planets with life – it may not be as far-fetched as it sounds. The idea that life on Earth came from another planet has been around as a modern scientific theory since the 19 > read more

Water – The Great Mystery

Published on 2011-01-12 23:54:00

Fascinating movie spans the globe to reveal recent discoveries about water, the most amazing yet least studied substance in the world. Witness as researchers, scientists, philosophers and theologians try to understand this unique liquid and all its m > read more

UFOs: The Secret Evidence

Published on 2011-01-12 23:51:00

A handful of foo fighter sightings could be dismissed as pilot error, but there were hundreds, if not thousands. Could they really just be the hallucinations of tired or terrified men? “Call me Einstein, Flash Gordon or just plain crazy, but I know > read more

UFO: The Greatest Story Ever Denied

Published on 2011-01-12 08:09:00

Somewhere in the back of your mind, you’ve always known it was true. Special Features: Trevor James Constable – Critter footage that has never been released for over fifty years that reveals entities that exist in the invisible Ultra-Violet spect > read more

The Wisdom of the Dream

Published on 2011-01-12 08:06:00

First in a three-part series of films produced by PBS, on the life and works of the great thinker and psychiatrist Carl Gustav Jung. Part one provides an overview of the major contributions made by Jung in his long career. Born on July 26, 1875, in S > read more

The Secret NASA Transmissions: The Smoking Gun

Published on 2011-01-12 08:04:00

Throughout the documented history of those early pioneering man missions into space, one can find numerous references, made by both astronauts and cosmonauts, to witnessing and sometimes describing curious anomalous objects seen while in orbit around > read more

The Roswell Incident

Published on 2011-01-12 08:00:00

Documentary from Channel 4 shown in 1995 about the infamous ‘UFO Crash’ at Roswell in 1947. In the summer of 1947, there were a number of UFO sightings in the United States. Sometime during the first week of July 1947, something crashed near Rosw > read more

The Privileged Planet

Published on 2011-01-11 07:59:00

Although this documentary is promoting “intelligent design” view I decided to post it. For centuries scientists and philosophers have marveled at an eerie coincidence. Mathematics, a creation of human reason, can predict the nature of the univers > read more

The Phoenix Lights

Published on 2011-01-11 07:52:00

The Phoenix Lights (sometimes referred to as the lights over Phoenix) were a series of widely sighted optical phenomena (generally unidentified flying objects) that occurred in the skies over the U.S. states of Arizona and Nevada, and the Mexican sta > read more

The Pharmacratic Inquisition

Published on 2011-01-11 07:50:00

Thousands of years ago, in the pre monarchic era, sacred plants and other entheogenic substances where politically correct and highly respected for their ability to bring forth the divine, Yahweh, God, The Great Spirit, etc., by the many cultures who > read more

The Other Nostradamus

Published on 2011-01-11 07:42:00

He predicted WWII, the deaths of U.S. presidents, and the turmoil of the 1960s. He prophesied that Israel would become a state 15 years before the event and foretold the Great Depression. Many of his visions seemed to pass unfulfilled, but are now be > read more

Maybe Buenos Aires?

Published on 2011-01-10 08:07:00

A universal story that touches upon many of the themes that cross the modern world we live in: dislocation of people, destruction of their dreams overnight by crises they are not responsible for and their efforts to survive.Luis Caro emigrated to Mad > read more

Hummingbird

Published on 2011-01-10 08:05:00

>In the beautiful coastal city of Recife, Brazil – a world capital for sex tourism – a couple of determined women decided they would try to break the cycle of domestic violence and get kids off the streets. Hummingbird goes onto the streets and s > read more

Children Underground

Published on 2011-01-10 07:57:00

This astonishingly intimate documentary follows five homeless children in Romania, where the collapse of communism has led to a life on the street for 20,000 children.From a 16-year-old girl who runs her gang with a mixture of brutality and compassio > read more

Unprecedented: The 2000 Presidential Election

Published on 2011-01-10 07:55:00

In Florida, George Bush was ahead of Al Gore by a mere 1700 votes. This narrow lead precipitated an unprecedented 36 day crisis. The U.S. Supreme Court ultimately intervened by stopping the recount of the state’s unread ballots, finalizing the coup > read more

