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NHK Cycle Around Japan – Oita Land of Plenty (2019) 720p HDTV

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NHK Cycle Around Japan – Oita: Land of Plenty (2019) 720p HDTV
English | Size: 1.14 GB
Category: Documentary


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Oita Prefecture was known since ancient times as the “Land of Plenty.” But why? English cyclist James Hobbs looks for answers on a 3-day, 350-km ride through this southern region. His interest captured by a mysterious sight in a mountain forest, he learns the skill and effort required to cultivate quality mushrooms. Down by the coast, by a fertile sea filled with islands, he experiences Oita ingenuity first hand. And on one of the tiny islands, he meets a young couple who are its hope for the future.
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ITV Exposure – Undercover Inside China’s Digital Gulag (2019) 1080p HDTV

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ITV Exposure – Undercover: Inside China’s Digital Gulag (2019) 1080p HDTV
English | Size: 1.24 GB
Category: Documentary


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A team from ITV’s Exposure strand gathers evidence of the Chinese government’s work with technology companies, revealing a new form of governance that is controlling citizens and being exported around the world, challenging human freedom and liberal democracy. The film follows the victims of this new system and those who have been detained and worked inside a huge network of detention camps. [Read more…]

BBC Our World – Inside China’s Camps (2019) 720p HDTV

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BBC Our World – Inside China’s Camps (2019) 720p HDTV
English | Size: 316 MB
Category: Documentary


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China is now thought to be holding more than a million Muslims in giant camps in its far west region of Xinjiang. The authorities insist that the facilities are not prisons but schools, where ‘thought transformation’ is taking place to combat violent extremism. Reporter John Sudworth gets rare, highly controlled access to go inside and, despite official supervision, uncovers important evidence about the nature of the system. [Read more…]

BBC Mad Cow Disease The Great British Beef Scandal 1080p HDTV

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BBC Mad Cow Disease The Great British Beef Scandal 1080p HDTV
English | Size: 925 MB
Category: Documentary


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The story of Britain’s biggest ever food scandal. Since 1996, almost 200 people have died from vCJD, whilst the cattle disease BSE has been responsible for the death of over four million cows. It has cost the NHS over a billion pounds and virtually destroyed the British beef industry in the 1990s. Beneath the statistics is a story of greed, corruption and catastrophic political misjudgement by the then Conservative government. With access to all of the politicians, scientists and families who have been defined by this epidemic, this film pieces together a forgotten chapter of our recent history. [Read more…]

BBC Imagine 2019 Olafur Eliasson Miracles of Rare Device 1080p HDTV

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BBC Imagine 2019 Olafur Eliasson Miracles of Rare Device 1080p HDTV
English | Size: 990 MB
Category: Documentary


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Olafur Eliasson has been pushing the limits of the sublime and the spectacular in his art for almost 30 years. From his monumental installation, The Weather Project, in Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall in 2003 to his recent interventions in climate change and global migration, his is an art which strives to change the world every step of the way.
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PBS – Daphne du Maurier In Rebeccas Footsteps PDTV

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PBS – Daphne du Maurier In Rebeccas Footsteps PDTV
English | Size: 529 MB
Category: Documentary


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Enshrouded with strangeness and defying convention, the work of Daphné du Maurier (1907-1989) has seduced many filmmakers, especially Alfred Hitchcock, who adapted Jamaica Inn, The Birds and Rebecca, one of her most famous novels. This is a subtle portrait of a complex novelist. [Read more…]

Curiosity TV – Breakthrough Little Foot Exploring Our Origins (2019)

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Curiosity TV – Breakthrough: Little Foot Exploring Our Origins (2019)
English | Size: 676 MB
Category: Documentary


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Breakthrough: Little Foot Exploring Our Origins
One of the oldest known hominins in southern Africa. An almost complete skeleton dates back more than three million years. Found in 1994 in the Sterkfontein Caves near Johannesburg in South Africa, which form part of the “Cradle of Humankind”. [Read more…]

BBC – Llangollen 2019 720p HDTV

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BBC – Llangollen 2019 720p HDTV
English | Size: 1.58 GB
Category: Documentary


Josie d’Arby can’t wait to return to Wales’ largest international festival – the Llangollen Eisteddfod. This summer event showcases competitors and performers from all over the world and Josie will be there to meet the groups and experience the behind-the-scenes preparations and to congratulate the winners.
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