The Alto Adjustment
Heading a criminal enterprise in Atlanta, GA, Dainhen Butler is sentenced to ten years where he learns life lessons leading to an understanding regarding the importance of contributing to society.
Heading a criminal enterprise in Atlanta, GA, Dainhen Butler is sentenced to ten years where he learns life lessons leading to an understanding regarding the importance of contributing to society.
A behind the scenes look at one of the world’s biggest sports teams, Arsenal FC headquarters. You’ve seen the movie, now take a shopping and pub tour of Notting Hill. The incredible rooms at the Ritz Hotel where butler service always rules. The CEO of British Airways’ takes us on a tour of his new Heathrow hub. Stories of The Savoy’s American Bar where Churchill loved a tipple, and more.
Featuring Hawaii’s best places to stay for business and pleasure, including Four Seasons Maui, and the ever growing Hilton Hawaiian Village. A guide to Waikiki’s best bars and restaurants including the famous Duke’s with live music from a famous performer. Take a North Shore drive and eat the best shrimp meal from a food truck, before swimming with Hawaii’s green sea turtles. See the wild canyons and rainforests of the Big Island with a helicopter tour and more
Take a walking tour through Berlin’s rich - and tragic - history, where the past is never far away. Visit the Waldorf-Astoria hotel with Berlin’s highest hotel room and Adina hotel Hackescher Markt. The rooftop bar where you can watch Berlin Zoo’s monkeys at play. One of Berlin’s best restaurants with a wine list to match. Inside a travel expo like no other - the ITB travel show and more.
Inside one of the world’s most famous hotels - Raffles and its massive new make over. Luxury in a villa suite with private pool at Sofitel Sentosa. Check out Singapore’s top restaurants Burnt Ends, Bincho and Cheek by Jowl plus the coolest bars now open. The incredible Marina Bay Sands and Gardens by the Bay. The Art Deco restaurant with a multi million dollar gin bar. Why Changi Airport is the world’s best, counting a butterfly zoo amongst its many attractions.
The "City Of Light's" best hotels, including Le Meurice and Shangri-La Paris. Take a guided walking tour of the chic St Germain district. Inside the famous Parisian department store Le Bon Marche, and its incredible food and wine hall. The top hidden bars and restaurants for a night out. Explore the world’s biggest antique and flea markets in Marché aux Puces de St-Ouen plus more.
Inside one of the best new hotels and bars, the Mondrian at Sea Containers. Tour Shoreditch’s shops, markets and pubs with two British fashion legends. Meet star chef Jason Atherton at his bespoke restaurant. One of London’s most famous hotels the Dorchester plus what to buy at historic department store Fortnum and Mason.
Two methods are presented (by hand and using a food processor) and three variations are demonstrated: aioli, rouille and tartare.
Girls from the Eastern Coachella Valley, one of the lowest-income communities in California, interview their mothers and grandmothers, telling their own stories about immigration, work in the fields, domestic violence and their dreams.
"Earth is beautiful. It's people who make it horrific. MEGACITIES is a film about work poverty, violence, love and sex. A film about the beauty of people."
After suffering with an eating disorder for more than 20 years, Kylie van der Veer shares intimate details on her fight for recovery, documented by her partner Annie over the last 3.5 years.
Maddie and Ashlee see their stakes go up and a researcher experiments on himself; for Wayne and Justin it’s go big or go home, and the girls learn there’s more at stake than just losing weight.
Saskia and Alofa struggle with healthy eating; the Gut Bugs team faces an unlikely obstacle while sending poo in the post; science sheds clues to why some people have better microbes than others; and the girls get some early results from their faecal transfusions.
At an elite medical facility in Auckland, four teens agree to swallow capsules filled with other people’s faeces in hopes of losing weight; a team of researchers hopes to revolutionize treatment for obesity and diabetes; and a lack of suitable poo donors threatens to derail and disembowel the whole thing.
Human consciousness is the most mysterious phenomenon in the universe. Not only does it exist; it is sophisticated beyond understanding. The big issue: does the immaterial reality of human consciousness point to an immaterial mind behind the universe? Examining the evidence from ‘the God gene’ to near death experience, this episode brings the final clash of views of this God question series.
If ever God had an undertaker, it surely must be Charles Darwin. Yet, says his biographer James Moore “Darwin was never really an atheist”. He has, nevertheless, become its patron saint. The evidence for evolution is compelling. Indeed its achievements are so spectacular that they lead to underlying questions about why it is so successful if there is no over-arching mind. In this episode champions of the view that Darwin has buried God clash with their theistic counterparts.
An adventurous ski tour of two sisters, who follow the tracks of their father, across the pristine landscapes of New Zealand. 30 years ago, Gottlieb Braun-Elwert set out on an incredible expedition. He traversed the major glaciers of the Southern Alps, covering 40km and 4000 vertical meters, from the heart of the South Island to the West Coast in just 18 hours. A route of astonishing beauty, immense freedom, breathtaking vistas and dealing with the challenges of an untamed wilderness.
