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Alastair Sooke explores the life of landscape painter John Constable, who, despite not being as celebrated in...
Jack O'Dell is a lifelong civil rights activist and organizer, who worked along the likes of Martin Luther King Jr....
British actor Sir David Jason recounts the astonishing story of the small band of historic pilots who fought and won...
Captain Cook's voyages to the Pacific 250 years ago set Oceanic and Western culture on a dramatic collision course....
In Canada, more than 150,000 Indigenous children were removed from their families and sent to residential school. We...
Historian Bettany Hughes sets off on an adventure up the Nile to take in the famous pyramids, great temples and new...
Join host Sophie Fouron (from Waterfront Cities of the World) as she travels the globe to discover the unique...
When Edna Elias is contacted by a distant relative from Sweden who is writing a novel, they embark on a joint...
We follow the journey of Don Mark and his daughter Naomi over three beekeeping seasons, as he passes his knowledge...
Journalist and athlete Ade Adepitan takes a personal journey across Africa- from Mozambique's stunning coastline,...
On December 31, 1999, Vladimir Putin took holds of the reins of power in Russia. This film looks at the causes and...
Shoreline Detectives is an emergency archaeology initiative that strips back Britain's extraordinary maritime,...
Using archive materials and expert interviews, we explore the ups and downs of everyday life during WWII.
Detective Chief Inspector Sarah Lund is on her last day of work with the Copenhagen police force, when the body of...
Silent Witness focuses on a team of forensic pathologists and their investigations into crime. Almost obsessional,...
The American Revolution. The Civil War. The American Dream and the country's emergence as a global super power....
Elizabeth Bennett and her sisters attempt to navigate the world of love and high society. When a wealthy gentleman...
Follow paramedics and dispatchers at British Columbia's Emergency Health Services, from the highly pressurized...
Emergency Room: Life and Death at VGH follows a dedicated medical team as they face the challenges of working in...
A sparkling, epic comedy which tell the story of three families living in northwest London whose lives, present and...
High in the snowy peaks of BC, adventurers, nuns, artists and photographers feel the draw of the mountains so...
Set in and around Perth,Australia during the 40's and 50's,Cloudstreet tells the story of two rural families who...
Follows a Vancouver couple as they decide to eat only rescued food for six months. What they find is shocking:...
A hilarious and razor-sharp story that chronicles life in the heady West Coast of the 70's before the recession and...
This documentary celebrates 13 BC First Nations languages and pays tribute to the drive to preserve and revitalize...
Rock star and music aficionado Sami Yaffa journeys to the far reaches of the world to explore how music is the only...
A series of 10 short films that explore the infinite wonders of our universe and our interactions with the cosmos....
Considered Canada's first music video, the film looks at colonial betrayals through archival images and a ballad...
Director Charles Wilkinson's film explores the breathtakingly beautiful archipelago off BC's northwest coast - home...
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Anthony heads to the Presidential Palace and meets with Imelda Marcos. He then explores the walls of a Spanish city...
On the western side of the island of Hispaniola, the Republic of Haiti is slowly rebuilding after devastating...
In the 1950s, the US government decided jazz musicians could help them win the Cold War. But after being inspired by...
Bettany arrives in Luxor - the world's greatest open-air museum. For 500 years, this is where the ancient Egyptians...
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Dr James Fox travels across the Pacific to uncover the great sites and masterpieces of pre-contact Polynesian art....
They were the "it" girls of their era, the female pilots of World War II. Spitfire Women captures the stories of...
The end of WWII was met with destruction and liberation, relief mixed with grief. In its wake, tens of millions were...
For the final leg of his journey, Ade travels from the beaches of Mozambique through South Africa and ends his trip...
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The Ascent of Woman
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Civilisation
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Nick tells the chilling tale of an abandoned refrigeration plant whose workers kept Britain's biggest fishing fleet...
Constable: A Country Rebel
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Alastair Sooke explores the life of landscape painter John Constable, who, despite not being as celebrated in...
The Country House Revealed
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Dan Cruickshank explores the stunning late 17th-century property, Kinross House, designed by noted architect Sir...
Two cubs become deathly ill from a parasite that has killed many bears, and the shelter gets the bears ready for...
The Indian Doctor
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Troels is heading for trouble after someone in his department tried to hide the fact that one of Nanna's teachers...
Murdoch risks Canadian-American relations when he discovers part of a coded message on a decades-old body.
The St. Petersburg Philharmonic closes the Annecy Classic Festival and joins forces with its iconic conductor Yuri...
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Shetland
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With Olivia giving up hope, Perez at last closes in on Zezi's location. But can he reach her before it's too late?...
Tunnels and craters in the heart of a French coalfield hide horrors from World War I. The team excavate the lip of a...
