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- DirectorJoe BerlingerStarsDan AshleyPablo FajardoKent RobertsonThe story of lawsuit by tens of thousands of Ecuadorans against Chevron over contamination of the Ecuadorean Amazon.
- DirectorMichael MooreStarsMichael MooreCharlton HestonMarilyn MansonFilmmaker Michael Moore explores the roots of America's predilection for gun violence.
- DirectorJon M. ChuStarsJustin BieberBoyz II MenMiley CyrusThis documentary follows Justin Bieber with some footage of performances from his 2010 concert tour.
- DirectorMorgan SpurlockStarsMorgan SpurlockDaryl IsaacsChemeeka WalkerWhile examining the influence of the fast food industry, Morgan Spurlock personally explores the consequences on his health of a diet of solely McDonald's food for one month.
- DirectorBart LaytonStarsAdam O'BrianNicholas BarclayCarey GibsonA documentary centered on a young man in Spain who claims to a grieving Texas family that he is their 16-year-old son who has been missing for 3 years.
- DirectorWerner HerzogStarsTimothy TreadwellAmie HuguenardWerner HerzogA devastating and heart-rending take on grizzly bear activists Timothy Treadwell and Amie Huguenard, who were killed in October of 2003 while living among grizzly bears in Alaska.
- DirectorPeter SchnallStarsJohn Benjamin HickeyThomas ArmasKen BallantineEven though they are frequently seen flanking presidential convoys in their trademark dark suits and sunglasses, little is truly known about the insulated world of the United States Secret Service. National Geographic's "Inside" series delves deep into the inner workings of the secretive organization for an unprecedented behind-the-scenes look at the upper echelons of national security.
- DirectorIan BremnerStarsSaddam HusseinAndy McNabChris Ryan
- DirectorJames L. OtisStarsJames L. OtisRalph McGeheeVerne LyonIt fought against international terrorism in South America and watched out for our allies abroad...but what else did it do?...What are the true secrets of the C.I.A.?
- DirectorRobin BarnwellStarsDan SnowDan Snow traces the happenings of the Syrian revolution back to history
- StarsRoss KempIn the summer of 2007 Ross joins his father's old regiment, 1 Royal Anglian and, for the first time, heads to Afghanistan. Ross is immediately embedded with frontline troops where for weeks at a time he lives a soldier's life as they fight a fanatical and determined enemy. Off the battlefield he tells the stories of those who risk their lives fighting the Taliban, stories of soldiers who have lost friends in battle and the impact that a loss has on relatives back home. Told the only way it can be done, by living with the guys on the "Frontline", keep up the good work Ross.
- DirectorJanus MetzDanish soldiers are sent to Afghanistan in 2009 for 6 months, to help stabilize the country against the Taliban. They're stationed on Armadillo military base in Helman province. Unlike other war movies, this is the real deal - no actors.
- StarsJoe RoganDuncan TrussellAri ShaffirEach week, Joe investigates a different area of the unexplained. One week it may be a government cover-up or an extraterrestrial encounter, and the next he'll be on the trail of a mythical creature that we've all heard about.
- DirectorMichael MooreStarsMichael MooreGeorge W. BushBen AffleckMichael Moore's view on what happened to the United States after September 11 and how the Bush Administration allegedly used the tragic event to push forward its agenda for unjust wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
- DirectorMat WhitecrossMichael WinterbottomStarsRiz AhmedFarhad HarunWaqar SiddiquiPart drama, part documentary, The Road to Guantánamo focuses on the Tipton Three, a trio of British Muslims who were held in Guantanamo Bay for two years until they were released without charge.
- DirectorDov FreedmanStarsEfraim ZuroffThis documentary follows Efraim Zuroff on his search for Dr Aribert Heim. Heim, or Dr. Death, is known to have performed gruesome and needless experiments on the inmates of the Mauthausen Concentration Camp in 1941.
- DirectorCharlie RussellStarsEdeltraut AschnerMilivoj AsnerIsobel CharmanTwo young filmmakers gain access to some of the most wanted Nazi war criminals still alive to discover how their wartime actions have shaped their lives forever.
- DirectorDov FreedmanJames CohenThe story of the Nazis' secret breeding programme, and how the children have lived their lives in the knowledge that they were bred to rule the world.
