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2011
2011x1
Secrets of the Virgin Queen
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They called her the Virgin Queen England's first Queen Elizabeth, a revered ruler in her own lifetime. Yet behind her fame lie many dark secrets, and an unsolved mystery Why didn't the .. show full overview
2011x4
Medieval Fight Book
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Violent, secretive, spiritual and packed full of knowledge, an obscure and mysterious manuscript called the Fight Book realistically depicts the bloody side of Europe in the Middle Ages. .. show full overview
2011x2
Earth: Making of a Planet
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The history of our planet is epic from its birth out of cosmic rubble to the unique complex of land, sea, atmosphere and life we know now. See how water was transported to Earth's .. show full overview
2011x34
Vanished From Alcatraz
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NGC investigates one of the most intricate prison escapes in history three tireless inmates break from the fortresslike Alcatraz Island Federal Penitentiary and brave the frigid waters .. show full overview
2011x3
Lincoln's Secret Killer?
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Was Abraham Lincoln dying of cancer when he was killed? NGC is on the front lines as scientists attempt to solve a genetic mystery -- using a piece of fabric stained with the president's .. show full overview
2011x47
Hunting Hitler's Generals
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During World War II, Allied operatives went on secret missions to kill Adolph Hitler and his top officers, including Erwin Rommel. Allied Special Forces launched daring wartime missions .. show full overview
2011x5
Finding Atlantis
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Could the fabled lost city of Atlantis have been located? Using satellite photography, ground-penetrating radar and underwater technology, experts are now surveying marshlands in Spain .. show full overview
2011x6
Countdown to Catastrophe: Mega Quake
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We've all heard the warning: it's only a matter of time before a devastating earthquake hits a major American city and wipes it off the map. Scientists now believe that day could be .. show full overview
2011x73
UFO UK: New Evidence
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Are aliens really out there? You've heard tales of little green men from other planets, but these are normally consigned to urban legends and sci-fi fables. However, a dossier of files .. show full overview
2011x70
The Egyptian Job
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2011x7
Minutes to Meltdown: Three Mile Island
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Pennsylvania's Three Mile Island nuclear plant seems peaceful now, but 32 years ago, it brought America close to catastrophe. Tens of thousands of people fled their homes -- and the health and safety of hundreds of thousands hung in the balance.
2011x8
Eating With Cannibals
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Author and explorer Piers Gibbon headed deep into the Amazon jungle to locate tribes that practiced headshrinking. In his newest adventure, Gibbon looks at one of mankinds ultimate .. show full overview
2011x20
Finding Jack the Ripper
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Could Jack the Ripper have been the world's first trans-Atlantic serial killer? Can 21st century techniques and CGI 3-D autopsies crack this 19th century crime spree, while reversing .. show full overview
2011x9
Hunt for the Abominable Snowman
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Across the Himalayas are stories of the yeti, or abominable snowman. Half man, half ape, the yeti is said to roam only the most remote peaks, where people rarely venture. Now, veteran .. show full overview
2011x10
Last Stand of the Templars
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The Templars were considered the pope's private army, protecting Jerusalem for more than 50 years. But their legacy came to a sudden end casting them from the heights of wealth and power .. show full overview
2011x11
Egypt's Lost Rival
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It rivaled ancient Egypt but was lost to history. Now a team of archeologists have made a major discovery in the Syrian desert: artifacts from a burial chamber deep within an ancient .. show full overview
2011x17
Into Iceland's Volcano
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In spring 2010, the nearly unpronounceable volcano Eyjafjallajkull spewed ash clouds across Europe, bringing international air traffic to a standstill. Now, for the first time ever, a .. show full overview
2011x44
Witch Hunter's Bible
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For the first time ever, an international investigation team joins forces to unravel the mysteries of the Malleus Maleficarum, or Hammer of Witches. Written in 1486, this infamous .. show full overview
2011x19
Return of the Ghost Ship
