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What Darwin Never Knew
The earth is abundant with a large variety of different animals, including 28,000 fish species, 9,000 types of bird, and over 350,000 kinds of beetles. What Darwin Never Knew seeks to shed light on the 1.4 million discovered...
How Many People Can Live on Planet Earth?
David Attenborough looks at the issue of human sustainability and whether the planet is on a course towards a population crisis. The Earth’s population is growing exponentially, having grown from just 2.5 billion people...
Why Beauty Matters
Renowned British writer and philosopher Roger Scruton asserts that beauty is an important aspect of art and that 20th century contemporary art is losing its beauty. He believes that beauty is an objective truth rather than be...
America Before Columbus
When most people think of pre-Columbian America, they picture an idyllic wilderness peppered with small native villages and settlements. America Before Columbus tells the story of what Columbus really discovered when he lande...
American Radical: The Trials of Norman Finkelstein
American Radical: The Trials of Norman Finkelstein tells the story of controversial political scientist Norman Finkelstein, the son of holocaust survivors who is well known for his polarising views on Jewish-American politica...
Ancients Behaving Badly
Ancients Behaving Badly is an eight-part series that recounts the antics of rulers throughout history. Each episode looks at the actions of one ruler, educating the audience about the person through consultations with histori...
A History of Christianity
A History of Christianity follows Diarmaid MacCulloch, a professor of history at Oxford University, as he travels to some of the most historically rich places on the planet and studies their impact on the growth, identity, an...
Inside LSD
LSD, a hallucinogenic street drug, was outlawed in 1970 but gained the status of being a tool of the counterculture, being able to inspire glimpses of genius or madness. Its volatile nature led Albert Hoffman, the Swiss disco...
Who’s Afraid of a Big Black Hole
Black holes are one of the universe’s most destructive forces, being able to tear apart planets and consume entire stars. Scientists believe they could hold the key to answering the question of what was there before the...
The Botany of Desire
The Botany of Desire, based on the book of the same name by Michael Pollan, looks at ways in which plants have found a way to advance their agenda by ensuring they are attractive to human beings. The film contains a lot of me...