- DirectorMads EllesøeSøren has promised his family that his mission in Afghanistan is his last, but can he keep his promise?
- StarsGitte BorupSøren Gade'Our War' is a Danish TV-series directed by six acclaimed directors, who were given the task to give their personal view on Denmark being a country at war. 'You have seen war - now you will feel it'.
- DirectorAnders GustafssonMichlas adores his father, who is a soldier, and tells everybody about how much he wants to be a soldier himself. But is it really what he wants?
- DirectorParis BarclayStarsCharlie HunnamKatey SagalMark Boone JuniorSAMCRO enlists a former foe to help stop the advancement of Charming Heights, while the Sheriff presses Juice for more information.
- DirectorParis BarclayStarsCharlie HunnamKatey SagalMark Boone JuniorSAMCRO enlists a former foe to help stop the advancement of Charming Heights, while the Sheriff presses Juice for more information.
- DirectorMalik BendjelloulStarsRodriguezStephen 'Sugar' SegermanDennis CoffeyTwo South Africans set out to discover what happened to their unlikely musical hero, the mysterious 1970s rock n roller, Rodriguez.
- DirectorBryce WagonerStarsAmber LynnAsia CarreraBobby SlaytonAn exploration of the lives of several former adult performers who have retired from the porn industry.
- StarsBilly BergerKylie FurneauxMichael BrownBilly Berger and Ky Furneaux are dropped in it up to their necks as they have to survive 21 days in the Louisiana swamp. They are washed out of their shelter by storms and have to tackle deadly snakes at every moment while avoiding the hungry alligators.
- StarsPuma CabraJulie WrightPuma Cabra and Julie Wright have to survive in Sabah, Borneo for 21 days. The jungle is their unrelenting foe as they battle with sickness, starvation and the deadly wildlife testing their resolve and determination every step of the way.
- StarsClint JivoinLaura ZerraClint Jivoin and Laura Zerra are Naked and Afraid on a Panamanian island for 21 days. Plagued by sand flies and threatened by snakes and crocodiles the pair have to stick together using all their skills and experience to survive in the tropical hell.
- StarsJonathan KlayAlison TealTwo survivalists Jonathan Klay and Alison Teal are marooned on a Maldivian island for 21 days. The surfer girl and the former Marine clash when sunstroke and starvation threaten their survival as they try to get through 21 days naked and afraid.
- DirectorRobert Michael KellyStarsKellie NightlingerE.J. SnyderTwo survivalists take on the African Serengeti to survive for 21 days with no food, water or clothes. EJ Snyder and Kellie Nightlinger must put their skills to the ultimate test: to overcome the tough terrain and the predator-filled environment.
- StarsMichael BrownShane J. LewisKimberly SheltonTwo naked survivalists are challenged to survive for 21 days in the Costa Rican rainforest, despite a deadly snake bite on a producer. Kim is paired with Shane. They encounter challenges including rain, illness, shelter fire, and a snake attack.
- StarsMichael BrownAmanda KayeLaura ZerraReality show where two strangers (typically 1 male, 1 female) try to survive in the wild for up to 21 days, naked.
- StarsShane J. LewisKimberly SheltonE.J. SnyderAll cast (and their family) return with insight and reveal never-before-seen footage from the addictive new show, promising to strip itself down and expose everything you couldn't see before.
- StarsRussell BriceMax ChayaMark InglisThe summit assaults are launched. Climbers set off knowing they might never return and many of them of them are in desperate physical condition. They need enormous mental and physical courage to believe they can summit when their strength is ebbing away
- StarsRussell BriceMax ChayaMark InglisBoth teams are trapped in camp at high altitude by unexpectedly high winds that threaten to wreck their summit bid. It's particularly bad news for Mogens Jensen who is climbing without supplementary oxygen and can ill afford extra time in such thin air. When the weather relents next day, Mogens sets off into the Death Zone. He got within 400m of the summit last year before having to turn back with frostbite, but summiting without oxygen would be an extraordinary achievement and the Death Zone is unforgiving. At 1am, Team One leave top camp for the summit but almost immediately get caught in a human traffic jam that stops them in their tracks. If they can't pass some of the slow climbers ahead of them, they will run out of time and oxygen.
