World Cultures
Combining history and travel, this series gives viewers a tour of the world's most breathtaking man-made treasures....
Dr James Fox looks at the art and history of Japan, and learns about brush-painting, block-printing, bonsai-trimming...
The first class of Dalit caste students take on the ISC high school graduation exams to find a brighter future for...
Follows brothers Aydar and Xirali as they create a small Parkour team with hopes of competing nationally in Beijing...
A small coastal fishing town in southern China has witnessed the arrival of many farmers and their families looking...
This documentary portrays the difficulties of a traditional Chinese family, with its members having to change their...
A journey into the unknown lands explored by Zhuang Xueben, through his pictures and his travel journal recently...
Follows Yuan and Xiang as they study and train at the Wuqiao Acrobatic School in China.
In a country where the government restricts religious practice, a young Christian community has decided to build its...
Directed by Elle-Maija Tailfeathers, the city before the city tells the story of the Musqueam First Nation's 200-day...
Acclaimed historian Neil Oliver is joined by a team of local experts to celebrate New Zealand's unique history,...
In 1964, a remarkable event was filmed: the first contact with members of a nomadic Aboriginal group, completely...
From cotton fields in northern China to a trade fair in the south, filmmaker Zhou Hao documents the lives of those...
Produced and directed by Rudy Buttignol, The Dairy showcases the daily rituals of traditional cheesemakers in the...
Shenzhen, once a small fishing village near Hong Kong, has today joined the ranks of Chinese megacities and is often...
After 10 years of imprisonment, a young ex-convict attempts to find his place in modern China.
Allison RedCrow and Cody BigTobacco assemble a team of jockeys to debut America's original extreme sport at the...
Follows a group of Yao families who have decided to give up their lives as mountain nomads and settle on land the...
Best friends J and Jacky have been uprooted for a better future in Hong Kong, but is this future what the children...
The Jin Cheng restaurant in China's Chao region has a reputation for excellence due to its 'Chao' specialties.
The Ji family lives in the very depths of Nothern Shannxi, close to the deserts of Inner-Mongolia. Naiyi and his...
Follows three graduates as they seek employment in one of China's largest cities, Chengdu, and as they try to find...
In this series, Griff Rhys Jones sets off on further adventures and explores the contrasting landscapes of the great...
In the 50 years since he carved his first totem pole and saw it raised on Haida Gwaii, Robert Davidson has come to...
Loretta Todd profiles four contemporary female artists who seek to find a continuum from traditional to contemporary...
As a young man, Zheng spent his time gambling and dancing .But his exuberant way of life came to an end when he was...
Around 50,000 migrant workers, to escape the poverty-stricken conditions of mid-west China, have formed an e-waste...
In and around Asia's bustling cities lay forgotten palaces and temples, abandoned towns and disused underground...
Join host Sophie Fouron (from Waterfront Cities of the World) as she travels the globe to discover the unique...
From a group of Chilean rappers who fuse their Mapuche music with modern beats to a Mi’kmaq healer using traditional...
An old mansion is about to be torn down for demolition. Mr. Jiang was born in this very house and has witnessed the...
In the province of Gansu, the Minquin community struggles with the effects of desertification.
Discover the ways cities around the globe are developing new ideas for urban life.Join host Mikael Colville-Andersen...
Duan, who comes from a remote village in the South of China, is a street cleaner in Canton.
Monty Don sets out to discover the true essence of Japanese gardens and what we have learned from them. He visits...
Examines the lives of two elderly Chinese women living in a retirement home, as they try to build new relationships...
On the coast of the Bohai Sea, the region has become an infamous spot for pollution, significantly affecting the...
Everyone wants to know what Mrs. Sun, now in her 90s, will do with her money and property when she dies.
A terrible flood destroys the home of the Ah family in a small village in China's Southern Guangdong province.
At the age of 20, Bing cannot understand why his parents divorced and sets off in search of someone to blame.
When the Totem Pole disappeared from the Haida landscape for more than a century, a 22-year-old carver named Robert...
Follows 86-year-old Huan Yi Yang, the only woman in her country who knows the ancient, dying language of Nu Shu.
BC filmmaker Jeff Chiba Stearns embarks on a journey of self-discovery to find out why everyone in his Japanese-...
