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Teleshopping

America the Bountiful: Pecans in Georgia

The term pecan was coined by the Algonquin from the word 'pacane,' which means a nut that needs to be cracked with a stone. By the 1950’s, Georgia had become the country's leading producer of pecans and remains the largest pecan-producing state.

Lincoln: Divided We Stand: A Country on Edge

Examining the beginning of Lincoln’s presidency and the start of the Civil War. As the former one-term congressman prepares to take office, the South severs itself from the United States and the country faces an unprecedented crisis. Part 3 of 6.

Everest: The South West Face

In 1975, an expedition led by Chris Bonington set out to achieve the impossible. To climb the South West Face of Everest, and put the very first British Mountaineers on her summit. In the face of overwhelming odds, dwindling oxygen supplies, freezing Jet Stream winds, avalanche, frostbite, widespread public negativity and the press reporting that failure was almost inevitable - a British team succeeded - where all others had failed.

Shackleton: the Greatest Story of Survival

The true story of polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton and the crew of the Endurance, told by the man who lead the only team ever to have repeated their incredible feat - explorer and adventurer Tim Jarvis.