- 2006–200944mTV-PG8.2 (22)TV EpisodeStarsRussell BriceMax ChayaMark InglisTeam One have summited but the mountain is so crowded with other climbers that they get caught in yet another queue as they attempt to get down. It's turned into a marathon climb of nearly 18 hours with climbers suffering frostbite in the bitter cold. Now it's Team Two's turn at the summit and they set off two hours early in an attempt to beat the queues, but it means an extra two hours in the dark on one of the coldest days anyone can remember. Mark Inglis makes history as the first double amputee to summit, but two climbers who are struggling mutiny when Russell orders them to turn back.
- StarsRussell BriceMax ChayaMark InglisThe mutinous climbers are suffering from Summit Fever and still refuse to turn back because the summit is just 350 feet above them. But Russell is adamant they'll die unless they obey his orders. Eventually, their team mates returning from the summit manage to persuade them to descend but they're now very weak and running out of oxygen. Their survival is far from guaranteed. Max Chaya proved himself a very strong climber summiting well before everybody else at dawn, but on his way down he encounters and unconscious climber who is badly frostbitten and close to death. He asks Russell what he can do for the man, but Russell says there's nothing they can do. As the climbers descend it's clear that many are suffering serious frostbite. It's been one of Russell Brice's most difficult expeditions and one of the deadliest seasons on the mountain.
- StarsRussell BriceMogens JensenTim MedvetzExpedition leader Russell Brice is back on the North side of Everest for the 2007 climbing season with a team of new climbers - and some familiar faces. After the Sherpas summit for the first time of the season, fixing the safety ropes along the way, the team watch from Advanced Base Camp as two climbers summit hours after the Sherpas and begin a dangerous descent.
- DirectorEd VennerStarsRod BaberBetsy HuelskampMonica PirisThe climbers face their first big test when they must reach a high camp by the deadline fixed by expedition leader Russell Brice. The climb is especially hard on Betsy, whose inexperience is threatening her summit dreams.
- StarsRod BaberBetsy HuelskampMonica PirisAfter a harrowing climb to Camp Two, the climbers go all the way down to Base Camp for a few days of rest. Expedition leader Russell Brice meets with each climber for an assessment of their performance - and to learn if they will be allowed to try for the summit. Meanwhile, British climber David Tait and Phurba Tashi are getting ready to leave for their record setting attempt at the first double traverse of Everest.
- StarsRod BaberBetsy HuelskampMonica PirisAfter Russell announces the two summit teams, the expedition leaves for their summit attempts while David Tait and Phurba Tashi are getting close to the top. At Advanced Base Camp, some of the dangers of Everest are highlighted as expedition doctor Monica Piris cares for a climber who developed pulmonary edema near the summit and a Japanese climber whose lack of proper gear resulted in serious frostbite.
- StarsRod BaberPhurba Tashi SherpaDarius VaiciulisRussell gives Team One a final talk before their summit attempt. After reaching the summit for a first time, David Tait and Phurba Tashi are descending on the South side - out of radio contact.
- StarsRod BaberMonica PirisDarius VaiciulisOne day after Team One's departure for the summit, it's Team Two's turn to leave for their summit attempt. Mogens Jensen is still determined to summit without oxygen after three unsuccessful attempts. He leaves Advanced Base Camp. The team is once again reminded of the dangers they face on the mountain when an Irish climber is brought to see expedition doctor Monica Piris with a painful case of snow blindness.
- StarsRod BaberMonica PirisDarius VaiciulisNow in the death zone, Team One leaves camp in the middle of the night for their summit push as Russell watches from the North Col. On the way to the summit, one climber is injured, but chooses not to tell Russell in fear of being ordered to turn around.
- StarsRod BaberMonica PirisDarius VaiciulisIt's now Team Two's turn to go for the summit. Among the climbers trying to reach the top of the world are Danish Mogens Jensen who, after three unsuccessful attempts, is now hoping he'll finally make it, and Japanese Katsusuke Yanagisawa, who, at 71 years old, will become the oldest person to reach the summit of Everest - if he can make it. After both teams come back to Base Camp, they reflect on how their Everest experience has changed them.
