Since the Hummingbird families had to emigrate, leaving the town childless, Professor Alfred has seen his great passion for teaching music truncated. As a result, Alfred has become isolated and distant from his wife Anna and the life they both hoped for. The arrival of a new student will restore his enthusiasm for teaching, but will Alfred regain the spark of love?
Everyone ages — but there is a new vanguard in scientific research that is challenging everything that we think we know about this. These researchers are suggesting that it may not be set in stone, but something that can be modified or altered by simple changes in our own lives. In this brand new approach, researchers are tackling the biological process of aging itself and are transforming how we all view longevity, disease and the human lifespan forever.
A movie company comes to Oklahoma to convince legendary lawman Bill Tilghman to star in a bank robbery silent film featuring real outlaws. Tilghman reluctantly agrees, not realizing everyone's lives will never be the same.
Alexandre Dumas is one of the most prolific writers of his time, with an exceptional romantic sense. At the center of a veritable "novel workshop", reinventing the history of France, he is the "showrunner" of his soap opera, infusing his energy into characters and situations often drawn from his own life.
What remains of a life of struggles?As the disappearance of their small religious community looms, the Helper Nuns of Quebec are preparing to bequeath what's most their precious to them: years of campaigning for women’s rights, social justice and international solidarity. Between apprehension about death, outbursts of laughter and meals washed down with wine, these dignified free-sprited women live the meaning of sisterhood to the full. Until the very end.
What remains of a life of struggles?As the disappearance of their small religious community looms, the Helper Nuns of Quebec are preparing to bequeath what's most their precious to them: years of campaigning for women’s rights, social justice and international solidarity. Between apprehension about death, outbursts of laughter and meals washed down with wine, these dignified free-sprited women live the meaning of sisterhood to the full. Until the very end.
Man remodels landscapes according his occupation on the territory. Overseas territories have undergone great transformations when European settlers arrived. But the new transformation of the territory didn’t last. What became of these lands? We set off to discover two valleys, one in New Caledonia (the Diahot valley) which has had an exceptional mining history but has struggled to survive economically since the mines closed at the start of the 20th century.
Over a thousand migrants have drowned in the Mediterranean this year, trying to make it to Europe. When Frontex reduced EU coastguard missions, the charities were forced to step in. But this year, NGO rescue ships find themselves unable to operate, accused of running a ‘taxi service’ for smugglers. In this powerful and moving film, we follow the NGO rescue ship ‘Iuventa’, bought and operated by the Jugend Rettet network of young Europeans who challenge the idea of ‘Fortress Europe’.
Shot in secret, BAKUR: Inside the PKK is the worlds first documentary made with inside access to the Kurdish separatist group, who are considered a terrorist organisation by Turkey, the US and NATO. The result is an inside look at the undeclared war going on in Turkey for decades. This was the first time any film crew had ever accessed these camps.
Ernie visits the Blue Mountains in NSW to meet up with an enthusiastic Cave Guide, a Gundungurra man maintaining his connection to Country and a Nature Lover who finds solace in this wilderness.
K’gari, also called Fraser Island is Ernie’s next destination. He meets up with a proud Butchulla man, a four wheel drive Enthusiast and a determined woman with a special connection to whales.
In the season’s finale Ernie and his late brother Buck take audiences back to their home town of Mullewa on the Murchison River. It is an entertaining, informative and a heartfelt Episode.
This week Ernie meets a Boonwurrung man with a love for the ocean, and an inspirational lady finding balance between farming and the environment and a Marine Biologist following her passion.
In this episode Ernie visits Katherine and meets up with a Visionary, a Landscape Photographer and a River Guide who shares Stories of the world famous Nitmiluk Gorge.
Ernie travels to the Great Barrier Reef to meet people who call this unique part of the world home. He catches up with Yindinji elder Gudju Gudju, Jamie a toxicologist, and Gareth skipper of Monsoon.
Uluru, Ernie lands in the red centre and meets traditional Annangu owner Sammy and his partner Kathryn and gets an insight into Sammy's views, and joins rangers to participates in a controlled burn.
Kakadu, Ernie travels to Kakadu, takes a boat cruise up East Alligator River, meets photographer Louise , spends time with Trevor a ranger , and takes a helicopter with Steve originally a policeman.
Ernie visits the Great Ocean Road and catches up with a local Gunditjmara/ Kirrae Whurrong Song man, he meets a passionate Foodologist and spends time with an Entrepreneur with a taste for adventure.
