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- Abbie Eastwood investigates whether breast implants are making women ill, or worse still causing cancer.
- Sophie Morgan investigates the carbon footprint of the tech industry, as she discovers some shocking truths about the hidden cost of our online habits.
- After a bruising round of campaigning and vote-offs, there are just two candidates left in the race to be the next Prime Minister, John Pienaar asks if either can end the Brexit deadlock.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- In a cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia, over a hundred victims of the RMS Titanic disaster are buried, including a simple grave dedicated to an "Unknown Child." Who was this unfortunate youth who perished in the freezing North Atlantic on April 15, 1912? Where was he on the ship when tragedy struck? Who was his family? And does he have any living descendants? Follow this twisting and turning scientific search as medical historian Dr. Lindsey Fitzharris and her team of experts bring this Titanic victim back to life after over a century.
- The death of actress Brittany Murphy in 2009 was immediately considered suspicious. People said it was unnatural, no accident, even murder. Stories in the press became increasingly sensational, and only heightened when her husband died in the same Hollywood mansion just five months later. So what really happened? Were drugs involved? Toxic mold? Could her mother have poisoned them both? Medical historian Dr. Lindsey Fitzharris separates the truth from the tabloid news, delivering her own verdict on this tragic death.
- The story behind the great shark panic of 2001.
- Brat Camps are an extreme youth disciplinary concept that's firmly embedded in American culture. Every year thousands of American children are transported to one of over 1000 private facilities dotted across the United States. In the USA today it's estimated the child intervention industry is worth over $2 billion, as parents send their kids away to residential programmes - often against their will - in an attempt to change their behaviour. This True Stories documentary aims to shed light on the world of behavioural modification camps and other child intervention programmes, illuminating the beliefs and ambitions that underpin this controversial industry, many of which contrast starkly with British norms. While these programmes appear well-run and organised with some form of regulation, there are concerns about the standards of other camps and the possibility of abuse, particularly when there is no federal body to regulate and monitor the quality of care in the child intervention industry.
- A look at the coalition government one year on - looking at the trial and tribulations they faced.
- 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.
- Several African American pioneers of the Space Race.
- The story behind the Hollywood film 'The Great Escape', examining the search for the Gestapo men who murdered 50 of the escapers.
- 1974– 52mTV-G8.0 (68)TV EpisodeNova examines the physics of telescope design. Following the development of the telescope over several centuries the program explains the challenges that the major design innovations solved and the inevitable major discoveries they produced.
- A decade after the end of the Second World War, Marcel Besançon, a Swiss exec working for the European Broadcasting Union, had a daring idea. He wanted to stage a live Pan-European singing competition to promote the nascent television services of Western Europe, and bring the divided nations of a war-torn Europe closer together in a shared celebration of music. The first Eurovision Song Contest took place in Lugano, Switzerland, on 24th May 1956. Just seven countries took part (six of whom, significantly, went on to sign the Treaty of Rome and lay the foundations of the European Community) but it was an instant hit and has become an unbroken annual fixture in the life of the continent. But it came to mean even more than that. During the Cold War, the glitz and glamour on the Eurovision stage was seen as a symbol of Western fun and freedom. Only a very few in the Eastern bloc were able or brave enough to risk their lives by tuning in to Finnish TV signals in secret. In recent decades, following the fall of the Iron Curtain and breakup of the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia, new nations have clamoured to take part, injecting new life into the contest and raising the political stakes yet further by seeing it as a rare opportunity to promote their national identity on an international stage. Today, the Eurovision Song Contest is one of the most-watched broadcast events in the world, attracting hundreds of millions of fans across Europe and as far afield as Australasia, Asia and Latin America. Some love it, some laugh at it, some are obsessed by it, but most think of the Eurovision Song Contest as just a great night's entertainment. And yet it has slowly become one of the great popular cultural festivals of our age, a carnival of fun and frivolity that can be taken -- in a certain light -- as a symbol of just how far Europe has travelled since Monsieur Bescancon had his brainwave.
- A documentary on the recent history of Australian wine, revealing how a small group of enterprising Australian winemakers took on the elitist world of wine - and won.
- The story of the hostages seized in Lebanon in the 1980s, and the politicians' attempts to free them.
- As President Trump reaches the milestone 100th day in office Jeremy Paxman travels around the U.S. seeing the effects of his polices and meets critics and supporters to assess the Trump presidency.
- Through unique access to the President, his inner circle and his political rivals this four-part series tells the story of how Barack Obama tried to reshape the United States and the cost to himself, his party and the nation.
- Martina Navratilova's tweet about trans women athletes sparked a heated argument. In this documentary, she opens up the debate to answer some of her own questions.
- A look at "Jackie", the popular British magazine for teenage girls published in 1964-1993, and its golden age in the 1970s.
