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- This docuseries captures the food, drink, music and night owls who shine in the dark of Asia's metropolises.
- This is a story about a family man who succumbs to weakness and his failure to live a moral life condemns those he loves to an unspeakable horror. Only his path to redemption can save them.
- Xiao Zhen is a 16-year-old girl who just wants to live a typical teenage life in high school. But since she was born with the ability to see ghosts, her life will never be normal.
- Traffickers exposes the secretive epicenter of illicit drug production and follows the rise and demise of three infamous drug kingpins inside the Golden Triangle.
- Robert Joe (RJ) - urban explorer and blogger - tracks down true and often untold stories hidden behind Asia's most notorious haunted sites. RJ's hypothesis: behind every haunted location and tale of paranormal encounters with ghosts or demons, there's a real story waiting to be uncovered - a true story even more terrifying than the strangest fiction. Using a combination of gumshoe detective work and modern technology, he explores the places many fear to tread, with one burning question: what really happened here?
- Michael Connell is only 19; thin and frail a supermarket worker from Manchester, his lawyers say he has a mental age of some one several years younger, but he talks clearly of the day to day life in jail. The only foreigner in a dorm of 1000, he survives by teaching his fellow inmates English. He got 99 years for smuggling 3000 Ecstasy pills into the country where few can afford them; he won't explain why. Connell is nervous as the new boy; his last words to camera are "even David Beckham couldn't get me out of here...". Lifer Andrew Hawkes is a complete mystery - a long-term veteran prisoner who has somehow fallen through the cracks. Hawkes speaks freely of his foolish decision to smuggle heroin after an offer from a stranger in an Amsterdam bar. Hawkes gives us a tour - pointing out the death row prisoners shuffling past. Each group forms their own society in the jail. The jail's 'Katoeys' or lady boys share quarters - one smuggled drugs to pay for a breast augmentation, now she works for the prison TV station as makeup artist and waits for a royal pardon so she can finish her operations and become a real woman. In hospital a man dying of AIDS lays shaking on his bed as the doctor explains how the prison is struggling to cope with the new prisoners and the overcrowding. Thai prisoner Amporn is waiting to be killed; his voice shakes as he explains how he'll be given only 2 hours notice before he dies. The executioner takes on a tour of the execution room; he shows us the new technique of injections - inside it's still splattered with the blood of those killed by a bullet, the bodies taken next door to a tiny Buddhist temple for a final blessing. The monk who guards the urns of the unclaimed explains it's better to die by execution as you can prepare for the afterlife.
- China's pivotal, bloody and beleaguered WW2 campaign is often forgotten in the west despite the "battle of China" being the longest and its battles among the bloodiest and brutalist of the global crucible. World War II: China's Forgotten War shed's new light on the conflict, presenting an epic, eight-year war against an invading Japan, 2 years before Germany invaded Poland, and cost 14 million Chinese lives.
- The film will give Discovery's audience an "inside guide" into the scale and complexity of organizing the Hajj as the Saudi authorities struggle against time and logistics in preparing for the massive influx of pilgrims. From providing food, water and shelter for the pilgrims, to organizing the final climatic rituals of the stoning of the pillars, there will be real dramatic tension onscreen as we see the Saudi authorities pull off this mammoth task.
- Architect Danny Forster hosts this series which uncovers China's most ambitious projects and technological innovations, and provides insight into the Chinese society. Witness how things are done in the world's most populous country. How does innovation thrive? What new ideas and trends are emerging? Could local innovations one day become global traditions? Whether it's investigating the world's fastest trains, exploring the technology behind WeChat - China's most successful smartphone app, or building and operating the world's biggest machinery, Danny meets some of the country's brightest minds in an attempt to understand HOW CHINA WORKS.
- Singaporean curator and scholar Peter Lee explores the history of four Southeast Asian empires that made their mark on the world.
