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- Experience nature's art as filmmaker Louie Schwartzberg highlights the beauty that lurks in oceans, forests, deserts and flowers.
- A PBS documentary concerning Jared Diamond's theory on why there is such disparity between those who have advanced technology and those who still live primitively. He argues it is due to the acquisition of guns and steel and the changes brought about by germs.
- In each episode, geologist Dr. Iain Stewart explains the effects and importance of a specific force of nature, such as wind or volcanism. He also examines the various ways in which it shapes planet earth itself and influences life on it, often in conjunction with other natural forces, and sometimes with lifeforms, as in the 'apocalyptically' grave case of global warming.
- In a world in which all boundaries seem to have been conquered, adventurers and extreme sports people restlessly seek out new challenges. They try to defeat the impregnable, make come through the impossible - despite all threatening risks and hazarding perilous efforts. "Explorers - adventures of the century" profiles the wild dozen of the most exceptional protagonists - both men and women - in their quest for the adventures of the new century. Here's kayaker Steve Fisher as he conquers the hundred year flood on the treacherous Zambezi River, no exit point is too extreme for BASE-jumpers Valery Rozov and Karina Hollekim, while Irish marathon swimmer Stephen Redmond withstands the gruelling open sea to become the first to swim the iconic Seven Oceans. They all venture into new terrain, going to their personal limits and take the viewer on the adventure of a lifetime.
- Stories and reports from exotic locations and extraordinary people, from little-researched animals and amazing phenomena, reports on research in the deep sea and everyday life on the high seas.
- The careers of D.W. Griffith, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and Charlie Chaplin are chronicled culminating in the formation of United Artists and 1919.
- A team of reporters start their journey with 2 vans and drive passing various stops on their way to Tokyo. On their way they stop to explore the culture of the country they are passing through.
- Over 4 years, scientists and film crews voyaged into the depths of Suruga and Sagami Bays to film deep-sea sharks in the Pacific coast of Japan. Several species were featured: bluntnose sixgill sharks, goblin sharks and frilled shark
- 2013– 52mTV EpisodeMission Amazon (Subtitle) In 2015, Charlie Head will attempt the first ever standup paddle boarding of the main water source of the Amazon, the Rio Marañón in Peru. It's never been attempted before and will be the most arduous and longest SUP journey ever made. For two months, using just his physical and mental strength, Charlie will have to negotiate extreme terrain, trek around impassable river rock falls, survive freezing water, high altitude, swarms of insects and suspicious local tribes. But the hardships will be worth it if he can help shine some light on one of the planet's most endangered environments. Over 20 new dams are planned on the river's free-flowing stretches. If they are built, scientists believe that could alter the entire Amazon basin forever. So if Charlie doesn't do it now, he may never be able to.
- Based on Jared Diamond's best-selling, Pulitzer Prize-winning book that tries to answer the question: "Why is the world so unequal?" Part 2 of 3
- Based on Jared Diamond's best-selling, Pulitzer Prize-winning book that tries to answer the question: "Why is the world so unequal?" Part 1 of 3
- Based on Jared Diamond's best-selling, Pulitzer Prize-winning book that tries to answer the question: "Why is the world so unequal?" Part 3 of 3
- Swim beneath turquoise waters with sting rays humpback whales, follow crabs across white sand beaches, and see traditional Tahitian and fire dancing.
- Journey across a wondrous island nation. A land of its own, and a place out of time. Explore a landscape hewn by volcanoes and glaciers and left as lush as a world from a storybook.
- The northernmost area of Japan has rich snowfall in winter that covers the abundant mountains and trees. Red foxes, fish owls and swans, red crown cranes, thrive while snow monkey's bathes in hot springs.