When a boy is caught stealing, his father tells Nick that he will handle the situation at home. When the boy shows...
Lion Country: Night & Day
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Young & Vulnerable
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In Zambia's South Luangwa National Park, a young lion cub gets in trouble when he wanders away from the pride, while...
Tales from Northumberland
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Tales from Northumberland
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Robson explores the rugged wilderness of Northumberland National Park and spends a night in a ramshackle shepherd's...
All Aboard: East Coast Trains
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For the Love of Trains
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A rare steam-powered locomotive draws flocks of trainspotters, and things get busy during the night shift at the...
Louisa and Martin have their first therapy session together - though neither of them was expecting that they would...
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
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Cocaine Blues
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Returning to Melbourne after years abroad, Phryne Fisher finds herself embroiled in mystery: poisoned husbands,...
Silent Witness
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Death Has No Dominion
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When Leo's friend commits suicide, Harry and Nikki are called to the scene of a calculated murder.
Another torso is washed up from the Thames, this time at Putney Bridge, and Llewellyn finds traces of Spanish Fly,...
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Europa Konzert 2016 from Roros
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Norwegian violinist Vilde Frang joins the Berlin Philharmoniker to make for a truly Nordic experience in the small...
Putin's Witnesses
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On December 31, 1999, Vladimir Putin took holds of the reins of power in Russia. This film looks at the causes and...
Hope for Wildlife
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New Beginnings
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The Mekong River with Sue Perkins
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The Mekong River with Sue Perkins
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In Cambodia, Sue witnesses how deforestation and illegal wildlife trade are stripping the country of its last wild...
Murdoch Mysteries
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Future Imperfect
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Turn That Light Out
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During WWII, civilian casualties outnumbered military personnel for the first time, and a large proportion of those...
Total War
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Arsenal of Democracy
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Total War demands resources - economic, agricultural and industrial. When it became clear that strategies of...
Hope for Wildlife
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Wasn't That a Party?
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Hope's annual open house is bigger and better than ever, and the volunteers are scrambling to get everything in...
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
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Chronicles how top executives of American's seventh-largest company walked away with more than one billion dollars,...
Hope for Wildlife
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Hope's Notes
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Museum Diaries
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Behind the displays at the Royal Ontario Museum, curators and technicians from the World Cultures department use a...
Museum Diaries
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Borneo Bound
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A team of Royal Ontario Museum curators and technicians prepare to embark on a six-week research expedition to the...
Museum Diaries
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DNA Dissected
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A group of Royal Ontario Museum curators use DNA research to discover ground-breaking facts about the evolution of...
Museum Diaries
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Dinos Rediscovered
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The curator of paleontology and his team prepare to embark on a journey to the Alberta Badlands to unearth precious...
Museum Diaries
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Raja Deen Dayal Revealed
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Curator Deepali Dewan prepares to open an exhibition about Raja Deen Dayal, the prolific 19th-century Indian...
Museum Diaries
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Ancient Egypt Mummified
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Curators prepare and execute a weekend at the Royal Ontario Museum completely centered around Ancient Egypt.
Monty Halls' Great Irish Escape
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Monty Halls' Great Irish Escape
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Monty goes shark fishing and reels in a couple of blue sharks that have crossed the Atlantic as part of their annual...
Silent Witness
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First Casualty
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Nikki investigates the drowning of a young mother. Leo makes a startling breakthrough, and the investigation begins...
Walking Britain's Lost Railways
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Wales
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The lost line from Ruabon to Barmouth on the coast represents change in how ordinary Victorian working families were...
American History's Biggest Fibs
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Supremacy
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Lucy Worsley reveals the historic myths and deceptions told as the United States emerged as a superpower after the...
Pride and Prejudice
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Pride and Prejudice
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Upset over his rejection, Darcy decides to defend himself and writes Elizabeth a letter. Elizabeth travels to...
Hope for Wildlife
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Earl, Meet Ralph
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A huge storm blows an unusual patient off-course and straight into Hope for Wildlife.
On a River in Ireland
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On a River in Ireland
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Extraordinary animal behaviour captured with the latest camera technology reveals the natural world of the River...
Hidden Cities of Asia
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Sarawak
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Moving southeast from the capital Kuching to Sri Aman, host Anthony Morse reveals the secrets behind a disappearing...
Great Lakes Wild
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Back from the Dead
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Once considered extinct in Ontario, the majestic elk have been given a second lease on life after hundreds were...
Wild Bear Rescue
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The Elusive Ones
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Angelika is exhausted and accidentally leaves a cage door unlocked. When two cubs escape, she must try to get them...
Heartbeat
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Saint Columba's Treasure
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Blaketon has his hands full when an elderly archaeologist dies suspiciously and precious documents are stolen.
