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- A 4 part documentary series chronicling the fascinating and often tragic story of the Nehru/Gandhi family and their quest to lead India to peace and prosperity. Based on diaries, letters, contemporary journalistic accounts, and hitherto unseen archive footage, new research and exclusive interviews with politicians, business leaders, family members and colleagues of the Nehru-Gandhis, The Dynasty traces the rise of the family from 1857 through India's independence in 1948, and on through the ill-fated reigns of Indira and Rajiv Gandhi. The unique access of the series to the personal accounts of Indian, British and other foreign observers provides a new and intimate perspective on the passions and rivalries of Eastern royalty, and an exhaustive tour of fifty years of war, imprisonment and terrorism, tragedy and triumph. This in-depth, insightful series chronicles the dynasty and their long lasting influence on the largest democracy in the world. Episode 1 looks at the period from 1857 to 1947 - taking us through the height of the East India Company and the British colonial enterprise in India, the start of the Indian independence movement of which lawyer Motilal Nehru was a leading light and finally to independence gained in 1947. Episode 2 chronicles the tenure of Jawaharlal Nehru as India's first PM. How does a newly formed nation stand on its own feet? How does the rest of the world deal with her? how does she make a stamp of her own? Episode 3 sees Indira Gandhi becoming PM after the death of Lal Bahadur Shastri. Her style of leadership stood in stark contrast to her father. In her time, she called a national emergency, calling all power to the PM's office and earning herself the title of a dictator. Thankfully better sense prevailed and she called elections - which she then went on to lose. The people were not forgiving of a tyrant. However she came back just two years later. She was gunned down in front of her home by members of her own security detail. Episode 4 sees the days of Rajiv Gandhi - the reluctant PM. A man who had to step into his mother's shoes after her assassination. Young, modern and forward looking, this erstwhile pilot had to grapple with the oldest political party in India - one which wasn't exactly happy to move forward with him. Through the highs of his success in the anti apartheid movement to the lows of his Sri Lanka debacle - the program follows Rajiv Gandhi until the day of his fateful assassination at the hands of LTTE operatives while he was on the election trail.
- The story of the hostages seized in Lebanon in the 1980s, and the politicians' attempts to free them.
- The hostage referred in the title is not the physical taking of a prisoner, but rather a mental state when a man, who is trying to make it as a production designer on Broadway, starts an affair with a manipulative woman, who is subject to out-of-control fits of anger. Obviously, such a woman could be problematic to someone trying to establish a reputation before people he doesn't know.
- How and why America became involved in the Vietnam War.
- In 1940, World War II was Britain's to lose. It did not.
- A comprehensive look at the Irish people's struggle for Civil rights and how it transpired into a military campaign for independence, before a political agreement was made for fair devolution. Spanning from the late 60s up until present day.
- In these 4hs we get to know everything about Queen Victoria's reign during the XIX Century. We are informed about the up and downs of her life and her people. How she managed to be the governor of such an important country.
- At the start of the Victorian era, urban migration was beginning to swell the population of cities under the Industrial Revolution. Prince Albert's plan for a Great Exhibition to showcase to the world the might of Great Britain's industrial talents and technology comes to fruition.
- True insiders tell the real story of Diana's life.
- A British commercial venture, The East India Company, controls a large part of the Indian continent. Initially a trading venture, it encroached into India's social life, ultimately leading to political and military conflict. Britain becomes embroiled in a war in Crimea, and, in India, mutiny against British rule is fomenting.
- By the middle of the 19th century, Britain was the richest country in the world, and controlled almost one quarter of the world's trade. British explorers set their sights on the Dark Continent, Africa. One in particular, David Livingstone, a Scottish physician, spent several years exploring its interior. News of his adventures led to a British scramble for new lands, wealth and ultimately, war.
- Oppression and slavery in Sudan in Northeast Africa and an uprising by the ruling Mahdi (a messianic redeemer of the Islamic faith) would lead the former British governor General Charles Gordon into a personal, bloody war culminating in his defeat and death at Khartoum, the capital. In South Africa British businessman Cecil Rhodes would lead the rush to exploit the riches of a vast diamond mine and gold reserves. His wealth, power, politics and war would lead to the creation of the new African country of Rhodesia.
- Traveling from the deserts of Namibia to the forests of the Amazon, this documentary provides an up-close view of the snake world in all it scaly glory.
- Inside story of Prince Charles' battles with his wife and his mother.
- The story of the capture of Sadaam Hussein.
- Bob Geldof explores Africa on the 20th anniversary of Live Aid.
- Twenty years later, Bob Geldof returns to Ethiopia, the land that inspired Band Aid and Live Aid - a country that is now growing and thriving in many ways. Where once he saw a barren landscape filled with devastation and starvation now grows green fields and a people returning to a new kind of prosperity. Ethiopia does not disappoint as Geldof explores its rich and vibrant history that is still alive today. He sees such sites as a 12th Century cathedral carved into stone and visits the Mursi tribe who still live much the same way as their ancestors did. Bustling cities of Addis Ababa and Harar show the affluence and adaptability of the growing Ethiopian economy. This is an episode filled with hope, not just for Ethiopia but for all of Africa as well.
