Earth and environment

Geography

Media arts

9-10

11-12

Classification: Parental Guidance

Go behind the scenes with the crew as they film for the first time the courtship battle of the colossal humpback whale.

Earth and environment

Geography

Media arts

9-10

11-12

Classification: Parental Guidance

Go behind the scenes with the crew as they capture high-speed images of flying fish in Tobago.

Earth and environment

Geography

Media arts

9-10

11-12

Classification: Parental Guidance

Go behind the scenes with the crew as they dive under Antarctic ice to film the slow-motion world of the creatures living there.

Earth and environment

Geography

Media arts

9-10

11-12

Classification: Parental Guidance

Frozen Planet takes you on the ultimate polar expedition. This landmark series brings to the screen the frozen wildernesses of the Arctic and Antarctic as you have never seen them before, and may never see them again.

Modern history

History

9-10

11-12

Classification: Parental Guidance

There were many heroes the night that Titanic sank but for some, the greatest of these was fifth officer Harold Lowe. What made him a hero? And who was the owner of the black alligator purse recovered from twelve thousand feet below the Atlantic ocean? Plus the story of the steam whistles recovered from the wreck site; would their voice ever be heard again?

Earth and environment

Geography

9-10

11-12

Classification: Parental Guidance

As the Serengeti starts to dry out, competition heats up between the families.

History

9-10

11-12

Classification: Parental Guidance

The story of Oliver Cromwell's head is perhaps the most bizarre, yet least well known, of all tales from English history. Examine the full story of this extraordinary artefact. It's a strange and grisly saga that runs from dark conspiracy, to detective story - touching upon kings, radicals, eccentric collectors, society ladies, strumpets, and forensic scientists.

History

11-12

Classification: Mature

Neil Oliver reveals how the clans plotted against Mary Stewart, Queen of Scots, ultimately leading to the beheading of the most charismatic queen in Scottish history. The tale turns on a brother's plot to overthrow his sister in a ruthless bid for power. James Stewart, Earl of Moray, uses clan power to first control and then rid Scotland of his sister Mary. As she battles conspiracies, plots, and counterplots, Mary is trapped in the cruel and tumultuous world of clan blood feuds. After they murder her husband Lord Darnley and Mary flees into the arms of the Earl of Bothwell, the most ruthless of Scotland's clan chiefs, civil war breaks out. Mary escapes to England, never to return again.

Critical thinking

Science

9-10

11-12

Classification: Parental Guidance

The list of military eyewitnesses describing strange and threatening unidentified craft in US airspace is growing. And now, a US Navy radar operator has provided something more: Actual coordinates where UFOS appeared and disappeared. Lue Elizondo and a new partner follow the trail, and find that these unidentified craft are still seen. New eyewitnesses provide chilling details, and a correlation to US military sightings. As the reports mount, Lue closes in on a location where visitors are not allowed: Ground zero for the sightings.

Earth and environment

Geography

9-10

11-12

Classification: Parental Guidance

The families of the Serengeti await the annual great migration.

Religious studies

Intercultural understanding

9-10

11-12

Classification: Parental Guidance

This program reveals some extraordinary spiritual landmarks. Discover the individual acts of faith carried out at these stunning places of worship. You'll never see these iconic landmarks in quite the same way again.

Media arts

Earth and environment

9-10

11-12

Classification: Parental Guidance

Veteran wildlife cameraman Martyn Colbeck took on the challenge of filming Namibia's desert giraffe, in order to shed new light on how these animals live.

Intercultural understanding

Languages

11-12

Classification: Mature

We follow the lives of three young women, Diana, Lida and Vika, who live in the metropolis of St Petersburg and share a goal of finding a husband. But how do you find a man in a country where women by far outnumber men? Psychologist Vladimir Rakovsky has an easy solution. He is a tutor of his own school, and runs highly priced courses. We witness Rakovsky teaching Diana, Lida, and Vika, together with a bunch of other young women, how to seduce a man.

Media arts

Earth and environment

9-10

11-12

Classification: Parental Guidance

This episode goes behind the scenes at the filming of the Mountains of the Moon in East Africa, which rise to over 5km in height.

Modern history

11-12

Classification: Mature

A documentary that pays tribute to South Africa's greatest leader, Nelson Mandela, by telling the full story of his dramatic life.

Earth and environment

Geography

9-10

11-12

Classification: Parental Guidance

Earth's natural wonders are among the most extreme places to live on the planet. From soaring mountains to deep jungles, people need bravery and ingenuity to survive within them.

Earth and environment

Geography

9-10

11-12

Classification: Parental Guidance

Cameras explore some of the most breathtaking places on Earth, following the lives of some of the people who call these extraordinary places home.

Earth and environment

Geography

9-10

11-12

Classification: Parental Guidance

This episode follows nomadic people from the Yamal Peninsula in Siberia as they hunt one of the few animals that can survive in this frozen environment: reindeer.