Great Blue Wild
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Indonesia - Life in the Muck
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Buried beneath a seabed littered with trash, a community of strange creatures thrives against all odds.
Shoreline Detectives
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Whitstable
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Tori and the team explore the coast around Whitstable in North Kent. Beside the tides, they discover a 500 year old...
The Many Lovers of Jane Austen
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Professor Amanda Vickery, one of the leading chroniclers of Georgian England, considers why Jane Austen's books...
1916: The Irish Rebellion
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Awakening
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Narrated by Liam Neeson, this series examines the 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin and the events that followed.
The Indian Doctor
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The Gold Rush
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Charming and bullying, the Thomas brothers set about their plan for a new Trefelin.
All Aboard: East Coast Trains
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The Long Weekend
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Easter weekend is the busiest of the year, and with nearly every train carriage booked to capacity, the staff...
Shetland
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Shetland
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Sandy feels the heat in the aftermath of Calum's suicide. Convinced that McGuire is the key to cracking the case,...
The Genius of Palaces
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Opening Palace Doors
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Dan Cruickshank charts how palaces went from being lavishly funded state buildings to private homes for royal...
New Tricks
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Life Expectancy
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A blood-stained bust is uncovered during some reconstruction work in a cemetery, pointing UCOS to the murder of an...
Whitechapel
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Whitechapel
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Chandler has to pull the team together after an abysmal team-building exercise. Meanwhile, a body is discovered that...
The Story of Women and Art
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The Story of Women and Art
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The 20th century was a time when female artists found the strength to push the boundaries of art even further.
Investigative Geniuses
Detective Chief Inspector Sarah Lund is on her last day of work with the Copenhagen police force, when the body of...
Silent Witness focuses on a team of forensic pathologists and their investigations into crime. Almost obsessional,...
The warm and humorous story of a high flying doctor who moves to the UK with ambitions to work in a top London...
Set in Toronto in the 1890's, Detective William Murdoch uses cutting-edge and scientific forensic techniques to...
Three detectives are pulled out of retirement to join the newly formed Unsolved Crime and Open Case Squad. Modern...
The streets of Whitechapel are awash with blood - murders are being committed which replicate historical crimes....
The doctor is in the house - or in this case, the quaint seaside cottage! The doctor, of course, is the grumpy but...
75th Anniversary of the End of WWII
They were the "it" girls of their era, the female pilots of World War II. Spitfire Women captures the stories of...
British actor Sir David Jason recounts the astonishing story of the small band of historic pilots who fought and won...
Chris Tarrant goes on a personal journey to explore railways and their role in the Holocaust, meeting survivors as...
Using archive materials and expert interviews, we explore the ups and downs of everyday life during WWII.
Architect Raymond Moriyama built the new Canadian War Museum. He has created an indelible symbolic experience that...
Vancouver filmmaker Jordan Paterson crafted this documentary about the historical injustices faced by Chinese...
BC Indigenous Stories
This documentary celebrates 13 BC First Nations languages and pays tribute to the drive to preserve and revitalize...
Set in the traditional territory of the Tahltan First Nation, director Nettie Wild's film captures beauty and...
Acclaimed spoken word artist Shane Koyczan prepares for his most personal poem yet as he embarks on a journey to...
Director Charles Wilkinson's film explores the breathtakingly beautiful archipelago off BC's northwest coast - home...
Metis/Dene filmmaker Marie Clements navigates the cultural complexities stemming from American photographer Edward...
Loretta Todd profiles four contemporary female artists who seek to find a continuum from traditional to contemporary...
In 1929, the Haisla people returned from a fishing trip to find a totem pole, known as the G'psgolox pole, cut at...
The Haisla people struggled to recover their traditional mortuary totem pole from a Swedish museum. In 2007, the...
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Coming from a modest background, Mr. Lee has been a self-taught, independent soul all his life. He has managed to...
Descending from a long line of fishermen on the Yangtze River, Liu Gujun had to redefine his professional career...
Mr. Liang is the owner of two restaurants and an organic farm in the province of Guangdong. He is deeply convinced...
Mr. Jiu possesses a famous recipe for making roasted pigeon that he would happily pass to his son if his son...
Everyone wants to know what Mrs. Sun, now in her 90s, will do with her money and property when she dies.
As traditional fishing started to decline in the 1980s, Huang Xingyue took advantage of this opportunity and became...
Duan, who comes from a remote village in the South of China, is a street cleaner in Canton.
In the province of Gansu, the Minquin community struggles with the effects of desertification.
Around 50,000 migrant workers, to escape the poverty-stricken conditions of mid-west China, have formed an e-waste...
A journey into the unknown lands explored by Zhuang Xueben, through his pictures and his travel journal recently...
In a country where the government restricts religious practice, a young Christian community has decided to build its...
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