Ancient Warriors

Ancient Warriors is a 1994 20-part documentary series from the Discovery Channel.Each half-hour episode looks at a major fighting people or force and charts the reasons for their rise to dominance and subsequent fall.The show explores the motivations of ancient soldiers, as well as how they lived, fought, trained, died, and changed the world.It also uses battle re-enactments and computer graphics to demonstrate military strategy.The VikingsKnights ...

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The Perfect Home

In this three part programme, Alain de Botton goes in search of answers to our housing crisis and comes up with some suggestions for the perfect home: a kind of architecture that can make us happy. In PART ONE he went in search of answers to our housing crisis, and came up with some suggestions for the perfect home: a kind of architecture that can make us happy as our environments determine how we feel. Watch part one on Tudou, Veoh or ...

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Status Anxiety

We care about our status for a simple reason: because most people tend to be nice to us according to the amount of status we have (it is no coincidence that the first question we tend to be asked by new acquaintances is ‘ What do you do?’). With the help of philosophers, artists and writers, the book examines the origins of status anxiety (ranging from the consequences of the French Revolution to our secret dismay at the success of our friends), ...

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Philosophy: A Guide to Happiness

This six part series is presented by popular British philosopher Alain de Botton, featuring six thinkers who have influenced history and their ideas about the pursuit of the happy life.Episode 1: Socrates on Self-Confidence Why do so many people go along with the crowd and fail to stand up for what they truly believe? Partly because they are too easily swayed by other people's opinions and partly because they don't know when to have confidence in ...

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Racism: A History

Racism: A History is a three-part British documentary series originally broadcast on BBC Four in March 2007.It was part of the season of programmes broadcast on the BBC marking the 200th anniversary of the Slave Trade Act 1807, a landmark piece of legislation which abolished the slave trade in the British Empire.The series explores the impact of racism on a global scale and chronicles the shifts in the perception of race and the history of racism ...

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Nat Geo's Egyptian Underworld

New excavations are revealing more than we've ever known about Egyptian life after death.To the ancient Egyptians, life after death was a high-stakes underworld journey fraught with terrifying obstacles: fiery lakes of death, battles with bona fide monsters, and ultimately eternal death or resurrection with the sun.It's a journey each Egyptian believed was real, and for the pharaoh the stakes were even higher – the entire cosmos depended on the king's ...

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The Mystery of the Sphinx

Hosted by Charlton Heston, it explores the possibility that the Sphinx maybe older than expected. John Anthony West examines that water erosion on the Sphinx can pre-date it to 10,000 years old?. Other mysteries such as how they moved 200 ton stone blocks to build the pyramids, the secret chambers under the Sphinx and the links to the pyramids that are suggested on Mars. Entertaining viewing, recommended. Made in 1993 televised on N ...

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Africa

1 - Different But Equal 2 - Mastering A Continent 3 - Caravans of Gold Episode 4 is missing. If you have a link to it please submit it. 5 - The Bible and The Gun ...

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How Earth Made Us

Professor Iain Stewart continues his epic exploration of how the planet has shaped human history. WATER This time he explores our complex relationship with water. Visiting spectacular locations in Iceland, the Middle East and India, Iain shows how control over water has been central to human existence. He takes a precarious flight in a motorised paraglider to experience the cycle of freshwater that we depend on, discovers how villagers ...

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The Marvels Of Madagascar

Discover the unique cultures, places, landscapes and critters that make Madagascar one of the most marvelous places on earth!Aussie Adventurer and Award-winning Newsman, Greg Grainger s passion for exciting destinations has led him to film activities as diverse as sky burials in Tibet to Shark riding in Tahiti. His films are fast-paced and exciting, offering viewers a dynamic experience that will keep them on the edge of their sea ...

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Nat Geo's The Last Lioness

A haunting call echoes across the Liuwa Plain. There is no answer, there hasn't been for years.She has no pride, no support - she alone must safeguard her own survival. Her name is Lady Liuwa, and she is the Last Lioness.Isolated by a scourge of illegal trophy hunting that wiped out the rest of her species in the region, Lady Liuwa is the only known resident lion surviving on Zambia's Liuwa Plain.For four years, cameraman Herbert Brauer watched her ...

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Extraordinary Birds

Extraordinary Birds: The gift of flight would seem reason enough for humanity's fascination with birds. But there's even more to it than that. Birds are remarkable for a wide range of exceptional physical abilities, for their indications of intelligence, and — for some species — their surprising level of rapport with humans.In the small Indian village of Kundha Kulam, for example, birds' arrival are a sign to the townspeople that rain will follow ...

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An African Journey

After four decades of reporting from the continent, Jonathan Dimbleby returns to Africa on a 7,000-mile journey to discover how it is chang ...

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The Incredible Human Journey

The Incredible Human Journey is a five-episode science documentary and accompanying book, written and presented by Alice Roberts. It was first broadcast on BBC television in May and June 2009 in the UK. It explains the evidence for the theory of early human migrations out of Africa and subsequently around the world, supporting the Out of Africa Theory. This theory claims that all modern humans are descended from ...

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Serengeti National Park

Going around Serengeti National Park Tanzania 2 ...

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Ngorongoro National Park

Going around Ngorongoro National Park in Tanzania 20 ...

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National Park Lake Manyara

Going around National Park Lake Mayara Tanzania 2 ...

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