The Mystery of the Human Hobbit

Published on 2011-01-09 07:40:00

Is the hobbit a new human species or nothing more than a modern human with a crippling deformity? On the far-flung island of Flores, in the Indonesian archipelago, a team of archaeologists happened upon a tiny 18,000-year old skeleton. It was no more > read more

Absolute Zero

Published on 2011-01-09 07:37:00

This two-part scientific detective tale tells the story of a remarkable group of pioneers who wanted to reach the ultimate extreme: absolute zero, a place so cold that the physical world as we know it doesn’t exist, electricity flows without resist > read more

The Story of Science: Power, Proof and Passion

Published on 2011-01-09 07:33:00

For thousands of years we have wrestled with the great questions of existence. Who are we? What is the world made of? How did we get here? The quest to answer these is the story of science.Each week, medical journalist Michael Mosley traces the often > read more

Ötzi – The Iceman Murder

Published on 2011-01-09 07:28:00

Ötzi the Iceman is the modern nickname of a well-preserved natural mummy of a man from about 3300 BC, found in 1991 in a glacier of the Otztal Alps, near the border between Austria and Italy.The nickname comes from the valley of discovery. He rivals > read more

What the Bleep Do We Know!?

Published on 2011-01-08 08:46:00

This hard-to-describe movie, which combines talking-head documentary footage with a fictional narrative, attempts to explain quantum physics in terms most audiences can understand.The extent to which it succeeds will largely be the extent to which a > read more

Yellowstone National Park

Published on 2011-01-08 08:42:00

As one of America’s most popular destinations, Yellowstone National Park has attracted millions of visitors. Here you will see all the sights: geysers, lakes, waterfalls, lightning storms and hot springs including Old Faithful!Located in northern W > read more

Winged Migration

Published on 2011-01-08 08:40:00

An odyssey over three years in the making, Winged Migration certainly is an amazing experience to behold. Its most impressive and moving achievement is its ability to draw the viewer into an almost foreign world, traveling along with a myriad of bird > read more

Visionaries: In Grave Danger of Falling Food

Published on 2011-01-08 08:35:00

Permaculture is a bit of everything. To some it is architecture, to others, organic farming. Some say it is a philosophy and a way of life, others believe it is their only hope.Permaculture is a design system, but the engineering principles it follow > read more

The Secret Life of Plants

Published on 2011-01-07 08:32:00

It means even on the lower levels of life, there is a profound consciousness or awareness that bonds all things together. Published in 1973, The Secret Life of Plants was written by Peter Tompkins and Christopher Bird. It is described as “A fascina > read more

The Private Life of a Cat

Published on 2011-01-07 08:25:00

A male cat courts a female cat and they raise a family together. We see the kittens being born and nurtured by mother, while an interested and proud dad lends his support. Beautifully photographed and executed. With subtitles, no dialog, and a refres > read more

The Twins Who Share a Body

Published on 2011-01-07 08:23:00

Although they are two completely separate people, these accomplished teens share a body and have just two arms and legs between them.Born in 1990, the girls have been brought up in a small, tightly knit community in Minnesota, almost completely prote > read more

The Marketing of Madness: Are We All Insane?

Published on 2011-01-07 08:20:00

The Marketing of Madness is the definitive documentary on the psychiatric drugging industry. Here is the real story of the high income partnership between psychiatry and drug companies that has created an $80 billion psychotropic drug profit centre.B > read more

The World at War (30th Anniversary Edition)

Published on 2011-01-06 08:13:00

The second World War had a profound effect on the course of the 20th century, and unfortunately, its horrors, including “ethnic cleansing,” terrorism, despotism, invasions, the curtailment of civil rights, and rampant nationalism, are still conce > read more

Lock ‘N Load

Published on 2011-01-06 08:10:00

Lock N’ Load with R. Lee Ermey is a militainment television program on The History Channel that discusses the development of military weaponry throughout the centuries. It is hosted by R. Lee Ermey.In a typical episode, Ermey focuses on one specifi > read more

