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Leaving Neverland Part Two

The Power of Flowers

Leaving Neverland Part One

David Attenborough Meets President Obama

Plastic Pollution

Deepsea Challenge
How to Build a Time Machine

Blood Of The Vikings: The Sea Road

The Last Dance Episode II

David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet

Dont Look Back

Project Nim
Reinventing Russia

When One Ends, Another Begins

The Art of Germany: A Divided Land

Merchants of Doubt

The Great Melt

My Octopus Teacher

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The Atlantic

2009 Nature

The Atlantic is the second largest ocean on the planet. It is the resting place of the Titanic, home to the mysterious Bermuda Triangle and is the youngest of the Earth's great oceans. It reaches depths of 8,500 metres. Oceans investigates this influential body of water from a group of islands in its western reaches - the Bahamas.

Series: Oceans

The Indian Ocean

2009 Nature

The Indian Ocean is the third largest body of water on Earth at more than 6,000 miles wide and covering 13% of the world's surface. It is home to 5,000 species of fish, many of which only exist in the Indian Ocean. But it is also an ocean under threat from global issues such as over-fishing and climate change, which make this an ocean on the edge.

Series: Oceans

The Indian Ocean Coastal Waters

2009 Nature

The tropical Indian Ocean is home to the Spice Islands. Characterised by beautiful sandy beaches, fringing coral reefs and coastal mangrove forests, this is a vibrant nursery area for marine life, such as whale sharks, crabs, seahorses and a great variety of fish. The coastal areas are where humans have the most direct impact on the ocean's resources.

Series: Oceans

The Arctic Ocean

2009 Nature

With much of it covered in ice all year round and with no daylight from October to March, the Arctic Ocean is one of the world's most remarkable oceans. Its home to a multitude of unique life forms, all highly adapted to cope with the extreme and seasonal conditions. The impacts of climate change are more strongly felt here than anywhere else in the world.

Series: Oceans

The Story of India: The Power of Ideas

2007 History

Michael Wood’s epic series moves on to the revolutionary years after 500BC - the Age of the Buddha. Travelling by rail to the ancient cities of the Ganges plain, by army convoy through Northern Iraq, and on down the Khyber Pass, he shows how Alexander the Great’s invasion of India inspired her first empire.

Series: The Story of India

The Story of India: Ages of Gold

2007 History

Presenter Michael Wood seeks out the achievements of the country’s golden age, discovering how India discovered zero, calculated the circumference of the Earth and wrote the world’s first sex guide, the Kama Sutra. In the south, he visits the giant temple of Tanjore and sees traditional bronze casters, working as their ancestors did 1,000 years ago.

Series: The Story of India