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PBS – The Truth about Franco: Spain’s Forgotten Dictatorship (2019) PDTV

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PBS – The Truth about Franco: Spain’s Forgotten Dictatorship (2019) PDTV
English | Size: 1.85 GB
Category: Documentary


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At the end of a bloody civil war, Francisco Franco seized power and ruled Spain with an iron hand for nearly four decades. Under his leadership the conservative, monarchist armed forces staged a coup against Spain’s democratically elected republican government. The insurrection was supported by Italy and Germany. Three years of bitter fighting followed and by April 1939, Spain had become a different country. The hostilities and political purges cost half a million lives. [Read more…]

NHK – Kimono Revolution (2019) 720p HDTV

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NHK – Kimono Revolution (2019) 720p HDTV
English | Size: 1.0 GB
Category: Documentary


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Yoshimasa Takakura, a kimono shop owner from Fukuoka Prefecture has launched an unprecedented project: to produce elaborate kimono representing every single one of the 206 countries and regions around the world. His goal? The 2020 Tokyo Olympics … he’d like to see all the placard bearers wear the kimono at the opening ceremony. Takakura is fighting to save the declining kimono industry by calling on artisans from all around Japan to come together and create innovative designs. The program follows Takakura’s quest to bring new life to an old tradition. [Read more…]

BBC Timewatch – Shadow of the Ripper (1988) 720p

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BBC Timewatch – Shadow of the Ripper (1988) 720p
English | Size: 804 MB
Category: Documentary


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Jack the Ripper was a prince, a pauper, a mason, a madman… A host of more and more bizarre theories have surrounded the unexplained killings in Whitechapel since they hit the headlines in 1888. This film dispels the grisly fiction, revealing for the first time the true contents of the police and Home Office files on the case, drawing on the expertise of historians and of those who have encountered today’s killers – on the street or behind bars. [Read more…]

Curiosity TV – Breakthrough Saber-Tooth Brawl (2019) 1080p HDTV

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Curiosity TV – Breakthrough: Saber-Tooth Brawl (2019) 1080p HDTV
English | Size: 501 MB
Category: Documentary


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Breakthrough: Saber-Tooth Brawl
Lions may be known as the kings of the jungle, but it was saber-tooth cats that ruled over the Americas. New fossil evidence is shinning a light on the violent lives of these mysterious species. [Read more…]

Channel 5 – The Secret World of Your Rubbish (2019) 720p HDTV

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Channel 5 – The Secret World of Your Rubbish (2019) 720p HDTV
English | Size: 1.70 GB
Category: Documentary


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Documentary following people around the UK working in waste disposal.
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The first episode features the owners of a landfill site in Wiltshire, who employ salvagers to find anything that can be reused, London refuse collectors, who reveal the difficulty of dealing with contaminated recycling, and the supervisor at a skip hire company, who has worked for the business since he was 11. [Read more…]

BBC Horizon – Cannabis Miracle Medicine or Dangerous Drug (2019) 720p HDTV

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BBC Horizon – Cannabis: Miracle Medicine or Dangerous Drug (2019) 720p HDTV
English | Size: 905 MB
Category: Tutorial


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At an extraordinary moment in the history of one of the world’s oldest and most controversial drugs, Horizon investigates the very latest medical and scientific research into the effects of cannabis on the brain and the body.

Medicinal cannabis became legal in the UK on 1 November 2018, but it is still shrouded in controversy. A&E doctor Javid Abdelmoneim wants to find out whether it will help or harm patients. [Read more…]

S4C Dylan ar Daith – O Hirwaun i Iowa (2014) 720p HDTV

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S4C Dylan ar Daith – O Hirwaun i Iowa (2014) 720p HDTV
English | Size: 701 MB
Category: Documentary


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From Hirwaun to Iowa.
Dylan Iowerth travels the world to discover more about Margaret Roberts, who was highly regarded through her articles in Y Drych to members of the Welsh language community around the world, but has since been largely forgotten.
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BBC – How to Go Viral The Art of the Meme (2019) 720p HDTV

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BBC – How to Go Viral: The Art of the Meme (2019) 720p HDTV
English | Size: 967 MB
Category: Docuemtnary


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Richard Clay immerses us in the febrile world of viral media, exploring the popularity and meaning of internet memes, from LOL cats to emoji, pratfall videos to ‘dank’ alt-right satire. Playfully fusing the conventions of a BBC Four authored documentary with a throwaway YouTube video style, the film examines the rise and rise of this new visual language and asks what makes a few memes cut through and spread so intensely, while the vast majority fall quietly by the wayside. [Read more…]