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Underwater explorers in the Baltic Sea set out to bring a recently discovered ghost ship - one of the most intact ancient wooden wrecks ever found - back to life. By pushing the .. show full overview
2011x12
Man vs. Volcano
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Journey into the mouth of Mount Nyiragongo, Africa's most active volcano, and stand on the shore of the world's largest lava lake. Join an international team of scientists as they climb .. show full overview
2011x16
62 Days at Sea
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The Tasman Sea is one of the world’s deadliest and most treacherous oceans, spanning 2,200 kilometres between Australia and New Zealand. No one had ever successfully navigated the .. show full overview
2011x13
Ben Franklin's Pirate Fleet
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A lost piece of American history may have been uncovered deep in the sea a shipwreck thought to have belonged to a fleet of American privateers. In the late 18th century, the Irish Sea .. show full overview
2011x14
Death of a Sea Monster
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A sea monster cemetery lies at the top of the world. It's an incredible grave site that contains countless, fossilized remains of huge marine predators from the Jurassic Era. Join an .. show full overview
2011x15
Tiger Man of Africa: The Mating Game
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A seemingly impossible dream: to create a new population of wild tigers outside their natural habitat. One man, John Varty, did just that. Starting with two young, zoo-born tigers, Varty .. show full overview
2011x18
Sex, Drugs and Plants
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Sex, Drugs and Plants' gives an insight into the fascinating world of plants. By feeling, "hearing," smelling and tasting, these plants continue their journey through the undergrowth, in .. show full overview
2011x21
Gladiators Back from the Dead
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More than one million of history's ultimate fighters died in the arenas of the Roman Empire, yet not a single complete gladiator skeleton has ever been found. Now, archaeologists in .. show full overview
2011x22
The Conspirator: The Plot to Kill Lincoln
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Mary Surratt was the only woman convicted in Lincoln's assassination, the first female to be executed by the U.S. government and now the basis for Robert Redford's The Conspirator. Just .. show full overview
2011x59
Inside: Cocaine Submarines
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Colombian drug traffickers are using a new secret weapon to smuggle cocaine north – drug submarines. Up to 30 meters long and nearly impossible to detect, they are capable of .. show full overview
2011x82
Journey To Europa
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Are we alone in the universe? Mars still dominates our quest to find extra-terrestrial life, but could the barren, icy or fiery worlds beyond harbour life?
2011x36
Gulf Coast Disaster
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2011x24
The Girl in the Glass Casket
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She is believed to be one of the best-preserved mummies in history Rosalia, a lifelike 2-year old girl encased in a glass-topped casket for over 90 years. Amazingly, her skin and .. show full overview
2011x25
The Pope's Secret Service
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National Geographic takes an intimate look at life behind the Vatican walls. For more than a year, filmmakers were allowed extraordinary access to the center of the Catholic Church and .. show full overview
2011x26
Inside The Muslim Brotherhood
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In January and February 2011, millions of Egyptians took to the streets to overthrow the oppressive government of President Hosni Mubarak. The catalyst to this revolution, which enables .. show full overview
2011x28
Secrets of the Mediterranean: Cousteau's Lost World
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Marine ecologist Enric Sala compares the Mediterranean of today to the one that was filmed by Jacques Cousteau.
2011x48
China's Ghost Army
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Is every warrior's face different? How were 8,000 made in eleven years, when every one should have taken a month? Why does every warrior have a name hidden on their body? Could they .. show full overview
2011x27
Seized and Sold: The Madoff Auction
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While Bernie Madoff sits in jail for his multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme, the U.S. Marshals Service auctions off thousands of items from his New York homes. Up on the auction block: a .. show full overview
2011x31
City of Ants
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Enter the secret world of one of the most perfect societies on Earth to see how millions of simple creatures form a collective brain, make decisions, move as a single being and attack as one.
