Shows how human desires are an essential, intricate part of natural history. The program will explore the natural history of four plants -the apple, the tulip, marijuana, and the potato - and the corresponding human desires - sweetness, beauty, intoxication and control. This two-hour documentary begins in Michael Pollan's garden, and roams the world, from the fields of Iowa to the apple forests of Kazakhstan, from a medical marijuana hot house to...

Packed with ingenious scientific work and spectacular fossils, NOVA's Ice Age Death Trap reveals intimate secrets of the life and death of North America's most exotic and extreme creatures: mastodons, saber tooth cats and camels, giant bison with six-foot horns, and ground sloths as big as elephants. Most tantalizing of all, the team unearths startling and controversial evidence of what may be the earliest humans ever to venture into the untamed wilderness...

Come tour the world with Animal Atlas to discover how animals survive and thrive. We'll find out why we love monkeys, who are monkeys and what life is like for an ape.

Frontline investigates American-born terrorist David Coleman Headley, who helped plan the deadly 2008 siege on Mumbai. In collaboration with ProPublica, the film reveals how secret electronic surveillance missed catching the Mumbai plotters, and how Headley planned another Charlie Hebdo-like assault against a Danish newspaper.

This 2016 follow-up to the 2006 documentary mini-series "Planet Earth" examines the natural features and wildlife found in various parts of the world, each of the six episodes corresponding to a different category of natural or man-made terrain (e.g., island, mountain, jungle, urban area, etc.).

A celebration of the Hubble Space Telescope's 25 years orbiting the planet. The story of one of the most remarkable advances in modern technology, as told by the people who designed, built, launched, operated and repaired the legendary observatory.

Recorded talks by Joseph Campbell near the end of his life where he explains what he has learned in life.

Travel back millions of years to the time of the dinosaurs in the BBC dino triple feature. The Giant Claw: Computer animation brings therizinosaurus thunderingly alive. Land of Giants: Travel to South America₂s Patagonia, where dinosaurs shook the earth 100 million years ago. Allosaurus: Recreates the life of a dinosaur as he attempts to survive in an absolutely brutal world.

Presents a collection of programs tracing the history of Christianity from the birth of Jesus to the present. Also includes a documentary covering the history of the Crusades.

The fourth season of the television series analyzes alien evidence here on Earth to investigate extraterrestrial forces and Earth's natural disasters; extraterrestrial beings, the Mayans' disappearance and the doomsday prophecies; and the existence of grey aliens.