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  • 2016
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    Digits: Guardians of the Web

    Digits: Guardians of the Web

    1 2016 HD

    Learn about "white hat" hackers, the U.S. Secret Service's cyber crime division working to protect us from the risks associated with persistent connectivity.

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  • 2017
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    First Man

    First Man

    8.30 2017 HD

    Man’s early ancestors set off to conquer the world, to explore the unknown, to adapt to every environment. And one day, to conquer fire – a discovery that made them invincible. They built shelters. They transformed their environment. But still this did not slake their thirst for more. They sought to fathom Nature’s mysteries. They invented stories to explain the inexplicable. Now, they are Men. Here, for the very first time in television history, is the saga of our origins, told through the story of one single family - an epic journey upon which the latest scientific discoveries shine an exciting new light.

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  • 2018
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    Living Universe

    Living Universe

    9.30 2018 HD

    The next great voyage of human exploration has already begun: the search for life on planets orbiting distant stars. With extraordinary CGI, the world's most inspiring scientists, via extreme environments on Earth and around the solar system, the film takes viewers aboard the next generation of space ships, across the cosmos and beneath the clouds of the exo-planets to discover The Living Universe.

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  • 2020
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    Prehistoric Worlds

    Prehistoric Worlds

    9.00 2020 HD

    Five times, Earth has faced apocalyptic events that swept nearly all life from the face of the planet. What did these prehistoric creatures look like? What catastrophes caused their disappearance? And how did our distant ancestors survive and give rise to the world we know today?

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  • 2018
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    The Kingdom: How Fungi Made Our World

    The Kingdom: How Fungi Made Our World

    8.70 2018 HD

    You find fungi in Antarctica and in nuclear reactors. They live inside your lungs and your skin is covered with them. Fungi are the most under appreciated and unexplained organisms, yet they could cure you from smallpox and turn cardboard boxes into forests. They could even transform Mars into Eden. There are vastly more fungi species than plants and each and every one of them play a crucial role in life’s support systems. Join us on a journey into the mysterious world of Fungi to witness their beauty, unravel their mysteries and discover how this secret kingdom is essential to life on Earth, and may in fact hold the key to our future.

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  • 2019
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    Cornfield Shipwreck

    Cornfield Shipwreck

    1 2019 HD

    Discovered by an unlikely team of amateur historians 45 feet beneath a Kansas cornfield, the Steamboat Arabia is one of the best-preserved shipwrecks in American history. The treasures contained within painting a vivid picture of western expansion and the treacherous frontier.

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  • 2022
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    The True Story of Pirates

    The True Story of Pirates

    7.90 2022 HD

    Thanks to new excavations in Mauritius and Madagascar, as well as archival and museum research in France, Spain, England and Canada, a group of international scholars paint a new portrait of the world of piracy in the Indian Ocean.

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  • 2018
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    How to Build a Castle

    How to Build a Castle

    1 2018 HD

    The castle is undoubtedly the emblematic monument of the thousand years of history that constitute the Middle Ages. But how were castles actually built between the 10th and 15th century? What techniques were used before the introduction of modern construction practices?

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  • 2021
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    Heval

    Heval

    7.00 2021 HD

    When a British-born actor abandons his Hollywood career to volunteer to Join the Kurdish YPG to fight ISIS in Syria, many see him as a selfless hero battling America's most insidious enemy. But others think he's a hot-tempered narcissist, staging a publicity stunt to further his career - and when his service ends, neither the UK nor the US welcome him back. Through incisive interviews with the actor, his supporters, his detractors, and top-tier experts - and featuring the actor's own jaw-dropping helmet-cam video of deadly battles with and interrogations of ISIS fighters - Heval gives viewers unprecedented access into a war against evil and one man's controversial role in it.

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  • 2018
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    Sherlock Holmes Against Conan Doyle

    Sherlock Holmes Against Conan Doyle

    7.40 2018 HD

    130 years after he was created, Sherlock Holmes is a literary character who exceeded his author's expectations and is known throughout the world. Find out the true story behind the author, Conan Doyle, and his struggle to come to terms with the phenomenon that is Sherlock Holmes.

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  • 2023
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    Behind Lucy

    Behind Lucy

    1 2023 HD

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  • 2025
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    Mystery of the Giant Birds

    Mystery of the Giant Birds

    10.00 2025 HD

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  • 2018
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    Out of the Cradle

    Out of the Cradle

    7.60 2018 HD

    How did humanity's earliest ancestors evolve into one of the most successful species on Earth? An extraordinary journey tracing the footsteps of early hominids. Using the latest paleoanthropological findings mixed with the latest CGI from Square Enix, this story is finally told.

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  • 2022
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    Red Elvis: The Cold War Cowboy

    Red Elvis: The Cold War Cowboy

    7.00 2022 HD

    The extraordinary tale of Dean Reed, the American popstar who packed out stadiums in the 70s and inspired a generation, until he was found drowned in a lake in East Berlin.

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  • 2019
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    Toutânkhamon, le trésor redécouvert

    Toutânkhamon, le trésor redécouvert

    7.90 2019 HD

    The legendary treasure of Tutankhamun, which contains over 5,000 objects, including 2,000 pieces of jewelry and goldsmith's work, was discovered in 1922 by the British archaeologist Howard Carter. Now the pharaoh's treasure reveals a new secret: hidden traces of a mysterious pharaohess. In addition, a British archaeologist is said to have stolen some of the grave goods...

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  • 2018
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    De-Bugged

    De-Bugged

    1 2018 HD

    This documentary focuses specifically on insects. Giving you an unbelieveably up close and intimate view of the many unique secrets of the bug world. Answering scientific questions on how and why they have evolved certain bizarre adaptations, whilst using stunning imagery never seen before.

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  • 2019
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    Penguin Central

    Penguin Central

    1 2019 HD

    Every winter, four penguin species begin their breeding in four very different locations in southern New Zealand. In the rugged Fiordland National Park, some Fiordland crested penguins build cave-like nests inside the fiord, while others prefer the coastline.

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  • 2015
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    The Apollo Moon Landings

    The Apollo Moon Landings

    1 2015 HD

    On July 20th, 1969, the history of space exploration would forever be changed as two men left their boot prints on our moon's surface. This remarkable feat would be the culmination of decades of research, sacrifice, and innovation. How did we get there?

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  • 2024
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    Die Sonne

    Die Sonne

    7.70 2024 HD

    The sun is the miracle that makes everything possible - but also the greatest danger. For the first time, a feature-length documentary is dedicated to the search for the significance of our home star for mankind, science and nature. Thanks to the researchers from the American space agency NASA, who work at the Canary Islands observatories in the hottest and coldest places on the planet.

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  • 2020
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    The Coronavirus Epidemic

    The Coronavirus Epidemic

    1 2020 HD

    Scientists are racing to learn everything they can about the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) as the disease spreads quickly with deadly results. We take a look at everything we currently know about the virus, how scientists are working to find cures and vaccines, and how world governments are working to contain the outbreak.

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