NonfictionThere is only one woman on death row in Tennessee, and this is her story. In 1995, Christa Pike is introduced to satanism. Her fascination with the dark underworld grows until it comes to a deadly head in the woods one night in January.
NonfictionA young, adventurous couple looks to start a business and buy their first home in Roatán, Honduras. They want to help build the future city of Próspera, the economic hub of Central America, and find a place that can accommodate work and starting a family.
NonfictionAfter toppling the Netherlands and Belgium, Nazi Germany pushes further west. The Allies scramble to support France as Churchill is forced to defend Britain from the skies and FDR rushes to mobilize wartime production.
NonfictionIn New York City, in the 1840s, people need a diversion from the "railroad pace" at which they work and live. They find it in a game of questionable origins. On June 19, 1846, at the Elysian Fields in Hoboken, New Jersey, a team of well-dressed gentlemen, the Knickerbockers, play the first game of baseball. By 1856, the game is already being called "the national pastime," or simply, "Our Game." But the nation is about to be torn apart. And, in the midst of the Civil War, there is one thing that Americans North and South have in common: baseball.
NonfictionThe lives of animals and plants are dominated by the sun and fresh water which trigger seasonal journeys. The latest technology and aerial photography enable the Planet Earth team to track some of the greatest mass migrations.
NonfictionJeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May continue their journey in three ancient and barely functioning trucks, heading toward their final challenge - building a bridge over River Kwai in Thailand. Having climbed mountains and endured a Burmese trucker stop, they must now venture into the Shan state, an area rife with civil war and normally closed to Western TV crews.
NonfictionIn the first of an all-new two-part special, Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May are on a mission to build a bridge over the River Kwai in Thailand. In order to do so, they must first drive across a country that has been largely closed to Westerners for over 40 years: Burma. The trio must make this trip in three trucks that have been bought for a limited budget. What follows is an epic journey of beautiful scenery, regular adversity, ongoing malfunction, and constant bickering between the three hosts.
NonfictionA couple engaged after just 44 days looks to buy a beach house for themselves and their two daughters on Florida's Emerald Coast. She has high expectations for luxury living and she's willing to pay for it, but he's more frugal and prefers to spend less.
NonfictionThe story of how America's battle to control the seas against the terrifying German U-boats in the Atlantic and Japan's fearsome Navy in the Pacific ultimately turns the tide of the war.
NonfictionThe story of Operation Barbarossa, Hitler's massive surprise invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941, the largest and costliest land offensive in human history.
NonfictionThe blue whale is a perfect symbol for the oceans: the vast blue expanse that dominates our planet while still remaining largely unexplored and mysterious. Yet the oceans are an integral part of our lives. Their influence dominates the world's weather systems. They support an enormous range of life, from the largest whales to the smallest plankton, from hordes of sea birds to lonely, deep-sea fish. All this is governed by a complex system of biological and physical forces. This first episode demonstrates the sheer scale, power and complexity of the 'Blue Planet.'
NonfictionA couple's ready to pull up roots in Cape Town, South Africa, for a fresh perspective on life in the medieval French village of Bram. But when centuries-old charm meets renovation reality, they'll need to compromise on how much history is habitable.
NonfictionAmerican colonists oppose efforts by the British Crown and Parliament to seize greater control in North America, escalating simmering tensions over land, taxes, and sovereignty into violent confrontation. After protestors dump tea in Boston Harbor, the British government enacts martial law in Massachusetts. Fighting at Lexington and Concord ignites a war that will last eight years.
NonfictionIn one of the most spectacular and incredible Top Gear road trips ever attempted, the boys head to Vietnam, aiming to travel the entire length of the country in just eight days, thereby achieving what the American military failed to do in 10 years.
NonfictionClimbers arrive at Everest Base Camp and quickly learn the dangers of the mountain when they hear about a Sherpa's condition. Climbers struggle to push their bodies to acclimate to the extreme altitude four miles above sea level.
NonfictionThrough new first-person interviews and carefully crafted visual effects that illuminate locations and movement within the towers, the special creates a vital historical record of lived experience on 9/11, told moment by moment from the inside out.
NonfictionIn the first of a two-part Top Gear special, Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May are in Africa with a simple mission to find the definitive source of the Nile. Over the years many explorers claim to have already done just that, but the Top Gear trio believes that they can do better by traveling further and faster than any exploration team in history using only grit, ingenuity and three ageing estate cars.
