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- DirectorDavid DouglasStarsRobbie RobertsonWolves tells the remarkable story of one of the world's most tenacious species and our closest fellow predator. The film follows these elusive subjects across remote landscapes in an effort to catch glimpses of a way of life known only to a handful of scientists.
- DirectorS. Leigh SavidgeJeff ScheftelStarsFrank AlexanderSam Gideon AnsonWilliam J. BennettThe true story of the rise and fall of Death Row Records.
- DirectorPeter SpirerStarsAnthony 'Treach' CrissDavey DMichael Eric DysonDocumentary examining the politics, music, and life of Tupac Shakur.
- StarsShelley HaleyRichard BrilliantCarl J. RichardA six part documentary on the rise and fall of the Roman Empire
- StarsKenneth BranaghStockard ChanningLarry AgenbroadUsing the latest digital technology, the era between the dinosaurs and man is superbly recreated by the BBC and Discovery Channel in another winning production from the coalition.
- DirectorTim HainesJasper JamesMary Clare BacquetStarsKenneth BranaghAvery BrooksNikolay DrozdovColorado, USA- 152 million years B.C. This episode follows a young female Diplodocus, starting with her infancy in the Late Jurassic forests where she must evade predators like the birdlike Ornitholestes. Later, as she moves out of the forests, she comes into contact with giants such as Stegosaurus and Brachiosaurus and must survive attacks from the giant predatory Allosaurus.
- DirectorTim HainesJasper JamesMary Clare BacquetStarsKenneth BranaghAvery BrooksNikolay DrozdovOxfordshire, U.K.- 149 million years B.C. This episode follows a shoal of young fish-like Ophthalmosaurus as they struggle to survive the Late Jurassic seas, evading predators like the gigantic Liopleurodon. On land, the dinosaur Eustreptospondylus scrapes out a living as a scavenger, occasionally preying on pterosaurs like Rhamphorhynchus.
- DirectorTim HainesJasper JamesMary Clare BacquetStarsKenneth BranaghAvery BrooksNikolay Drozdov127 million years B.C. This episode follows the last journey of a giant Ornithocheirus, one of the largest flying animals of all time, as he travels from Brazil to his genus's mating grounds in Cantabria, Spain. Along the way, he meets strange animals such as the colorfully crested Tapejara, the armored Polacanthus and the vicious predator Utahraptor.
- DirectorTim HainesJasper JamesMary Clare BacquetStarsKenneth BranaghAvery BrooksNikolay DrozdovAntarctica, 106 million years B.C. In the Mid Cretaceous, Antarctica is much warmer than in modern times and covered in lush rain forests inhabited by dinosaurs like the tiny herbivore Leaellynasaura and by relics like the giant amphibian Koolasuchus. Some, like the predatory Allosaurus and giant herbivore Muttaburrasaurus, migrate from the warmer Australia in the summer. Leaellynasaura, however, hibernates during the winter, which is a cold, dark night lasting several months. This episode depicts one year in the life of a clan of Leaellynasaura plagued by territorial competition, egg thieves and predators.
- DirectorTim HainesJasper JamesMary Clare BacquetStarsKenneth BranaghAvery BrooksNikolay DrozdovMontana, USA- 65,5 million years B.C. In the last days of the dinosaurs' hegemony over the world, a female Tyrannosaurus struggles to reproduce in a world poisoned by volcanic gases, which has resulted in dwindling prey numbers.
- DirectorTim HainesJasper JamesMary Clare BacquetStarsKenneth BranaghAvery BrooksNikolay DrozdovArizona, USA- 220 million years B.C. In the blazing Pangaean deserts of the Late Triassic, the first dinosaurs appear. The episode chronicles the fate of a predatory Postosuchus driven from her territory, a herd of Placerias struggling to survive the drought and a couple of cynodonts- early ancestors to modern mammals- trying to protect their young from opportunistic Coelophysis. The dinosaurs have not yet grown into the dominant animals of Earth's ecosystems, but the giant Plateosaurus offers a glimpse of things to come.