- Once called the heart of darkness, Bob Geldof reveals there may not just be one heart and one darkness in Africa. If the Congo really is the heart of darkness, that heart does not come from its people or the land; it came from outsiders. Riding along the Congo, Geldof, explores its tales of oppression and warfare, a violent history fueled my man's ever increasing greed for the natural resources Africa has to offer. He visits remote villages full of people rightfully suspicious of all outsiders, a medical facility where it is rumored that AIDS was created by scientists and a school for sorcery teaches children in the ways of traditional African magic.
- Centuries after mankind had migrated north, out of Africa, Europeans returned upon the promises of abundant trade for spices and gold. Bob Geldof takes us to Ghana where this trade began eventually becoming the epicenter of the slave trade. He offers us a hard edged and honest look at Ghana's history of slave trade showing us what it meant, and still means to the people there. No longer wishing to suffer his growing impatience with a bus not leaving, Geldof hires a car for a twelve hour drive along the old slave road between Benin and Ghana. Sites along the way tell tales of the hardships imposed upon the producers of raw goods that keep them locked into a state of perpetual poverty. An amazing site is a town built over water as a safe haven from a brutal slave trade fueled by Amazon women and voodoo wars. There are many things to see, and much more to understand in this enlightening journey.
- In this challenging episode, Bob Geldof faces the ongoing atrocities plaguing Sudan, Uganda and Kenya. He clearly expresses his disgust with the atrocities of the terror, fear, torture and slavery ravaging the people. Unspeakable atrocities are spoken of, not just with words, but on the faces of the children that witnessed them personally. Africa continues to be a place presented as a land filled with extremes such as people starving from near a continuous famine and drought to healthy educated people scrambling about a bustling super market filled with modern conveniences. Geldof expresses his concerns with Non Government Organizations .While bearing good intentions the NGOs may be creating, and perpetuating more problems for the African people. There are no easy answers, and this episode offers none. It is merely a meager telling of the terrors many Africans face on a daily basis. Watch with caution due to the strong nature of the material presented in this episode.
- The story of the 1975 referendum, which settled Britain's fate as a member of the European Union.
- In Mali nothing ever seems to grow, no water and no life. There is nothing but sand, sun and sky. In this perfect zero, people may find a spiritual blank sacred space in their minds. Like the desert, many people find eternity. In this extreme landscape Bob Geldof finds the Tuareg, a fiercely proud people, known as the lords of the deserts. They eke out a thriving existence in a land that outsiders see as a barren wasteland. Geldof explores the legendary city of Timbuktu, a place so far away it that it once represented the end of the world. Once rich in salt trade and education it is now is crumbling and fading into the desert. The desert continues to provide a world of wonders as he discovers the extremes of the vibrant salt industry of Mopti to the Bela, a people that have a long tradition of being slaves to the Tuareg.
- Long called the dark-continent, Africa is a land bathed in so much sun, that a better moniker may the Luminous Continent. Bob Geldof travels from Somaliland to Masailand and back to Somalia where every step of the way is an expression of the extremes. Experience the paradoxical differences between Somaliland and Somalia. Meet the Masai and the Hadsa people who still live as their ancestors did, experiencing the modern world only on their own terms. From climate to politics, there is nothing subtle about the people or the land of Africa.
- The inside story of the 1985 Live Aid (1985) concerts, told by the organizers and the stars - a frank and often very funny account of how Bob Geldof bullied the music industry.
- A docudrama about the efforts of the passengers aboard United Airlines Flight 93 to derail the 9/11 terrorists' plan for the hijacked airliner.
- World leaders comment on the unraveling peace process and continued violence between Israelis and Palestinians from 1999 to 2005.
- Drama documentary reconstructing the life and times of Catherine the Great of Russia.
- In July 2005, three billion people around the world watched a glittering line-up of musical legends perform in concerts designed to pressure the G-8 leaders into putting an end to poverty in Africa. But how did Bob Geldof, Bono and Richard Curtis pull off nine concerts with over a hundred top-selling artists in less than three months? Exclusive behind the scenes footage of the run-up to the event and in-depth interviews with Live 8's all-star cast -- including Robbie Williams, Sir Paul McCartney, Travis and Annie Lennox -- combine to tell a story which stretches back twenty years to Live Aid. The film reveals how Geldof persuaded Pink Floyd to bury the hatchet after twenty-five years of feuding. And why an argument over American rock band The Killers threatened to tear the organising team apart. Featuring interviews with Prime Minister Tony Blair and Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell, the film also recaptures the moment when Bob Geldof grew so angry at official roadblocks in London that he threatened to sabotage Britain's chances of winning the 2012 Olympic bid. Live 8: Twenty Years Ago Today reveals the fights, the bullying and the inspiration that went into achieving the most ambitious set of concerts in popular music history.
- The story of a great English Queen and the elaborate carved crosses that marked her death.
- How Southern Britain was paralyzed by a couple of inches of snow.
- Drama documentary on the flooding of New Orleans.