Wild Canadian Weather

From the award winning natural history filmmaker Jeff Turner comes an epic new 4k nature series following stories of extreme weather as it forges the landscape, rules the life cycles of wildlife, and pushes humans to their limits. WILD CANADIAN WEATHER explores the ways in which landscapes, wildlife and people have been shaped by four key weather elements - Wind, Rain, Cold and Sun. From polar vortex blizzards to raging forest fires, the natural world has evolved and adapted to survive under some of the most extreme and dangerous weather conditions on the planet. This series weaves together stories of how different species harness the incredible power of the weather to migrate, hunt, escape danger, and reproduce. WILD CANADIAN WEATHER is an intimate and dramatic exploration of life in one of the most intense and challenging climates on the planet.

USS Indianapolis: The Last Chapter

This scientific detective story details the discovery of the USS Indianapolis wreck site three and a half miles below the Philippine Sea. The ship’s sinking in the final days of Second World War was the largest loss of life in US Naval history, and the harrowing survival story of 316 sailors drifting in failing life preservers is legendary. The programme combines never-before-seen archival footage and CGI with the moving accounts of the few remaining survivors, testimony of historians and spectacular footage of the well-preserved wreck.

Dances With Cranes

DANCES WITH CRANES follows the incredible journey of the whooping crane, one of the world’s rarest and most ancient birds, predating humans by tens of thousands of years. Once nearly extinct, with fewer than 20 remaining in the 1940s, these majestic creatures are still fighting for survival. This film explores the remarkable efforts of scientists who will go to any length to save them—whether performing mating dances or jumping from helicopters to study them in the wild. Over the course of a year in the life of three whooping crane chicks, we witness the challenges of bringing a species back from the brink of extinction, from the early conservation efforts to new threats posed by climate change. DANCES WITH CRANES tells a story of resilience, dedication, and the fight to protect an ancient species.

How To Build A Human

HOW TO BUILD A HUMAN explores the technology and ethics of Artificial Intelligence, and whether it is still science fiction, or close to becoming a reality. Some of the world’s leading experts attempt to build an artificial human based on actress Gemma Chan (star of the hit sci fi series Humans) for a ground-breaking scientific stunt that will test just how far away we are from ‘synthetic’ humans. Could science fiction be our reality much sooner than we think?

Volatile Earth

Throughout the history of our planet, natural disasters have ravaged the earth and threatened the very existence of mankind. In this extraordinary series, leading natural disaster experts identify the most extreme catastrophes to have hit Earth in the last 50,000 years, uncovering the dramatic reality of the world’s worst volcanic eruption, mega-tsunami, and hurricane. From the ancient debris left in their wake, scientists piece together exactly what happened. How big was the disaster, what did it destroy, and how did it permanently change our planet? Using cinema grade CGI we recreate each disaster in terrifying detail, and illustrate what might happen should these epic events occur today.

The Lucy Mission: Origins Of The Solar System

Lucy’s mission tells the story of NASA’s new space probe, due to explore the mysterious Trojan asteroids that follow Jupiter around the Sun. This documentary dives into the heart of this human and scientific adventure, from the onset of the project to launch time, exploring the discovery of these intriguing planetary bodies and unravelling the controversial theories about the birth of our solar system.

Ancient Earth: Dinosaurs Of The Frozen Continent

Deep under Antarctica’s blanket of ice lies traces of a lost world of Dinosaurs and prehistoric creatures. Great forests once covered the now frozen Antarctic continent; gargantuan Titanosaurs roamed its valleys, and proto-mammals darted through the undergrowth. It was also home to the largest carnivore of its day, the Cryolophosaurus – Antarctica’s T-Rex. This two-part series follows paleontologists on a journey of exploration to uncover fossil evidence of these ancient animals and plants that once thrived here. They quest to unravel the mysteries of how these creatures survived in a land located in the polar circle, where it is dark for four months a year.

Fauci: The Virus Hunter

This is the story of Dr. Anthony Fauci, who as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases has led the fight against AIDS, SARS, influenza viruses, Zika, Ebola and COVID-19. Who really is this man? How does a young boy from humble beginnings grow up to be one of the most trusted infectious disease doctors in the world? This is a unique up-close-and-personal look at Fauci, as well as his gifted wife, Dr. Christine Grady, herself admired for her steadfast and relentless dedication to AIDS patients. Dr. Anthony Fauci is…THE VIRUS HUNTER.

Spiked: The Hunt For The Origin Of Covid-19

SPIKED tells the inside story of one of humanity’s biggest and most pressing mysteries: the debate over the origins of COVID-19. Unfolding like true crime, this detective story takes us deep into clashing conspiracy theories and partisanship, while exposing the dangers posed by experiments regularly taking place in the world’s biolabs. With high-profile access to major politicians, leading virologists and investigative journalists, SPIKED is the first premium documentary to unpick the story from all sides. This is the twisting, revelatory and definitive account, separating the buzz and the bogus to leave audiences with important questions: Who can we trust? Are we safe? Was there a cover-up? Will we ever know the truth? SPIKED is a global story with global appeal.

The Science Of Success

We used to think that success took talent, hard work and luck. Now scientists have discovered an extraordinary thing: success depends a lot less on ourselves, rather is a collective response to our performance. All those self-help books that tell you what to do are wrong because you have little to do with your own success. THE SCIENCE OF SUCCESS reveals an exciting, new understanding of how society works, and offers insights into how to achieve success. These discoveries have profound implications for society as well — the outcome of elections, the products we buy, the choices we make — they are all determined by hidden principles. In the age of Big Data, where we can track achievements like a GPS tracks our movements, scientists have identified the drivers of success. And even more astoundingly, they are able to predict it.