2011x29
Wicked Pirate City
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Wicked Pirate City tells the story of the rise and fall of Port Royal, Jamaica — home of the original Pirates of the Caribbean — which catastrophically sank in an earthquake in 1692. An .. show full overview
2011x68
Hitler's Secret Weapon
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As the Second World War began to draw to a close, the scientists and designers of Hitler's Germany were employed in a frantic race to create new ideas that would turn the tide of the .. show full overview
2011x30
Navajo Cops
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In the heart of the American southwest, the 320 cops of the Navajo Police patrol some of the most rugged territory in the United States. These modern day warriors are on a mission to .. show full overview
2011x32
Treasure Tomb of the Warrior Queen
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She has been referred to as the King Tut of China. Fu Hao, the legendary warrior queen of China's first dynasty, was buried with treasures of bronze, jade and ivory, more than a hundred .. show full overview
2011x33
X-Ray Earth
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Think you know everything about the planet you call home? Think again and prepare to be astounded in the premiere of X-Ray Earth. In this two-hour film, see the planet as it's never been .. show full overview
2011x35
Daytona Biker Rally
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Daytona Beach rolls out the red carpet for the half million bikers who arrive annually to ride, party, be seen -- and spend like there's no tomorrow.
2011x23
Death of a Mars Rover
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When the twin rovers Spirit and Opportunity touched down on Mars in January 2004, they were expected to drive a few hundred yards and last ninety days. Seven-plus years later, the hardy .. show full overview
2011x40
Rebuilding Titanic
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2011x37
Snipers Inc.
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Selling guns to snipers is all in a day's work for one small-town Tennessee family. Ronnie, the designer and businessman at the helm of Barrett firearms manufacturing, and his two .. show full overview
2011x38
Doomsday Preppers
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Unique in their beliefs, motivations and strategies, explore the lives of four families preparing for the end of the world as we know it. From bunkers to fortified off-the-grid .. show full overview
2011x41
Amish on Break
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Five Amish teenagers leave their sheltered community for the first time to spend four weeks abroad in the United Kingdom. It's a trip full of firsts — first time on an airplane, first .. show full overview
2011x45
Russia's Toughest Prisons
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For the first time, three prisons across Russia unlock their doors to an international film crew. From a Siberian prison camp where temperatures plummet to 50 below to the highest .. show full overview
2011x39
Cocaine Sub Hunt
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Follow DEA agents on their quest to track down and bust narco-submarines in one of the most violent regions of Colombia- the coastal town of Tumaco. NGC joins the investigation, taking .. show full overview
2011x50
Fireball Of Christ
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This is the story of the meteor that changed the world forever. In 312 AD the Roman Emperor Constantine claimed he saw a mysterious light in the sky which convinced him to convert to .. show full overview
2011x42
Catacombs of Palermo
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Mummy-experts try to rescue world’s greatest accumulation of mummies, endangered by humidity and showing signs of caducity, including the best preserved corpse worldwide: The little girl .. show full overview
2011x43
Salem Witch Trial Conspiracy
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In Salem Witch Trial Conspiracy, join author Katherine Howe as she embarks on a historical journey to bring you the truth behind the world's most famous witch-hunt. Of the over one .. show full overview
2011x54
Robot Soldiers
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When this robot is powered up, 200 pounds of machinery turns into a tool to give soldiers super-human abilities.
2011x83
World's Biggest Bomb
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It was the ultimate display of mankind's destructive power - an earth-shattering explosion 2,500 times more powerful than the deadly bomb that annihilated Hiroshima and helped bring an .. show full overview
2011x46
Hitler's Suicide Ship
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After battling in late 1939 with British cruisers off the coast of Uruguay, Hitler’s prized “pocket battleship” and high-tech wonder, the Admiral Graf Spee was blown up by its own .. show full overview
2011x49
How to Build a Volcano
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Science partners with Hollywood special effects to build the world's largest model volcano. The plan: Create a four-story-tall, 150-foot-wide volcano that can erupt and spew simulated .. show full overview
2011x65
Diving the Labyrinth
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Some of the world’s best cave divers have traveled to the Bahamas Islands to plunge into the unique abyss found in blue holes –underwater caves that can go hundreds or even thousands of .. show full overview
2011x51
Pint-Sized Preachers
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Still only a pre-schooler, Kanon Tipton takes the pulpit at his family’s church and like a seasoned evangelist fervently preaches the gospel, mopping his forehead, shouting, waving his .. show full overview
2011x52
The Liquid Bomb Plot
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The real-life international drama plays out like the plot of a deadly spy thriller. In the summer of 2006, as many as 18 conspirators planned to simultaneously blow up almost 10 .. show full overview
2011x55
Life after Dinosaurs
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Life After Dinosaurs recreates the evolutionary history of mammals from the dinosaur age up to the appearance of the first humans to explore how the present ecosystem on this planet was formed and how remarkable the fact is that we exist now.
