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- Mizuho tries to survive high school during the pandemic when she suddenly gains psychokinetic superpowers. She befriends three other girls who have just become telepathic, started teleporting or can jump through the internet. When Mizuho starts using her powers to impress an older boy, mayhem ensues. Great power doesn't equal great responsibility in the hands of these girls, but it does mean a lot of fun.
- After the murder of her fiancé, Usagi Tanase seeks revenge. To do so, she contacts Ryo Saeba, the most famous assassin in Tokyo's underground. But she doesn't know that he is an incorrigible playboy who only accepts contracts on two conditions - but which ones ?
- Blake and Justin have always shared the dream of making movies. Their mentor is Robert Rodriquez and their film school is his book "Rebel Without A Crew." They worship the film making philosophies of Robert Rodriquez, one of them being, "You have to make 30 bad films before you make a good one." On their 29th film they manage to lock an extra in the trunk and forget about him for five days.
- Jimmy Doherty discovers the lengths people go to to add new and rarely studied species to the collection. A colossal squid turns up at the museum, a team of scientists push through unexplored jungle in Panama and a pioneering project finds a new species at the bottom of the sea off the coast of Sweden.
- In a wonderful combination of beauty, function and tradition, the rugs of the Gashqai Nomads of Iran perfectly mirror their lives. Wool is gathered from sheep, goats and camels. Dyes are made from juices of plants along their caravan routes. Then the jogging of the pack animals, bearing the looms with unfinished rugs, gives the weave its beautiful irregularity. And they are used against the cold, the wind, and as saddle bags and grain sacks.
- This program revisits several of the locations of the previous programs to look more deeply at the relationships contemporary artists and collectors have with the art and artists of those societies, and how they may be compromising or enhancing the older traditions.
- Neil Oliver completes his epic journey through thousands of years of ancient history with the modern marvels of Rome. Digging beneath a London tower block, discovering building work from a massive stadium, and encountering the remains of an African woman who lived in York 1800 years ago - all evidence of the extraordinary multicultural modern world of Rome.
- For Ray Mears there is one British pioneer who stands above all others in the exploration of Canada. That man is Samuel Hearne. who set the template for successful travel into Canada's wilderness. Hearne's story is defined by hardship and adventure. In a celebration of one of Earth's last great wildernesses, Ray follows in the footsteps of his hero's epic journey of over 1,000 miles.
- Ray follows in the footsteps of John Rae from Scotland who was the first great Arctic explorer. Ray Mears follows the story of how John Rae found the Northwest Passage - the Holy Grail of 19th-century exploration. Yet this man, who should have been a hero of his day, was vilified by the British establishment. Ray believes it's time to put the record straight.
- Inspired by true events. ''Boswellia sacra'' is a short feature film about nature which draws a parallel between the environment and the protection of human rights; about the law of nature that is constantly being violated by man; about Vukasin Drakulic, a thirty-year-old young man who comes to realize this relationship. Can a person escape his own nature and the one that surrounds him.
- John struggles to build a future with his pregnant wife Mary, but the recession is hitting them hard. When a beautiful stranger crosses his path John follows her into the forest on a whim, seeking temporary respite from responsibilities, but he chooses a bad day to follow his heart.
- "Spirits are not just what is on the menu " Not all spirits lurk in the night. Some show up for breakfast in "mourning". Second Sight Paranormal TV and psychic medium, Ericka Boussarhane wake up with the community for a paranormal investigation during brunch hours. They soon find out this haunted restaurant has more than just spirits on tap.
- Danny must make difficult choices and live with the consequences of his actions while hitchhiking through Northern British Columbia.
- "Some children's imaginary friends are not that imaginary" The DAR House of Mobile, Alabama is a historic location for weddings and dinner parties. But it was originally a house built by a sea captain for his family. Do they still call it home? There have been many reports of ghostly activity within its walls. As Second Sight Paranormal TV and psychic medium, Ericka Boussarhane investigate, they discover that the spirits of children are present, and they want to play.