This week Ernie is in Weiben also known as the Thursday Island and meets a down to earth Landscaper, an Oyster Farmer who’s found his niche in the World and a Kaurereg Elder holding onto Culture.
Ernie’s trip to tropical North Queensland finds him meeting a respected Kuku Yalanji Elder, a River Guide who’s made a sea change and an Environmentalist who is determined to change attitudes.
Ernie visits the breathtaking Cradle Mountain in Tasmania and meets a dedicated Pilot, a focused young Ranger, a wildlife conservationist and an insightful young Palawa man.
Ernie visits Kangaroo Island in South Australia and goes spotlighting with a local wildlife Guide, shoots the breeze with an artistic couple and gets up close and personal with wild dolphins.
Ernie travels to Ikara also known as Wilpena Pound in the spectacular Macdonald Ranges and meets an Adnyamathanha Elder, a passionate Cultural Guide, a young Pilot and a National Parks Ranger.
An old feud between Ali and Youssef leaves Youssef in jail in Egypt, and Ali emigrates to the Ukraine with his new wife and Youssef's ex-girlfriend, Samah.Both men become prominent drug dealers and destiny brings them together again, but only one will make
Hassan El Hilaly gets imprisoned without judgment after three of his enemies inform the authorities that he is planning to overthrow the Wali. In his cell he meets an old man who befriends him, and tells him the place of a treasure. The old man dies and Hassan escapes to look for the treasure.
Hanafi is a conservative ,old-fashioned man. On his wedding day,he suffers from terrible pain and gets transferred to the hospital. He discovers that he must undergo surgery that turns him into a woman,where he becomes Miss Hanafi, and his two former friends compete for her love and marriage.
After the arrests of the Mafia godfathers during the early 2000s, Italy hoped that it had finally put an end to organized crime. Instead, some of the notorious mafia old guard have been replaced by a young generation of mobsters, known as the ‘Baby Mafia’. Led by reckless adolescents known as the ‘Baby Bosses’, the majority of these gangs can be found in Naples, home to hundreds of Camorra clans. Drug trafficking, thefts, extortion and racketeering run rife throughout the city.
After the arrests of the Mafia godfathers during the early 2000s, Italy hoped that it had finally put an end to organized crime. Instead, some of the notorious mafia old guard have been replaced by a young generation of mobsters, known as the ‘Baby Mafia’. Led by reckless adolescents known as the ‘Baby Bosses’, the majority of these gangs can be found in Naples, home to hundreds of Camorra clans. Drug trafficking, thefts, extortion and racketeering run rife throughout the city.
In 1988, Olivier Brodard -a twenty one year old idealist- made a six-month humanitarian trip to Afghanistan under Soviet occupation with $50,000 in his backpack destined for the local populations. When Olivier reluctantly returned home to Switzerland, he had a terrible car accident. After weeks in a deep coma, he woke up with severe amnesia and the new challenge of rebuilding his life.
For the first time in 42 years, a camera enters Southern Libya in what was forbidden territory under the Gaddafi regime. Shortly after Gaddafi’s demise, we accompany members of the disgraced Tabu tribe along the road to their impoverished desert territory near the Algeria-Niger-Chad borders 1000 Km from Tripoli.
In the heart of Lithuania stands an astonishing hill completely covered with crosses.Since its origin, dating back to the 19th century, the hill has been a symbol of the Lithuanian people's resistance in the presence of their oppressors. Facing attacks, Lithuania put up a spiritual resistance.Indeed, in that country, faith is an act of resistance and the Hill of Crosses, standing as Lithuania's living memory, is to today's world a reminder of the great history of our 20th century...
Expensive diamonds are stolen but before the thief can fence them he is strangled by ex-con Cueball, who then takes the gems and continues murdering people he believes are trying to swindle him. Dick Tracy allows his girlfriend Tess to act as a buyer for the gems but his plan backfires when she is captured by the homicidal Cueball.
In Western society sex is everywhere. In advertising, in songs, in art and in television. So it would be reasonable to assume that young people have a very nonchalant attitude towards sex. The documentary investigates how do they live the “first time”, the moment when a girl or a boy have their first sexual intercourse.
After three wars in eight years and an ongoing eleven-year blockade, how are the people of Gaza coping? Many public employees, whether they are doctors in the large hospitals or waste management supervisors in the garbage dump, have been working without pay for over seven years. And yet despite this, the provision of basic public services continues through the tremendous efforts of people trying to keep the city functioning.
