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Emmy® Award-winning filmmaker Jamie Doran journeys to Afghanistan to join Zubair Massoud, adviser to the National Security Council and a member of one of the most famous families in the country. Travelling on perhaps the most dangerous road in the world - the Baghlan-Kunduz Highway - the two men head north from Kabul to the breathtaking mountains of Badakhshan to discover just how bad the situation really is for local Afghans since the withdrawal of most NATO forces almost two years ago.
A true story of how a British teenager turned to terrorism. This one-off exposé tells the shocking story of an ordinary British family whose eldest son, Thomas, left their home in Buckinghamshire in 2011 for Somalia to join deadly jihadi terrorist group, Al Shabaab – an Al Qaeda affiliate. At just 21, Thomas became the only known white British man to join the terror group. This powerful film documents the daily struggle mother Sally and her youngest son Michael face as they try to reconcile the Thomas they knew - a loving mild-mannered 'normal teenage lad' with Abdul Hakim, the jihad-preaching Islamist he has become.
Part 2 of 4. Series recalling the Clinton presidency. Despite all of their education and experience, the Clintons are unprepared for politics in Washington, which quickly descends into open warfare with the Republican establishment and much of the media. The tumultuous first two years of the Clinton presidency see the beginning of the Whitewater scandal, the shocking death of Deputy White House Counsel Vince Foster, and the humiliating defeat of Hillary's healthcare bill.
NOVA: A provocative investigation into the growth of airborne UAVs, or pilotless drones. During the invasion of Iraq in 2003, the United States deployed only a handful. Now, the US has more than 7,000 drones and over 40 other nations are building or buying these lethal and cost-effective weapons. This new ability has already saved the lives of hundreds, if not thousands, of US service personnel but may make military strikes a more tempting and seemingly risk-free option.
NOVA: Over the decades, energy storage technology has barely budged in power, capacity or convenience. Even though there have been some improvements in the last century, batteries remain finicky, bulky, expensive, toxic and maddeningly short-lived. Host David Pogue sets out on a quest to discover what the future has in store for our gadgets, and visits scientists, inventors and entrepreneurs who are challenging everything we think we know about batteries.
Documentary commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Normandy landings by bringing together American D-Day veterans to share their experiences of that fateful day. As they vividly recall details of their experience, from the perils of the amphibious assault to the invasion's gruesome aftermath, their testimony yields long-buried and often painful memories. They reveal their uneasiness with the term 'hero' and grapple with why they survived when so many others did not.
When Germany declared war on Poland in September 1939, more than 300,000 Jews fled eastward, among them thousands of children. So began a four-year odyssey in which these children, aged from two to 15, went from Poland to Persia, though only about 1,000 reached their intended destination of Tehran. Then they struggled on by ship and rail to Palestine, the Promised Land. This film shows how, in times of war and persecution, children have often overcome hardships and overwhelming challenges.
