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Can We Make a Star on Earth?
Can We Make a Star on Earth?
(48:40)
Genre: Science
Professor Brian Cox takes a global journey in search of the energy source of the future. Called nuclear fusion, it is the process that fuels the sun and every other star in the universe.
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Dateline
Crossover Kids
(17:04)
More: Dateline | Genre: Interview, Current Affairs, Politics, Series
How young is too young to change sex? Explore the complex issues surrounding transgender children.
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Medical Anomalies
The Boy With Bloody Tears
(43:45)
More: Medical Anomalies | Genre: Health, Documentary, Series
For the past two years, 17 year old Calvino Inman has been regularly crying blood and no-one can explain why.
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Trapped - The Chilean Miners ...
Trapped - The Chilean Miners Story
(28:56)
Genre: Documentary, Investigation
Trapped alive longer and deeper underground than anybody in history, the 33 Chilean miners somehow survived to be rescued. But were safety concerns ignored about the mine before its collapse?
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The Angelina Effect
The Angelina Effect
(20:10)
Genre: Current Affairs, Health
When Angelina Jolie revealed her decision to undergo a preventive double mastectomy, it created an unexpected effect across the world. Women began rushing to doctors to have the breast cancer checks that could save their lives. But who needs a mastectomy?
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Battleplan
Raiding Operations
(49:49)
More: Battleplan | Genre: Military, Documentary, Series
Sometimes a small number of troops can have an effect out of all proportion to their numbers. Experts dissect the strategic advantage of the surprise raid.
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Stem Cells and Miracles
Stem Cells and Miracles
(26:55)
Genre: Health, Documentary
When three-year-old Dakota Clarke was born almost blind, her family launched a search for a cure. After reading on the web about stem cell treatment in China, they spent $20,000 on six injections. But is it a miracle cure and what are the pros and cons?
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The Truth about Violence
The Truth about Violence
(52:14)
Genre: Crime, Documentary, Investigation
What makes ordinary people commit extreme acts of violence? In a thought-provoking and disturbing journey, Michael Portillo investigates and discovers what it is like to inflict pain and be driven to the edge of violence in an extreme sleep deprivation study.
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Ross Kemp in Afghanistan
Those Left Behind
Season 1, Episode 3 (46:27)
More: Ross Kemp in Afghanistan | Genre: Military, Reality, Documentary, Series
The frontline Now Zad base in Afghanistan is a hot, dusty and deadly place and it is here Ross travels in part three of his encounter with British soldiers fighting the Taliban. But first he has a sombre duty. Meeting the mother of Private Chris Gray, was has been killed in action.
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Pistorius: Brutal Murder or ...
Pistorius: Brutal Murder or Grave Mistake?
(41:35)
Genre: Crime, Sport, Documentary, Investigation
Olympics hero Oscar Pistorius, the so-called blade runner, admits he shot his beauty queen girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp but was it cold blooded murder or a fatal mistake as he claims. This hour-long special examines what happened that Valentine's Day and includes exclusive interviews with friends and relatives.
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Lindsay Lohan's Indian Journey
Lindsay Lohan's Indian Journey
(50:11)
Genre: Current Affairs, Documentary, Investigation
Former child star Lindsay Lohan travels across India to expose the extent of child trafficking. From young boys working 16-hour days under threat of beatings to young girls forced into prostitution and poverty-stricken parents sending their children to traffickers trying to make a quick buck.
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Tough Nuts
Stan Smith
(56:10)
More: Tough Nuts | Genre: Crime, Series
Steely-eyed Stan Smith was a feared enforcer, multiple murderer, assassin and drug trafficker who helped found notorious underworld gang The Team that dominated Sydney's underworld for 30 years. But later in life he turned to God after his son died of an overdose.
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