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1.
Nova (1974– )
Episode:
Hunting the Edge of Space: The Mystery of the Milky Way
(2010)
TV-G | 52 min | Documentary
Nova examines the physics of telescope design. Following the development of the telescope over several centuries the program explains the challenges that the major design innovations solved... See full summary »
Directors: Peter Jones, Oliver Twinch | Stars: Louise Alexander, Jim Bennett, Ronald H. Bissinger, Duncan Bonner
Votes: 68
2.
Nova (1974– )
Episode:
Hunting the Edge of Space: The Ever-Expanding Universe
(2010)
TV-G | 52 min | Documentary
This program describes the most remarkable, perspective changing discoveries in the field of cosmology in the last 100 years. Each discovery was made by scientists working with a radically new telescope.
Directors: Peter Jones, Oliver Twinch | Stars: Charles Bennett, Jim Bennett, Steven Deproost, Alex Filippenko
Votes: 57
3. Seeing in the Dark (2007 TV Movie)
Documentary
Stargazing is the subject of Seeing in the Dark, a 60-minute, state-of-the-art, high-definition (HDTV) documentary written, produced and narrated by award-winning filmmaker, journalist and ... See full synopsis »
Director: Nigel Ashcroft | Stars: Daniel Bisque, Matthew Bisque, Steve Bisque, Tom Bisque
Votes: 46
4.
Nova (1974– )
Episode:
Ghost in Your Genes
(2007)
TV-PG | Documentary
Following the mapping of the human genome scientists discovered there is a huge new chapter in the genetics story. Dubbed epigenetics, it involves the chemical markers on DNA that ... See full summary »
Directors: Sarah Holt, Nigel Paterson | Star: Neil Ross
Votes: 35
5.
American Experience (1987– )
Episode:
John & Abigail Adams
(2006)
TV-PG | 110 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Director: Peter Jones | Stars: David McCullough, David Ogden Stiers, Simon Russell Beale, Linda Emond
Votes: 65
6.
American Experience (1987– )
Episode:
The Great Transatlantic Cable
(2005)
TV-PG | Documentary, Biography, History
The story of Cyrus Field and the creation of the transatlantic telegraph line.
Director: Peter Jones | Stars: Linda Hunt, Daniel Czitrom, Gillian Cookson, John Steele Gordon
Votes: 40
7.
American Experience (1987– )
Episode:
Bataan Rescue
(2003)
TV-PG | Documentary, Biography, History
Director: Peter Jones | Stars: Scott Glenn, Stephen Baxter, Brian Bedard, Donald Bouchez
Votes: 44
8.
Nova (1974– )
Episode:
Galileo's Battle for the Heavens
(2002)
TV-PG | Documentary
Galileo's struggle to convince Roman Catholic Church authorities that Earth revolves around the sun. Why the headstrong Galileo (1564-1642) didn't succeed is explored in interviews with scientists.
Director: Peter Jones | Stars: Simon Callow, John Fraser, Cornelius Garrett, Alexa Jago
Votes: 57
10. Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude (1998 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
18th century British clock maker and carpenter John Harrison invents a marine chronometer that allows ships to calculate longitude while at sea, preventing numerous shipwrecks, some of them involving the British Navy.
Director: Peter Jones | Stars: Patrick Malahide, Richard Dreyfuss
Votes: 29
11. Einstein Revealed (1996 TV Movie)
105 min | Documentary, Biography
A biographical study of Albert Einstein, with not only an analysis of his place in modern physics and in our understanding of the universe, but an analysis (through his and his wife's ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Jones | Stars: Andrew Sachs, F. Murray Abraham, Jürgen Renn, Robert Schulmann
Votes: 106
12.
Nova (1974– )
Episode:
Einstein Revealed
(1996)
TV-PG | Documentary
Director: Peter Jones
Votes: 14
13. The Trials of Life (1990)
600 min | Documentary
Each of the twelve 50-minute episodes features a different aspect of the journey through life, from birth to adulthood and continuation of the species through reproduction.
Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 1,876
14.
The Trials of Life (1990)
Episode:
Arriving
(1990)
49 min | Documentary
The first dangerous step into a hazardous world. From egg laying to live-bearing mammals have adopted an extraordinary variety of techniques to give birth, but the release of an egg to the ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Gunton | Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 70
15.
The Trials of Life (1990)
Episode:
Continuing the Line
(1990)
49 min | Documentary
A look at the ingenious strategies employed by animals in their desperate attempts to find and retain a mate.
Director: Michael Gunton | Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 54
16.
The Trials of Life (1990)
Episode:
Courting
(1990)
49 min | Documentary
In the animal kingdom all sorts of methods are employed to attract the best mate from singing, to fantastical displays of plumage, to stylish dance routines, and more violent strategies ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Gunton | Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 61
17.
The Trials of Life (1990)
Episode:
Fighting
(1990)
49 min | Documentary
Fighting is most usually an expression of competition - for food, for land or for a mate. But all fights do not have to be expressed with physical violence. Some are also ritualised ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Gunton | Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 55
18.
The Trials of Life (1990)
Episode:
Finding Food
(1990)
49 min | Documentary
Finding enough to eat is a problem which faces every animal on the planet and since animals - unlike plants - cannot manufacture their own food, they have to eat other organisms which, by and large, don't welcome the experience.
Director: Michael Gunton | Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 56
19.
The Trials of Life (1990)
Episode:
Finding the Way
(1990)
48 min | Documentary
How do animals find their way around the globe with such extraordinary accuracy - an accuracy which we have only been able to match in recent years with satellite navigation.
Director: Michael Gunton | Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 57
20.
