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BBC The Sky at Night – Life on Venus (2020)
English | Size: 791 MB
Category: Docuemtnary
A team from Cardiff University discover phosphine in the atmosphere of Venus and possible signs of life. [Read more…]
BBC Our World – Police Brutality: American Witnesses (2020)
English | Size: 311 MB
Category: Tutorial
The killing of George Floyd, caught on camera by eyewitnesses, has led to an outpouring of anger in America. But what happens when the cameras are turned off? [Read more…]
BBC Our Lives – Zoo Mum (2020)
English | Size: 622 MB
Category: Documentary
Whatever is happening in the outside world, life in Colchester zoo goes on. Curator Sarah Forsyth is heading into the busiest summer of her life keeping countless animals happy while four out of five of her keeping staff are furloughed. Sarah lives on site – the animals are her family – and they have never needed her more. This documentary follows Sarah for two animal-action-packed weeks, entirely inside the walls of one of Britain’s largest zoos as she works tirelessly to deal with the summer baby boom, animal emergencies and unique situations created by the absence of paying public. [Read more…]
BBC – The Romantics and Us Series 1 (2020)
English | Size: 2.67 GB
Category: Documentary
From popular revolt to the obsession with the self, even to modern nationalism, Simon Schama explores the enduring and powerful legacy the romantics have left on our modern world. [Read more…]
BBC Natural World – The Monkey-Eating Eagle of the Orinoco (2010)
English | Size: 1.33 GB
Category: Tutorial
The harpy eagle is the most powerful bird of prey in the world, plucking monkeys from the branches of the jungle canopy. Rare and elusive, they are seldom seen, but with the discovery of a harpy nest in the remote Orinoco rainforest of Venezuela, wildlife film-maker Fergus Beeley has a unique opportunity to follow the life of a chick from birth to adulthood. [Read more…]
BBC Storyville Global – Cuban Dreams (2020)
English | Size: 613 MB
Category: Documentary
In a tiny, remote Cuban fishing village, Mariela, a mother of four young children, longs for a better life. The families in her village are utterly dependent on the day’s catch, which changes with the tide. The shops are empty, school is repeatedly shut down due to a lack of resources, and basic transportation is non-existent. With the relationship between the US and Cuba in flux, Mariela, like many Cubans, is afraid that her only chance to escape to the US will soon close, and is willing to risk her life to chase the American Dream. [Read more…]
BBC – Black Classical Music: The Forgotten History (2020)
English | Size: 1.24 GB
Category: Documentary
Lenny Henry and Suzy Klein celebrate black classical composers and musicians across the centuries whose stories and music have been forgotten. [Read more…]
BBC – Chateau Chunder: When Australian Wine Changed the World (2012)
English | Size: 1.31 GB
Category: Tutorial
It’s the 1970s and Australian wine is a joke – not for drinking, as Monty Python put it, but for ‘laying down and avoiding’. The idea that a wine made Down Under could ever challenge the august products of Burgundy or Tuscany has wine buffs and snobby sommeliers sniggering into their tasting spoons. But little more than 40 years later, Australian winemaking is leading the world. London merchants sell more wine from Australia than from any other country, while the chastened French wine industry reluctantly take note of how modern winemaking – and wine marketing – is really done. [Read more…]
BBC – Extinction: The Facts (2020)
English | Size: 2.35 GB
Category: Tutorial
With a million species at risk of extinction, Sir David Attenborough explores how this crisis of biodiversity has consequences for us all, threatening food and water security, undermining our ability to control our climate and even putting us at greater risk of pandemic diseases. [Read more…]
BBC True North – When Boxing Ends (2020)
English | Size: 516 MB
Category: Documentary
Fighters make the ultimate sacrifices to pursue their dream of becoming champions. As their careers come to an end, they face their toughest fight – stepping away from the ring and adjusting to life after boxing. [Read more…]