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- StarsSara Mendes da CostaRichard DoughtyEric KentleyDocumentary that records the project to conserve the Cutty Sark by raising it 3 metres in its dry dock and surrounding it it with a "sea" of glass. During this, a disastrous fire broke out requiring the ship to be extensively renovated.
- DirectorLeanne PooleyStarsChad MoffittSonam SherpaJohn WraightTenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary's monumental and historical ascent of Mt. Everest in 1953 - an event that stunned the world and defined a nation.
- DirectorAmir RamsesA documentary that captures fragments of the lives of the Egyptian Jewish community in the first half of the twentieth century until their second grand exodus after the tripartite attack of 1956. An attempt to understand the change in the identity of the Egyptian society that turned from a society full of tolerance and acceptance of one another to a rejection of the minorities. How did the Jews of Egypt turn in the eyes of Egyptians from partners in the same country to enemies?
- DirectorGraham W. Birdsall
- DirectorChristopher CasselStarsLawrence BermanMichael CarrollStephen HarveyTwenty-five hundred years before the reign of Julius Caesar, the ancient Egyptians were deftly harnessing the power of engineering on an unprecedented scale. Egyptian temples, fortresses, pyramids and palaces forever redefined the limits of architectural possibility. They also served as a warning to all of Egypt's enemies-that the world's most advanced civilization could accomplish anything. This two-hour special uses cinematic recreations and cutting-edge CGI to profile the greatest engineering achievements of ancient Egypt, and the pharaohs and architects who were behind them. Includes Djoser's Step Pyramid at Saqqara, Senusret's Nubian Superfortresses, Hatshepsut's Mortuary Temple at Dier el-Bahari, Akhenaten's city at Amarna, and the temples of Ramesses the Great at Abu Simbel.
- DirectorDavid DouglasStarsDavid AttenboroughSouth Georgia is an island south-east of South America. For a short period each year the temperatures rise into bearable regions, and the island fills with birds and seals who use the short time for feeding and breeding.
- DirectorKate BroomeStarsDavid AttenboroughA simple, carved figure bought at an auction in New York leads David Attenborough on a global journey from Russia to Australia, from England back to the Pacific. On the way he delves into a history of the stunning stones on Easter Island.
- DirectorWilliam GazeckiStarsWilliam GazeckiJacque FrescoLarry KingFuture by Design shares the life and far-reaching vision of Jacque Fresco, considered by many to be a modern day Da Vinci. Peer to Einstein and Buckminster Fuller, Jacque is a self-taught futurist who describes himself most often as a "generalist" or multi-disciplinarian -- a student of many inter-related fields. He is a prolific inventor, having spent his entire life (he recently celebrated his 100th birthday) conceiving of and devising inventions on various scales which entail the use of innovative technology. As a futurist, Jacque is not only a conceptualist and a theoretician, but he is also an engineer and a designer.
- StarsLinda MacDonald GlennJames WoodsNikki BreAnne WellsEveryday scientists across the country are uncovering radical breakthroughs that have already fundamentally changed the way we think about the world. In FUTURESCAPE each episode explores a different event horizon that will critically alter life as we know it: telepathy, colonizing space, staying forever young, robot citizens. History is being written today. These are its biggest stories.
- DirectorPeter JonesStarsAndrew SachsF. Murray AbrahamJürgen RennA biographical study of Albert Einstein, with not only an analysis of his place in modern physics and in our understanding of the universe, but an analysis (through his and his wife's letters) of Einstein as a person. Never comfortable with human inter-relationships, he married first for love and the spoken intent to make his wife a part of his intellectual life. But responsibilites of family life and a child overcame him. Work in theoretical physics moved his wife and son to a secondary role, and a later love affair with his cousin completed the estrangement. Part of the film is taken from archival material, part is a recreation with Einstein's thoughts presented by an actor. Animations explain basics of his theory of relativity, mass-energy equivalence, and the nature of light.
- DirectorMatthew DyasStarsDavid AttenboroughDouglas A. LawsonFamous naturalist David Attenborough explains the rise and fall of pterosaurs, mistakenly known as flying dinosaurs. He also flies a glider to show how big the Quetzalcoatlus, at the time the largest known pterosaur species, really was.
- DirectorHarvey LilleyStarsDominic WestTony IvesonBasil FishAbsolutely gripping story of the Lancaster pilots who launched an attack on the Tirpitz. These men on both sides are so heroic and dignified . We are so privileged to hear the story first hand from these men. Very moving .
- DirectorNic YoungStarsYu-Beng LimGerald ChewGeorge ChanChannel 4 docudrama following the history of the Great Wall of China, from the earliest building of simple mud walls to the construction of the series of stone fortresses built during the 16th Century in response to continued Mongol invasion.
- DirectorAndrew GoldbergThe history of the city of Jerusalem is told from it's beginning as a Cannanite city that Abraham was led to by God up to the modern day and how all three religions, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam have their history there.
- DirectorChris HookeStarsNancy Lewman
- DirectorGeoffrey LuckStarsJosh CharlesTom HiddlestonArmand LeroiAlong the wild edges of the Earth, against a stunning backdrop of aerial, underwater, and wildlife photography, we are led on an unforgettable journey retracing the adventure and uncovering the evidence that inspired Darwin's revolutionary work: 'On the Origin of Species'.
- DirectorRobert BallardGraham HurleyNicolas NoxonStarsMartin SheenRobert BallardDudley FosterDr. Robert Ballard and his team of researchers explore the remains of the 1912 wreckage of the ill-fated RMS Titanic 2 1/2 miles deep in the Atlantic Ocean.
- DirectorNancy LeBrunThis program provides a very broad brush overview of the history and responsibilities of the Pentagon with commentary by America's highest ranking soldiers but the primary focus is on 9/11.
- DirectorRichard DaleTilman RemmeStarsJames PurefoyTyler ButterworthMark NobleIt's a movie about Blackbeard.
- DirectorJenny KuboStarsJack HornerPaul SerenoGregory EricksonAs dinosaurs grew into the behemoths of the Cretaceous period they evolved many extraordinary but apparently useless features including spikes, sails horns, crests and the tiny "arms" of tyrannosaurs. The program reviews these unusual features and discusses theories of why they exist.
- DirectorMark DavisStarsMatt Gildner
- DirectorAndy AwesStarsGabriele AngieriAshley CowieJohn Edel
- DirectorCharlie PaulStarsRalph SteadmanJohnny DeppHunter S. ThompsonJohnny Depp pays a visit to Ralph Steadman, the renown artist and the last of the original Gonzo visionaries who worked alongside Hunter S. Thompson.
- DirectorJeremy WhelehanStarsKevin SpaceyMaureen AndermanStephen Lee AndersonKevin Spacey, Sam Mendes and the Bridge Project Company reveal some of the most intimate moments behind the scenes of their staging of Richard III.