Documentary

Coming off a victory in a libel suit against the press, libertarian government minister Peter Laurence (Hugh Laurie) had the unshakable support of his base and a clear path towards his ambitions. However, a grave family scandal unbeknownst even to him...

In the picturesque fishing village of Thurlbury, gift shop owner/busybody Maggie Cole (Dawn French) fancied herself the authority on both town and townspeople. Having gotten sloshed during a radio interview, however, she spills salacious gossip on six...

He's taken on the Civil War, baseball and jazz. Now, spurred by a personal tragedy, America's foremost documentarian is tackling cancer. According to the Associated Press, Ken Burns will collaborate with Siddhartha Mukherjee to bring the authors book The...

Professor Stephen Hawking reveals our true potential in a radical new science show which challenges a selection of volunteers and the viewer to think like the greatest geniuses and answer some of humanity's toughest questions. Using large scale...

The Elegant Universe: Physicist Brian Greene's bestselling book comes to the small screen in this stimulating look at a complicated topic: The search for order in the universe. Is a revolutionary proposal-"string theory"-the answer scientists have been...

Story Of China With Michael Wood DVD

In the quest for world domination, the Nazis built some of the biggest and deadliest pieces of military hardware and malevolent technology in history. Nazi Mega Weapons follows a group of experts on a dark journey through Europe's mountains, forests and...

Nova: Wonders - Season 1 DVD

For over two millennia, India has been at the center of world history. In this landmark series, historian and acclaimed writer Michael Wood embarks on a dazzling and exciting expedition through today's India, looking to the present for clues to her past,...

Liberty! The American Revolution is a dramatic documentary about the birth of the American Republic and the struggle of a loosely connected group of states to become a nation. The George Foster Peabody award-winning series brings the people, events, and...

Nazi Mega Weapons follows a team of experts on a dark journey through Europe's mountains, forests, and fjords, to uncover engineering secrets that have lain hidden for decades. Using stunning drama reconstructions, carefully crafted CGI, and rarely seen...

Sir Edmund Hillary was a bee-keeper, mountaineer, war veteran, explorer, philanthropist, husband, father, and the first person to ever reach the summit of Mount Everest. From his childhood in South Auckland, New Zealand, to the plane crash that killed...