NonfictionJapan escalates their war in China, drawing increasing US sanctions and widespread outrage. Driven by resource shortages and military ideology, Japan attacks Pearl Harbor in a move that will reshape the course of World War II.
NonfictionThe story begins in 220 million years BC when ancient reptiles ruled a land dominated by desert. One group of reptiles in particular is about to take over the world.
NonfictionThe world's biggest car program is back with a brand new, two-part special in which Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May take three V8-engined sports cars on a grueling 1600 journey through the spectacular landscapes of Patagonia.
NonfictionTake an exclusive journey into a spectacular cave, hidden for millennia. Discover well-preserved Stone Age art of lions and mammoths, and see how scientists are unlocking the secrets of these masterpieces of early human creativity. From NOVA.
NonfictionOperation Blue: the German Army fights to take Soviet oil fields and the city of Stalingrad, becoming one of the deadliest battles ever fought and a major turning point on the Eastern Front.
NonfictionA woman from Oregon fell for a Danish man while traveling in Europe. They tried living together in Germany, but it didn't go as planned, so they're returning to his hometown of Copenhagen, Denmark, to find a new home that's as quirky as they are.
NonfictionAs Hitler's reach extends beyond Germany and darkness descends on Europe, his hateful rhetoric leads to anti-Jewish persecution and ultimately, genocide.
NonfictionFlash Shelton and his team head to Conroe, Texas, to help a grieving family reclaim their late grandmother's home from a squatter couple who moved in after her passing. Tensions run high when the couple resists leaving, causing the situation to escalate quickly. Flash must rely on his techniques to out-squat the squatter. But will his methods get them to evacuate?
NonfictionA humpback whale mother and calf embark on an epic journey from tropical coral paradises to storm ravaged polar seas. Newly discovered coral reefs in Indonesia reveal head-butting pygmy seahorses, flashing 'electric' clams and bands of sea kraits, 30-strong, which hunt in packs. Elsewhere plagues of sea urchins fell forests of giant kelp. Huge bull fur seals attack king penguins, who despite their weight disadvantage, put up a spirited defence.
NonfictionJennifer won $5 million and needs a bigger house with enough space for her two-year-old son and for her dad to retire in historic Winchester, Virginia. David Bromstad shows her a new home on a smaller lot, and other properties with as much as 3 acres!
NonfictionIn Operation Torch, the first joint U.S.-British offensive of the war, thousands of inexperienced U.S. troops – and their untested leader Eisenhower – face off against the hardened German Afrika Korps and the infamous Field Marshall Erwin Rommel.
NonfictionFishing detective, Jeremy Wade, embarks on the biggest and most complex investigation of his career; to unravel the mystery of what happened to the passengers of a ship torpedoed in the mid-Atlantic during World War II.
NonfictionA real estate agent tries to steamroll his easygoing husband on their search for a home near West Hollywood, California. It sparks a battle over budget, space, and just how far out they're willing to go.
NonfictionA health and wellness group based out of Minnesota promises meditation, healing, and spirits from another dimension. However, ex-members say it's a manipulative cult fueled by control, unpaid labor, and unquestioning devotion to its leader.
NonfictionPresident Kennedy inspires idealistic young Americans to serve their country and wrestles with how deeply to get involved in South Vietnam. As the increasingly autocratic Diem regime faces a growing communist insurgency and widespread Buddhist protests, a grave political crisis unfolds.
NonfictionFrom adorable pygmy sloths to huge living dragons, islands offer a refuge for the planet's strangest creatures. But life on these isolated lands is full of unexpected challenges.
NonfictionOur story begins in a little village on the border between Zimbabwe and Botswana. Unusually, James was the first to arrive, in his 1985 Mercedes 230E. Next up is Jeremy with a 1981 Lancia Beta Coupé. Finally, Richard turns up in an Opel Kadet made in 1963, which he immediately bonded with and named Oliver.To reach their destination on the Namibian border, the guys have to negotiate the vast openness and primordial sludge of the Makgadikgadi salt pans, the choking dust of the Kalahari Desert, not to mention the treacherous rivers and hungry wildlife of the Okavango Delta. Along the way, they encounter more or less every da
NonfictionMexico City is one of the world’s emerging food destinations, and it’s also Eva Longoria’s second home. Longoria takes us to some of her favorite eating spots, but in this constantly evolving city, there is always more to explore.