- What does it take to run one of the world's most successful airlines? Going behind the scenes at Singapore Airlines during one of their busiest weeks of the year, we join the people at the heart of their operation. From the engineers maintaining the fleet of 108 aircrafts to the team preparing 20,000 inflight meals a day, our cameras venture across the airline's network to present an inside look at the team's daily challenges. The journey begins with Captain Alan Chan, a pilot with 39 years experience. We join him at Changi Airport Terminal 3, as he prepares for a flight to Hong Kong. We follow Captain Chan through his preparations for takeoff of an Airbus A380, the world's largest commercial passenger aircraft. Changi Airport is the connecting hub and home base for Singapore Airline flights, with 120 flights arriving and departing daily. Station Manager Quentin Chin is tasked with making sure all the flights run smoothly. We join Quentin and his team as they tackle a flight delay, managing passengers who have missed connections. At the Singapore Airlines Training House, we see how cabin crew are prepared for life in the sky. What does it take to join the airline's ranks? We meet a batch of new cabin crew trainees in the midst of a 15-week long course to become full-fledged cabin crew for Singapore Airlines. We capture them as they are undergoing safety training, discovering cabin crew life is more than service and smiles. First Officer Melvin Sim has been flying for 6 months, but is back in the training centre for a proficiency check. We join Melvin in a Boeing 777 flight simulator as he undertakes a test of his piloting skills. If he doesn't meet the grade, Melvin could be grounded. Over to the hangars, we take a look at the engineers responsible for the upkeep of Singapore Airlines' fleet of 108 aircrafts. To maintain these hundred tonne behemoths, they need to be shifted and parked without a scratch. We capture a team of ground engineers docking a plane in one of their six hangars. And to keep up with the number of Singapore Airline flights that take off, the inflight catering team is tasked with producing 20,000 meals a day. We follow Paolo Zambrano and Richard Neo as they show us how the menus are designed, tested and managed. Looking to the future, we join the design team to get a sneak peak at the next generation of features for future planes. What considerations must be made when designing the cabin look and state of the art inflight entertainment experience?
- Sumatra, Indonesia has been hit by a wave of gruesome attacks on humans, 8 in three months, the culprit is the critically endangered Sumatran tiger. As its forest disappears it has no choice but to hunt the most abundant mammal left...man. With less than 400 wild Sumatran tigers left in the wild time is running out to save them. But hope for the species lies with a small group of dedicated individuals who are battling to find a solution to the tiger conflict problem before it's too late. In stunning HD we reveal the Sumatran tiger like never before and the humans who risk everything to save them.
- In each episode, biologist Zeb Hogan searches for various types of "monster fish" while explaining their role in or threat to the ecosystem as well as dangers that threaten them. After catching a fish, he releases it back into the water.
- National Geographic's "Inside: Jewel Changi Airport" presents an exclusive look at the creation of Jewel, a game-changing hub for Singapore Changi Airport, the best ranked airport in the world, and a new tourism icon for Singapore. From the installation of a 150-year-old olive tree to testing the world's largest indoor waterfall, follow the team tasked with delivering a new architectural wonder.
- One of life's losers is forced to come to terms with his past when his younger self travels through time and knocks on his door.
- This documentary from National Geographic reveals how Singapore's Changi Airport is pulling out all the stops to elevate the flight experience from the moment a passenger steps into the terminal using nature, art, and technology.
- Dropped into the tropical wilderness of Xishuangbanna, 2 teams of contestants will be pushed to their limits in the ultimate survival challenge to see who will emerge as the first ever Wilderness Hero.
- Free diver and spearfishing champion, Kimi Werner, is on the adventure of a lifetime to re-discover a simpler, more fulfilling way of life.
- The ancient silk road promoted the development of human civilization through goods circulation with cultural exchanges among the regions of different languages. With the rise of ocean civilization, other trade routes gradually replaced it as the only bridge connecting the east and the west. Centuries later, the tide of modernization sweeps through the ancient paths with brand new goods, which makes the ancient silk road resuscitate. There are some people contributing themselves silently to the the new silk road. This series is to tell their stories.
- Found nowhere else on earth but the last few pockets of wilderness along East Asia's rugged coastline, the Black-Faced Spoonbill is a survivor. Twice a year this enigmatic bird undertakes a behemoth migration route that navigates through the heart of Asia, a part of the world where geopolitical tensions always run high. For the very first time this magnificent migration has been captured on full HD. This film documents an epic journey, 2000 kilometres from its wintering grounds in Taiwan, across coastal China and the Yellow sea, to the world's most dangerous flashpoint - the DMZ between North and South Korea and the bird's annual breeding ground.
