How BBC documentary films benefit to you (children)

• To let you know that there's no way that would happen in real life.

Documentaries capture the reality of the world. However, before you start watching them, make sure that you have this in mind: that’s not to say there isn’t heavy bias in documentary films, but when you are watching it, you would know that every single thing on screen really happened.

• It's like travelling without the travel.

This is what makes you feeling that documentary films are extremely interesting. You could have a chance to see the world that you probably would never see. You could get right into the personal lives of someone completely different to yourselves. You could travel back to thousands years ago by the time machine from the films. Well, there is so much for you to learn.

• For a wonderful family time with your parents.

Let's spend a whole wonderful night with your lovely parents and siblings by watching documentary films together on screen at home. Let them voice out their opinions and impressions -  you would find out this magic gathering time is not only strengthening family bonds but also giving a platform to learn about everyone's views of points, and, sometimes, you might would like to share some tiny little secrets with each other in the family. Now, you would learn more about them.

• A great way to get you to the reading habit.

After watching some high quality documentary films about the wildlife, the space, foreign culture, science, history, etc., it would be easier for you to get nudged into reading about them in detail.

• For conveying knowledge, common sense, great values and messages.

Good documentary films are powerful means of conveying knowledges, cognition and social messages to the world. They can teach you good common sense and great values to you through the reality lesson it conveys. What is more, it is no doubt that they can teach you how precious is your life by telling you the cruelty of the world, and you would know how to cherish everything you have.

• To encourage your critical thinking about the world and to know the history in a very interesting manner.

Good documentary films would also encourage your critical thinking about the world, seeing the facts, could eliminate the myths and superstitions about issues from others. What is more, they could also open up history in a very interesting manner. Whereas most of the people frown to study history, when the same facts are presented in the form of motion picture, you would get interested and you would learn quickly and more effectively. Of course, the history we are talking about also include the history of art, music, motion pictures or serval of abstract things.

Best 100 BBC documentary films for children

• Blue Planet II

'Blue Planet II' is the most groundbreaking nature documentary film of BBC. Let’s start from the Arctic Ocean, where the polar bears are, to the vibrant blue coral atoll, numberless wonderful stories are hidden in our amazing ocean. You would be able to meet the strange octopus deep in the Southern Ocean, to watch the huge squid jumping out of the sea for fishing, to ride on a killer whale and rushing to the fish together….

In 2001, The Blue Planet, the first documentary series to dive deep into Earth's oceanic history, premiered on the BBC and changed the course of nature filmography forever. Containing creatures and phenomena that had never been seen on camera before -- and some that had never even been seen at all -- The Blue Planet took five years, nearly 200 filming locations all over the world, and a set of specialized deep-water submersibles to make. In 2013, the BBC Natural History Unit announced another series, then titled Oceans, would begin filming. Over the course of the next four years, the naturalists, directors, and cameramen produced a new compendium of undersea life, retitled Blue Planet II, that revisits many of the highlights of its predecessor while also continuing the Blue Planet tradition of filming the rarest creatures and behaviors that had never before been caught on camera.

• Frozen Planet

The Arctic and Antarctic remain the greatest wildernesses on Earth. The scale and beauty of the scenery and the power of the elements—the weather, the ocean and the ice—is unmatched anywhere else on our planet. The Poles are also home to many of the most charismatic animals, from polar bears to emperor penguins, and wolves to wandering albatrosses. Using the latest camera technology on land, the air and underwater, Frozen Planet captures the drama of their lives in the most intimate detail. The seven-part series focuses on life and the environment in both the Arctic and Antarctic. The production team were keen to film a comprehensive record of the natural history of the Polar Regions because climate change is affecting landforms such as glaciers, ice shelves, and the extent of sea ice.