NonfictionThe Pacific Northwest is filled with everything - history, coffee, fresh produce, trees and obsession. Chef Anthony Bourdain is setting-off to visit the land introduced to us by Lewis and Clark, to rediscover it.
NonfictionA chimpanzee leader, named David, is surrounded by rivals who want his crown, and are prepared to kill him for it. Using power and politics, will he be able to stay at the top?
NonfictionExplore the solar system’s planets and moons covered in volcanoes. See alien landscapes bursting with fire and ice and eruptions so violent they reach into space.
NonfictionIn 44 BCE, a brutal assassination ushers in Rome's first emperor, Augustus. Rome is on its way to becoming the greatest civilization in human history, but the Emperor now wields godlike authority, and soon cracks in the Empire begin to form.
NonfictionP.H. Hanes sparks a revolution in American underwear, but rivals answer with breakthrough designs, bold branding, and a wartime windfall—transforming an unmentionable necessity into a $100 billion global industry.
NonfictionAfrica is an extraordinary continent. It is home to the planet’s greatest gatherings of wildlife and every imaginable habitat. From deserts and mountain peaks to dense jungle and exotic islands, all life here is shaped by the place it calls HOME. In this dynamic land, animals must be ready to adapt.
NonfictionDavid Chang and longtime friend Christina Tosi, founder of Milk Bar, make a pilgrimage to the legendary Benton’s smokehouse in Madisonville, Tennessee that helped shape their early careers. The two eat everything they see along the way.
NonfictionAfter the attack on Pearl Harbor, Japanese forces sweep across Southeast Asia. On Guadalcanal, United States Marines are given the bloody task of stopping their relentless advance.
NonfictionFor decades the dinosaurs of Africa were lost to us. But recent discoveries have now revealed some of the most spectacular dinosaurs ever found. Two giant killers, both bigger than T.rex; one of these has captured our imaginations; Spinosaurus, the biggest killer known to have walked the earth. Only now has evidence been unearthed that reveals just how two giant killers managed to survive side by side.
NonfictionIn 1894, a sportwriter named Byron Bancroft "Ban" Johnson takes over a struggling minor league - the Western League - and turns it into a financial success. In 1900, he changes its name to the American League and begins talking about challenging the big city monopoly held by the National League. The revolution takes only three years. In 1903, the first World Series is played between the American League Boston Pilgrims and the National League Pittsburg Pirates.
NonfictionStanley Tucci heads to Rome in search of the famous Four Pastas. Stanley orders rigatoni all’amatriciana, samples carbonara and tries a selection of cheeses and sausages made from the sheep and pigs farmed in the region.
NonfictionIn this year's Top Gear special, Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May set out to boost the British economy by embarking on a trade mission to India. Equipped with three old British cars and a range of uniquely British products, they set off on an epic road trip across one of the world’s most fascinating and challenging countries, devotedly promoting Britain with distinctly mixed results.
NonfictionIn part two, Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May continue in their quest to take three V8-engined sports cars on an epic journey through Patagonia to the southernmost city in the world. Along the way they encounter stunning landscapes, mechanical meltdowns and torturously unpaved roads before a terrifying turn of events brings their adventure to a heart-stopping climax.
NonfictionAnthony Bourdain Parts Unknown explores Andaluc?a during Semana Santa (Holy Week, leading up to Easter), a time filled with great pageantry and excitement. Featured in this episode is Bourdain's longtime Director of Photography Zach Zamboni, who lives part-time in Granada and shows the host sights off the beaten path.
NonfictionWhen detectives find an elderly woman dead after someone stuffs her in her own closet, they know they are not dealing with a normal killer. Instead, they discover the culprit is a troubled teenager with a fantasy to rape and kill.
NonfictionA couple sold their New Jersey home after retiring and decided to travel, and now they're ready to settle down in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. He wants something large and upscale for hosting, but she prefers a smaller place that's near the beach.
NonfictionHave you ever wondered what holds the ocean on the Earth? Or what makes the Earth round? Host Bill Nye provides the explanations for these and other questions about the Earth's gravity.
