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- A tale of outsized ambition and outrageous excess, it traces the rise and fall of multiple characters during an era of unbridled decadence and depravity in early Hollywood.
- A docile family man slowly reveals his true character after his house gets burgled by two petty thieves, which, coincidentally, leads him into a bloody war with a Russian crime boss.
- Dames Judi Dench, Eileen Atkins, Joan Plowright, and Maggie Smith get together for tea to reminisce and discuss their acting careers.
- A glittery nightclub in 1920s Berlin becomes a haven for the queer community in this documentary exploring the freedoms lost amid Hitler's rise to power.
- The fake story of the art found beneath the depths of the ocean from a 2,000 year old ship wreck. Damien Hirst and the crew recount the moments various discoveries are made, the myths and legends surrounding the find.
- Exploring Natalie Wood's life and career through the unique perspective of her daughter, Natasha Gregson Wagner, and others who knew her best.
- Heutzutage sind viele von Irlands Leuchttürmen für Besucher geöffnet. Doch trotz moderner Navigationstechnik bleiben sie im Dienst, denn ihr Licht stellt eine verlässliche Quelle für Schiffe auf See dar. Die Mitarbeitenden der irischen Leuchtturm-Behörde führen ihre Arbeit fort - und ergänzen die Leuchttürme mit Funkbojen und anderer fortschrittlicher Technologie.
- On November 26, 1922, Howard Carter made one of the greatest discoveries ever; the tomb of the Egyptian boy king Tutankhamun. The news was spread all over the world. But when people who had entered the chamber began to die, stories of the "curse of the pharaoh" spread. Were the deaths a coincidence or stories to sell newspapers? Can modern science explain the truth behind the legend?
- "The Lost Tombs," which will stream on Discovery+ in addition to airing on the Discovery Channel, chronicles the largest excavation in Egypt in 100 years. Dr. Zahi Hawass explores the infamous Valley of the Kings looking for Queen Nefertiti's treasure, among other priceless artifacts from the New Kingdom.
- A retelling of the life of Auguste Escoffier, a chef who invented contemporary gastronomy.
- Port Royal, the 'wickedest city on Earth', famous for its Caribbean pirates, liquor, is torn apart on June 7th 1692 by quake and tsunami. Two thirds of buildings are sucked into the ocean, the rest buried where they sink. 2,000 die. Marine archaeologist Jon Henderson goes in search of what happened. Scientific data combines with computer graphics to DRAIN the waters to investigate final moments and resurrect past secrets.
- A colorful portrait of Jane Fonda, actress and activist, resonating with recent American history, its dreams and its disillusions.
- Jackie Chan is a true icon of Asian and Chinese culture. Over a 45-year-long career, he has carved a niche for himself as an actor, stuntman, director, and screenwriter, but also singer and formidable businessman. After starring in almost 200 films, Chan has reconciled fans of genre film and Hollywood blockbusters, whilst bridging the gap between Asian and Western cinema. Through film excerpts, archive footage and images, and an offbeat approach inspired by the visual codes of the golden age of kung fu films, this documentary will take a look back at the creation of a popular hero who has come to be an icon for China, and the entire Asian continent.
- In November 1922, Howard Carter uncovered the tomb of Tutankhamen, an obscure pharaoh of the 18th Egyptian dynasty. The extreme wealth of the tomb reveals the munificence of this young king, who died before his 20th birthday. A century later, specialists are once again looking at the treasure. Combining 3D reconstructions, access to objects and expert insights, this document provides an overview of the discoveries being made.
- What happened to the wealth classic Hollywood actress Grace Kelly earned during her incredibly successful career.
- The comedian and writer examines the history of the iconic horror character. He meets actors, film experts and historians as he explores how the Count has made the transition from page to screen.
- A profile of the American actress who has won the heart of Prince Harry. Royal experts provide an insight into the couple's romance and friends and colleagues discuss Meghan's childhood in Los Angeles.
- The introduction of world trade in Tudor England inadvertently introduces foreign poisonous substances. One such case is sugar and the subsequent rotting of teeth.
- According to the Bible, the Ark of the Covenant containing the tablets of the Law, the Ten Commandments dictated by Yahweh to Moses, accompanied the Hebrew people on their conquest of the Promised Land. After the destruction of the First Temple by the Babylonians in 587 BC, the sacred chest disappeared forever. Since then, the mythical Ark, with its mysterious powers, has never ceased to fire the imagination of mankind and the covetousness of treasure seekers. But did it ever exist? By combining skills and innovative technologies, and by comparing the field with biblical texts, researchers are going to make some edifying discoveries.
- Art historian Andrew Graham-Dixon uncovers the truth behind the greatest art heist of the 21st century. In December 2002, two priceless paintings were stolen from the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam in a brutal and audacious robbery.
- Lipstick is often a symbol of power and rebellion. Across the centuries, people of every class have called upon its ability to flatter and enhance. Today, this ancient beautification trick is more popular than ever.
