Documentary

An exploration of opera in unconventional ways attempting to attract not just existing opera fans, but also those less familiar with the art ...

In his most personal project to date, Michael K. Williams explores underground economies in America and around the world.

For the first time in history, Amazon and NFL Films present an unprecedented inside look at the lives of players, coaches and owners of a ...

Professor Brian Cox goes on a grand tour of the planet to explain how the Earth’s beauty is created by just a handful of forces.

History as we generally know it is full of holes or half-truths, and a mother lode of juicy details have been lost, distorted, covered up or ...

The history of the city of Compton is spotlighted, featuring interviews with prominent residents and an examination of the impact drugs, gangs ...

A new breed of explorer has taken space travel beyond the moon to unlock and reveal first-ever views of alien worlds and cosmic bodies far beyond ...

Professor Stephen Hawking challenges a selection of volunteers to think like the greatest geniuses in history and solve some of humanity’s ...

The third installment from executive producers Tom Hanks, Gary Goetzman and Mark Herzog, following in the footsteps of critically-acclaimed ...

Alaska is known for its great beauty and inspirational landscapes. However, it is equally as notorious for its rugged terrain, brutal winters and ...

Follow comedian and political gadfly W. Kamau Bell as he explores the far corners of our country and its various groups and subcultures.

Backwoods blacksmith Daniel Casey is one of the most skilled craftsmen in America. Using raw steel and ancient timber, Daniel hammers out a ...

Morgan Freeman presents his quest in order to find how most religions perceive life after death, what different civilizations thought about the ...

Examining the extraordinary physiology of animals who launch themselves into the air – whether winged or wingless; bearing feathers, fur, ...

Power & Ice introduces viewers to the brave men who maintain and build the remote and rugged Alaskan power grid. The series follows three ...

Andrew Graham-Dixon explores the history of Scandinavia through its art.

Most comedians are broke, and a lot of them are broke in the same houses. Filmmaker Lance Bangs documents this network of couches and the ...

The story of the last year of the war in Europe, from the D-Day landings in Normandy in June 1944 to the dual German surrender, first in Reims ...

Hazen Audel embarks on an epic trek that will mirror a traditional Berber nomad journey across the Saharan desert cauldron to an oasis.

The ultimate insider’s take on today’s great directors.

Fiona Bruce fronts this eye-opening new three-part series on the stories behind Britain’s official royal residences: Buckingham Palace, ...

Nick Groff, a paranormal investigator who’s “on a mission to discover something new in the paranormal field”, and his ...

From executive producers Kevin Spacey and Dana Brunetti, CNN Original Series “Race for the White House” captures the drama of how a ...

VICE correspondent Krishna Andavolu chronicles the science, culture, and economics of the emerging “green” economy. Each episode explores the ...

Elliot and his best friend Ian set off on a personal journey to explore LGBTQ cultures around the world. From Japan to Brazil, Jamaica to ...

Intrepid host Thomas Morton hangs out with different groups of people and gives their lives a try. It’s sort of like a foreign-exchange ...

Chester Zoo is the most popular zoo in Britain. This observational documentary series uses micro-rig camera technology to capture, in incredible ...

Fifty miles off the coast of Nantucket, 250 feet beneath the Atlantic, lies the RMS Republic and her secret treasure. A famed White Star liner, ...

Explored through the lenses of the four natural elements – fire, water, air and earth – COOKED is an enlightening and compelling look at the ...

The black market can be brutal, exploitative, corrupt. Nothing is off-limits; everything is for sale. And what you buy may not be what it seems. ...

Every year the Royal Institute of British Architects looks for the best new home in Britain, and this time Grand Designs is along for the ride

With narrative driven exclusively by the detectives themselves, each episode ventures deep into the mind of a homicide detective as they describe ...

Futurescape explores event horizons that will critically alter life as we know it.

The Hairy Bikers are on a mission to savour Britain’s best family recipes as they travel up and down the country in search of mums and their ...

Like it or not, people face life-or-death situations all the time. Potential survival in such scenarios can increase if someone knows what to do ...

The adventurer begins his most daring quest yet as he journeys from Ireland to Australia

Guy Martin celebrates the workers of the Industrial Revolution by getting stuck into six of the country’s biggest restoration projects, ...

Historian and author Helen Castor, presenter of the popular series She-Wolves, explores how the people of the Middle Ages handled the most ...

A Discovery Channel Original exploring what may have happened to a portion of a $20 million Confederate treasure that went missing from a train ...

Investigates the mysteries behind declassified top secret government files with stunning details about the world’s most credible UFO ...

“Dogs of War” documents Jim and Lindsey Stanek, a married couple who started a nonprofit organization called Paws and Stripes, benefiting PTSD ...

A reality series that chronicles the highs and lows of several restaurants in the competitive New York culinary scene.

Survival instructor and wilderness guide Hazen Audel travels to some of the world’s most remote tribal communities to learn how they have ...

In 1980, the U.S. government banned new human occupation in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, a protected area, home to thousands of ...

Celebrity chefs try out different recipes from around the world.

Alastair Sooke tells the story of Ancient Egyptian art through 30 extraordinary masterpieces.

Professor Robert Bartlett tells the extraordinary story of England’s most dysfunctional, yet longest ruling, royal dynasty.

A chilling series in which survivors of a paranormal experience relive their harrowing encounter.

Documentary looking at people and families whose sole source of income is benefits and state welfare

Brothers Jim and Bill Vieira search for giant skeletons after researching tales of giants being sighted along with old accounts of giant bones ...