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Language
English
Description
What happens when you take a culture that's shunned the modern world and force it to live in the 21st century? The Amish travel by horse and buggy and dress as their forebears did when they landed in America 300 years ago. Countless rules prevent them from using electric lights, radio, TV and mobile phones. This documentary follows two Amish families struggling to get to grips with modernity.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Princess Margaret's life and loves reflected the social and sexual revolution that transformed the Western world during the 20th century. With sumptuous archival materials and revealing interviews, the series follows Margaret's life as she redefined the image of the modern princess, showing how her character combined the rebellious force of modernity with a respect for tradition.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Examine the world's most extraordinary wildlife living in the newest and fastest changing habitat on the planet - cities. The innovative three-part series features a diverse cast of animals that are adjusting to this new world better than predicted, not only applying their natural born skills and abilities to life in the city, but also making amazing physical or behavioral adaptations.
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
In celebration of the twentieth anniversary of the first Harry Potter book, this documentary visits the real-life magical history behind J.K. Rowling's beloved classics. With footage from the British Library's exhibition and exclusive access to a priceless collection of artifacts, take a tour around the mesmerizing journey creating this global phenomenon. Includes interviews with J.K. Rowling herself as she examines the most exciting items on display....
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Lucy Worsley re-stages the wedding of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, including the most important elements of the ceremony and the celebrations, scouring archival materials and Queen Victoria's diaries for the details. Lucy also tells the story of Victoria and Albert's courtship and engagement as she reveals how this one extraordinary event helped to invent modern marriage.
6) Time
Publisher
BBC Studios
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Mark Cobden is a husband and father like any other. Except that he's responsible for the death of an innocent man. Tortured by visions of his victim, Mark welcomes his four-year sentence as penance for his crime. But in this brutal environment, a former teacher is an easy target for the more ruthless residents. Eric McNally is a dedicated prison officer, doing his best to protect those in his charge. And in an understaffed prison that's brimming with...
Publisher
BBC Earth
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Sixty-six million years ago, a gigantic asteroid slammed into Earth, wiping out the dinosaurs. There's strong evidence of the asteroid impact, but no fossils of a dinosaur killed in the event have ever been found. Now, at a dig site in North Dakota, scientists have uncovered a wealth of fossilized creatures that could reveal a more detailed picture of the devastating day the asteroid hit. Following a trail of remarkably well-preserved fossils, including...
Series
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
This Christmas, the Doctor comes face to face with, the Doctor! The first and current Doctors contemplate mortality in the Arctic as the join forces against a common enemy, revisit another last-of-its-kind being, and are ultimately responsible for the life of a WWI soldier.
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Freddy is looking for a new 'hunting' accomplice. Having positioned herself as a hapless victim, rather than the ruthless killer we know her to be, Freddy has caught the public eye and her bank balance and ego have swelled. But she has also attracted the attention of a serial killer. When people near Freddy start dying, Detectives Lola and Jackson are convinced she's found a new hunting partner. Will they finally prove Freddy's guilt or let her get...
Publisher
BBC Studios
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
The fourth series promises to raise the bar ever higher, with Britain's foremost acting talent clamouring for roles. Always aiming to surprise, delight, unnerve and amuse in equal measure, the anthology format continues combining a different mix of horror, thriller, drama and comedy. New settings will include a country farmhouse, a mysterious photographic darkroom, and the entire ninth floor of a luxury hotel. And even the doors of some very ordinary-seeming...
12) New Tricks: S5
Publisher
BBC Studios
Pub. Date
2025.
Language
English
Description
Superintendent Sandra Pullman and her Unsolved Crime and Open Case Squad of grumpy retired coppers - Brian Lane, Gerry Standing and Jack Halford - work at the London Metropolitan Police investigating unsolved crimes and cold cases. Firmly stuck in the past, their unorthodox policing methods clash with the political correctness of a modern Met. But, despite her best efforts to keep them on the straight and narrow, Pullman has to concede that sometimes...
Publisher
BBC Studios
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Ben Miller stars in a romantic comedy about one man's struggle to win back his wife. Murray is a devoted husband; he works hard, and is a loyal friend and colleague. When he throws a surprise birthday party for his wife Bex, it's Murray who gets the biggest shock of the night - she's leaving him. Murray's quest to win Bex back is going to be quite a battle. Whether accidentally assaulting a romantic rival, or failing to impress Bex with a tenuous...
14) Him & Her: S1
Publisher
BBC Studios
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Steve and Becky are young, unemployed and lazy. All they want to do is eat, drink and have sex - so they do. They don't want to get a job - so they don't. They're happy to spend their days watching DVDs in Steve's bedsit, but they're constantly interrupted by Dan - the lonely bloke from upstairs, Laura and Paul - Becky's sister and her fiancé or, most frighteningly for Steve, Becky's parents. Him and Her is an anti-romantic comedy, lifting the lid...
15) Happy Valley
Publisher
BBC Studios
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Compelling crime thriller starring Sarah Lancashire as a police officer.
16) Happy Valley S2
Publisher
BBC Studios
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Sarah Lancashire returns in the acclaimed thriller written by Sally Wainwright.
17) Trigonometry
Publisher
BBC Studios
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Gemma and Kieran love each other deeply but life in London is wearing them, and their bank account, down. To keep afloat they welcome Ray into their small flat. It turns out she’s the missing piece of the puzzle: together the three of them just work. This isn’t just a close friendship – it’s the real thing. Can they live and love as a trio? Or will life get in the way?
Publisher
BBC Studios
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith star in their award-winning anthology of twisted tales, where every story will either make you shake with fear or shriek with laughter. And usually both. From seedy hotels to penthouse flats, from lip-readers to diamond thieves, and from the Last Night of the Proms to The Ninth Circle of Hell, you never know quite what to expect.
19) Stella
Publisher
BBC Studios
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Ruth Jones stars in this heartwarming comedy drama portraying family life in working-class Wales.