 

 

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• Earth's Greatest Spectacles

Set in three of the most seasonally changeable landscapes on earth – New England, Svalbard and Okavango, this series showcases the stunning transformations that occur each year, revealing the unique processes behind them and showing how wildlife has adapted to cope with the changes. Each of the six programs features a different event set in one of the world's most iconic wildernesses. The Great Melt, follows a mother polar bear and her cub making their first journey on to the Arctic sea ice in search of prey. You would be able to know the great migrations, like that of the annual journey made by wildebeest through Serengeti National Park in Tanzania. The Great Tide, examines the world's largest marine spectacle – the sardine run off South Africa's eastern coast, which attracts the planet's greatest concentration of predators. Super-pods of these common dolphins up to 5,000 strong, thousands of sharks and huge Brydes whales feast on the sardines, as gannets rain down from above. The Great Feast, shows how the arrival of the summer sun along the coastal waters of Alaska and British Columbia triggers an explosion of plant life greater in scale than even the Amazon rainforest. The feast draws in huge amounts of wildlife – including billions of herring, Steller's sea lions and humpback whales that migrate all the way from Hawaii.

Earth's Greatest Spectacles is a 2016 British nature documentary series created and produced by the BBC. The series takes on stunning seasonal changes based on the three locations where it reveals the dramatic process which occur for each year and showing how wildlife adapts to cope with the changes.

• Earth: The Power of the Plane

 

This documentary film can be seen as a perfect set of textbooks for geography, which is a combination of knowledge, fun and systematic.

Do you have any idea that how the volcanoes, glaciers, the atmosphere, Marine outer layer and the cosmic space affect the earth? And do you know how the earth have been shaped in her 4.5 billion year of formation?

Let us make a visual travel along with this film to experience the mystery of the earth from the magma lakes in Ethiopia, the glaciers in Norway and the craters in New Zealand. By snorkeling of the lava lake and adventuring in the underwater cave caused by a comet impact, you would understand and awe more in nature, especially about those impacts that caused the extinction of dinosaurs. From the birth of the planet to the incubation of life, the earth that we are relying on is a God-given treasure, and everything on earth is actually based on several of rare coincidence.

• New Zealand: Earth’s Mythical Islands

Cast Adrift: Isolated since the time of the dinosaurs, New Zealand's wildlife has been left to its own devices, with surprising consequences. Its ancient forests are still stalked by predators from the Jurassic era. It's also one of the most geologically active countries on earth. From Kiwis with their giant eggs, to forest-dwelling penguins and helicopter-riding sheep dogs, meet the astonishing creatures and resilient people who must rise to the challenges of their beautiful, dramatic and demanding home.

Wild Extremes: The most extreme and wild parts of New Zealand are in the South Island, which lie towards Antarctica, in the path of the tempestuous 'roaring forties'. This is home to some of the most rapidly rising mountains in the world, the Southern Alps. From hyper-intelligent parrots to sinister snails with teeth and magical constellations of glow-worms, this is the story of New Zealand's wildest places and its most resilient pioneers, all of whom must embrace radical solutions to survive.

New Arrivals: New Zealand was one of the last land masses to be found and settled by people. Lush and fertile, almost everything brought here flourishes, often with surprising consequences. Told through the experiences of its native species - in particular, a charismatic and peculiar giant, flightless parrot - this is the moving story of the changing fortunes of New Zealand's wildlife since humans first arrived.

• Yellowstone

The documentary series takes a look at a year in the life of Yellowstone National Park, examining how its wildlife adapts to living in one of the harshest wildernesses on Earth.

In winter, with temperatures plunging to –40°C and several meters of snowfall, Yellowstone freezes solid for six months each year. In the extreme cold, moisture in the air freezes, creating diamond dust. The severe winter is the greatest challenge facing the Park's animals, but for the wolf, it is the season of opportunity. When summer comes, as the Sun gains strength, one direction the Park begins to thaw and grazers move back up to higher altitudes. The hardy bison are amongst the first, their newborn calves struggling to cross rivers swollen by meltwater during the journey. Autumn is Yellowstone's shortest season and a period of swift change. Conditions change from summer to winter in just two months, forcing animals to leave or prepare for winter.

• Wild China

Wild China is a six-part nature documentary series on the natural history of China. The aim of the documentary film is for the Chinese to feel proud of their countryside and wildlife, to care about it and to seek to ensure its survival. This file is also for trying to redress the negative view of China's environment propagated in western media.

China would impress you via this film, from the crowded metropolis to the silent forest, from the vast prairie to the Gobi Desert, from the snow-capped high altitude mountain areas to the endless plain areas, from the vast land to the blue sky. You would be surprised by this ancient and magical land that contains varieties of landforms, ethnic groups, species and so on.

