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Focusing on hunters and hunting, the brutal ending of a life, an act which sustains another’s. The hunt is by far the most dramatic event on the plains of the Serengeti. Part 3 of 12.
We reveal how three human beings grappled with the most dangerous two weeks in human history, when events, many outside their control, threatened to ignite a nuclear holocaust that could have ended human civilisation. Showing how extraordinarily close we came to self-destruction, the inside story of the Cuban Missile Crisis is a critical reminder of just how much power and responsibility lies with the President of the United States and other leaders with access to nuclear weapons... and how much personality counts when things spiral out of control. On the brink of a nuclear war, who would you want in the White House? Bringing to life the three central figures in the crisis - President John F. Kennedy, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev and Cuban leader Fidel Castro - the film explores the roles each played during these most dangerous of all times. It features revealing interviews with key witnesses, along with revelations from recently declassified Top Secret documents.
In July 1966, North Vietnam's fleet of MiG-21s is hammering the US Air Force. With the help of his pilots, Colonel Robin Olds masterminds Operation BOLO; a death-defying bait-and-switch tactic aimed at wiping out the MiGs once and for all. Part 5 of 6.
A definitive documentary series that presents the history of America's greatest original art form. The series begins in the 1890s in New Orleans where the sounds of marching bands, Italian opera, Caribbean rhythms and minstrel shows fill the streets with a diverse musical culture. Here, African-American musicians create a new music out of these ingredients by mixing ragtime syncopations with the soulful feeling of the blues. Soon after the start of the new century, people are calling it jazz.
The fascinating story of knighthood, told through the extraordinary life and times of William Marshal, the world’s greatest knight. In a career that spanned half a century, this English soldier and statesman served some of Christendom’s greatest leaders, from Eleanor of Aquitaine to Richard the Lionheart. He fought in battles across Europe, survived court intrigue and exile, put his seal on the Magna Carta and proved to be the best friend a king could have, remaining loyal to those he served through disaster and victory. Then at the age of 70, despite all the odds, he saved England from a French invasion. From Europe’s medieval castles to the holy city of Jerusalem, this film explores William’s incredible life - a rip-roaring adventure story in the spirit of King Arthur’s Knights of the Round Table.
The First World War shaped the twentieth century. It sparked the Russian Revolution and launched America as a world power. The fault line from its failed peace settlement led to a second terrible conflict barely twenty years later. We live with its unresolved consequences; in the Middle East, the Balkans and Ireland. Part 1 of 10.
Against the backdrop of World War II, American pilots race to shoot down the most German planes and be crowned the top flying ace. US Air Force Pilot Francis Gabby Gabreski makes it his personal mission to be the best. Part 6 of 6.
A definitive documentary series that presents the history of America's greatest original art form. The story of jazz becomes a tale of two great cities: Chicago and New York, and of two extraordinary artists whose lives and music will span almost three-quarters of a century: Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington. As the Roaring Twenties accelerate, Fletcher Henderson, a black bandleader, brings Louis Armstrong to New York to add his improvisational brilliance to the band's new sound.