- DirectorGaël LeiblangStarsUsain BoltThis documentary follows the life and career of Usain Bolt.
- DirectorGordon Forbes IIIThe third film in the 4-part Navy SEALs collection! Join U.S. Navy SEALs during the intense military training known as Hell Week, a structured world of sacrifice that forces SEAL candidates to the limits of their physical and emotional endurance.
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- DirectorGordon Forbes IIIStarsTravis Lively
- DirectorEric CroslandDave MossopStarsCallum PettitKye PetersenJ.P. AuclairThis is a story of rising to the ultimate challenge. Having the courage to risk fatal expo- sure and the perseverance demanded on the quest for achievement. These are not solely physical feats, they are mental conquests.
- DirectorNicolas EntelStarsAlex AguindaIvonne BakiRafael CorreaYasuni is a documentary film that explores what is at the heart of Ecuador's Yasuni-ITT Initiative, which aims to protect Yasuni National Park from oil exploitation. The project began with a 2-minute video shot in New York City's Madison Square Park to bring the problem to those who have the power to bring change. This documentary was born from a need to provide all indigenous communities that call Yasuni their home a legitimate voice by bringing worldwide awareness to this United Nations based initiative. For a message that has its roots in social media, it gives fans original content to share. And as documentary within the film industry and festival circuit definitely provides the opportunity to directly reach high profile viewers.
- DirectorFarhad ShadravanGena SomraEfraim Zuroff, is a man passionate about his life purpose... that of bringing aging Nazi war criminals to justice. He travels to Lithuania ,a country with the highest percentage of Jews killed in Europe during World War II and tries to find answers about why a convicted Nazi collaborator was allowed to go free.
- StarsMichael WoodAndreas BirnbaumPeter BieringerThis documentary tells the story of the Spanish expeditions in the early sixteenth century that conquests America. This 4-part series Michael Wood (historian) travels in the footsteps of the Spanish expeditions of Hernán Cortés whose conquests was one of the most cataclysmic events in Modern American history.
- DirectorFrank Piasecki PoulsenThis film is about a young girl who enters FARC and her training to become a guerrilla soldier. It describes the transformation this young city-girl undertakes, when having to adapt to strict military training and primitive conditions of life.
- DirectorJohn TreforStarsDan SnowBritish historian Dan Snow visits a major Lodon exhibition and many Mexican sites, first to illustrate the grandeur of the Aztec empire at its peek, under emperor Montezuma II (1466-1520), who inherited it from an uncle and installed a reign of utter terror. Then to show its downfall, at the hands of Hernan Cortez's small but militarily superior band of veteran dogs of war, who ironically turned horrified vassals against Montezuma. Dan also discusses precious sources and myths.
- DirectorNicolas EntelStarsJorge Enrique AbelloPablo EscobarSebastian MarroquínNicolas Entel's searing documentary tells the story of Pablo Escobar -- Colombian drug kingpin, murderer and family man -- through the eyes of his son, Sebastian, as well as the sons of two of Escobar's most prominent victims.
- DirectorBilly CorbenStarsJon RobertsAl SunshineSam BurstynThe story of how Miami became the cocaine capital of the United States in the early 1980's and the police officers who turned the tide on crime.
- DirectorBaillie WalshStarsBruce SpringsteenMitchell A.S. HallockDyan McBrideFor 40 years Bruce Springsteen has influenced fans from all over. His songs defined more than a generation. This film gives the fans just as much time as The Boss himself, with never shown footage and live performances from his last tour.
- DirectorMette ZeruneithStarsAgnes NduggaSteven NduggaFrancis NudggaThe real-life story of Steven, a former child soldier from Uganda, who after a terrible sequence of events - including imprisonment, torture, escape, and the death of his wife and son - reached Denmark as a UNHCR refugee. The film is also a portrait of contemporary Uganda, Pearl of Africa and darling of the West, a country attempting to make the transition from military dictatorship to democracy.
- StarsTony NevadaChris MerkleTom MinderTerrorists have dammed up the local water supply, and are hijacking deliveries of humanitarian aid intended for a refuge camp down river. Wil's mission is trek through the snow and blow up the dam that is preventing water from flowing to the refugee camp.
