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BBC – Alison’s Last Mountain (1996) 720p

21/10/2021 Learning for Life Leave a Comment

BBC – Alison’s Last Mountain (1996) 720p
English | Size: 1.27 GB
Category: Documentary

In August 1995, climber Alison Hargreaves, the first woman to reach the summit of Everest alone and without oxygen, was blown to her death while descending from the summit of the world’s second highest mountain, K2. [Read more…]

BBC – Penguins Meet the Family (2020) 720p

09/01/2021 Learning for Life Leave a Comment

BBC – Penguins: Meet the Family (2020) 720p
English | Size: 1.36 GB
Category: Tutorial

A unique celebration of one of Earth’s most iconic birds. For the first time, we meet the entire penguin family – all 18 species. This colourful cast of characters may seem familiar, but their incredible diversity won’t fail to surprise. [Read more…]

BBC – Natural World 2019 Weasels Feisty and Fearless 720p HDTV

26/11/2019 Learning for Life Leave a Comment

BBC – Natural World 2019 Weasels Feisty and Fearless 720p HDTV
English | Size: 1.26 GB
Category: Documentary

Members of the weasel family are often portrayed as the villains of the natural world, but do they deserve this reputation? By following the adventures of a tiny orphaned weasel named Twiz, this film reveals the true nature of these pocket-sized predators, which relative to their size have a bite more powerful than a tiger’s. [Read more…]

BBC – Westwood Punk Icon Activist 720p HDTV

24/11/2019 Learning for Life Leave a Comment

BBC – Westwood Punk Icon Activist 720p HDTV
English | Size: 1.29 GB
Category: Documentary

Dame Vivienne Westwood is punk rock’s grande dame. This one-time agent provocateur became the doyenne of British fashion, an eco-conscious Boudicca and one of the most influential originators in recent history. [Read more…]

BBC – Our World 2019 Silicon Valleys Online Slave Market 720p HDTV

24/11/2019 Learning for Life Leave a Comment

BBC – Our World 2019 Silicon Valleys Online Slave Market 720p HDTV
English | Size: 324 MB
Category: Tutorial

Google, Apple and Facebook-owned Instagram are enabling an illegal online slave market by approving and providing apps used for selling domestic workers in the Gulf. [Read more…]

BBC – Storyville 2019 On the Presidents Orders 720p HDTV

23/11/2019 Learning for Life Leave a Comment

BBC – Storyville 2019 On the Presidents Orders 720p HDTV
English | Size: 632 MB
Category: Documentary

The story of President Duterte’s bloody campaign against drug dealers and addicts in the Philippines, told with unprecedented and intimate access to those on both sides of the war – the Manila police, and an ordinary family from the Calocan slums.
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BBC – The Last Pirates Britains Rebel DJs 720p HDTV

20/11/2019 Learning for Life Leave a Comment

BBC – The Last Pirates Britains Rebel DJs 720p HDTV
English | Size: 1.06 GB
Category: Documentary

In the 1980s a new generation of pirate radio stations exploded on to Britain’s FM airwaves. Unlike their seafaring swinging 60s forerunners, these pirates broadcast from London’s estates and tower blocks to create a platform for black music in an era when it was shut out by legal radio and ignored by the mainstream music industry.
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Smithsonian Channel – Panama’s Animal Highway 720p HDTV

20/11/2019 Learning for Life Leave a Comment

Smithsonian Channel – Panama’s Animal Highway 720p HDTV
English | Size: 1.16 GB
Category: Documentary

Across the U.S., birds fly south for the winter, jaguars and coyotes navigate the jungle corridors, and sea turtles take over the beaches. This narrow isthmus is a vital pit stop for millions of migrating animals, but it’s currently in danger. Development, pollution, and climate change threaten to disrupt this fragile throughway. Researchers are scrambling to address these challenges, using modern tracking devices to follow the animals and protect the millions that journey along this unique cross-continental passageway. [Read more…]

BBC – Miriams Dead Good Adventure 720p HDTV

19/11/2019 Learning for Life Leave a Comment

BBC – Miriams Dead Good Adventure 720p HDTV
English | Size: 1.47 GB
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Miriam Margolyes explores mortality, visiting a home for dementia patients and meeting a scientist in the US who claims that technology will soon provide a cure for the ageing process. She attends a festival in California for people determined to prolong their lives by any means, and discovers that laughter may help people to live longer and stay healthier. [Read more…]

BBC – True North 2019 Hell or High Water 720p HDTV

18/11/2019 Learning for Life Leave a Comment

BBC – True North 2019 Hell or High Water 720p HDTV
English | Size: 693 MB
Category: Documentary

The inspirational story of two sisters who face their own mortality. Sixty-year-old Shirley sets out on an epic journey to row 3,000 miles unsupported across the Atlantic Ocean while her sister, Evelyn, battles a rare incurable cancer back home in Northern Ireland. [Read more…]