What happens when some extreme sports people enter into a dialogue with some jazz musicians on the face of a rock? Andreas Pichler documents a project from the South Tyrol Jazz Festival, Alto Adige, in which climbers and tightrope walkers find their own unique rhythm. If you are not fully concentrated, if you are not present, you have lost. This rule is valid for both musicians and climbers. In an extraordinary symbiosis, jazz musicians accompany climbers and slack liners on their tours.
Australia's outback shown in all its amazing glory. See deserts, billabongs, strange mountains as well as the plentiful bird species.
Sydney Aquarium is a well known attraction of tourists and locals. Home to more than six thousand species it's a fabulous way to spend a few hours in the harbour city.
Discover together Murramarang, Longreach, Outback Rally and The Bungle Bungle Ranges.
Discover together Montague Island, Trains & Koalas, Outback Rally and Sydney 360.
Greg Grainger has had a whale of a time in Hervey Bay, has swum with platypus in a rainforest creek, zip-lined through a colony of flying foxes, and followed a photographer around the lakes and rainforest of Fraser Island.
Afghan Willie explores the outback on his camel train, the limestone formations, the Pinnacles, of Western Australia, The Spirit of Aviation in Bundaberg, with a memorial to aviator Bert Hinkler.
Along the Mexican border, Roy joins Western novelist Dale in a search for smugglers. They discover a silver mine.
Henry Hudson was an English sea explorer and navigator in the early 17th century. Hudson made two attempts on behalf of English merchants to find a prospective Northwest Passage to Cathay via a route above the Arctic Circle. In 1609, he embarked on a third voyage funded by the Dutch East India Company that took him to the New World and the river that would be given his name. On his fourth voyage, Hudson came upon the body of water that would later be called the Hudson Bay.
Marilyn Monroe is one of the most famous and adored icons of the 20th century. Like no other Hollywood star, she won the hearts of millions around the world. It’s been said that: “Monroe played the best game with the worst hand.” Her journey to stardom stemmed from a childhood of poverty, neglect, and loneliness. 'Fascination' tells the remarkable story of Marilyn’s life. From birth to her premature death she endured criticism, insecurities, drug dependence and numerous miscarriages.
Skin Deep' is a touching story of a woman with conviction, who is making a meaningful mark on the world for the better of all. World renowned for her exotic looks and Oscar award winning movies, there is so much more to this A-list celebrity than meets the eye. ‘Skin Deep’ is a fascinating documentary which goes beyond the Hollywood hype and explores the incredible life of Angelina Jolie.
How has the extremist group Boko Haram, which began as a small Islamic sect, managed to make Nigeria, the richest country in Africa, and all its neighbours, tremble with fear? Who are they and how did they become so powerful? Xavier Muntz spent a month in Northern Nigeria, in the heart of the red zone, to answer these very questions. He met with many people, all directly affected by this religious uprising. Victims, soldiers and even Jihadi sympathisers.
Ocean Safari is a five part travel and adventure series set in Kenya and hosted by South African Host, Andi van Zyl. Andi is on a mission to 5 different locations in Kenya to meet people who have chosen water as a way of life. Once reaching her destination she challenges these charismatic water experts to teach her their skills, something she requires in order to explore and unlock the secrets of her destinations. She only has three days to complete her task
Ocean Safari is a five part travel and adventure series set in Kenya and hosted by South African Host, Andi van Zyl. Andi is on a mission to 5 different locations in Kenya to meet people who have chosen water as a way of life. Once reaching her destination she challenges these charismatic water experts to teach her their skills, something she requires in order to explore and unlock the secrets of her destinations. She only has three days to complete her task
Ocean Safari is a five part travel and adventure series set in Kenya and hosted by South African Host, Andi van Zyl. Andi is on a mission to 5 different locations in Kenya to meet people who have chosen water as a way of life. Once reaching her destination she challenges these charismatic water experts to teach her their skills, something she requires in order to explore and unlock the secrets of her destinations. She only has three days to complete her task
‘Shifting Ice and Changing Tides’ is a human and wind powered, female led, ski and sail expedition to the west coast of Greenland. In this remote, fascinating and beautiful region, six women will explore and ski first descents while limiting their environmental footprint by sailing and climbing.
A darker look at paradise in the Galapagos archipelago. Environmental artist and world traveller Billy Strong and Filmmaker / Photographer Dell Cullum, both from East Hampton, New York take an unauthorized journey and expedition onto never before landed locations of the Galapagos, to show the devastating effects of ocean-borne trash and debris on it’s shorelines.
Karun: Misadventures On Iran’s Longest River' - British adventurers Tom Allen and Leon McCarron set out to follow Iran’s longest river, the Karun, by human powered means. Their aim is to go beyond the politics and explore the culture and geography of this most misunderstood of nations and have a great adventure doing so. But despite Tom’s previous experience of travel in Iran, they find that cultural differences run deeper than they’d realised.