2011x69
George W. Bush: The 9/11 Interview
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In an exclusive in-depth interview, former President George W Bush discusses the horrific 9/11 attacks, his reaction to the tragedy and the gruelling pressure he faced.
2011x53
Kissinger
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With exclusive access and 25 hours of interviews, this two-hour special gives unique insight into the man who, perhaps more than any other indvidual, shaped the post-war foreign policy .. show full overview
2011x85
Hitler's Stealth Fighter
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In the final months of World War II, American troops discovered a top-secret facility in Germany with an advanced batwing-shaped jet fighter. If Nazi engineers had had more time, would .. show full overview
2011x77
Hunting Hitler's Henchmen
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Their bravery has inspired countless films but, until now, the real story of some of Britain’s greatest war heroes has remained in the shadows. Hunting Hitler’s Henchmen is a film about .. show full overview
2011x76
Australia's Greatest Flood
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This program tells the story of Australia's remarkable 'summer of rain' as captured and reported by young people using phones and the internet.
2011x71
Lost Tomb of Genghis Khan
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His action-packed life may have blazed a searing trail of death and destruction through history but, in death, Genghis Khan is proving to be a puzzlingly elusive figure. In the Lost .. show full overview
2011x79
Shackleton's Whisky
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Ernest Shackleton is one of the iconic figures of the 'Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration'. His expeditions and personality have left an indelible mark on the icy plains of Antarctica .. show full overview
2011x84
Lost Continent of the Pacific
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Legends of lost continents and civilizations have captivated people throughout time. Philosophers and astronomers like Aristotle and Ptolemy believed that an unknown continent existed in .. show full overview
2011x80
Brick by Brick: The Making of the Iron Curtain
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Berlin, 1961: suddenly there is the Iron Curtain, and the wall separates friends, families and loved ones of each other. The Berlin Wall, this terrible "wonder of the world", was 28 .. show full overview
2011x80
JFK: The Lost Bullet
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The uncovering of the 3 shots fired that resulted in the assassination of Jon F. Kennedy
2011x81
Deepest Dive: The Story of Trieste
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50 years ago, two men attempted to reach the deepest part of the ocean, 35,000 feet down in the South Pacific. This is the tale of the Trieste vessel and their feat that has never been equalled.
2011x58
Drain The Great Lakes
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The water in the Great Lakes, the world's largest freshwater lake system, obscures many secrets of the North American continent's human history and its geologic past; computer-generated imagery shows what they would look like if it went away.
2011x61
London Underground Revealed
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Any Londoner can tell you that the Tube is overcrowded. But how many know the real reasons why? In the premiere of London Underground Revealed journey below London's pavements to look .. show full overview
2011x56
Inside: Pickpocket King
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Bob Arno wows audiences with his pickpocketing show in Las Vegas. The self-proclaimed Pickpocket King, he says has never met a thief who can match his skills. Until now. Now, Bob takes .. show full overview
2011x74
Finding the Next Earth
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It took humans thousands of years to explore our own planet and centuries to comprehend our neighboring planets, but nowadays new worlds are being discovered every week. To date, .. show full overview
2011x78
Moors Murderer: Right To Die?
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Ian Brady's crimes are some of the worst Britain has ever seen. Along with his lover Myra Hindley, Brady murdered five Manchester children. Four decades later, the sadistic killer is .. show full overview
2011x79
The Phantom Cat
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The jaguar, the third largest feline in the world, is one of South America's most beautiful and iconic animals. But it is rarely seen, let alone filmed. This program is the very first .. show full overview
2011x61
Great Fire of London: The Untold Story
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You all know the story about the Great Fire of London. That the fire was started by accident in a bakery on Pudding Lane, and the inferno rapidly engulfed the City of London in .. show full overview
2011x72
Viking Apocalypse
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When a mass of skeletons are found in a shallow grave, cutting-edge forensics and ancient texts tell a story of greed, betrayal and retribution.

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