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New to Our Collection! Climate Change: The Facts 58 min.

After one of the hottest years on record, Sir David Attenborough looks at the science of climate change and potential solutions to this global threat. Interviews with some of the world’s leading climate scientists explore recent extreme weather conditions such as unprecedented storms and catastrophic wildfires. They also reveal what dangerous levels of climate change could mean for both human popu...

Formats: DVDStreaming Copyright Date: 2019

The Parkinson's Drug Trial - A Miracle Cure? Episode 1 52 min.

Filmed over six years, 42 people with Parkinsons take part in a groundbreaking medical trial. Can the results give hope to 10 million sufferers worldwide?

Formats: DVDStreaming Copyright Date: 2019

The Parkinson's Drug Trial - A Miracle Cure? Episode 2 52 min.

The results are revealed of a six-year medical trial into a new treatment for Parkinson's. Can it give hope to ten million sufferers worldwide?

Formats: DVDStreaming Copyright Date: 2019

Humpback Whales - A Detective Story 52 min.

On 12 September 2015, a 30-ton humpback whale breached and landed on Tom Mustill and his friend Charlotte Kinloch as they paddled a sea kayak in Monterey Bay, California. Incredibly, both survived the incident, but the near-death experience haunted documentary maker Tom and left him wondering if the whale was deliberately trying to hurt them. To find the answer, Tom returned to California in 2018...

Formats: DVDStreaming Copyright Date: 2019

Jack The Ripper - The Case Reopened 53 min.

In 1888, Jack the Ripper—the most infamous serial killer of all time—began his reign of terror in the East End of London. He committed five horrifically violent murders in Whitechapel between August and November of that year. There was a huge manhunt, but the Ripper was never caught. Since then, there has been endless speculation about who the Ripper was, what motivated his crimes, and how the kil...

Formats: DVDStreaming Copyright Date: 2019

American History's Biggest Fibs: Supremacy 52 min.

In the third and final film in the series, Lucy Worsley reveals the historic myths and deceptions told following the United State's emergence as a superpower after the Second World War. We often remember the 1950s and early 1960s in America as a golden era of abundance, harmony and the American dream made real. This film reveals that to be a carefully constructed illusion. In truth, the era of Ame...

Formats: DVDStreaming Copyright Date: 2019

American History's Biggest Fibs: The American Civil War 49 min.

In the second program of this three-part series, Lucy Worsley debunks the myths behind the American Civil War. At the Lincoln Memorial, she explains that the civil war pitted the "free" North against slave-owning Confederate states in the South, but Abraham Lincoln's personal views and the behavior of his troops toward African Americans were not as noble as they appeared. In the South, Lucy learns...

Formats: DVDStreaming Copyright Date: 2019

American History's Biggest Fibs: The American Revolution 49 min.

In the first of a three-part series, Lucy Worsley explores how American history has been mythologized and manipulated by generations of politicians, writers, and protesters. This episode examines the American Revolution—a David-and-Goliath battle of men with high ideals taking on the might of the British Empire. But how much of America's founding story is based on fact?

Formats: DVDStreaming Copyright Date: 2019

Battle Of The Exoplanets 52 min.

Discovery of the TRAPPIST-1 solar system in 2015 was a game-changer; its red dwarf star is surrounded by seven Earth-sized planets, making it a first-of-its-kind find. Battle of the Exoplanets examines this unusual system and asks what progress has been made in the search for life onother planets.

Formats: DVDStreaming Copyright Date: 2019

Duran Duran - There's Something You Should Know 60 min.

Something You Should Know is a glimpse of Duran Duran's influence, the fans' behavior, and explanation of the band's relevance over the last 30 years. The filmfeatures interviews with original band members and key collaborators.

Formats: DVDStreaming Copyright Date: 2018