- The untold story of one of the world's hot spots where thousands of workers beast of burden in a struggle to survive. It takes place in Melilla, the terrestrial border between Africa and Europe; a portion of Europe wedged in the African continent, where mobs gather to fight for the scraps of a booming business: smuggling, while waiting for a chance to better their lives. Meanwhile, the Global economy moves on inextricably oblivious of its influence over simple human beings.
- A safety-obsessed crossing guard in down-and-out North London develops an obsession with a little girl he helps across the street each day. Driven over the edge by a local tragedy and a dangerous traffic diversion, he decides any action to keep her safe is justified, no matter what the consequences.
- "He built it with his hands, and now he haunts it with his ghosts." The Landmark Skate and Fun Center was abandoned years ago and now resembles a modern-day ghost town. So is there a ghost-only skate after hours? Many sightings and rumors of being touched were reported by former workers at the rink. Second Sight Paranormal TV and psychic medium Ericka Boussarhane learn the location is haunted by several ghosts including the previous owner.
- John Kinder is a successful advertising executive. He has a great house, a healthy 401k, a plasma television, but something is missing. He has no friends, no family, and no future. But that is all about to change... Quitting his job and climbing into his car, John sets out on an adventure. He ends up in a mystical pizza parlor where dreams and nightmares can come true, if you order items off of the "Special Menu".
- A high-school basketball star's ego alienates those around him.
- In 1975, Frank Hilley fights a perplexing illness. As he grows worse, his wife of 25 years, Marie, rushes Frank to hospital. Unfortunately, Frank dies at 45 His autopsy concludes hepatitis as the official cause of death. Then, while their son is at college, daughter Carol starts to grow ill in much the same way as Frank. Eventually, when Carol's liver tests and and other tests come up negative, she then is sent to specialist Dr. Thompson. He rapidly discovers the true cause of illness. Now an exhumation and second autopsy must be performed on Frank Hilley, because, yes, Carol really did suffer the exact same affliction as her father had, who was initially misdiagnosed. That is, his cause of death was not natural. The 1966 chilling case of Charles Whitman is reexamined. After killing his mother and wife, Whitman, 25, climbed to the top of the University of Texas Clocktower with an arsenal of weapons to shoot random people in a 96 minute long rampage. Changing the course of violence in American History, ex-marine Whitman was found and shot to death. In the aftermath, research showed that Whitman was suffering from several psychological problems, headaches, and left a suicide note. Could this have caused Whitman's insane behavior? It was only through autopsy, requested by Whitman himself, that the closest reason for mental illness was exhibited in his brain.
- Neil Oliver performs the lead role in an extract from Shakespeare's "The Tempest" on the stage of a remarkable coastal amphitheatre near Land's End. Nick Crane ventures out into the infamous "Portland Tidal Race" to see how this fearsome tidal surge creates some of the roughest waters in Britain, surprisingly close to the tourist beaches and Georgian splendour of Weymouth. Miranda Krestovnikoff goes in search of a family of White-Beaked Dolphins and Alice Roberts follows her nose to discover what gives the sea its distinctive smell. In Devonport, Mark Horton has privileged access to the historic dockyards to see where the wooden ships of Nelson's Navy were built. Mark reveals how the steel fleet of the modern Royal Navy still relies on the age old skills of wood working.
- Neil Oliver takes part in an aerial dogfight to discover why a Nazi flying ace landed his top secret new plane on Welsh tarmac at the height of the Second World War. Miranda Krestovnikoff visits a seabird paradise, the magical island of Skomer, and at Porth Oer, Alice Roberts attempts to solve the riddle of the "Singing Sands". What makes some very special British beaches whistle when you walk on them? Mark Horton visits and imposing castle at Harlech, one of the best preserved in Britain. Nick Crane explores the violent history of smuggling around the gorgeous Gower Peninsula and abseils into an extraordinary stone structure concealed in the side of a sea cliff.