- StarsTom MinderCharlie ParrishWil WillisA rebel force is acquiring weapons of mass destruction. Their camp is protected by five highly trained and heavily armed operators. Wil's mission is to infiltrate the camp and photograph the weapons and upload them to Central Command.
- StarsWil WillisLowell MuenchauTom MinderInsurgents have taken over a large building, and are using it to hold hostages. Wil's mission is to infiltrate the insurgent stronghold, interrupt the flow of hostages, money and weapons, and rescue the remaining hostages from the insurgents.
- StarsAndrew AlexanderTom MinderAlan TafoyaA force antagonistic to the government has set up anti-aircraft systems. Wil's mission is to take direct action against the radar & communication system that allows this anti-government force to track allied planes.
- StarsWil WillisJulie EastlandDavid Michael FordhamPirates have captured a Merchant Marine gun ship. Aerial intelligence shows shipments of nuclear material being loaded onto the ship. Wil's job is to infiltrate the ship, and discover where the pirates intend to strike.
- StarsTom MinderMichael PichWil WillisA murderous drug lord has established a military training camp along a river, and is rumored to be going to the camp to observe operations. Wil's mission is to enter the heavily guarded camp as a lone sniper, identify the drug lord, and eliminate him.
- DirectorMike WarnerStarsBear GryllsBear Grylls gets dropped in the middle of the Canadian Rocky Mountains near Canadian Border and must find his way back to civilization. On his way out, he must evade the danger of grizzly bears, jump 70 feet into a river, and abseil down a cliff.
- StarsBear GryllsChris KrattWill FerrellBear Grylls travels the world in search of challenges to his survival skills.
- StarsWil WillisTom MinderCharlie ParrishEach installment of this Military channel reality series finds special ops expert Wil Willis working his way through a different military objective.
- DirectorChris RichardsStarsBear GryllsEach year, 500,000 Americans visit Costa Rica to explore some of the world's most amazing and environmentally significant wilderness preserves. Last year alone, more than 50 visitors had to be rescued by the Red Cross. Bear sets out on an incredible jungle adventure as he parachutes into the rain forest of Costa Rica's Osa Peninsula to demonstrate how someone lost in the jungle can make it out alive. His journey takes him up 100-foot trees and down waterfalls that descend more than 120 feet. He encounters snakes, mosquitoes and dangerous river currents, while searching for food and water and setting up camp.
- DirectorDominic StobartStarsBear GryllsThe Moab Desert in Utah is one of the top extreme sports destinations in the United States, with more than a million visitors each year. But sweltering temperatures and deadly predators can make it very dangerous. Bear is dropped into the desert to demonstrate how a lost hiker can make it back to civilization, with merely a bottle of water, a knife and a flint. On his journey, he travels down a maze of narrow canyons, stumbles upon rattlesnakes, and escapes quicksand, showing viewers how to survive in one of the harshest environments on the planet.
- StarsBear GryllsEvery year, 120 million people ski and climb the 80,000 square miles of the Alps, Europe's greatest mountain range. Unfortunately, every year hundreds of people die enjoying this beautiful wilderness because they're unable to survive the potentially fatal conditions at heights sometimes reaching 15,000 feet. Armed with a knife, a water bottle, a cup and a flint, Bear parachutes into the Alps to demonstrate vital survival skills. From a radical new technique to save lives in crevasse zones to building a snow shelter and showing viewers how to escape from a fall into a frozen lake, Bear puts his own skills to the test in this ultimate survival challenge.
- StarsBear GryllsBear starts a testing journey trough tropical Ecuador paragliding down in the Andes, then works his way down into the Amazon jungle, trying to follow the course of water gradually swelling into a mighty stream, passing a cave requires getting over his aversion from bats. Wildlife is abundant, yet food not so easy to get, even if you know some local tribal techniques. He eats both a crucifix spider and giant larvae for the protein, making him all the more happy when a self-made bow and arrow allow him to fish-hunt in pools, for piranhas who aren't numerous enough to be dangerous, yet tasty. A bamboo bridge he constructs crashes to useless rubble, for lack of a canoe he braves the rapids on a tree trunk.