- The mission to turn Singapore into a global city of the arts is underway. This film presents an exclusive window into the evolution of the National Gallery Singapore. Over three years, follow the architects and artisans striving to create Singapore's new cultural jewel, as well as the curators and conservators overseeing the masterpieces bound for its world class galleries.
- Kai Kai and Jia Jia are two of China's precious pandas. The species is shrinking fast, unless they can get them to breed. But pandas only have a two to three day window of opportunity in the entire year to mate. Now Singapore thinks it can help bring these bears back from the brink. To pull it off, they want to build an 8.6 million dollar luxury love shack on a tropical island, fly Jia Jia and Kai Kai 3,000 km away from their homes, coax them into producing a new baby panda and raise awareness about these endangered bears. But it's not going to be easy: tight construction deadlines and coordinating a huge move are only the beginning. A team from the Singapore River Safari must head to China on a crash course in panda care - their diets, behavior and complex breeding procedures. But before they can do that, they have to learn to get along with them. And there's an even bigger challenge waiting back home: pandas' mating season is believed to be triggered by a change in temperature - and Singapore's hot and humid climate is constant all year round. With the species' already notoriously low sex drive, the team will be tested to the limit.
- Four extraordinary people with a shared link - they were once refugees. Conflicts and persecution within Asia made them refugees, but their personal journeys are as varied as the homelands they left behind. Today, each has overcome adversity to find meaning and success in different forms. Zarny Shibuya arrived in Tokyo from Myanmar when he was 8. He is now an established fashion designer with his own label. Ronel Chakma Nani escaped persecution in Bangladesh's Chittagong Hill Tracts, and now fights for human rights from South Korea. Vietnamese Farah Dang was born in a refugee camp in Hong Kong. Now she is a dedicated volunteer helping refugees still awaiting repatriation. Svay Sareth is a Cambodian artist who uses art to make sense of the 13 years spent in a refugee camp on the Thai-Cambodia border. We see the lives they have built and explore the lasting influence their refugee experience has had on their outlook and identity.
- Archaeology is not only the study of the past, but also of the future. Two hundred years on from Raffles' landing, a team of archaeologists are digging deep to unearth new artefacts that will reshape what we think we know about Singapore. The bicentennial commemoration has given them rare access to historical sites. From uncovering evidence of an ancient 14th century settlement at Fort Canning, to discovering forgotten relics of life in colonial Singapore at the Padang, and exploring forsaken ruins of World War 2, they are looking at Singapore with a long view, and adding to the national narrative for future generations. In this series, we go into the field with these archaeologists - looking to the land and the seas in search of the chapters of history buried underwater, and deep below ground.
- The way the human brain works is still a mystery. Even neuro-scientists can only guess at the complexities of memory, sleep, motivation and creativity. But we humans have always been impatient to understand more. All of our moods and behaviours are affected by neurotransmitters, the brain's chemical messengers. Research now suggests that food can affect the levels of these neurotransmitters. It could mean that what we eat may make our brains perform better. Food For Thought explores this idea and attempts to unravel some age-old mysteries. How can stress be good for us? What can we do to help improve our memory? Why is sleep so important? What can we learn from robots? And most interestingly, is there anything we can eat to help us learn? Firefighters, a jazz pianist and a Memory Champion all come together to try to solve one of mankind's most intriguing questions. Can we improve the performance of our brain?
- Chinese New Year is the most important day in the Lunar Calendar. Over a quarter of the world's population celebrates the Spring Festival. China is the world's economic powerhouse - a melting pot of construction sites, designer stores, young and eager workers working for the new wealth, that reflect the face of this new China, juxtaposed against the iconic images of this ancient city - home of culture and learning, hutongs and all the scenes of tradition. We see packed trains and buses, hundreds of conveyor belts of consumer goods and crowded department stalls. We see scenes of festivity and celebrations, dragon dances and fireworks. We hear from the men and women of the city - the importance of tradition and family at this time, the importance of identity in a country where growth is overwhelming and all changing. We will reveal how a family of 4 generations comes together to mark the beginning of a new year. We see the culture, the reunions and sumptuous meals, the traditions lost and those that are being revived, and what it takes behind the scenes to make it all possible in a 21st Century China.
