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Challenger, Go For Launch

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 04:43:57 +0000

Shuttle Challenger left Pad 39B at Kennedy Space Flight Center. Seventy-three seconds into flight, the Orbiter Challenger exploded, killing all seven of its crew. The cause of the accident was due to the cold-related failure of the aft joint seal...

Young, Nazi, and Proud

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:07:50 +0000

Dispatches reporter David Modell films a remarkable six months spent in the questionable company of Mark Collett, leader of the youth wing of the British National Party, and reveals the true nature of a party trying to reinvent itself and...

Darwin: The Legacy

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:31:43 +0000

Documentary about the historical and future influence of Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection on human behaviour, society and culture. Contributors include evolutionary biologists Edward O. Wilson, Richard Dawkins and John Maynard Smith. Watch: Darwin: The Legacy No tags for...

Gearing Up

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:55:36 +0000

Gearing Up introduces four teams of high school students participating in Robotics competition. This documentary chronicles behind-the-scenes drama and excitement leading up to the Robotics National Competition. Teams receive identical robot kits with no instructions and have just six weeks...

Ring of Power

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:19:29 +0000

Although geographically separate, the city-states of London, the Vatican, and the District of Colombia are one interlocking empire called “Empire of ‘The City.’” The flag of Washington’s District of Colombia has three red stars, one for each city-state in the...

Ape Genius

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:43:22 +0000

Apes display rudimentary traditions which could be interpreted as culture but are they really bright enough to develop a proper culture? Ape Genius gives a fascinating insight into the depth of intelligence of animals who share 99 per cent of human...

Who’s Got God’s Millions?

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:07:15 +0000

Robert Llewellyn attempts to discover which of the world’s top four monotheistic religions has the most money. His journey takes him from Canterbury Cathedral to Vatican City and Israel, as he bids to calculate the income and assets of the...

Afghanistan: Drugs, Guns and Money

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:31:08 +0000

Narrated by Colin Friels and produced by Chris Hilton, Afghanistan: Drugs, Guns and Money asks these difficult questions by following the journey of this years opium crops, tracing the drug trafficking routes heading north from Afghanistan through the nations of...

Power and Control: LSD in the 60s

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 07:55:01 +0000

This documentary was submitted by Aron Ranen and is dedicated to LSD and its history. He follows the story wherever it leads him â€“ from the legitimate experiments conducted at the Harvard Divinity school to rather bizarre plans to unleash...

Ross Kemp: In Search of Pirates

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 11:18:54 +0000

The actor investigates the boom in piracy on the world’s oceans, traveling to some of the planet’s biggest trouble spots to discover the problems faced by potential targets and those trying to protect them. He begins in London, where he discovers...

The Diamond Empire

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 14:42:47 +0000

What we think about diamonds, is in fact, a myth. At the center of that myth is an illusion, that diamonds are valuable because they are rare. When writer Edward Epstein set out to investigate the diamond trade, he discovered...

Walking With Beasts

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:06:40 +0000

This documentary discusses the most important of prehistoric animals who have emerged after the extinction of the dinosaur. It is a six part documentary starting from the first animals 49 million years ago, up to the more recent animals 30,000...

The Secret Life of Plants

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:30:33 +0000

It means even on the lower levels of life, there is a profound consciousness or awareness that bonds all things together. Published in 1973, The Secret Life of Plants was written by Peter Tompkins and Christopher Bird. It is described...

Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies A People

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:54:26 +0000

The Arab is a one-dimensional caricature, a cartoon cutout used by film makers as stock villains and as comic relief. And so, over and over, we see Arabs in movies portrayed as buffoons, their only purpose being to deliver cheap...

Bigger Than Enron

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 04:18:19 +0000

On June 15, a Houston jury convicted Arthur Andersen — the 89-year-old accounting firm once known as the gold standard of integrity in auditing — for obstruction of justice in the government’s investigation of Enron, Andersen’s biggest client. With the...