- Survivors of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp eloquently and movingly tell of their experiences of deportation, family destruction, and their own survival, together with the history of its place in the Nazi death camp system and its liberation by the British army in April 1945.
- Documentary examining the history of scandals that have beset Prince Andrew the Duke of York and his family, with special focus on his controversial friendship with Jeffrey Epstein, and how it compares to the previous Dukes of York.
- Designer, architect and town planner, Charlotte Perriand marked the 20th century. A pioneer of social and committed architecture, this collaborator at Le Corbusier has created furniture with sober elegance that has become icons.
- Originating in ancient India in the 4th century, these dreamlike tales were transmitted orally as far as Persia, then translated and enriched by Arab merchants, before undergoing other influences. The French orientalist Antoine Galland (1646-1715) was the first European to translate the mysterious collection, triggering a veritable craze for these tales, with The Thousand and One Nights becoming the most widely read text after the Bible. The hero Aladdin, in particular, enjoyed a particular and enduring popularity. Yet many people are unaware that neither Aladdin or the Wonderful Lamp, Sinbad the Sailor nor Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves were part of the original version. For centuries, scholars have tried in vain to trace the origins of these orphan stories. The fortuitous discovery of a manuscript in the Vatican Apostolic Library, however, has enabled us to trace their authorship in part: these are extracts from the Memoirs of the Syrian Christian Hanna Dyâb, born in Aleppo in 1688, who in 1709, during a trip to Paris, told some of the tales to Antoine Galland.
- Twenty-two years after her death, the great singer Amália Rodrigues continues to inspire fado. In her wake, a musical journey to Portugal lulled by saudade.
- By launching its fleet against the Chinese junks in 1889, the British Empire declared one of the first wars motivated solely by economic interests. Deploring a trade balance largely in deficit with China, the United Kingdom wants to sell him its stocks of opium by force. Faced with resistance from the Qing Empire, the British went on the offensive in the name of free trade, whose pacificating virtues they were convinced of. Since this exemplary history of ambiguous relations between states, from cooperation to fierce competition, trade wars have been repeated, increasingly sophisticated but not always less bloody. The advent of the industrial revolution, liberalism and then globalization have multiplied the sources of conflict.
- Sometimes reduced to the image of a cursed artist, Amedeo Modigliani, an admirer of the masters of the Italian Renaissance, has traced an unparalleled path in modern art.
- This programme describes the history of Covent Garden, from its conception as an open space surrounded by houses that could only be afforded by the wealthy, through the majority of its life as a bustling fruit and vegetable wholesale market, to its rebirth in the 1970s as a street market aimed at tourists, after the fruit/veg market moved out of central London and the area narrowly escaped "comprehensive redevelopment" which would have seen a lot of the buildings demolished.
- Afua Hirsch questions whether some of Britain's historic heroes truly deserve their exalted status and meets opposition when she explores the racist views of the likes of Horatio Nelson and Winston Churchill.
- Art historian Dr Janina Ramirez and angler John Bailey go in search of the origins and ethos of the 18th-century English Landscape movement along a 12-mile stretch of the River Thames.
- As Brexit Britain prepares to draw up new rules on immigration, Ian Hislop looks at the period when Britain first legislated against those wishing to settle here.
- Using strong body of evidence and expert analysis, journalists expose Qatari program of proselytizing political Islam in Europe
- Attractive and subversive, Hervé Guibert, who died of AIDS, made an impression by staging the last moments of his life. An intimate portrait
- Barristers Jeremy Dein and Sasha Wass investigate if the 15-year-old boy convicted of murdering the landlady of the local inn in the sleepy Oxfordshire hamlet of Gallowstree Green in 1921 was truly guilty.
- Saha and Jeremy examine the murder of a young woman in a local 'lovers lane' in Leighton Buzzard in 1937. Her ex-boyfriend was found guilty of her murder but his nieces believe he was innocent.
- Historian David Olusoga pays his first visit to Ravensworth Terrace and investigates a vengeful lawyer, a scientist faced with financial ruin and a doctor entangled in a workhouse scandal.
- This unassuming railway line revolutionised how we travelled and propelled mankind into the modern world. But at what cost?
- David Olusoga investigates the residents of an 18th-century house in Bristol over time, uncovering stories of piracy, an abandoned baby, a notorious political writer and a runaway slave.
- 201954mTV-PG8.1 (32)TV EpisodeTake to the sky with the dreamers whose work gave humans the ability to fly. From Leonardo da Vinci's "flying machines" to the modern commercial plane, without these inventions, we may have never left the ground.
- 201954mTV-PG7.7 (31)TV EpisodeLearn how robots were first conceptualized in ancient Rome and see how their use has evolved over the centuries, from the calculator to the Roomba. Then, take a sneak peek at what future robots will be able to do.