- Varanasi, the world's oldest living city on the banks of the sacred Ganges River. This timeless realm is the centre of the Hindu faith. For the first time, the City, River and its people reveal what is behind the holiest month each year for 1.2 billion Indian Hindus - Diwali, the celebration of Good vanquishing Evil, light over darkness. This programme will delve into how, in a Modern India, this festival and its ancient traditions fit and why this city and its people stand apart in their age-old rites and beliefs.
- Asia runs for 24 hours in a new 3D documentary special showcasing Singapore, Shanghai and Tokyo, three economic powerhouses - connected by the flow of trade and opportunity, but distinct in their unique identities. Over 40 million people call these cities home but what really makes Singapore, Singapore? How can one define the flavor of Tokyo, what is the secret ingredient in Shanghai's energy? We reveal how these different cities work as living machines and celebrate the people who epitomize the identity of each city.
- Taipei is on a mission to become Asia's greenest city. To prove to the world they've got what it takes, they're hosting a world famous flora expo that showcases the latest in eco technology. But can they pull it off?
- High in the mountains of Taiwan, is the remote village of Smangus. Inhabited by a unique group of indigenous people called the Tayal, Smangus is the only place in Taiwan that now practices common ownership of land and property. This is a place where nature and man have found balance. Now, witness every part of the lives of these people, through pain and joy, and experience the unique bonds formed with the ancient trees around them, in a film that documents A Year In The Clouds - a year amongst the sacred forests of this tribe.
- Most of us barely understand connectivity technology and how it really affects us. We break it down by going to the tech savvy centers of Singapore, Seoul, and San Francisco, to find out how the convergence of internet, television, mobile and wifi will affect our lives if we get truly connected.
- Afghan ER is an HD documentary that goes inside Afghanistan to one of the most active frontline combat hospitals in world. Watch as the doctors and nurses of Salerno Hospital work around the clock to treat the constant stream of casualties being brought in from the war.
- "The Last Mahout" is a one-hour HD special that explores the extraordinary relationship between elephants and the people of Southeast Asia through the eyes of a young mahout in training. In a remote elephant camp we find a child beginning her training as a mahout, following in the footsteps of the father. The difference is this young mahout is not a he, but a she. The girl fell in love with elephants as a young child. Now that she is of age, she has begun her training as a mahout. Her father and mentor along with a wise elephant trainer will teach her how to handle this massive beast, and in the process developed a bond unique in the animal kingdom, a bond between humans and elephant 4,000 years in the making. She is not the first woman to sit a top an elephant; Thai history has a legendary example. But she is the first in her family - and perhaps the last. As the film progresses we follow the young girl through her training to a climatic first trek to a distant village. This journey will test her skills as a mahout, her endurance as a person, and deepen the bond between elephant and trainer. When she emerges from the forest she will no longer be a girl, but a woman who is now part of an ancient tradition - the last in her family, the last Mahout.
- The biggest annual religious gathering on earth happens when 3 million Muslims from all over the world come together for the Hajj. This is the story of five Chinese Muslims on the road to Mecca: a struggling taxi driver from Kashgar, a widow with dreams of accomplishing the pilgrimage her late husband was never able to go on, a young Chinese teacher caught in the crossroads of modernity and Islam and a farmer and his wife from one of the poorest regions of China. We take you through China's diverse landscapes and some of its most remote regions to follow these five pilgrims as they leave for Mecca on the greatest journey of their lives. In the center of the Islamic world, these five pilgrims come face to face with health, hygiene and safety risks all for the sake of becoming closer to God. We follow their arduous journey and celebrate their triumph as they fulfill the ultimate act of the Muslim faith.
- Legendary singer/songwriter Michael Bolton treks through SouthEast Asia in search of great aspiring singers in unlikely locations and coaches them through competitions to win a spot on the stage of his next tour.