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Harrowing stories of tragedy and triumph are brought to life through official reports, transcripts and interviews with the pilots, air traffic...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Stephen Bogaert

They are the high-flying pride of the U.S. military, one-of-a-kind warriors that, over the decades, collectively revolutionized aerial warfare....

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Bill Pullman introduces and narrates this four-part documentary on the world's first national park, Yellowstone.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Bill Pullman

From the 1920s through the 1960s, America transformed from a young country on the rise into a global superpower. Using digital colorization...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Liev Schreiber

The ocean floor is home to centuries' worth of sunken vessels integrated into marine habitats. Explore extraordinary wrecks around the world and...

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This series follows the stories of the orangutans and the staff at the world’s biggest orangutan rehabilitation center.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Keeley Hawes

The Pantanal is the world's largest tropical wetland, a lush environment where a tangled web of lives comes together. Tree-dwelling capuchin monkeys,...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Daniel Coutinho

From the Legends of King Arthur and Robin Hood to the recent events of the Russian Revolution, history is full of fascinating and evocative unsolved...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Struan Rodger

An exploration of how some of the world's biggest man-made structures were built.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Jay Ellis

Hell Below is an event-based series charting the stealth game of sub sea warfare, tracking the dramatic narrative from contact to attack of the...

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Aerial Africa reveals the fascinating stories you'd never find if you weren't in the air.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Ike Amadi

Take off on a thrilling flight across America. This epic series offers rare glimpses of our nation's most treasured landmarks, all seen from...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Jim Conrad

Take a journey back in time and immerse yourself in a 150-year-old battle that nearly split our nation in two. This three-part series explores famous...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Dennis Haysbert

Little-known events that played a large role in determining the outcome of World War II are revealed in this documentary series.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Allan Corduner

Encounter the Pearl Harbor attacks, the L.A. riots, the Son of Sam murders and Patty Hearst's kidnapping the way they unfolded on TVs and radios...

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Aerial Australia takes viewers on a breathtaking airborne odyssey across this diverse continent unveiling a tapestry of awe-inspiring landscapes that...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Mark Coles Smith

The European Union has been beset by a series of comings and goings over the last few years, each triggering its own brand of crisis. The civil war...

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This documentary series brings to life Egypt’s great pyramid builders and traces one remarkable century of epic construction at Giza, shining a...

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Genre: Documentary

Cast: Mark Bazeley

Journey to Zambia's Luangwa Valley, a landscape abundant with prey. In the spectacular wilderness, two neighboring lion prides lay claim to prime...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Sam Davies