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How Many People Can Live on Planet Earth?
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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...
American Radical: The Trials of Norman Finkelstein
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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...
Starsuckers
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Starsuckers

Chris Atkins explores humankind’s desire to be in the limelight and its impact on society. His film Starsuckers showcases the lengths that publicity agents will go to in order to keep celebrities in the limelight and go...
The Art of the Steal
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The Art of the Steal

The Art of the Steal looks at the Barnes Foundation art collection and its controversial move to Philadelphia. Dr. Albert C. Barnes wanted the art to stay in Pennsylvania to serve as an art school. However, those who were aga...
Lehman Brothers: The Bank That Bust The World
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Lehman Brothers: The Bank That Bust The World

A definitive account of the September 2008 collapse of the banking giant Lehman Brothers that precipitated the global financial crisis. A panel of world leaders and CEOs discuss the tense negotiations that took place in New Y...
The City Addicted to Crystal Meth
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The City Addicted to Crystal Meth

Louis Theroux travels to the city of Fresno, California, which has one of the largest concentration of crystal meth abusers in the United States. The City Addicted to Crystal Meth explores the dangerous side of living with cr...
Tapped
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Tapped

Tapped uncovers the long-term social and ecological impact of the bottled water industry, showing how large companies such as PepsiCo and Nestlé Waters are major contributors to the tonnes of plastics that end up littering th...
Michael Jackson History: The King of Pop 1958-2009
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Michael Jackson History: The King of Pop 1958-2009

Michael Jackson lived a little over five decades, and in that time, he became one of the most loved entertainers and reached unparalleled heights of fame. Rising to the throne to clinch an undisputed legacy as King of Pop did...