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BBC – Natural World – Meet the Moose Family (2016) 1080p HDTV

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BBC – Natural World – Meet the Moose Family (2016) 1080p HDTV
English | Size: 1.22 GB
Category: Documentary


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In the wilds of the Canadian Rocky Mountains, a mother moose tends to her newborn calf. Spring is in full swing, but this far north, winter is never far away and, with hungry bears and wolves for neighbours, many challenges lie ahead.
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BBC – Inside the Factory Waxed Jackets (2019) 1080p HDTV

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BBC – Inside the Factory: Waxed Jackets (2019) 1080p HDTV
English | Size: 1.93 GB
Category: Documentary


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Inside the Factory: Waxed Jackets
Gregg Wallace is in South Shields at a clothing factory where they produce 650 waxed jackets a day. He follows the production of water-resistant jackets from the arrival of 500-metre-long rolls of undyed cotton through to dispatch.
Meanwhile, Cherry Healey is learning about the science of staying dry. She finds that it is easy enough to waterproof a fabric by coating it in a non-permeable coating. [Read more…]

BBC – Inside the Factory Croissants (2019) 1080p HDTV

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BBC – Inside the Factory: Croissants (2019) 1080p HDTV
English | Size: 1.94 GB
Category: Documentary


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Inside the Factory: Croissants
Gregg Wallace is in France at an enormous croissant factory where they produce 336,000 of the flaky pastries every day.
Meanwhile, Cherry Healey is testing the best way to eat a croissant. With the help of a professor who specialises in the science of our senses, she discovers that there is an optimum way to consume them.
Historian Ruth Goodman is in Paris investigating the croissant’s surprising Austrian origins. It is thought that it originated with a pastry called a kipferl, which Austrian bakers invented in the 17th century to commemorate a heroic victory over the armies of the Ottoman Empire. [Read more…]

Smithsonian Ch. – Planes, Cranes and Rockets (2013) 1080p HDTV

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Smithsonian Ch. – Planes, Cranes and Rockets (2013) 1080p HDTV
English | Size: 1.50 GB
Category: Documentary


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Planes, Cranes and Rockets
The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum holds more than 70,000 objects, including the 1903 Wright Flyer, the Spirit of St. Louis, and the Apollo 11 capsule. Meet the people who keep it running, and see how they tackle their biggest challenge to date. They must move all of the contents from the crumbling Paul E. Garber Facility in Maryland to the Steven Udvar-Hazy Center in Virginia. And everything, from a massive F100 supersonic fighter jet to small toys and games, must arrive without a scratch. [Read more…]

BBC – Inside the Secret World of Incels (2019) 1080p HDTV

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BBC – Inside the Secret World of Incels (2019) 1080p HDTV
English | Size: 618 MB
Category: Documentary


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Looks at the incel community, an online subculture linked to multiple mass murders and hate crimes against women.
In 2014, 22-year-old Elliot Rodger shot and stabbed six of his fellow students to death in a premeditated attack at the University of California, Santa Barbara. His motive? In a chilling video Rodger said he was angry that he was still a virgin and in his words wanted to show himself as ‘the true alpha male’ by punishing women for not being attracted to him.
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BBC – Inside the Factory Cherry Bakewells (2019) 1080p HDTV

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BBC – Inside the Factory: Cherry Bakewells (2019) 1080p HDTV
English | Size: 1.94 GB
Category: Tutorial


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Inside the Factory: Cherry Bakewells
Gregg Wallace is in Stoke-on-Trent at an enormous cherry bakewell factory where they produce 250,000 little tarts every day.
Meanwhile, Cherry Healey is learning how to swerve a soggy pastry bottom when baking pies and tarts at home.
Historian Ruth Goodman is sniffing out the origins of one of the cherry bakewell’s key ingredients, frangipane. She learns that, surprisingly, the familiar fragrant almond filling was born out of a perfume used to disguise the foul smells of 17th-century Paris. [Read more…]

BBC Arena – Cindy Sherman #untitled (2019) 1080p HDTV

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BBC Arena – Cindy Sherman #untitled (2019) 1080p HDTV
English | Size: 604 MB
Category: Documentary


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Cindy Sherman is one of the world’s leading contemporary artists. She is also notoriously elusive. So, it is a coup for Arena to get this in-depth and revealing audio interview with her. An exuberant weave of art and archive gives us a rare insight into one of the most influential artists alive today. [Read more…]

Smithsonian Ch. – Hockney Seeing Beauty (2014) 1080p HDTV

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Smithsonian Ch. – Hockney: Seeing Beauty (2014) 1080p HDTV
English | Size: 2.83 GB
Category: Documentary


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Hockney: Seeing Beauty
He is one of the great surviving icons of the 1960s and arguably the most popular British artist of the 20th century. David Hockney’s career started with almost instant success, and despite private struggles with his art, relationships, and the tragedy of AIDS, he continued to explore, experiment, and create masterpieces in a variety of mediums. Take a deeply personal look into the life, career, and creative mind of this versatile genius in a portrait that, like its subject, is funny, inspiring, bold, and visionary. [Read more…]

BBC The Sky at Night – The Moon, The Mission and The BBC (2019) 1080p HDTV

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BBC The Sky at Night – The Moon, The Mission and The BBC (2019) 1080p HDTV
English | Size: 2.09 MB
Category: Documentary


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To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo mission to put a man on the moon, The Sky at Night looks back through the archives to tell the story of how the BBC reported the moonshot, with some very special guests. Scientist John Zarneki discusses the huge scientific and engineering challenge. The first British astronaut, Helen Sharman, reveals just how accurate the predictions and preparations for life in space were. And writer and broadcaster James Burke – who reported the whole amazing story at the time – explains why NASA loved the BBC and how he gained access to the command module for an episode of Tomorrow’s World. [Read more…]

BBC Imagine – Faith Ringgold Tell It Like It Is (2019) 1080p HDTV

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BBC Imagine – Faith Ringgold: Tell It Like It Is (2019) 1080p HDTV
English | Size: 656 MB
Category: Documentary


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Harlem-born artist, author and activist Faith Ringgold painted some of the most truthful and empowering representations of African Americans during the civil rights and women’s movements of the 1960s and 1970s.
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