Ghosts of Rwanda

Published on 2011-01-06 08:08:00

When the United Nations sent peacekeepers to this small, Central African nation — with the full support of the U.S. government — most of the policy-makers involved believed it would be a straightforward mission that would help restore the U.N.’ > read more

Battle Tank

Published on 2011-01-06 08:03:00

The three traditional factors determining a tank’s effectiveness in battle are its firepower, protection, and mobility. Since the Second World War, the economics of tank production governed by the ease of manufacture and cost, and the impact of a g > read more

Mob Stories – The Big Guy (Frank Cotroni)

Published on 2011-01-04 23:19:00

In Europe nuclear energy is more and more often celebrated as saving the climate. Clearly, nuclear power plants need uranium.The aim is to comprehensively illustrate the opportunities and risks posed by nuclear energy, whilst paying particular attent > read more

The Invention of the Parking Meter

Published on 2011-01-04 23:17:00

This is a short pilot mokumentary from the satirical series The Unauthorized History of Inventions by Izzy Abrahami and Erga Netz.You might think that the parking meter was invented in 1935 by Carl C. Magee in Oklahoma City, OK. but when you watch th > read more

Don’t Tread On Me – Rise Of The Republic

Published on 2011-01-04 23:14:00

What is Your Line In The Sand? Rise Of The Republic From the Tea Party Movement to State Legislators, the American people are drawing a line in the sand.On what side of it will you stand? Has the government our Founders created been forgotten by Wash > read more

Who Killed John O’Neil?

Published on 2011-01-04 23:12:00

On July 3rd, 1979, the CIA gave birth to Islamic Fundamentalism when President Carter signed a directive for United States Intelligence to provide radical Islamic thinking and arms to Afghan fighters, before the Soviet United invaded.Traumatized by t > read more

We Become Silent

Published on 2011-01-03 23:08:00

International award-winning filmmaker Kevin P. Miller of Well TV announced the release of a new documentary about the threat to medical freedom of choice. We Become Silent: The Last Days of Health Freedom details the ongoing attempts by multinational > read more

Wake Up Call – New World Order

Published on 2011-01-03 23:06:00

This is a documentary compiled by John Nada. Some of the topics covered in the film are: The New World Order, Federal Reserve, Bilderberg Group, Trilateral Commission, Council on Foreign Relations, North American Union, The Rockefeller and Rothschild > read more

The War Room

Published on 2011-01-03 23:00:00

A look inside the 1992 presidential race, D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hedgus’ documentary The War Room explores the backstage side of national politics by examining the day-to-day operations of Bill Clinton’s campaign staff. The behind-the-scenes l > read more

Why We Fight

Published on 2011-01-03 22:57:00

In 1961, as Dwight D. Eisenhower gave his final address to the nation before leaving the office of President of the United States, he warned that America “must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence…by the military-industrial comp > read more

War By Other Means

Published on 2011-01-02 22:55:00

John Pilger and David Munro examine the policy of First World banks agreeing loans with Third World countries, who are then unable to meet the crippling interest charges.Won Geneva International TV Award at the North-South Media Encounters event, Gen > read more

Uprising In Tibet

Published on 2011-01-02 22:51:00

These protests were the direct result of deep rooted resentment against China’s policies in Tibet, including the suppression of religious freedom, legal injustice, and the denial of civil, political, economic, and cultural rights.The following is a > read more

Undercover in Tibet

Published on 2011-01-02 22:48:00

As Tibetan protesters take to the streets in the biggest and most bloody challenge to Chinese rule in nearly 20 years, Dispatches reports on the hidden reality of life under Chinese occupation after spending three months undercover, deep inside the r > read more

Unconstitutional: The War On Our Civil Liberties

Published on 2011-01-02 22:42:00

The United States has refused to abide by the Geneva Conventions. They are the rules of war that were developed after World War II. Basically what they say is when you capture people during a war, you have to treat them humanely. You have to give the > read more

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