Mark | imdb: 8.5 |
Genre | documentary |
Country | United Kingdom |
Duration | 03:00 |
Individual freedom is the dream of our age. It's what our leaders promise to give us, it defines how we think of ourselves and, repeatedly, we have gone to war to impose freedom around the world. But if you step back and look at what freedom actually means for us today, it's a strange and limited kind of freedom.
Mark | imdb: 8.8 |
Genre | documentary |
Country | United Kingdom |
Duration | 03:56 |
Wonders of the Universe is a 2011 television series produced by the BBC, Discovery Channel, and Science Channel, hosted by physicist Professor Brian Cox. Wonders of the Universe was first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC Two from 6 March 2011. The series comprises four episodes, each of which focuses on an aspect of the universe and features a 'wonder' relevant to the theme. It follows on from Cox's 2010 series for the BBC, Wonders of the Solar System.
Mark | imdb: 7.4 |
Genre | fantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, drama |
Country | United Kingdom, USA |
In the last years of Victoria's reign, London is beset by the "Touched": people — mostly women — who suddenly manifest abnormal abilities, some charming, some very disturbing. Among them are Amalia True, a mysterious, quick-fisted widow, and Penance Adair, a brilliant young inventor. They are the champions of this new underclass, making a home for the Touched, while fighting the forces of… well, pretty much all the forces — to make room for those whom history as we know it has no place.
Mark | imdb: 7.8 |
Genre | documentary |
Country | United Kingdom |
Fry's Planet Word sees Stephen Fry finding out more about linguistic achievements and how our skills for the spoken word have changed. He dissects language in many of its guises.
Mark | imdb: 8.1 |
Genre | documentary |
Country | United Kingdom, USA |
Exploring some of the world's most isolated and iconic tropical islands.
Mark | imdb: 8.4 |
Genre | documentary |
Country | United Kingdom |
Explorer Levison Wood sets out on a nine-month walk along the length of the River Nile, visiting rainforests, deserts, cities and war zones, and encountering modern Africa, its people and its wildlife.
Mark | imdb: 8.3 |
Genre | fantasy, comedy, drama, family |
Country | USA |
Kelly Quinn and her two BFF's, Darbie and Hannah, stumble upon her grandmother's mysterious cookbook in the attic and discover some far from ordinary recipes. When the Shut'em Up Shortcake silences Kelly's pesky little brother and the Healing Hazelnut Tart heals Darbie's ankle, the girls discover they have the power of magic. A single-camera live-action pilot based on the popular book.
Mark | imdb: 5.1 |
Genre | fantastic, action, drama |
Country | United Kingdom |
Duration | 00:40 |
In Edwardian England, George and his partner Amy attempt to defy society and start a life together as they face the escalating terror of an alien invasion, fighting for their lives against an enemy beyond their comprehension.
Mark | imdb: 7 |
Genre | documentary |
Country | United Kingdom |
A group of friends have created a brand new subculture that is taking over the streets of Glasgow. They've established their very own fight club, but this is no ordinary wrestling event - this is brutal, riotous chaos. Fights don't always stay inside the ring, people are bounced off the side of buses and thrown off balconies in pubs. They now plan the biggest show of their lives. The stakes are high, will it bring them the fame and recognition they need to survive?
Mark | imdb: 7.7 |
Genre | documentary |
Country | United Kingdom |
These are some of the most spectacular examples of abandoned engineering the world has ever known. The series explores how and why they were built, consider the financial and social costs of their failure and examine the environmental and ecological impacts. The series also explores how experts came up with plans to make something beautiful or useful from the ruins.
Mark | imdb: 8.2 |
Genre | documentary |
Country | United Kingdom |
Professor of physics Jim Al-Khalili investigates the most accurate and yet perplexing scientific theory ever - quantum physics.
Mark | imdb: 8.8 |
Genre | documentary |
Country | United Kingdom |
Duration | 01:00 |
Wonders of the Solar System is an award-winning 2010 television series co-produced by the BBC and Science Channel, and hosted by physicist Brian Cox. Wonders of the Solar System was first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC Two on 7 March 2010. The series comprises five episodes, each of which focuses on an aspect of the Solar System and features a 'wonder' relevant to the theme. The series was described as one of the most successful to appear on BBC Two in recent years. On 31 March 2011, the series won the prestigious George Foster Peabody Award for excellence in documentary film-making.
Mark | imdb: 7.3 |
Genre | documentary, crime |
Country | United Kingdom |
Filmed from the perspectives of dealers, users and the police, this vivid series offers a bracing look at the war on drugs.