• Planet earth

Emmy Award-winning, 11 episodes, five years in the making, the most expensive nature documentary series ever commissioned by the BBC, and the first to be filmed in high definition.

For some, remote islands offer sanctuary away from the mainland: the tiny pygmy three-toed sloth only survives because of the peace and safety offered by its Caribbean island home, while seabirds like albatross thrive in predator-free isolation. But island life isn’t always easy. In the barren, volcanic islands of Galapagos, marine iguanas have been forced to find food in the ocean, but their ingenuity allows a raft of other animals to survive – including deadly racer snakes. At the end of the Earth, more than 1.5 million penguins appear to have found their version of paradise on an active, wave-battered volcano.

The BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) documentary films are known for their wide range of topics and their top production level. Through these exquisite films, you would learn not only the history from ancient times to the present, but also the amazing natural and geographic knowledge. Under the support from the HD filming technique, every single image would impress you. The BBC documentary films open a brand new window for you to know the world in depth.

1. Ganges

A journey that follows the Ganges from its source deep within the Himalayas through to the fertile Bengal delta, exploring the natural and spiritual worlds of this sacred river.

2. The living planet

David Attenborough discusses the biomass and life in a variety of eco-systems spanning many of the environments found on Earth (from tropical to polar).

3. Horizon: Supermassive Black Holes

In June 2000, astronomers made an extraordinary discovery. One that promises to solve one of the biggest problems in cosmology - how and why galaxies are created. Incredibly, the answer involves the weirdest, destructive and terrifying objects in the Universe - supermassive black holes.

4. Bermuda Triangle: Beneath the Waves

Professor Bruce Denardo attempts to prove whether there is any truth behind the legend of the Bermuda Triangle, where many ships and planes have disappeared in mysterious circumstances. New investigation techniques reveal the truth behind the infamous disappearance of Flight 19. Graham Hawkes is also able to reveal, by using a state-of-the-art submarine, how five wrecks mysteriously wound up 730 feet down in the heart of the Bermuda Triangle.

5. Wild Caribbean

Nature programme exploring the rich variety of wildlife hidden in the Caribbean islands

6. Walking with Spacemen

Five astronauts pilot the nuclear thermal rocket powered Pegasus spacecraft on a tour of the solar system. Their mission is a collaboration of the NASA, CSA, ESA and RКА space agencies and takes the crew to Venus, Mars, a close flyby of the Sun, Jupiter’s moons Io and Europa, Saturn, Pluto, and the fictional Comet Yano-Moore. Most of the planetary destinations the crew reaches are followed by a manned landing there. Prior to the mission large tanks of hydrogen were deposited in stable orbits around the planets to allow the crew to refuel to have sufficient delta-v for the multi-year mission.

7. Dive To Shark Volcano

In this island, shark is the king.

8. Mystery of the Maya

It's hard to believe that while the European continent was entrenched in the horrors of the Dark Ages, the Mayan culture was thriving. Not only did the Mayans create a complicated written language, they had far exceeded the Europeans in their study and mapping of the stars and planets, mathematics, and architecture.

9. Natural World Secrets of the Maya Underworld

A network of flooded caves and underground rivers discovered beneath the jungle-clad temples of Mexico's Yucatan has revealed bizarre new animals and skeletons of the ancient Maya.

10. Life In The Cold Blood

The evolutionary history is finished. The endeavor is complete. If you'd asked me 20 years ago whether we'd be attempting such a mammoth task, I'd have said 'Don't be ridiculous'. These programs tell a particular story and I'm sure others will come along and tell it much better than I did, but I do hope that if people watch it in 50 years' time, it will still have something to say about the world we live in.

11. Earth: The Power of the Planet

In each episode, geologist Dr. Iain Stewart explains the effects and importance of a specific force of nature, such as wind or volcanism. He also examines the various ways in which it shapes planet earth itself and influences life on it, often in conjunction with other natural forces, and sometimes with lifeforms, as in the 'apocalyptically' grave case of global warming.