- DirectorDominic StobartStarsBear GryllsBear abseils from a helicopter onto Mount Kilauea, an active Hawaiian volcano, so he must tread with unusual caution, given the barren, brittle soil of molted lava, at places even breaking over hot magma, which makes his shoes catch fire, and use his t-shirt as 'gas mask' for sulfuric fumes. Descending into a crater is perilous, sharp-edged and yields very little. After descending the mountain slope, Bear heads into the pristine surrounding jungle. Grylls makes a traditional kukui nut torch to explore a lava tube and finds water, then uses smoke to placate a bee hive to get honey. Ultimately, he follows seabirds to find the coast and people.
- StarsBear GryllsThis premiere episode finds host Bear Grylls stranded in the swamps of the Florida Everglades, where each year at least 60 tourists need to be rescued. With more than a million alligators, thousands of snakes and even black bears roaming these waterlogged lands, the area has more than its share of hazards. Bear demonstrates how to keep alligators at bay, deal with vicious razor-sharp grass and find stomach-churning food that will keep you alive if you find yourself stranded in this beautiful but dangerous destination.
- DirectorMark WestcottStarsBear GryllsA parachute from hot air balloon brings team Bear to Masai country in northern Kenya, a savanna favorite with safari tourists. Bear shows how dangerous getting behind there can be, say as your vehicle breaks down, and how to survive and seek rescue. Starting on the arid plain, Bear treats his graze wounds with medicinal aloe vera, navigates by the sky and shows healthy respect for both elements, notably the scorching heath and a volcano, and the mighty wildlife, especially big cats, elephants, rhinoceros, and when he must cross a river the crocodiles and hippopotamuses which infest it. After sleepless -wild sounds haunted- night barricaded by thorny branches in a cave, he eats whatever he can find, and out of potable water, as even the river bed is utterly dry apart from stinking pools, drinks even the brown drip from elephant dung.
- StarsBear GryllsBear enjoys a risky parachute jump into California's largest, rough and varied mountain range, landing in a lake and hastily stripping to his boxers and improvising fire to avoid hypothermia as the nights are freezing. Using techniques of local Indian tribe, he climbs a tree for orientation, works his way down a peek and crosses changing terrain, through dizzying cliffs, satisfies his hungry self with the little food he can catch, like small snakes and a stick-stunned rabbit, always racing the clock for food and shelter by daylight. Having crossed the forest and nasty shrubs of the 'chaparral', he reaches the mighty river Colorado, builds a raft and finds it a poor match for the rapids, yet perseveres.
- DirectorScott TankardStarsBear GryllsThousands of skiers, snowboarders and mountain climbers visit Alaska each year in search of virgin snow, and hundreds of people end up lost in the wilderness. Armed with only a bottle of water, a knife and a flint, Bear's challenge is to make it to the coast from where he hopes to find signs of civilization. During his journey, he travels down extreme mountain slopes, over glaciers and through bear-infested forests, and navigates a small boat through treacherous ice floes. Bear shows viewers what it takes to survive in one of the coldest environments on earth.
- StarsBear GryllsBear shows the challenges of stranding on an uninhabited minor Hawaiian island, as after shipwreck, albeit parachuted. He explores it for food, other resources, a suitable shelter, a signal fire, rain collection. Spear fishing and diving are very hard, the yield modest. So he builds a raft and sets out in high sea, despite the risks including thirst, hunger, sunburn -despite self-made skin protection- and a hungry tiger shark.
- StarsBear GryllsEven by Australian Outback standards, Kimberley is a vast and desolate wasteland, home to an inhospitable wildlife with a record concentration of poisonous species. Bear braves it, paying due tribute to traditional Aboriginal survival skills, showing how stranded tourists may still hope to get out alive. Even he wrestles with the scorching heat, leaving most of the and dry and very hard to find water or food, so you can't be picky, eating anything not dangerous and drinking what you can, even recycling your own filtered fresh urine. After a storm in a hastily improvised shelter, Bear heads for the marshy lands near the coast, with a healthy respect for crocodiles, the sweet water being dangerous enough, but seaworthy 'salties' are believed to bite harder the tyrannosaurus, and aggressive in breeding season like then, yet Bear must prepare to wade or dive croc-infested, murky waters.