After three wars in eight years and an ongoing eleven-year blockade, how are the people of Gaza coping? Many public employees, whether they are doctors in the large hospitals or waste management supervisors in the garbage dump, have been working without pay for over seven years. And yet despite this, the provision of basic public services continues through the tremendous efforts of people trying to keep the city functioning.
He fought for equality and was against any sort of violence. Martin Luther King’s values must not be forgotten.
On the 2nd of May, 1808, the people of Madrid took up arms against Napoleon’s army. The events of that day represented the beginning of the Peninsular War, known in Spain as the War of Independence, and led the whole nation to become conscious of its identity. Two centuries later, with the aid of the most prestigious experts on that period, we will travel back to the Madrid of the early 19th Century to relive the day that changed the history of Spain.
How is China run, and how do the people get their say? Stories and interviews about China's ruling Communist Party, about being a representative of the people, about the potential political power of blogs, and about grassroots protests and mass incidents, which are only increasing in number.
How is China run, and how do the people get their say? Stories and interviews about China's ruling Communist Party, about being a representative of the people, about the potential political power of blogs, and about grassroots protests and mass incidents, which are only increasing in number.
For 50 years, Berlin was the symbol of the Cold War. The city at the heart of the intelligence war between the US and the Soviet bloc. Thousands of KGB or CIA, agents observed each other, cogs in the biggest information war in history. But the war between the secret services was one dimension of a much larger conflict. A confrontation that almost boiled over just under the surface of the cold war. Economic pressures, secret diplomacy and espionage were the hallmarks of this hidden war.
2019 marks the 50th anniversary of many extraordinary events that occurred in 1969, a polarizing year that changed the world forever. To commemorate the iconic year, Sabbatical Entertainment presents Time Capsule ’69. We travel to the past to witness how history was transformed and relive unforgettable events such as Woodstock Festival, The Beatles last performance, Pelé's 1,000th goal, as well as the first man to set foot on the moon.
Everything that develops and changes in nature is folded: mountains, blossoms, the brain...Life is an unending series of folding and unfolding. Researchers in robotics, medicine, nanotechnologies, are embracing this "origami philosophy", trying to understand and duplicate nature's folding principles.
On the 29th of August 1949, the USSR set off their first atomic bomb, just four years after the Americans. The speed with which they achieved this surprised the world. What nobody knew was that it was the result of espionage implemented at the heart of the United States. Stalin was able to obtain all the nuclear discoveries made by scientists who worked on the famous Manhattan Plan. At the centre of the operation was a very unusual female spy, Elizabeth Zaroubin.
For 50 years, Berlin was the symbol of the Cold War. The city at the heart of the intelligence war between the US and the Soviet bloc. Thousands of KGB or CIA, agents observed each other, cogs in the biggest information war in history. But the war between the secret services was one dimension of a much larger conflict. A confrontation that almost boiled over just under the surface of the cold war. Economic pressures, secret diplomacy and espionage were the hallmarks of this hidden war.
On the 29th of August 1949, the USSR set off their first atomic bomb, just four years after the Americans. The speed with which they achieved this surprised the world. What nobody knew was that it was the result of espionage implemented at the heart of the United States. Stalin was able to obtain all the nuclear discoveries made by scientists who worked on the famous Manhattan Plan. At the centre of the operation was a very unusual female spy, Elizabeth Zaroubin.
On the 29th of August 1949, the USSR set off their first atomic bomb, just four years after the Americans. The speed with which they achieved this surprised the world. What nobody knew was that it was the result of espionage implemented at the heart of the United States. Stalin was able to obtain all the nuclear discoveries made by scientists who worked on the famous Manhattan Plan. At the centre of the operation was a very unusual female spy, Elizabeth Zaroubin.
A hundred years ago, Mata Hari faced the firing squad as a convicted German spy. Was she a dangerous spy, whose boldness and sexuality threatened the establishment, or a victim entangled in a climate of blame and desperation as WWI dragged on? How much of what we know about her is just myth? New documents reveal startling truths about her life.
Located in the notoriously windy Bass Strait between Victoria and Tasmania, King Island can produce some of the best beach breaks in the world. This adventure with Harry Bryant and crew showed just how good!
April isn't the first month you associate with good waves at Kirra but the world and weather patterns are changing!