12. Animal The Inside Story

A voyage of exploration into the extremes of habitats where animals live, and even right inside their bodies to see how their amazing physiology works.

13. Ancient Worlds

Archaeologist and historian Richard Miles explores the roots of civilisation in an epic series that runs from the creation of the first cities in Mesopotamia to the fall of the Roman Empire

14. Ancient Apocalypse

Series in which geologists, archaeologists and climatologists seek to explain how human achievements were destroyed by the forces of nature.

15. Fine Art Collection

"Art Collection" by the BBC performs elaborate and time-consuming search through the years, shuttling around the museums, galleries and private collections in the world and visiting around artists friends and family. It is also showing enjoyment through the creation of classics, interspersed with an introduction to the life of the great masters of art from various periods to gain insight into their artistic core.

16. How to Build A Human
    The fascinating story of how the production teams behind "Inside the Human Body" brought together the latest scientific research and the most innovative computer technology to create never-before-seen worlds for BBC One's landmark series.
17. Lost Cities of the Ancients

The documentary series which unearths lost cities looks at the mystery surrounding the Egyptian city of Piramesse, built by Ramesses the Great.

18. Walking With Cavemen

Professor Robert Winston meets Lucy, the first upright ape, and follows her ancestors on the three-million-year journey to civilisation. Broadcast in 2003, Walking with Cavemen combined special effects with the latest scientific theories, to show us what it really means to be human.

19. Simon Schama’s Power of Art

In each episode historian Simon Schama treats, in his own erudite, unconventional and somewhat socially engaged style, a work of art from a great master. He concentrates not just on the art history as such, but mainly on the relationship between the work and the historical context of its creation, as this touches the significance of and vision on the subject as well as the life of the artist: where and when did he produce it, why, for which destination...

20. Life in the Undergrowth

Open your eyes to the bizarre, ferocious and surprisingly beautiful world of the invertebrates. Not just bugs and beetles, but exotic cicadas, neon glow worms, intricate silk-weaving spiders and bat-eating centipedes -- not to mention a whole host of other incredible life forms, startling behaviour. These creatures may be miniscule, but they live life on a truly grand scale.

21. Planet Earth: From Pole to Pole

Without freshwater there is no life on the land, while the sun dominates the lives of all animals and plants on Earth and defines their habitats. The most enchanting illustration of the sun's hold on life takes place in the Arctic spring.

22. Supernatural: The Unseen Powers of Animals

An investigation of the extraordinary feats and strange powers of animals. A look at animals that possess senses more powerful than humans.

23. Around The World In 80 Days

Actor and writer Michael Palin takes up the challenge to emulate the adventures of Phileas Fogg and circumnavigate the globe, travelling by land and sea.

24. Oceans

Four marine experts explore the planet's greatest wilderness - the oceans. They reveal the hidden stories of the deep through archaeology, geology, marine biology and anthropology.

25. Human Instinct

Professor Robert Winston presents a series investigating the natural instincts inherent in people, covering survival, procreation, the drive to succeed and the heroic impulse.

26. The Planets

The Planets is a made for television documentary series that explores in depth the planets that make up our solar system.

27. The Blue Planet

Mammoth series, five years in the making, taking a look at the rich tapestry of life in the world's oceans.

28. Great Natural Wonders of the World

David Attenborough sets out on a journey across the seven continents in search of the most impressive and inspiring natural wonders of our planet.

29. Egypt

Six-part series uncovering Egypt's wonders through the eyes of archaeologists, scholars and adventurers who have made them their lives' work.

30. La planète blanche

The Arctic's changing seasons and the impact on the region's flora and fauna is studied in this nature documentary.

31. Wild South America

This documentary series explore the regions’ native animal species and complex ecosystems.

32. Wild Europe

BBC science history show Wild Europe charts the changing climate and habitat of Europe over the last 14 thousand years.

33. Great Raids of World War II

Showcases a series of daring raid made by various sections of the British military during World War II. Each raid is analyzed, the reasons for it taking place, the planning and execution plus the results and consequences.

34. Supersense

Documentary series which utilises ground-breaking effects and filming techniques to show how animals perceive the world around them.

