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[Documentary, Action & Adventure, Reality]
Seeking out incredible people who perform real feats that look like magic, David Blaine takes viewers on a jaw-dropping journey through some of the world's most extraordinary cultures as he seeks out kindred spirits, finds inspiration, and learns some truly exceptional skills along the way.
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Sacred Paths
Sacred Paths
In emblematic places around the world, Frédéric Lenoir, philosopher, sociologist and writer, goes to meet those who experience a spiritual quest, both religious and secular. A pilgrimage that mixes the voices of anonymous witnesses and personalities such as the Buddhist monk Matthieu Ricard, the apneist Guillaume Néry and the astrophysicist Hubert Reeves.
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The Crime of the Century
The Crime of the Century
A searing indictment of Big Pharma and the political operatives and government regulations that enable over-production, reckless distribution and abuse of synthetic opiates.
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Diversion
Diversion
Six magic artists—illusionists, quick change specialists and even pickpocket artists—create a one-of-a-kind experience.
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That's Incredible!
That's Incredible!
A look at the more unusual sides of nature, medicine and human endeavor. It's all about things that just can't happen...and the people they happen to.
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Houses of Art
Houses of Art
The series Houses of Art takes viewers to places where great artists lived, worked, and found inspiration. It is in these settings that masterpieces were created and personal dramas unfolded—offering a cinematic journey of discovery through the landmarks of European art history.
Far from the bustle of the world, artists found creative momentum in homes that still bear the imprint of their genius today, attracting visitors from all corners of the globe.
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DOTA: Dragon's Blood
DOTA: Dragon's Blood
After encounters with a dragon and a princess on her own mission, a Dragon Knight becomes embroiled in events larger than he could have ever imagined.
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Legends of the Hidden Temple
Legends of the Hidden Temple
In a Temple filled with lost treasures and protected by mysterious Mayan temple guards, six teams of two children compete to retrieve one of the historical artifacts in the Temple by performing physical stunts and answering questions based on history, mythology, and geography. After three elimination rounds, only one team remains, who then earns the right to go through the Temple to retrieve the artifact within three minutes and win a grand prize.
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NASA's Unexplained Files
NASA's Unexplained Files
Dive into the mysteries of some of NASA’s most curious missions and explore stories of engineering achievement and human endurance. Each episode offers first hand testimony from astronauts, NASA mission footage, plus beautifully rendered CGI to bring to life these voyages that reveal unexplained sightings that have dogged many of NASA’s most famous missions.
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Saving paradise
Saving paradise
The breathtaking beauty of some natural sites should not obscure their role as unique ecosystems. Within them, animal species and nature live in harmony. Sadly, their wealth makes them a prime target for men’s greed. The fight to protect them is a relentless one, and the people who lead it have become true heroes of our time.
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UFO Europe: The Untold Stories
UFO Europe: The Untold Stories
Are we finally a step closer to understanding the great unknown and what it may – or may not – hold? Man has always been curious about what is really out there in the vastness of space, and UFO sightings have been reported for years. Now, with video footage of sightings, radar evidence and eyewitness accounts from around the world, UFOs: The Untold Stories (Tuesdays at 8pm from 13th November) provides an in-depth look at the fascinating and disturbing aspects of encounters with the unexplained.
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In Vogue: The 90s
In Vogue: The 90s
The '90s was the decade when high fashion walked off the runway and into mainstream culture. Featuring an A-list cast from the worlds of fashion, film and music, alongside Vogue's Anna Wintour and Edward Enninful, this landmark series reveals the inside story of the 90s' most celebrated fashion and pop culture moments.
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Seven Worlds, One Planet
Seven Worlds, One Planet
Millions of years ago, incredible forces ripped apart the Earth’s crust creating seven extraordinary continents. This documentary series reveals how each distinct continent has shaped the unique animal life found there.
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Search for Second Earth
Search for Second Earth
Search for Second Earth brings to life, in breathtaking CGI, an epic future journey that our species has already begun: the voyage of an autonomous spacecraft to a planet beyond our Solar System in search of life. Join NASA planetary explorers Gentry Lee and Steve Squyres; and exo-planet hunters Sara Seager, Francois Forget and Natalie Batalha on their quest to find life beyond Earth.
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In the Heart of the Games
In the Heart of the Games
Behind-the-scenes documentary "In the Heart of the Games" offers an intimate look into the 2024 Paris Olympics and Paralympics, showcasing the athletes, families, and organizers. It is split into two parts: one covering preparation for the Games, another covering the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games as they are happening
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The Carbonaro Effect
The Carbonaro Effect
Michael Carbonaro is a magician by trade, but a prankster by heart. Michael performs baffling tricks on unsuspecting people in everyday situations, all caught on hidden camera. Everyone is left stunned and delighted, even though they have no idea what just hit them.
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Hot Roads - The World's Most Dangerous Roads
Hot Roads - The World's Most Dangerous Roads
A risky expedition along thoroughfares that harbor mortal danger for those who use them or live on them. They run through deserts, ice, and snow, deep in the jungle, along water, and over mountains: the world's most dangerous roads, truly "hot roads." Many have died along these roads.
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Top Guns: The Next Generation
Top Guns: The Next Generation
Follow a class of Navy and Marine Corps student pilots as they enter the final and most unforgiving phase of elite strike fighter training. It's six months of high-stakes aerial training, brutal physical demands, and emotional reckoning - where only the top performers earn the chance to fly the most coveted aircrafts.