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- A widowed former reverend living with his children and brother on a Pennsylvania farm finds mysterious crop circles in their fields, which suggests something more frightening to come.
- Retiring CIA agent Nathan Muir recalls his training of Tom Bishop while working against agency politics to free him from his Chinese captors.
- Michael Moore's view on what happened to the United States after September 11 and how the Bush Administration allegedly used the tragic event to push forward its agenda for unjust wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
- An examination of the infamous pornographic film Deep Throat (1972), covering aspects from the film's creation to its cultural impact.
- An orphaned cheetah becomes the best friend and pet of a young boy living in South Africa.
- Lawrence, an aging, lonely civil servant falls for Gina, an enigmatic young woman. When he takes her to the G8 Summit in Reykjavik, however, their bond is tested by Lawrence's professional obligations.
- Is American foreign policy dominated by the idea of military supremacy? Has the military become too important in American life? Jarecki's shrewd and intelligent polemic would seem to give an affirmative answer to each of these questions.
- The secret smuggling of 9,300 Jewish children out of Nazi Germany in the late 1930s.
- An in-depth making of documentary about the original Star Wars trilogy, covering the productions of the three films and their impact on popular culture.
- Chronicles Madonna's 2004 Re-Invention World Tour and "new" Madonna
- Documentary on Bayard Rustin, best-remembered as the organizer of the 1963 March on Washington.
- William Shatner presents a light-hearted look at how the "Star Trek" TV series have influenced and inspired today's technologies, including: cell phones, medical imaging, computers and software, SETI, MP3 players and iPods, virtual reality, and spaceship propulsion.
- An in-depth British breakdown of how NASA never had the technology to overcome putting a man on on the moon or anywhere further than low orbit from the Apollo moon missions even today with the Space Shuttle designed to go nowhere but lower orbit
- Academics, public relations experts, and satirists of various kinds describe the history and nature of propaganda.
- After twenty years in the pop business, this is a celebration of the lives, work, and achievements of the Pet Shop Boys. Following Neil's education and upbringing in Newcastle, and Chris's in Blackpool, the two head separately to London where they meet and begin writing, ending up with their classic "West End Girls". Over two decades and ?? albums, they go from strength to strength, revealing their work methods and abetted by comments from musicians Robbie Williams, Jake Shears ("Scissor Sisters"), Brandon Flowers ("The Killers"), amongst others. Their musical variations are discussed including the musical "Closer to Heaven" and writing a new score to accompany Eisenstein's "Battleship Potemkin", performed live in London's Trafalgar Square. A panoramic portrait. Available as a 48-min TV documentary and a 140-minute DVD.
- Looking at the life of David Icke thus-far - a camera crew follows him as he reflects on his new-found fame as a conspiracy theorist. We get to hear the thoughts of his family, and watch as he prepares for a lengthy talk in front of a live audience at London's Brixton Academy.
- Derren Brown recruits participants to attend a "motivational seminar" where he manipulates them into robbing a security van in broad daylight.
- Documentary looking at the design and layout of the World Trade Center twin towers and considering the reasons why they both collapsed so quickly after terrorists flew two aeroplanes into them on September 11 2001. Includes input from engineers and those who designed and built the towers.
- A documentary that details the making of the 6th official James Bond film, 1969's On Her Majesty's Secret Service. Features include interviews with the cast and crew, including the blockbuster hit film's director Peter Hunt and star George Lazenby.
- An affectionate look at celebrity hellraisers whose shocking antics and outrageous exploits have gained them both ridicule and respect.
- A documentary exploring the supposed curse that affects the lives of people involved with portraying the Superman character.
- Unravelling the conspiracy theories behind some of the world's biggest stories. Getting to meet the people who passionately believe the theories and finding out what drives them.
- Finding the orgin of words
- When the party's official candidate, suffering from cancer, is forced to resign, Michel Dedieu is named to replace him at the last minute. Michel is to be confronted very shortly with his opponent at a TV debate and as he is little known, his campaign committee decides to coach him in a TV studio reproduced in his own home. Michel complies reluctantly. Worse he has a row with his wife, who disappears after having shaken off her bodyguard. The atmosphere is so tense that Dedieu suddenly feels unwell. He is stunned when the doctor he consults tells him he strongly doubts the former candidate really has cancer. Is the new candidate being manipulated then, notably by Georges, the crafty party strategist? Anyway, Michel Dedieu is not going to be anybody's fool ...
- Iain Lee travels the world, exploring the origins and history of gaming, whilst meeting and playing against various computer and video game pioneers.
- Tracing the history and influence of Iranian cinema and its filmmakers.
- The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures are annual lectures by the Royal Institution presenting scientific subjects the general public in an entertaining manner (since 1825), this series was broadcast by Channel 4 from 2000-2004.
- A year-by-year account of how Christmas was celebrated in Britain during World War II.
- Living in exile in France for the past 25 years, Abbas Fahdel last year made Retour à Babylone, the occasion to return home, be reunited with his childhood friends and explore a reality that was now alien to him. In this film, Fahdel's camera shows us Iraqis in another light and the hopes and fears of these men and women who escaped the nightmare of a dictatorship only to be mired in chaos. He is better equipped than anyone for this task. He is both an "outside" angle of vision and a brotherly view. An Iraqi among Iarqis, he embodies a reference point in the turmoil. His presence and commitment during the past year, his receptivity during those months when everyone was preparing for war explains why his camera is never indiscreet or prying.
- Declassified FBI documents trace an 11-year investigation of rumors that Hitler survived Germany's defeat in 1945, escaping via U-boat to Argentina.
- Diabetic Daniel Holzenchenko succumbs to the call of canned peaches...and leaves behind 2 brothers and 2 sisters who seem unable to agree on anything from refreshments to music to be used at his funeral. While trying to mediate them, Nate also has to figure out how to convince Brenda not to tell Maya that she is her stepmother and her real mother Lisa is dead. David and Keith go to an adoption agency picnic where they meet Anthony, and choose to foster and possibly adopt him and his brother, when Mary's news about conception changes to news of an error. Ruth tells her knitting group her patience with George has officially ended, and at their urging convinces him to find an apartment for them and a job for himself - but actually plans to leave him with the apartment. Claire has a worse time leaving Billy, pressured by Margaret as well as him. Julio torments another student so Rico volunteers to go in and explains his anger is actually from his parents' divorce, but Vanessa confronts him about what he says. Nate is advised to make a choice about talking with Maya from an interesting source, and gets a surprising response from Brenda.
- Super Tornado forms part of the "Perfect Disaster" Series made by Impossible Pictures for Discovery US. The film explores the science and emergency management behind what would happen if the largest tornado possible were to hit Dallas. The film cuts between drama and documentary and uses Visual Effects to portray this 'what if' scenario.
- Ice Storm is the perfect disaster that happened in Montreal and brought the Canadian city to a halt.
- Examines the enormous engineering project in Dubai to create Palm Jumeirah, the world's largest artificial island, including the planning, problems and issues associated with it.
- 20118.0 (106)TV EpisodeThe use of vegetational concepts role in the rise of the machines, our belief in the balance of nature, and how the idea of the ecosystem was invented.
- An investigation into America's 'kill/capture' programme to discover new evidence of the strategy's impact, and its costs.
- A look at the murder of Anni Dewani - a woman who died under mysterious circumstances on her honeymoon in South Africa.
- From PBS and Frontline - It's been almost a year since a devastating earthquake and tsunami crippled Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex, leaving the country's once popular energy program in shambles. In response, Germany decided to abandon nuclear energy entirely. Should the U.S. follow suit?