- StarsBear GryllsAfter sky-diving down, Bear crosses the vast, scorching-hot Mexican Copper canyon, south of the US border. Bear finds the dehydrating heat by day -and icy nights- his greatest challenge while climbing up and down high, steep, unpredictable cliffs. The arid land, surprisingly varied with volcanic hot springs, waterfalls and a glacier, offers little water and sustenance, so he must filter unpolluted pools or finds steaming water and eat what he can catch, like fat grubs and tail-removed scorpions. Exploring a cave with a self-made torch, Bear braves his animal phobia, bats, and is delighted to find a river section with fish he can catch by hand after building primitive rock dams at both sides.
- DirectorBen DuncanStarsBear GryllsWhile hundreds of thousands of tourists visit Iceland every year to witness freezing glaciers, steaming geothermal areas and huge black sand deserts, more than a thousand visitors find themselves requiring a rescue. Adventurer Bear Grylls demonstrates how to make a snow cave, find water in deep tunnels and avoid frostbite in this Arctic environment. Because finding food is a problem in this climate, Bear is forced to eat a sheep's eyeball and catch a ptarmigan (a wild bird). He also has to deal with blizzards and 50 mph winds as he attempts to reach safety.
- DirectorClare DornanStarsBear GryllsBear is dropped in the Scottish Highlands, the wildest UK region, notably Cairngorm National Park, every year still quite risky for its many tourists. The unforgiving winter elements scourge Bear with icy wind, cold and precipitation, so he must regularly seek shelter in between threading carefully on snow, ice, slippery moss and sliding pebbles or dealing with snowy slopes with avalanche risk, a rotting deer carcass is inedible but can be skinned for a coat, alas too heavy to carry long. Food and potable water are scares, so he purifies with moss and sets rabbit snare traps yielding a glorious meal. Bear strips to his boxers to keep his clothes dry when he must cross water, notably the murky marshes which can act as quicksand.
- DirectorTony LeeStarsBear GryllsChris KrattIn the sun-scorched Sahara Desert, Grylls uses survival tactics of the indigenous people, including eating a scorpion and a sandfish. He also explains how to escape from quicksand.
- DirectorLouie PsihoyosStarsRichard O'BarryLouie PsihoyosHardy JonesUsing state-of-the-art equipment, a group of activists, led by renowned dolphin trainer Ric O'Barry, infiltrate a cove near Taijii, Japan to expose both a shocking instance of animal abuse and a serious threat to human health.
- StarsScott E. ParazynskiGreg StebnerAstronaut Scott Parazynski first saw Everest from 300 miles up in space, but he's been dreaming about it since he was a little kid. His first attempt to climb the mountain failed and he's determined that won't happen again as he heads for the summit with a team that includes the oldest American to attempt Everest. The higher they climb, the more of his team mates turn back with exhaustion and life threatening symptoms. Will Scott be the last man standing?
- StarsGreg StebnerChristopher VandaeleIt's a new season on Everest, the world's deadliest mountain, and more climbers than every have arrived at Base Camp ready to risk their lives to stand on top of the world. Huge avalanches tear down the mountain at 200 miles an hour and strike terror into the hearts of rookies and expert mountaineers alike; an amateur climber makes Everest history with a daring dash for the summit but another pays the ultimate price as the biggest avalanche of the season buries climbers alive.
- StarsGreg StebnerFour years ago John Golden couldn't climb the stairs of his home, now he's trying o climb Everest. John was a promising College Football player when a terrible knee injury ended his dreams of turning professional and left him barely able to walk. But a knee transplant from a dead donor two years ago transformed his life and he's determined to prove his new knee by climbing the world's highest mountain. When John and his team spot a small gap of good weather, they gamble on racing to the summit but as they reach the highest camp, the weather window slams shut and they're forced to retreat in blizzard conditions. Half way down, John takes a big fall and his life hangs in the balance as his team mates desperately try to get him back to safety.
- StarsGreg StebnerChristopher VandaeleThe weather on Everest is perfect and hundreds of climbers are all heading for the summit on the same few days. Legendary expedition leader Russell Brice's first team are caught in the human traffic jams high on the mountain and at 28,000 feet every minute counts. Delays mean running out of bottled oxygen or freezing to death, so one of Russell's guides takes matters into his own hands. He holds back rival climbers while his team push through a notorious bottleneck. But is it too little too late?
