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Jon Voight was nominated for 4 Academy Awards including his breakthrough performance in Midnight Cowboy (1969). A Hollywood star in the 1970's starring in Deliverance (1972); the Vietnam vet in Coming Home (1978), for which he won an Academy Award for Best Actor; and a penniless ex-boxing champion in the remake of The Champ (1979). Other memorable roles include Runaway Train (1985). Mission: Impossible (1996), a corrupt NSA agent in Enemy of the State (1998), and the unscrupulous attorney in Coppola's The Rainmaker (1997),

Pip Courtney hosts Australia's pre-eminent regional and rural television program, covering farming, weather, food, innovation, mining, fisheries, agribusiness, commodity prices and other issues affecting regional communities.

Nick, Dale and Kurt decide to become their own bosses and launch their own business. But a slick investor soon pulls the rug out from under them, resulting in them hatching a misguided kidnap plan.

Andy Stitzer has gone 40 years without "doing it." Now his pals are making it their mission to help him score...

Discover the amazing ways that nature survives in an extremely testing land.

In 1879, a Spanish archaeologist and his daughter cause worldwide controversy when they discover cave paintings that are 10,000 years old. Alternative title: Finding Altamira.

This program reveals how a murky brown medicine invented in 1886, and containing cocaine, became the best-selling soft drink of all time. Cameras are allowed access to the company's gigantic bottling factory in Wakefield for the first time.

A passenger makes a strange admission that he is here to deliver a children's book, but officers have a different read on the situation. Meanwhile, detector dogs react to some exotic golden statues and a strange mythical creature has officers scratching their heads in disbelief.

Framed for murder, legendary concierge Gustave H and his trusted friend, Zero the lobby boy, become involved in the recovery of a priceless painting and the battle for an enormous family fortune.

Mr. Holmes is a new twist on the world s most famous detective. 1947, an aging Sherlock Holmes returns from a journey to Japan, where, in search of a rare plant with powerful restorative qualities, he has witnessed the devastation of nuclear warfare. Grappling with the diminishing powers of his mind, Holmes comes to rely upon the boy as he revisits the circumstances of the unsolved case that forced him into retirement, and searches for answers to the mysteries of life and love before it's too late.

After the tragedy of Marie-Therese's death, Louis changes tactics. He plans to marry Philippe's daughter to King Charles and plots with the Ottomans to attack Austria. But he finds a new adversary in the papal envoy Leto, who has come to attend Marie-Therese's funeral.

Maintenon returns to the palace with renewed vigour and encourages Louis to step up his plans - and to impose restrictions on the Protestants. Chevalier stands up for Delphine, but Maintenon sacks him. Guillaume is compromised and recants his faith to secure a lucrative contract and save the family business, but his sister Jeanne is horrified - has he just sold his soul to the dream of Versailles? Louis wants to undermine Leopold in Vienna and makes a secret deal with Barek, the Ottoman envoy.

The Judoon space police are targeting 21st century Gloucester. The Doctor, Yaz, Ryan and Graham race back to Earth in order to prevent them doing too much damage to the cathedral city. But who are they looking for?

Julia takes a road trip along Victoria's Great Ocean Road on her way to Melbourne. This is one of the most spectacular coastal drives in the world. At Port Campbell National Park, she discovers the extraordinary coastal landscape of the Twelve Apostles.

Examine the current situation in the Middle East and how it affects the cultural heritage of certain areas. The turmoil in Iraq, Egypt, Libya and Syria has led to mayhem in the cultural heritage domain: looted museums and looted archaeological sites. This has not stopped. Financing terror organizations like the Islamic State happens by selling looting licenses to entrepreneurs and professional art thieves. Looting and forgeries now take place on industrial scale polluting our common history.

Travel across Turkey, a land of ancient architecture, incredible landscapes, and a rich history of food.

From coronations to threats of assassinations, to coups and abdications, imperial dynasties have survived it all. Each generation leaves their mark as either a pawn or political powerhouse. This episode explores royal dynasties who have inspired or divided their constituents as absolute monarchies, or have echoed or defied the will of the government as constitutional monarchies. House of Saud tread the line between tradition and modernisation. House of Windsor embraced modernisation to remain connected with their constituents. The Imperial House of Japan survived defeat in World War II, but stands on the brink of oblivion without government intervention.

American film director, Don Siegel, is best known for his work with Clint Eastwood including Coogan's Bluff (1968), the iconic police thriller Dirty Harry (1971) and the prison drama Escape from Alcatraz (1979). Siegel also directed one of the great sci fi films Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956), the noir classic The Kllers (1964) as well as John Wayne's final film, the 1976 Western, The Shootist.