- The team are off to Denmark and Neil Oliver wants to know shy they top the polls as the happiest people on earth. Nick Crane investigates how the Danish made a big business out of selling bacon to Britain. Alice Roberts sets sail in a full scale replica of a Viking longship to see how these ships gave Norsemen the advantage over the English in battle. Miranda Krestovnikoff meets some unflappable red deer. On Heligoland, Mark Horton reveals how in 1947 Britain's Royal Navy blew this tiny island apart in the largest non-nuclear explosion the world had ever seen and Dick Strawbridge gets access to the construction of one of the world's largest offshore wind farms.
- Nick Crane visits the Devon and Cornwall coastlines, joining a fishing expedition on board one of the last remaining Brixham trawlers. He also explores how Henry VIII, fearing attack after his famous divorce, built a string of cleverly positioned forts all along the south coast. Miranda Krestovnikoff goes snorkelling in the Isles of Scilly, in the underwater seagrass meadows. Mark Horton recalls how Lawrence of Arabia helped develop rescue boats in Plymouth, Dick Strawbridge learns about the steam-power revolution pioneered in the tin mines of Cornwall, and Alice Roberts discovers how weather far out at sea generates waves that hit the UK's shoreline.
- The team explores British connections to the Swedish coast. Nick Crane views a mountain range still rising at the rate of one centimetre a year - and discovers a similar phenomenon is also occurring in the Highlands of Scotland. Alice Roberts reveals how merchant seamen from Hull helped save the Second World War military effort by sneaking a vital shipment of Swedish ball bearings past the German Navy. Mark Horton visits the wreck of the Vasa, a ship commissioned 400 years ago to spearhead the Swedish navy, only to sink on its maiden voyage. Dick Strawbridge climbs the rigging of one of the last great commercial sailing ships, known as the Windjammers. The team also explore Abba Island and search out moose in Sweden's frozen North.
- In 2005, Nebraska couple Michael Wamsley and Janelle Hornickel, 20, phone 911 while lost, stranded and freezing in a blizzard over 23 miles from home. Sadly, they cannot reasonably direct dispatchers to their rural location. After four hours in sub-zero wind chills, why aren't Michael and Janelle able to get help and why can't 911 rescue them? In 2006 Upstate NY, over one hour of physical and verbal domestic abuse by Ulnar toward beautiful, accomplished wife Susan Stills is caught on video tape. Almost as drastic is the identity of the cinematographer put up to this--Susan's beloved son, 13--at Ulnar's insistence. Ulnar was arrested, offered a plea, but opted for trial so his children would have to testify. The resulting 36 yrs. is the longest domestic violence sentence of all time. Complexities remain. Will Susan Stills and her daughter and two sons ever be able to bond as a family again after these traumatic events?
- Few of the beautiful golden artifacts of the Aztecs and Incas are left today. Most of them were melted down by the pillaging Spanish conquistadors. But some exquisite pre-Columbian art still exists, and narrator Sir David Attenborough describes how these were used by priests in practical and ritual fashion, including human sacrifice.
- At the turn of the century Europeans refused to believe that the craftsmen of the Nigerian Kingdom of Benin could have made such sophisticated and beautiful bronze castings. This program traces the history of Beni and Yoruba bronzes, and examines the techniques used in making them, and the results. We see the beautiful and elegant portrait busts, plaques and standing figures which read as impressive chronicles of the elaborate court life under the autocratic Obas of Benin.
- Continuing his journey into our ancient past, Neil Oliver explores the age of Celtic Britain - a time of warriors, druids, and kings of unimaginable wealth. Neil encounters a celebrated warrior from 300 BC, owner of the finest Iron Age sword ever discovered. He tries his hand at divination in an effort to discover the power of Celtic priests and searches into his own DNA for clues to Celtic identity.
- 20097.2 (6)TV EpisodeRay tells the story of one of the greatest companies the world has ever known, the British fur trade company that opened up Canada - the Hudson's Bay Company. He also demonstrates local crafts and bushcraft skills that bring the landscape to life.
