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World's Greatest Mysteries
Biblical Prophets?
Season 2, Episode 8 (25:14)
More: World's Greatest Mysteries | Genre: Series
Ancient fables featured people who supposedly had an uncanny insight into future events. Could the ancient prophets really foretell the future? This episode asks; did ancient prophets have the ability to see events centuries before they happened?
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Great Crimes And Trials
A Family Man And A Killer
Episode 10 (26:19)
More: Great Crimes And Trials | Genre: Crime, Series
Ashley Pond disappears on her way to school - and two months later, her best friend Miranda Gaddis also vanishes. The FBI launches a major hunt for the girls, but the case takes a bizarre turn when a family friend becomes the prime suspect.
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Sexwork, Love & Mr Right
Sexwork, Love & Mr Right
(58:25)
Genre: Documentary
Amsterdam's famous red-light district is the fascinating backdrop to the story of prostitute Lina as she searches for Mr Right. Lina thinks she has found true love with American client Sean, but she may be treading a fine line between fantasy and reality.
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Trips Money Can’t Buy
Trips Money Can’t Buy
(50:15)
Genre: Nature, Adventure, Documentary
Ewan McGregor joins survival expert Ray Mears in search of the ultimate adventure - exploring a lost civilisation in the jungles of Honduras that only a handful of people have ever seen. The journey's destination is a huge plaza, unvisited for centuries that pre-dates the Incas.
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Mafia's Greatest Hits
Vito Genovese
Episode 5 (49:56)
More: Mafia's Greatest Hits | Genre: Crime, Biography
The story of Vito Genovese, dubbed the Boss of all Bosses and the most dangerous gangster in American history, he ruthlessly dealt with rivals within the Mafia and quickly rose to prominence - but his hunger for power caused his own spectacular downfall.
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Wide Sargasso Sea
Wide Sargasso Sea
(1:23:47)
Genre: Drama, Period Drama
Prequel to Jane Eyre. A young female landowner in 1840s Jamaica marries a just-arrived Englishman to avoid losing her property. All seems to be perfect, love arises and happiness is on the way, but she is hiding an old secret that could tear them apart forever.
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How Many People Can Live on ...
How Many People Can Live on Planet Earth?
(52:19)
Genre: Science, Environment
Every day, 400,000 people are born. The Earth's population is growing fast and could exceed nine million by 2050. Sir David Attenborough takes a look at the problems we face as a continuously growing species and questions whether population control be considered.
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Tough Nuts
The Man Called Rentakill
Season 1, Episode 1 (52:45)
More: Tough Nuts | Genre: Crime, Series
Hitman Christopher Flannery ran a criminal enterprise called Rentakill Inc, selling murder in Sydney and Melbourne. What drove him and what were the circumstances of his mysterious disappearance?
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What's Really In Our Food
Junk Food
Season 1, Episode 6 (22:53)
More: What's Really In Our Food | Genre: Food, Series
Dietitians worried about junk food usually focus on sugar, fat and salt, but what about the other additives? How do they affect us? What dangers do lab tests reveal in potato chips artificial sweeteners and food colourings?
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1945: The Year that Changed the ...
The War in the Pacific
Season 1, Episode 4 (45:58)
More: 1945: The Year that Changed the World | Genre: Military, History, Documentary, Series
The battle to influence the East led to the bombing of Pearl Harbour. Japan had industrialised early in the 20th Century, but lacked natural resources so sought territorial expansion. The Americans wanted to protect their own colonial interests, leading to the Atom Bomb.
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Sky View
The Emerald Isle
Season 1, Episode 2 (26:53)
More: Sky View | Genre: Travel, Series
In the second episode of Sky View, the airborne film crew take off from Donegal in Ireland and journey south, through the mountains, passing ancient bronze cemeteries and skimming ancient plateaux carved by the ice age.
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Dateline
Happy Juice
(17:24)
More: Dateline | Genre: Interview, Current Affairs, Politics, Series
The mighty Amazon River holds many mysteries and secrets, but you wouldn't think of it as a place where Western visitors go to transform their lives. Along with countless natural herbal remedies, there's the apparently magical potion known as Ayahuasca.
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