The Century of the Self - Season 1 Episode 3

A passionate pilot dedicates his life to the search for a polar expedition.

An expansive and intimate 70-year journey, from Branson’s upbringing as the son of a spirited, tough-love mother in Britain, to his pursuits of...

The definitive documentary on the US and Mexico men’s national soccer teams told through the lens of one of the fiercest rivalries in...

Michael Palin attempts to copy the exploits of fictional character Phileas Fogg, by trying to travel around the world (without flying) in 80 days.

Michael Palin undertakes an epic journey of 23,000 miles, travelling from the North to the South Pole across 17 countries with a minimum of air...

Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure is a 1999 BBC television documentary presented by Michael Palin. It records Palin's travels as he visited many...

Taking an interdisciplinary approach to the history of science and invention, Connections explores an "Alternative View of Change" that rejects the...

The untold true story behind the Cold War race to put man into space.

Returning to their hometowns, Texas filmmakers Richard Linklater, Alex Stapleton, and Iliana Sosa chronicle the complex history of each city, while...

Examines how politicians have used our fears to increase their power and control over society.

We have been colonised by the machines we have built. Although we don't realise it, the way we see everything in the world today is through the eyes...

Alain de Botton's psychobabble-free self-help course for the philosophically minded.

Nigel Spivey reveals how the images which surround us today come from the ancient world. It's an epic journey spanning five continents and a hundred...

Individual freedom is the dream of our age. It's what our leaders promise to give us, it defines how we think of ourselves and, repeatedly, we have...

When one of his former colleagues is murdered, the outlawed but no less determined masked vigilante Rorschach sets out to uncover a plot to kill and...

Loving parodies of some of the world's best-known documentaries. Each episode is shot in a different style of documentary filmmaking, and honors some...

An anthology series centered around people who believe themselves to be the modern-day descendants of the Romanov family.

Follows the humorous musings of an itinerant humanoid pseudo-shaman and spiritual seeker named Xavier.

Tom Mathias comes to Aberystwyth having abandoned his life in London. He's a brilliant but troubled man. Despite his faults he is an excellent...