The Trials of Life (1990)
Episode:
Friends and Rivals
(1990)
47 min | Documentary
Many animals find it advantageous, essential even, to live in social groups where recognising friends and respecting the power of rivals is vital. However there are problems: inevitable ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Gunton | Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 64
21.
The Trials of Life (1990)
Episode:
Growing Up
(1990)
49 min | Documentary
For some baby animals, the care of diligent parents smooths the way to adulthood. Whereas others are abandoned before their childhood is over. But whether cared for or not, the main trial ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Gunton | Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 62
22.
The Trials of Life (1990)
Episode:
Homemaking
(1990)
49 min | Documentary
To create their hugely varied homes, animals become potters and plasterers, weavers and needleworkers, miners, masons, scaffolders, thatchers and sculptors.
Director: Michael Gunton | Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 64
23.
The Trials of Life (1990)
Episode:
Hunting and Escaping
(1990)
49 min | Documentary
Kill or die. Escape or perish. Such life and death duels are fought on a daily basis in the wild between assassins and their victims and have fuelled a long evolutionary arms race.
Director: Michael Gunton | Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 65
24.
The Trials of Life (1990)
Episode:
Living Together
(1990)
49 min | Documentary
Whole communities of different kinds of animals have been committed by evolution to live together. We show how some of these animal partnerships are ancient and intricate, whilst others are... See full summary »
Director: Michael Gunton | Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 63
25.
The Trials of Life (1990)
Episode:
Talking to Strangers
(1990)
49 min | Documentary
An exploration of the enormous variety of ways in which animals communicate and then by imitating or adopting some of these, David Attenborough demonstrates how he is able to "talk" to animals.
Director: Michael Gunton | Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 62
26.
The Media Show (1987–1991)
Episode:
Natural History
(1990)
Documentary
Director: Basil Comely | Stars: Emma Freud, David Attenborough, David Bellamy, Aubrey Buxton
27.
Horizon (1964– )
Episode:
Jubilee
(1989)
Documentary
On its 25th anniversary, Horizon looks back over its past films, some of which have had a profound affect on the scientific world.
Stars: John Ashworth, Michael Barnes, John Bonnar, Paul Bonner
28. Leopard: A Darkness in the Grass (1988 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary
A memorable safari to the grasslands of Kenya's Maasai Mara reserve where award-winning cameraman Hugh Miles follows a leopard and her three cubs. Normally shy, nocturnal creatures, this ... See full summary »
Star: George Page
Votes: 53
29. American Experience (1987– )
TV-PG | 120 min | Documentary, Biography, History
A series showcasing documentaries on American history.
Stars: David McCullough, David Ogden Stiers, Michael Murphy, Oliver Platt
Votes: 2,199
30. The Media Show (1987–1991)
60 min | Documentary
Stars: Emma Freud, Muriel Gray, John Hegarty, Judith Williamson
Votes: 30
31.
Natural World (1983– )
Episode:
The Volcano Watchers
(1987)
Documentary
Director: Ned Kelly | Star: Barry Paine
32.
Natural World (1983– )
Episode:
Forest of Fear
(1987)
Documentary
Director: Alan McGregor | Star: Barry Paine
34.
Natural World (1983– )
Episode:
Okavango - Jewel of the Kalahari: The Living Jewel
(1987)
Documentary
Directors: Alan McGregor, Marion Zunz | Stars: Andrew Sachs, Barry Paine
35.
Natural World (1983– )
Episode:
Reflections of a River Keeper
(1987)
Documentary
Stars: Barry Paine, Tom Williams
37.
Nature (1982– )
Episode:
In the Shadow of Fujisan: See No Evil
(1987)
TV-PG | 52 min | Documentary, Family
Star: Peter France
38.
Nature (1982– )
Episode:
Designed for Living
(1987)
TV-PG | Documentary, Family
Director: David Heeley
39.
Natural World (1983– )
Episode:
Man-Eaters of India
(1986)
80 min | Documentary
Jim Corbett, an experienced tracker and hunter in the wilds of India, learns that only a few of the dwindling numbers of Indian tigers pose a danger to man. He resolves to do something to ... See full summary »
Director: Alex Kirby | Stars: Frederick Treves, Anna Cropper, Jackie Smith-Wood, Roger McKern
Votes: 25
40.
Natural World (1983– )
Episode:
Ichkeul: Between the Desert and the Deep Blue Sea
(1986)
Documentary
Star: Barry Paine
41.
Natural World (1983– )
Episode:
The Forgotten Garden
(1986)
50 min | Documentary
Star: Barry Paine
42.
The Making of a Continent (1983– )
Episode:
The Great River
(1986)
Documentary
Director: Ian Calvert | Star: Barry Paine
43.
The Making of a Continent (1983– )
Episode:
The Rich, High Desert
(1986)
Documentary
Director: Ian Calvert | Star: Barry Paine
44.
Natural World (1983– )
Episode:
Kingdom of the Ice Bear: The Frozen Ocean
(1985)
Documentary
Director: David Heeley | Stars: Hywel Bennett, George Page
45.
Natural World (1983– )
Episode:
Water: A Fresh Look
(1985)
50 min | Documentary
Stars: Barry Paine, Walter Sigl
46.
Natural World (1983– )
Episode:
Emas: High Plains of Brazil
(1985)
50 min | Documentary
Star: Barry Paine
47.
Natural World (1983– )
Episode:
Kinabalu, Summit of Borneo
(1985)
50 min | Documentary
Star: Barry Paine
48.
Natural World (1983– )
Episode:
The Year of the Rat
(1985)
50 min | Documentary
Star: Barry Paine
50.
Natural World (1983– )
Episode:
Beneath the Keel
(1984)
50 min | Documentary
Director: Jeff Goodman | Stars: Laurie Emberson, Jeff Goodman, Barry Paine