The three Gold Coast point breaks going off during Cyclone Gita's epic run of waves
D'Bah is the most consistent wave on the east coast of Australia and is regularly used as a training ground for the biggest names in surfing. Here we have evidence why.
Four-time gold medalist in the 1936 Olympic Games, Jesse Owens was one of the greatest track and field athlete. Hear his story…
Not much is known about the life of Neil Armstrong except he walked on the Moon. Find out more.
In the 1970s, a hit soap opera broadcast on the leading Russian state channel, "17 Moments of Spring", served up Soviet propaganda during the Cold War. Stierlitz, the hero of the series, became incredibly famous in Russia and was the antithesis of James Bond, who promoted Western values.
In the 1970s, a hit soap opera broadcast on the leading Russian state channel, "17 Moments of Spring", served up Soviet propaganda during the Cold War. Stierlitz, the hero of the series, became incredibly famous in Russia and was the antithesis of James Bond, who promoted Western values.
Dick Tracy goes up against a villain who robs banks using a nerve gas.
Everything that develops and changes in nature is folded: mountains, blossoms, the brain...Life is an unending series of folding and unfolding. Researchers in robotics, medicine, nanotechnologies, are embracing this "origami philosophy", trying to understand and duplicate nature's folding principles.
In Donal MacIntyre: Unsolved, investigative journalist Donal MacIntyre examines some of the most notorious and intriguing unsolved cases in the UK and Ireland and why there have never been successful convictions. With access to original case files and interviews with those close to the victims, Donal and his team shed new light on the cases and investigate why they continue to remain unsolved despite modern detective methods.
In Donal MacIntyre: Unsolved, investigative journalist Donal MacIntyre examines some of the most notorious and intriguing unsolved cases in the UK and Ireland and why there have never been successful convictions. With access to original case files and interviews with those close to the victims, Donal and his team shed new light on the cases and investigate why they continue to remain unsolved despite modern detective methods.
In Donal MacIntyre: Unsolved, investigative journalist Donal MacIntyre examines some of the most notorious and intriguing unsolved cases in the UK and Ireland and why there have never been successful convictions. With access to original case files and interviews with those close to the victims, Donal and his team shed new light on the cases and investigate why they continue to remain unsolved despite modern detective methods.
In Donal MacIntyre: Unsolved, investigative journalist Donal MacIntyre examines some of the most notorious and intriguing unsolved cases in the UK and Ireland and why there have never been successful convictions. With access to original case files and interviews with those close to the victims, Donal and his team shed new light on the cases and investigate why they continue to remain unsolved despite modern detective methods.
In Donal MacIntyre: Unsolved, investigative journalist Donal MacIntyre examines some of the most notorious and intriguing unsolved cases in the UK and Ireland and why there have never been successful convictions. With access to original case files and interviews with those close to the victims, Donal and his team shed new light on the cases and investigate why they continue to remain unsolved despite modern detective methods.
In Donal MacIntyre: Unsolved, investigative journalist Donal MacIntyre examines some of the most notorious and intriguing unsolved cases in the UK and Ireland and why there have never been successful convictions. With access to original case files and interviews with those close to the victims, Donal and his team shed new light on the cases and investigate why they continue to remain unsolved despite modern detective methods.
In Donal MacIntyre: Unsolved, investigative journalist Donal MacIntyre examines some of the most notorious and intriguing unsolved cases in the UK and Ireland and why there have never been successful convictions. With access to original case files and interviews with those close to the victims, Donal and his team shed new light on the cases and investigate why they continue to remain unsolved despite modern detective methods.
In Donal MacIntyre: Unsolved, investigative journalist Donal MacIntyre examines some of the most notorious and intriguing unsolved cases in the UK and Ireland and why there have never been successful convictions. With access to original case files and interviews with those close to the victims, Donal and his team shed new light on the cases and investigate why they continue to remain unsolved despite modern detective methods.
In Donal MacIntyre: Unsolved, investigative journalist Donal MacIntyre examines some of the most notorious and intriguing unsolved cases in the UK and Ireland and why there have never been successful convictions. With access to original case files and interviews with those close to the victims, Donal and his team shed new light on the cases and investigate why they continue to remain unsolved despite modern detective methods.
