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2009
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Picturing the Presidents
Picturing the Presidents7.00 2009 HD
We go behind the scenes and into the minds of artists as they capture, commemorate, and, at times, condemn our presidents.
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Salvatore Vecchio
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2010
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Diving with Crocodiles
Diving with Crocodiles1 2010 HD
Documentary which follows crocodile expert Brad Bestelink on a quest to dive with crocodiles without a cage or any other protection.
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Brad Bestelink
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2010
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Pride in Battle
Pride in Battle9.00 2010 HD
A documentary which follows two lion brothers as they become rulers of a pride in Botswana after a battle for dominance.
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Dave Birch
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2019
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Wolf vs Bear
Wolf vs Bear8.00 2019 HD
In the far reaches of the North, wolf and bear come head to head. Winter has been long. The melting ice reveal scattered carcasses in the Swamp: a...
Genre: Documentary
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2015
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Surviving the Serengeti
Surviving the Serengeti1 2015 HD
20 years after the TV Mini-Series "Tales of the Serengeti", our crew reunites to truly explore the Serengeti, with no fiction. We almost didn't...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Michael Krass
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2018
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Hannibal's March on Rome
Hannibal's March on Rome6.00 2018 HD
Even 2,000 years after his death, General Hannibal's battle strategies are still studied today. But of all his military feats, perhaps his greatest...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: J.V. Martin
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2017
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Desert Lions
Desert Lions1 2017 HD
Enter the harsh and unforgiving Kalahari and follow a lion pride attempt to save their threatened bloodline.
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Nigel Barber
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2019
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Darwin & the Beagle's Scandal
Darwin & the Beagle's Scandal1 2019 HD
Before he wrote the book that revolutionized the way people understood evolution, a young Charles Darwin found himself, by chance, on a strange sea...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Ann Dewig
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2020
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Monkeys of Bioko
Monkeys of Bioko8.00 2020 HD
Roughly 20 miles off the coast of west Africa, sits a volcanic relic now completely blanketed in equatorial rainforest: the island of Bioko. It's...
Genre: Documentary
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2015
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Secrets of the Hive
Secrets of the Hive8.50 2015 HD
Honeybees are in crisis – but there is hope. Biologists are studying the estimated 20.000 bee species in the world to look for viable...
Genre: Documentary
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2020
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Survival Of The Snow Leopard
Survival Of The Snow Leopard10.00 2020 HD
Spend three years in China's remote and inhospitable Tibetan Plateau, home to nearly all the world's snow leopards.
Genre: Documentary
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2015
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Goshawk - Soul of the Wind
Goshawk - Soul of the Wind1 2015 HD
A visually stunning portrait of one of nature's most agile and fearsome predators, the Goshawk. This secretive bird of prey can be hard to see in the...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: J.V. Martin
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2011
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Mission Critical: Amphibian Rescue
Mission Critical: Amphibian Rescue1 2011 HD
Smithsonian Institution scientists race against time to save endangered frogs from a deadly fungus that is ravaging amphibians worldwide.
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Allen Farmer
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2018
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Volcanoes: dual destruction
Volcanoes: dual destruction7.00 2018 HD
Genre: Documentary
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2021
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Breaking the Sound Barrier
Breaking the Sound Barrier8.00 2021 HD
The history of the people and the planes that first broke the speed barrier in 1947 and the impact it has had on aviation and how we fly today.
Genre: Documentary
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2015
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iCrocodile
iCrocodile1 2015 HD
A high-tech autopsy on a Nile crocodile unlocks secrets behind its hunting prowess.
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Gregory Erickson
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2014
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Cheetah: Race to Rule
Cheetah: Race to Rule1 2014 HD
This is the story of a cheetah born into the Linyanti cheetah coalition. He is the runt of the litter and will have to fight hard for every scrap of...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Chris Cook
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2020
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Shark Ganglands
Shark Ganglands1 2020 HD
Ascension Island, a remote Mid-Atlantic outpost famous for its big game fishing, is under siege. Tiger sharks, hammerheads, even great whites, lured...
Genre: Documentary
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2016
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China's Emperor of Evil
China's Emperor of Evil10.00 2016 HD
In China's Valley of the Kings, there stands a tall, carved stone. It honors the resting place of a woman named Wu Zetian, who rose from concubine to...
Genre: History
Cast: Eric Meyers
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2020
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Brazil's Emerald Oasis
Brazil's Emerald Oasis1 2020 HD
Brazil's massive Pantanal is a land of extreme contrasts, ruled by dramatic cycles of torrential rain and arid heat. At the peak of the dry season,...
Genre: Documentary
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