This documentary follows professional rock climber Adam Ondra, currently one of the best climbers in the world, conquering the Hanshelleren cave in Flatanger - also called Silence.
Filmed over the space of a year, The Adventure follows three illegal immigrants living in Athens, their obsession with leaving, and the need for money and luck.
In 2015 an earthquake shook the mountains of the Langtang Valley, Nepal, causing landslides and avalanches taking hundreds of lives. A year later Nima Gyalmu, a woman of strength, dignity and humour rebuilds her house in this remote and shattered place while trying to come to terms with her new world in the heart of the Himalayas.
Presented by acclaimed historian Dan Jones, this four-part documentary series reveals the true history of the Wars of the Roses. Scripted reenactments combined with Jones's unique storytelling to bring to life a tale of human frailties, rivalries, forced hands, and sheer luck that changed Britain and the monarchy forever.
A team of modern builders set out to understand and reconstruct the engineering feats of the ancient Roman Colosseum, an iconic building of the ancient world.
The Incas were master builders, fearsome warriors and practitioners of human sacrifice. Yet this mighty state was conquered by a small band of Spanish adventurers. How did this happen? Anthropologist Bill Sullivan sets out to find the answer to the myth.
The rainforests of Papua New Guinea are under threat from deforestation. One man hoping to save these vast jungles is Chief Mundiya Kepanga of the Huli tribe.
The New Silk Road is one of the most ambitious undertakings by far to be put forward by the Chinese president Xi Jinping. 10,000 kilometers of road, a railway line and a shipping route from western China to Europe via Kazakhstan, the Urals and Moscow. In the form of a geopolitical road movie, this documentary looks at the far-reaching shifts in the Eurasian power balance.
What happens if human beings can’t handle the power of their own weaponry? This episode of Dan Carlin's Hardcore History examines the dangerous early years of the Nuclear Age and humankind’s efforts to avoid self-destruction at the hands of its own creation.
In Painfotainment, Dan Carlin takes a look at some of the bloodiest passages in human history. This podcast features time periods such as ancient Rome, the French revolution, modern times with capital punishment and much more.
The iPhone teardown, undertaken by third-party teams around the world, provides a roadmap for the life of iPhones: Is it repairable? Who made the components inside it? The answers to these questions shift stock markets, electronics design, and consumer experience.
Set in ancient Europe, The Celtic Holocaust goes back to the gallic wars when Julius Caesar and the Roman empire subjugated northern Europe. Together with Dan Carlin, we take a look through Caesar's eyes and march with his army to conquer the native Celtic tribal people of ancient Gaul.
We head to Nepal to witness the centuries-old tradition of worshipping Kumari, a living goddess manifested in the body of a young girl, to see how life is for the sacred children spending their lives in a temple - and what happens when they grow.
This documentary visits the people of Samburu, who have maintained a strict patriarchy for over 500 years in northern Kenya. That is, until 25 years ago, when Rebecca Lolosoli founded Umoja village as a safe haven for the region's women.