Documentaries : 2009

This programme derives its inspiration and technique from Hatha Yoga and demonstrates 2 levels of postures covering beginners through to more advanced positions. The routines are beautifully crafted and are precisely instructed providing you with a workout that will leave you feeling re-vitalised an...

A documentary about the life and works of the most important Brazilian architect, Oscar Niemeyer, who turned 100 years old in December 2007...

The Airbus A380 is scheduled for its maiden flight in less than 12 months, and the team in Toulouse, France knows the entire world will be watching. While they slowly assemble the massive fuselage sections and giant wings, production snafus threaten to ground the entire project = and the pressure fa...

A young Kenyan's life changes drastically when his education is sponsored by a Swedish stranger. Years later, he founds his own scholarship program to replicate the kindness he once received....

A documentary horror film about the environmental devastation left in the wake of the giant toads' unstoppable march across Australia....

Sorry Creative Has Nothing For You Jimmy Yang: "Creative has nothing for you." A phrase that means you are about to be fired from your current job as a professional wrestler. Jimmy talks about his career in WCW, All Japan, being in the first TNA match ever, and his multiple runs in WWE. Jimmy also t...

The Boxing Day Tsunami was the most devastating natural disaster in recorded history - almost 230,000 people were killed. And as the catastrophe unfolded, remarkable amateur video footage emerged. It was shot by people from all around the vast impact area and depicted the terror and chaos they exper...

Tony Robinson examines societies similar to our own who not only survived climate change but flourished.In Peru the Hauri people embraced a savage drought developed advanced techniques of water management and founded a great empire itself the basis of the great Inca nation. In Europe Tony learns how...

The most authoritative and irreverent review of the year is back for 2009. This year the net has been cast far and wide as A-listers, D-listers, pop stars and politicians all slug it out for a place on the list. Find out who has really got under our skin in 2009 in the countdown of the Top 100 peopl...

After assassinating President Abraham Lincoln, the famous stage actor John Wilkes Booth, a confederate sympathizer, eludes thousands in one of the largest manhunts in U.S. history....