In Donal MacIntyre: Unsolved, investigative journalist Donal MacIntyre examines some of the most notorious and intriguing unsolved cases in the UK and Ireland and why there have never been successful convictions. With access to original case files and interviews with those close to the victims, Donal and his team shed new light on the cases and investigate why they continue to remain unsolved despite modern detective methods.
47 Below is the astonishing true story of how one Australian (Geoff Wilson) boldly embarked on a solo, unsupported crossing of Antarctica. The experts gave him no chance of success – all saying that it was an impossible challenge for a rookie adventurer.
A visually stunning chronicle of what it is like to live in Antarctica for a full year, including the never before seen deep Antarctic winter, completely isolated from the rest of the world, while enduring months of unending darkness, in the coldest place on Earth.
A visually stunning chronicle of what it is like to live in Antarctica for a full year, including the never before seen deep Antarctic winter, completely isolated from the rest of the world, while enduring months of unending darkness, in the coldest place on Earth.
Sports Max features many of the world's most adrenalized and unique sport disciplines involving world-class athletes, insane tricks, and intensely competitive events.
Sports Max features many of the world's most adrenalized and unique sport disciplines involving world-class athletes, insane tricks, and intensely competitive events.
Sports Max features many of the world's most adrenalized and unique sport disciplines involving world-class athletes, insane tricks, and intensely competitive events.
Sports Max features many of the world's most adrenalized and unique sport disciplines involving world-class athletes, insane tricks, and intensely competitive events.
Sports Max features many of the world's most adrenalized and unique sport disciplines involving world-class athletes, insane tricks, and intensely competitive events.
Sports Max features many of the world's most adrenalized and unique sport disciplines involving world-class athletes, insane tricks, and intensely competitive events.
Sports Max features many of the world's most adrenalized and unique sport disciplines involving world-class athletes, insane tricks, and intensely competitive events.
Sports Max features many of the world's most adrenalized and unique sport disciplines involving world-class athletes, insane tricks, and intensely competitive events.
Sports Max features many of the world's most adrenalized and unique sport disciplines involving world-class athletes, insane tricks, and intensely competitive events.
Sports Max features many of the world's most adrenalized and unique sport disciplines involving world-class athletes, insane tricks, and intensely competitive events.
Sports Max features many of the world's most adrenalized and unique sport disciplines involving world-class athletes, insane tricks, and intensely competitive events.
Sports Max features many of the world's most adrenalized and unique sport disciplines involving world-class athletes, insane tricks, and intensely competitive events.
Sports Max features many of the world's most adrenalized and unique sport disciplines involving world-class athletes, insane tricks, and intensely competitive events.
Sports Max features many of the world's most adrenalized and unique sport disciplines involving world-class athletes, insane tricks, and intensely competitive events.
Sports Max features many of the world's most adrenalized and unique sport disciplines involving world-class athletes, insane tricks, and intensely competitive events.
Sports Max features many of the world's most adrenalized and unique sport disciplines involving world-class athletes, insane tricks, and intensely competitive events.
Sports Max features many of the world's most adrenalized and unique sport disciplines involving world-class athletes, insane tricks, and intensely competitive events.
Sports Max features many of the world's most adrenalized and unique sport disciplines involving world-class athletes, insane tricks, and intensely competitive events.
Eric Hanson heads down under and puts his outdoor skills to the ultimate test as he challenges rugged mountain trails during spectacularly bad weather in New South Wales, Australia.
Sports Max features many of the world's most adrenalized and unique sport disciplines involving world-class athletes, insane tricks, and intensely competitive events.
Sports Max features many of the world's most adrenalized and unique sport disciplines involving world-class athletes, insane tricks, and intensely competitive events.
Sports Max features many of the world's most adrenalized and unique sport disciplines involving world-class athletes, insane tricks, and intensely competitive events.
Sports Max features many of the world's most adrenalized and unique sport disciplines involving world-class athletes, insane tricks, and intensely competitive events.
Sports Max features many of the world's most adrenalized and unique sport disciplines involving world-class athletes, insane tricks, and intensely competitive events.
Sports Max features many of the world's most adrenalized and unique sport disciplines involving world-class athletes, insane tricks, and intensely competitive events.
Sports Max features many of the world's most adrenalized and unique sport disciplines involving world-class athletes, insane tricks, and intensely competitive events.
Project Mercury Begins -The start of NASA & America’s first manned space program; Mars Express - The European Space Agency’s Mars Satellite; The Soyuz Launch System - The gradual evolution of Russia’s Soyuz launcher