- StarsPhurba Tashi SherpaRod BaberDarius VaiciulisClimbers arrive at Everest Base Camp and quickly learn the dangers of the mountain.They are shocked to discover how badly their minds and bodies cope as they move to Advance Base Camp. A cameraman collapses with intense stomach pains. A member of an Indian expedition collapses with acute mountain sickness. It is up to expedition physician, Terry, to lead a full-scale rescue mission.
- StarsGreg StebnerA storm heading straight for Everest threatens to end the climbing season early but expedition leader Russell Brice still has one team to get to the summit. As other teams retreat, Russell monitors the weather forecast with an expert eye and makes the call that his team can just make it before the storm hits. But these are his weakest climbers and it's an all or nothing gamble. If he's got it wrong his team could be trapped at extreme altitude in a killer storm.
- DirectorAnthony MandlerStarsDavid BeckhamDavid GardnerAnthony MandlerAfter 22 years of playing for the world's greatest football teams, David Beckham has retired and he has the freedom to do whatever he wants. To mark the occasion he's going on an adventure. He's chosen Brazil, and he's taking 3 of his closest friends to join him on this once in a lifetime experience. Starting with a beach foot-volleyball game in Rio, they travel deep into the Amazon, ending up with the remote Yanonami tribe, with David desperately trying to explain the beautiful game.
- DirectorGonzalo ArijonDocumentary about Rio de Janeiro police trying to clean up drug-infested areas of the city, prior to hosting the FIFA World Cup.
- StarsDan SnowRoy CadmanJohn RaaenAn examination of how two years of planning, espionage and analysis helped the Allied Forces win D-Day
- DirectorTim DunnStarsDan SnowHoward LargeKaye B. PuckettWith unprecedented access to thousands of top secret aerial photographs, compelling story telling, state of the art graphics and dramatic reconstruction, historian Dan Snow examines the incredible events of 6th June 1944. Nothing less than the freedom of the western world was at stake as the Allies launched the largest amphibious assault in history. Dan Snow examines how two years of meticulous planning, espionage and the analysis of millions of aerial photographs shaped the outcome of this day of days and hears the testimonies of those who risked their lives to save the world from Nazi tyranny.
- DirectorTim DunnStarsDan SnowRoy CadmanJim WallworkWith unprecedented access to thousands of top secret aerial photographs, compelling story telling, state of the art graphics and dramatic reconstruction, historian Dan Snow examines the incredible events of 6th June 1944. Nothing less than the freedom of the western world was at stake as the Allies launched the largest amphibious assault in history. Dan Snow examines how two years of meticulous planning, espionage and the analysis of millions of aerial photographs shaped the outcome of this day of days and hears the testimonies of those who risked their lives to save the world from Nazi tyranny.
- DirectorGabriela CowperthwaiteStarsTilikumDave DuffusSamantha BergA documentary following the controversial captivity of killer whales, and its dangers for both humans and whales.
- DirectorAlastair FothergillMark LinfieldStarsDavid AttenboroughSigourney WeaverNikolay Drozdov"Planet Earth" travels around the Earth, finding where the sun always shines and where it's rarely seen. Next, they find where water is abundant and where it's scarce.
- DirectorAlastair FothergillStarsDavid AttenboroughSigourney WeaverDoug AllanMountains are the most prominent products of the immense forces which shape the living planet: tectonic drift, volcanic activity and erosion by wind, water, frost and precipitation. We see how wildlife adapts to the harsh, often extreme conditions in various types of mountain ranges, such as Gelada baboons on a suddenly volcano-pushed Ethiopian peek, pumas in the Andes, grizzly bears in the Rockies, snow leopards in the Himalaya.
- DirectorJustin KellyStarsBear GryllsLost in the Panamanian rain forest Bear finds his bearings and navigates to his prearranged helicopter pick up point. Along the way he turns geological obstacles to his advantage and points out unexpected dangers and benefits. Then Bear demonstrates the difficulty of navigating a mangrove swamp.