- StarsRobert RyanA filmed historical survey of the First World War.
- DirectorNick Gillam-SmithStarsLucy WorsleyJane SpoonerAnna WhitelockLucy Worsley gets into bed with our past monarchs to uncover the Tales from the Royal Bedchamber. She reveals that our obsession with royal bedrooms, births and succession is nothing new. In fact, the rise and fall of their magnificent beds reflects the changing fortunes of the monarchy itself.
- DirectorMorgan SpurlockStarsMorgan SpurlockDaryl IsaacsChemeeka WalkerWhile examining the influence of the fast food industry, Morgan Spurlock personally explores the consequences on his health of a diet of solely McDonald's food for one month.
- DirectorMichael MooreStarsMichael MooreGeorge W. BushBen AffleckMichael Moore's view on what happened to the United States after 9/11 and how the Bush Administration allegedly used the tragic event to push forward its agenda for unjust wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
- DirectorTilman RemmeStarsRobert ShannonDerek LeaJamel ArouiVerus, a slave captured in the Balkans, sees a gladiatorial career in the arena as a preferable alternative to life in a rock quarry.
- DirectorShaun TrevisickStarsHugh LaurieJ.K. RowlingGavin ScottDiscovering the Real World of Harry Potter picks up where the blockbuster film and bestselling books leave off. This critically-acclaimed documentary explores the myths and legends that inhabit the real world of Harry Potter. Follow award-winning documentary filmmakers as they offer insights to witches, wizards, Greek Gods, Ancient Celts, ghosts, magical creatures, alchemy, and ancient spells. Extra Features: The Ghostly Visitors of Harry Potter; Harry Potter's Alchemical and Herbal World; In the Footsteps of Harry Potter; Harry Potter and the Holy Grail.
- DirectorDavid BreashearsStephen JudsonGreg MacGillivrayStarsLiam NeesonLhakpa DorjiDorje SherpaAn international team of climbers ascends Mt. Everest in the spring of 1996. The film depicts their lengthy preparations for the climb, their trek to the summit, and their successful return to Base Camp. It also shows many of the challenges the group faced, including avalanches, lack of oxygen, treacherous ice walls, and a deadly blizzard.
- DirectorDavis GuggenheimStarsAl GoreBilly WestGeorge BushFilmmaker Davis Guggenheim follows Al Gore on the lecture circuit, as the former presidential candidate campaigns to raise public awareness of the dangers of global warming and calls for immediate action to curb its destructive effects on the environment.
- In this series we see Q Elizabeth's official Royal residences, this episode shows the 4,000 ton Royal Yacht Britannia which was retired in 1997. Penelope guides us to the living room, the bed chambers and the Queen's office. The yacht was staffed by over 200 staff. Prince Charles and Lady Dianna had their honeymoon on the yacht, and so did Princess Margaret. The Queen visited over 80 countries while aboard the ship. Then we visit Holyroodhouse in Scotland with the ill fated bed chamber of Mary Queen of Scots.
- DirectorLeni RiefenstahlStarsAdolf HitlerHermann GöringMax AmannThe infamous propaganda film of the 1934 Nazi Party rally in Nuremberg, Germany.
- StarsMichael BoniniConnor DylanDonald ImmExploring the life and times of American statesman and founding father Alexander Hamilton, and the iconic political and financial institutions he helped to create, from the U.S. Mint to the two-party political system.
- StarsEdgar Rice BurroughsMichael ChabonWillem DafoeThis featurette examines Edgar Rice Burroughs' life, the genesis and success of the original "John Carter" series, the many attempts filmmakers from almost every era made to bring his stories to the silver screen, and the eventual adaptation that finally made it into theaters some one-hundred years later.
- StarsDalene KurtisChris LiebermanRob Cohenlooks at what makes a racer street-worthy
- StarsSalvatore VecchioHistorical interpretation of what the life of Jesus Christ would have been like in the so-called lost years , based on existing clues in the canonical Gospels and the knowledge about the life of the Jews during that period.