- City of Mermaids follows Christine, a mermaid performer at a struggling roadside attraction in Florida named Weeki Wachee Springs. It is here where Christine and a team of mermaids put on underwater shows to diminishing crowds in the natural spring waters of Weeki Wachee. As a third generation mermaid, Christine's destiny is with the park and the tight-knit community that surrounds it. But as time goes on, Christine develops an unquenchable thirst to see the world outside of Weeki Wachee. Christine must choose between a life carved out for her in the spring and an unpredictable future on the surface. Set at the start of the new millennium, City of Mermaids is a journey through the changing tides of life, love, and the perils of coming of age.
- At last, the way to relationship bliss is boldly illuminated in a film for every man who's ever desired a woman. And to every woman in search of a real man, search no more. The Happy Husband has arrived!
- "There are some Spirits that never check out" Check out time doesn't seem to apply to the spirits of this haunted hotel. Second Sight Paranormal TV and psychic medium, Ericka Boussarhane venture down to Mobile, Alabama for a night inside the historic Malaga Inn. The team soon has some heart racing spirit encounters, and they discover some ghostly residents who are not in the hospitality business.
- Late one night our sleeping protagonist awakens to a haunting melody coming from the radio he is sure he had turned off. In an effort to fully achieve consciousness and get a grasp on the situation, our protagonist approaches coffee of an indeterminable age and attempts to reheat it. What follows is a supernatural struggle for caffeine.
- Laura receives a free laptop after being nominated by a friend to receive The Treatment. After watching a testimonial from the friend that nominated her, Laura realises that nothing in life is free and that The Treatment is not the kind of gift that can be refused.
- The Sea Eagles of the island of Canna were hunted to extinction, but now they have been brought back. We climb into one of their nests perched high on a steep cliff to find out what their chances of survival are. Neil Oliver visits Europe's biggest super-quarry to receive an explosive lesson in how the rock is mined. Armed with a simple ruler on a Scottish beach, Nick Crane learns how the challenge of measuring our coastline led to a new branch of maths that could help our mobile phones get smaller.
- Through changing seasons, Satish Kumar walks the moor and explores ancient woods and rivers, which are home to a wealth of wildlife including red deer, emperor moths, starling roosts, kestrels and foxes. His meditations on the natural world are lyrical, uplifting and timely.
- Our team heads off to France where Neil Oliver explores the province of Finistère, "The End of the Earth", and meets a lighthouse keeper made famous by one of the world's most reproduced photographs. Nick Crane joins the "Onion Johnnies", who gave us our stereotypical image of a Frenchman, complete with stripy tee shirt, beret and bicycle laden with onions. Alice Roberts reveals the life saving chemical element that's locked away inside seaweed and Miranda Krestovnikoff dives for a seafood delicacy. At Carnac, Mark Horton wanders amongst the mysterious lines of standing stones, erected thousands of years before Stonehenge, to investigate their age old connection with Britain.
- Neil Oliver visits the birth place of his seafaring hero Lord Nelson. On the eerie shingle bank of Orford Ness, Alice Roberts leads a team trying to recreate the original war-winning experiment which proved that Radar would work. Off the Norfolk coast, Nick Crane explored the remarkable lost world of "Doggerland". Miranda Krestovnikoff wades out into the mud of the Wash", a vast tidal feeding ground for migrating birds. To investigate the appeal of the glorious Essex Fishing Smacks, Mark Horton joins a crew on competition around the Thames Estuary.
- Nick Crane visits a project to build a new seaport for London, before travelling across the channel to Belgium, where he takes a ride on a tram that runs along the country's coastline. Alice Roberts learns how to be a seaside landlady in Margate, and Neil Oliver tells the story of British forces' efforts to stop Hitler's biggest battleships reaching the coast of Kent during the Second World War. Back in Belgium, Mark Horton reveals the city of Bruges's role in the history of brick-making, and Miranda Krestovnikoff goes shrimp-fishing on horseback.