- America is taken to the brink of war with Iran when Trump's focus turns to the Middle East.
- Trump's inconsistent dealings with North Korea range from the real threat of a nuclear war between the two nations to a bromance with Kim Jong-un. Trump's America First approach results in an economic war with China.
- The inside story of how Vladimir Putin, a consummate political operator with a background in the KGB, become a valued ally of the West. After eight years as President of Russia and four more as Prime Minister, Putin is stubbornly holding onto power. He has announced his intention to return as President, and declared his United Russia party the winner in parliamentary elections that have widely been seen as fraudulent, leading to mass protests in Moscow and elsewhere. Featuring contributions from Putin's top colleagues and the Western statesmen who have clashed with him, this insightful documentary asks when his policies began to provoke deep concern in Washington and London. It looks back at how, in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, Putin quickly aligned Russia with the West, surprising many in the Kremlin. The world had changed - but at home Putin was becoming increasingly authoritarian.
- The inside story of how Vladimir Putin, a consummate political operator with a background in the KGB, become a valued ally of the West. After eight years as President of Russia and four more as Prime Minister, Putin is stubbornly holding onto power. He has announced his intention to return as President, and declared his United Russia party the winner in parliamentary elections that have widely been seen as fraudulent, leading to mass protests in Moscow and elsewhere. Featuring contributions from Putin's top colleagues and the Western statesmen who have clashed with him, this insightful documentary asks when his policies began to provoke deep concern in Washington and London. It looks back at how, in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, Putin quickly aligned Russia with the West, surprising many in the Kremlin. The world had changed - but at home Putin was becoming increasingly authoritarian.
- Internal politics in other former Soviet republics often were significantly influenced by intervention from Putin's Russia. In Georgia, legally elected president Shevarnadze was confronted to Shakashvili's parliamentary opposition, which ousted him with Russian support, only to side later with minority opposition inside Russia and joining NATO, like the Baltic republics. Large neighbor Ukrain with millions of ethnic Russians was the object of a major, bitter row with the west, Putin playing dirty and falsely blaming the British 'manipulators', a game which turned worst concerning Russia's own state-manipulated elections.
- Putin, first as Russian president and later as prime minister but power behind the throne of Medvedev, is unshakably determined to rebuild Russia's status as super-power rivaling even Bush's US. After the West's support for Kosovo's breakaway from Russian ally Serbia, the secessionist rebellions of Abchasia and South Ossetia against Saakashivili's Georgia are are a test of strength and determination, where the US refuses to commit against Russia, leaving mediation to French president Sarkozy. Meanwhile former Warshaw Pact states' US-pushed NATO applications are contested by EU states, mainly Germany.
- Charting the first 100 days of Barack Obama's Presidency. A month after his historic election victory, America is on the verge of a great depression forcing the President to put his plans for change on hold.
- Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are two of the most hated and least trusted presidential candidates ever. Jeremy Paxman visits Washington and beyond to ask political experts and voters why America is facing such an unpopular choice.
- Some of David Cameron's closest advisers reveal the discussions that led to the referendum on Britain's membership of the EU, how he thought the Liberal Democrats would block it and the view from Brussels.
- Lord Lucan's wife agrees to finally break her silence after he was suspected of attempting to murder her in 1974 and disappeared.
- Sir Trevor McDonald presents this documentary which explores the extraordinary pursuit of serial killer Christopher Halliwell by detective Steve Fulcher.
- Top US, European and Iraqi leaders - political and military - tell the inside story of their private talks, phone calls, deals and clashes. Former members of Saddam Hussein's regime tell - for the first time on television - just what he said to them as the threat of war grew. Over three episodes, the series gets the insiders to tell what happened at crucial moments on the road to war following 9/11, the first year after the invasion as Iraq's liberation became a US occupation and Iraq's descent into civil war and the Americans struggle to turn the country round.
- Four-part documentary exploring how Russia has been resurrected by Vladimir Putin.
- Tom Daley visits the most homophobic countries in the Commonwealth to explore how gay athletes are facing extreme persecution. What can the Commonwealth Games do to help?
- 3-part documentary series telling the stories of the battles to keep the European Union together, with contributions from Presidents, Prime Ministers and their closest advisers.
- The inside story of Australia's first superstar - Skippy the Bush Kangaroo.
- 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 the 1975 referendum, which settled Britain's fate as a member of the European Union.
- In 2004, political bloggers came of age. They propelled Howard Dean from fringe candidate to front-runner. They took on CBS anchor Dan Rather and won. As the 2006 mid-term elections approached, bloggers were preparing for battle again. This documentary examines how online democratic activism is shaping important elections by focusing on the decisive Connecticut senate race and Ned Lamont's challenge to incumbent Joe Lieberman.
- In an age where politicians seem either untrustworthy, ineffectual or comical, Jeremy Paxman hunts for answers as to how we got into this state.