Tong Zhanhai, a local farmer in the village of Xihaigu hopes that his children will one day leave their hometown to...
Mr. Liang is the owner of two restaurants and an organic farm in the province of Guangdong. He is deeply convinced...
More than 150 of Britain's railway stations are request stops. In this series, Paul Merton will travel around the...
As traditional fishing started to decline in the 1980s, Huang Xingyue took advantage of this opportunity and became...
Follows the story of Yin Hong and her husband as they invest everything into the dream of their son becoming a...
A local doctor's personal quest to bring healthcare to the remote villages of northwest China reveals an intimate...
Mr. Jiu possesses a famous recipe for making roasted pigeon that he would happily pass to his son if his son...
Rock star and music aficionado Sami Yaffa journeys to the far reaches of the world to explore how music is the only...
We follow traditional tea caravans from China's subtropical rainforests to the famous tea market in Lhasa, Tibet - a...
The ancient tradition of a storyteller going from one valley to the next spreading news from the outside world is in...
The Haisla people struggled to recover their traditional mortuary totem pole from a Swedish museum. In 2007, the...
In 1929, the Haisla people returned from a fishing trip to find a totem pole, known as the G'psgolox pole, cut at...
A team of magistrates travel by motorbike to remote mountain villages in a bid to bring state justice to rural China...
This series follows five renowned photographers as they visit traditional communities with whom they have forged...
Colonization and religion have shamed and erased many traditional Inuit beliefs around sexuality and family...
Xiao Hefu and Zhang Weibi are two eldery farmers who have chosen to remain faithful to an almost ancestral lifestyle...
Discover the beauty and complexity of waterfront cities around the world.
Islands can be home to the most extreme examples of life, as nature evolves in the most dramatic way.
Discover the music and history behind some of the worlds most famous dances and get to know the new era of musicians...
Marvel as we travel the globe from Russia to Cuba and Africa and bear witness to some of the most beautiful and...
Descending from a long line of fishermen on the Yangtze River, Liu Gujun had to redefine his professional career...
Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun is modern artist whose artistic influences come from his home in Vancouver, British...
Coming from a modest background, Mr. Lee has been a self-taught, independent soul all his life. He has managed to...
In 1964, a remarkable event was filmed: the first contact with members of a nomadic Aboriginal group, completely...
In the subtropical rainforests of southwest China, the harvest of tea is cultivated and sorted by tea planter...
Neil Oliver uncovers the hidden history of a remarkable singer while historian Riria Hotere reveals the plan to...
Anthony Morse explores an intricate network of Japanese fortifications on top of a hill. He then finds the last...
Wildest Islands
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Zanzibar: Land of Giants
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Lying 40 km off the east coast of Tanzania, the Zanzibar Archipelago has been labeled as the most exotic island...
Mexico City is comprised of a patchwork of small villages, each preserving their own unique identity in this large,...
Paul Merton's Secret Stations
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Paul Merton's Secret Stations
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Paul explores the new lives and rejuvenation around many of Britain's request stops, beginning in Beasdale and...
Monty Don's Japanese Gardens
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Spring
Expires on Sep 4
Monty Don travels to Japan in spring to trace the history of Japanese gardens from early boating gardens, through...
Griff's Great Britain
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Wolds
Expires on Aug 11
In this episode, Griff explores grassland hills formed on a bedrock of limestone in the Costswolds, where he must...
The Life-Sized City
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Bangkok
Expires on Aug 11
Considered "The Capital of Gridlock", Bangkok's traffic is among the worst in the world, and the unstable political...
Around the World in 80 Treasures
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India to Sri Lanka
Expires on Aug 14
Fertility and sex get Dan Cruickshank's blood pumping as he grapples with a naked ten-armed goddess in Calcutta and...
Hidden Cities of Asia
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Singapore
Expires on Aug 14
Anthony Morse explore the island's forgotten World War II battlefield and learns the inner workings of a secret...
The Art of Japanese Life
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Nature
Expires on Aug 14
Dr. James Fox journeys through Japan's mountainous forests and admires centuries-old bonsai as he explores the...
Coast New Zealand
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Deep South
Expires on Aug 17
The deep south is a formidable place to live. Cold winds and waves roll in from Antarctica, battering the wildlife,...