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Frontline: World features first person stories that take viewers on adventures around the world. Bringing light to many international issues, this show educates as well as entertains.

This nine-part series goes on a worldwide tour with today's most innovative magicians who transform pure science into mind-boggling magic tricks, and demonstrates the chemistry, physics and biology that power the world's greatest illusions.

The series takes a look at the the psychology and science of eating as it scrutinizes the eating habits of overweight families. The series is presented by Anna Richardson. Different overweight families agree to be filmed with 24-hour camera surveillance. Anna then confronts the families with the extent of their secret eating in the Secret Eaters incident room. Dr Richard Marshall and dietician Lynne Garton analyse their diets.

Colm Feore narrates a series of documentaries going behind the scenes of some of the worlds most famous museums.

Professor of physics Jim Al-Khalili investigates the most accurate and yet perplexing scientific theory ever - quantum physics.

Stretching from the Stone Age to the year 2000, Simon Schama's Complete History of Britain does not pretend to be a definitive chronicle of the turbulent events which buffeted and shaped the British Isles. What Schama does do, however, is tell the story in vivid and gripping narrative terms, free of the fustiness of traditional academe, personalising key historical events by examining the major characters at the centre of them. Not all historians would approve of the history depicted here as shaped principally by the actions of great men and women rather than by more abstract developments, but Schama's way of telling it is a good deal more enthralling as a result. Schama successfully gives lie to the idea that the history of Britain has been moderate and temperate, passing down the generations as stately as a galleon, taking on board sensible ideas but steering clear of sillier, revolutionary ones. Nonsense. Schama retells British history the way it was-as bloody, convulsive, precarious, hot-blooded and several times within an inch of haring off onto an entirely different course. Schama seems almost to delight in the goriness of history. Themes returned to repeatedly include the wars between the Scots and the Irish and the Catholic/Protestant conflicts-only the Irish question remains unresolved by the new millennium. As Britain becomes a constitutional monarchy, Schama talks less of Kings and Queens but of poets and idea-makers like Orwell. Still, with his pungent, direct manner and against an evocative visual and aural backdrop, Schama makes history seem as though it happened yesterday, the bloodstains not yet dry.

Discover the thrilling story of how you were made, from the moment of conception to the moment of birth 280 days later. Follow the gestation process, the most exquisite biological choreography found in nature.

Friendly dinosaurs climb aboard a train to visit different times throughout the prehistoric age, learning about dinosaurs and having fun adventures.

Little Muppet Monsters is a Saturday morning television series featuring the Muppets that aired three episodes on CBS in 1985. The first season of Muppet Babies did so well in the ratings, that CBS decided to expand the series from a half-hour to an hour, pairing Muppet Babies with Little Muppet Monsters. They called the hour-long package Muppets, Babies and Monsters.

"Team Umizoomi," a pre-school educational series on Nickelodeon, combines action-adventure missions with an interactive math curriculum designed to help kids develop self-confidence in their math abilities and appreciate the many ways in which mathematics shapes their world. "Team Umizoomi" is a half hour series that mixes 2D and 3D animation with live action to create Umi City, a uniquely patterned urban environment.

Archeologists examine recent finds and what they conclude adds vital new information to our understanding of some New Testament stories.

Documentary series that opens the doors of iconic workplaces to reveal their processes.

What is an American garden? Is there such a thing and if so what does it look like? In this three-part series, Monty Don travels across this vast continent in search of answers.

Based on the award-winning educational apps, the StoryBots are curious little creatures who live in the world beneath our screens and go on fun adventures to help answer kids' questions.

National Geographic's landmark event series, The Greeks, brings together historians, archaeologists, actors, athletes, scientists and artists to launch a groundbreaking exploration into the ancient Greeks' journey - not just to better understand their past, but to discover how their legacy illuminates our present, and will shape our future. The story of the Greeks is the story of us.

The work of a Thailand hospital devoted solely to treating elephants. The two-part documentary reveals the day-to-day challenges of dealing with supersized patients suffering everything from deadly viruses to cuts and parasites. It also shows how the facility teaches baby elephants new commands and even turns elephant poo into fertiliser.

Join Kate Humble on her farm in Monmouthshire and experience the joys of rural life. From caring for animals to growing produce, this series is a celebration of sustainable living. Escape to the Farm with Kate Humble is a heartwarming and informative show that will inspire you to reconnect with nature. Learn about the challenges and rewards of farming in modern times.

Young pup Tag Barker and her adventures in Pawston, a colorful community of dogs on the go.

Dr. Ole Alcumbrac owns White Mountain Animal Hospital, a full-service animal clinic in Pinetop, Arizona, that cares for everything from cats and dogs to exotics and large animals. But this self-described 'wild man' isn't your typical veterinarian, and it's his work outside of the clinic that excites him most.

А four-part series from Nutopia that examines the science and medical innovations that conquered some of the world's deadliest diseases and doubled life expectancy for many across the globe.

Farming brothers Rob and Dave Nicholson travel to three different periods in history.

Professor Alice Roberts uses Egypt's rail network, one of the world's oldest rail networks, to explore one of the world's most ancient civilisations.

Blind comedian Chris McCausland explores some of the world's most iconic landmarks to discover things that the ordinary traveller might miss.

Dive into the extraordinary worlds of six tiny animals as they embark on the biggest journeys of their lives.

Take a soaring tour of America from above.