- In the last of the series, Neil travels to Japan to uncover the extraordinary story of Thomas Blake Glover. Blending adventure with commerce, Glover was a rogue trader who helped rebel samurai clans overthrow the shogun and lay the foundations for one of the most aggressive and powerful economies in the world.
- Texan Sandra Stotler, 50, son, Adam Stotler, 17, and his friend Jeremy Richardson, 18, go missing in 2001. A car chase leads to the drivers of Stotler's red convertible. Sandra's white SUV is also gone. Her absent son and friend are immediately suspected. However, a cold-blooded twist reveals the true victims, thieves, and shocking plot to "steal some wheels."
- Assoc. Pastor Rick Pulley's wife, Patty Jo, 37, went shopping in 1999 VA. Her truck was found abandoned. Faux leads and misinformation follow. In late 2002, Patty Jo Pulley's remains are found in a remote area. Ruled a homicide, what explosive secret was she privy to which warranted Patty Jo Pulley's killer into silencing the 37-year-old forever?
- S. Dakota Pastor Bill Guthrie arrives home in 1999 to find wife Sharon lying face down in a full bathtub. Autopsy reveals a lethal dose of tablets used to treat insomnia and anxiety in her system. The community, stunned, assumed the Guthrie's "perfect" Christian family facade to be fact. The investigation changes from accident to suicide, then foul play. One suspect stands out, but the evidence is circumstantial. Until they foolishly attempt a cover-up--uncovering their guilt.
- In 1981 NY, college student Deborah becomes pregnant with Steven Brown's child. Not expecting her boyfriend's involvement, she is pleased when he proposes marriage. It is not long, though, until the honeymoon is over. Brown proves an abusive predator, which only worsens when the child is born. Soon, Deborah finds herself suffering from Battered-Wives-Syndrome. Finally escaping after 17 years, children in tow, Deborah finds refuge. But it was not long before Steven finds Deborah. It will take the senseless murders of two innocent people before Deborah's nightmare seems to head toward an end. In a bizarre twist of fate, though, will true justice ever be served?
- By 1992, Ohio resident Bob Hand has been married four times. In 2002, fourth wife Jill, has been shot and killed, allegedly by Lonnie Welch, whom Bob then shoots during a break into their home. Strangely Bob Hand swears he doesn't know Lonnie Welch, yet later detectives discover Welch was Best Man at Hand's second wedding. Investigators, eager to find out more about Hand, seek out his ex-wives. To their surprise, two out of three have also been murdered, almost exactly the same way. The only surviving wife will not cooperate. Lonnie's family, however, will. Could Bob's Best Man also have been his Hit Man?
- We get a chance to follow the amazing journey of a loggerhead turtle. But this extraordinary creature isn't in for an easy ride. As she crosses the Pacific ocean, she encounters sharks, marlins, crocodiles, typhoons and the most dangerous enemy of all - fishermen.
- This episode centers on the life and customs of the Dogon people in Mali, concentrating primarily on their masks and mask rituals. After a brief introduction to the Dogon culture, the link between African and European art is elaborated upon, using works by Picasso and Braque as examples. Dogon blacksmiths are shown working on a sculpture and a monkey mask for an old woman's funeral; the funeral rites, which include masked performances and a staged mock battle, are shown in great detail.
- The survival expert profiles 19th-century cartographer David Thompson, who mapped nearly four million square miles of North America - a feat that took him across Canada from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean and helped establish coast-to-coast trade within the country, as well as defining the borders that kept it independent from the US.
- Fred Latour is a loving husband, an attentive father and a caring son. To take his mind off his daily business worries, his wife, his mother and his daughter organize a party for his 40th birthday. But, as he goes upstairs to change himself in his room, Fred falls dead through the veranda. Devastated, the three women, who are the only witnesses of the accident, join forces to face their loss and find out what really happened. What seems to be an unexplained suicide or a banal domestic accident could be a murder. And the operating mode reminds everyone of Fred's father's death, 30 years ago.