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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.

This documentary film unearths the lasting cultural impact of J Paul Getty and the Getty Centre in Los Angeles - the wealthiest art institution in the world.

Learn how archaeologists found the Dead Sea Scrolls and how the entire world reacted to their discovery. This documentary entails a vivid reenactment which seeks to trace just how the documents ended up where they did.

David Attenborough narrates The Legends of Santa, a documentary about christmas and Santa Claus. It tells the history behind Santa Claus and how he became a symbol to all about christmas.

Nature tech follows our quest to understand and utilize nature technology, so we might apply these winning designs of evolution in a new, human context.

In the foothills of the Dhaulagiri range of northwestern Nepal, the peaks are over 8000 meters high. Here lives Moti, a 14 year old boy, nestled atop a small village on green rolling hills. He is a part of a honey hunter gatherer group, setting out for the first time to gather honey in the Himalayas.

This 2-part environmental documentary series shows how desertification is changing the balance of the earth and affecting two continents in particular: Asia and Europe.

Join Sir David Attenborough and a team scientists as they reveal the secrets of living lights.

Meet Hugh, a man who's fascination and obsessiveness with the number 12 has become so extreme it's causing his life to be filled with problems.

This halv-hour short video depicts three patients displaying psychosis. Each patient is being interviewed by a provisioned psychiatrist.

Legendary British documentarian Adam Curtis's documentary series 'The Century of the Self' offers a glimpse into a world of politics and mass psychology like no other.

Soldiers in Hiding sheds light on the traumatic war experiences undergone by war veterans in the Vietnam war.

Within Japan, there's a place that's like another world: Gion, in Kyoto. When night falls in this historic district, nearly 100 geiko come out to entertain.

Tens of thousands of people live in Zabbaleen, on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt, they all make a living out of recycling the entire capital city’s refuse. Their whole town is a slum providing the inhabitants with almost everything they need: from kids’ toys to fodder for livestock.

This documentary offers an intimate insight into the world of the Hutterites, a Christian community who believe living communally and separate from what they call 'the world' is the route to heaven.

This six-part documentary series follows residents of Manila's Tondo slum as they live, love, survive and aspire in some of the world's toughest living conditions.

Some people embrace ageing as a beautiful thing. Others see it as a disease. Follow those who fight ageing and find out how far scientists are from achieving eternal youth.

This educational biography of Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace tells the story of two independent discoveries of the natural origin of species: the Theory of Evolution.

Discover where corn came from with evolutionary biologist Dr. Neil Losin as he embarks on a historical quest to understand the origin of maize(corn).

Nature tech follows our quest to understand and utilize nature technology, so we might apply these winning designs of evolution in a new, human context.

Kentucky Teenage Vampires is a crime documentary investigating vampire cult killer Rod Ferrell, the actions his crimes caused and the community he left behind.

23 years ago a Surrey schoolgirl vanished without a trace. Two decades later, an ex-counter-terrorist cop living in the nearby town starts to investigate.

This documentary tells the tale of Henri Désiré Landru, a twisted French serial killer. He was a seemingly respectable man in France who singled women out with the sole aim of murdering them. What is his motive and what is his story? Join in as we investigate The Bluebeard Case.

This interview-styled crime documentary series features an array of different police interrogations, where police investigators and psychologists assess criminal suspects.

Presenter Richard Grant takes to the road in American Nomads, a life full of of constant journey - a wandering life of adventure from one place to the other in Southwestern U.S.A.

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.

Since the 1970's Majuli islander Jadav Payeng has been planting trees in order to save his island. Humble yet passionate and philosophical about his work, Payeng takes us on a journey into his incredible forest.

For most Japanese school children, school lunches are more than just a tray of food. This documentary sets out to understand the culture, food and society choices behind Kyushoku (Japanese School Lunch).

Baraka is a documentary film with no narrative or voice-over. It explores themes via a compilation of natural events, life, human activities and technological phenomena shot in 24 countries on six continents over a 14-month period.

Ruled by poverty, political unrest and corruption, Togo: Tough to Survive sets out to explore societal life in Togo. Poverty dictates every day, and besides working themselves to near death - parents are forced to let their children work on manual labor to afford enough food on the table.

A fourth-grade class in a primary school in Kanazawa, northwest of Tokyo, learn lessons about compassion from their homeroom teacher, Toshiro Kanamori.

This is the story about the disappearance of a 13-year-old boy who vanished in the USA and seemingly reappeared three years later in Spain. Or did he?