Year of Release 2004 - 2

Weapons that Made Britain

Weapons that Made Britain

In this five-part series, presenter Mike Loades takes us on a fascinating tour of medieval arms and armor, and demonstrates their central role in key events in British history. As an expert who trains people how to use medieval...

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7.35

Long Way Round

Long Way Round

Long Way Round is a documentary television series documenting the journey of Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman from London to New York on motorcycles. They traveled eastwards through Europe and Asia, flew to Alaska and continued by road from...

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7.19

Status Anxiety

Status Anxiety

Why doesn't money (usually) buy happiness? Alain de Botton breaks new ground for most of us, offering reasons for something our grandparents may well have told us, as children. It is rare, and pleasing, to see a substantial philosophical...

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7.50

One Night in Bhopal

One Night in Bhopal

The Bhopal disaster is one of the world's worst industrial disasters in the history of mankind. The explosion at Union Carbide plant located at the heart of the city of Bhopal caused a release of toxic gas rolled along...

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7.85

Universe: The Cosmology Quest

Universe: The Cosmology Quest

Most of us are intrigued by questions to do with the origin and evolution of the universe. Where do we come from? Where are we going? These are fundamental questions. But no one knows the answers. In the last few years there have...

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6.89

Extreme Archaeology

Extreme Archaeology

Series aiming to excavate difficult archaeological sites all over Britain, with the help of Dr Mark Davies and a team of young diggers. Bridge on the River Wye - Traveling to the site of a Roman bridge in the Wye Valley, South...

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7.25

Birth of the Earth

Birth of the Earth

Our Earth was spinning very fast when it was spit out of the Sun as a molten glob four and one half billion years ago in the initial explosion. Venus was spinning in an opposite direction when it was spit out and is still doing...

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8.11

Ghosts of Rwanda

Ghosts of Rwanda

When the United Nations sent peacekeepers to this small, Central African nation -- with the full support of the U.S. government -- most of the policy-makers involved believed it would be a straightforward mission that would help...

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8.07

The Worst Jobs in History

The Worst Jobs in History

In this series, Tony Robinson sheds light on how a previously unsung army of workers shaped the world as we know it. First series are concentrated on a different historical period per programme: Roman and Anglo-Saxon, Medieval,...

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7.44
Secret History of the Credit Card

Secret History of the Credit Card

2004, Economics

The average American family today carries 10 credit cards. Credit card debt and personal bankruptcies are now at an all time high. With no legal limit on the amount of interest or fees that can be charged, credit cards have...

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