35. Genghis Khan

Genghis Khan, ruthless leader of the Mongols and sovereign over the vastest empire ever ruled by a single man, was both god and devil - not just in the Middle Ages, but for centuries to come.

36. In Search Of The Trojan War

Michael Wood examines how far the historical and archeological evidence matches with the tale of the Trojan War.

37. Horizon

British documentary series that covers a variety of subjects in science and philosophy.

38. Walking With Dinosaurs

Documentary-style series about the era of the dinosaurs, mixing real locations and CGI.

39. The Nazis: A Warning From History

An examination of how a cultured people could have allowed Adolf Hitler's rise to power.

40. Planet Earth

Emmy Award-winning, 11 episodes, five years in the making, the most expensive nature documentary series ever commissioned by the BBC, and the first to be filmed in high definition.

41. The Story of Maths

The history of mathematics from ancient times to the present day. Narrated by Oxford mathematics professor Marcus du Sautoy, the series covers the seminal moments and people in the development of maths.

42. Stephen Hawking's Universe

Professor Stephen Hawking looks at the history of mankind's thinking on the Universe, from the ancient Greeks through to the work of Galileo, Newton, Einstein and Hubble.

43. Ocean Odyssey

Science documentary looking at the ocean abyss and its bizarre creatures. The programme also traces the 80 year story of the largest predator ever to have evolved, the sperm whale.

44. Animal Battlefield

Animal Battlefield Survival in the wild is a daily battle, with every living creature fighting for their share of food and territory.

45. Natural World Bringing Up Baby

Natural World investigates the vital bond between animal mothers and their babies, and considers the tough choices faced by mothers as they raise their young.

46. Great Wildlife Moments

Great Wildlife Moments is a nature documentary and it consists of a compilation of sequences from many of the BBC Natural History Unit's award-winning natural history series and specials. The featured clips are according to the habitats they were filmed in, including ocean, forest, jungle and desert.

47. Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure

One hundred years after the birth of Ernest Hemingway, Michael Palin follows in his footsteps across Europe, Asia and Africa.

48. Wild China

Documentary featuring pioneering images that capture the dazzling array of mysterious and wonderful creatures that live in China's most beautiful landscapes.

49. Exploring China: a culinary adventure

Chefs Ken Hom and Ching-He Huang undertake a culinary adventure across China, sampling her food, history and culture.

50. The Planets

Professor Brian Cox explores the dramatic lives of the eight majestic planets/worlds that make up our solar system.

51. Around The World In 80 Treasures

Documentary series presented by Dan Cruickshank revealing the most beautiful and precious things in the world.

52. Superhuman

We live surrounded by 20th Century technology, yet still have bodies that were designed for the Stone Age. The biggest challenge for modern medicine is to reconcile the two. This groundbreaking series shows how pioneers at the cutting edge of medicine are shaping the physical future by harnessing the body's extraordinary capacity for self-repair and re-invention. Superhuman shows the beauty and faults that lie within the human body, how it operates both in sickness and in health, and the extraordinary ways that it adapts and responds to the world. Stunning graphic embeds and imaging techniques illustrate how modern science is making the possibility of becoming superhuman a serious reality in the 21st Century.

53. Nature's Great Events

This is a documentary series looking at the most dramatic wildlife spectacles on our planet. We see the impact of the melting of the arctic ice in the summer, the annual return of the salmon to spawn, where the Okavango turns many thousands of miles into a lush wetlands. We also see the impact of the migration of wildebeest on a pride of lions, the annual winter sardine run along the coast of Africa, and the great feast in the ocean when the plankton blooms.

54. Stargazing Live

Professor Brian Cox and Dara O Briain bring you the latest news and the best views of the night sky.

55. Time Machine

Series showing how geological forces shape our planet and how humans, other animals and plants experience and manipulate time.

56. Attenborough in Paradise

Documentary tracing David Attenborough's lifelong passion for birds of paradise, from the forests of New Guinea more than 50 years ago to the desert of Qatar today.

57. Wild Indonesia

One of the most varied archipelagos on earth, Indonesia is strung out along 5,000 kilometers of the Equator. This is the story of its diverse range of landscapes and wildlife.

58. Living Landscapes Wild Africa

Wild Africa is a nature documentary series exploring the natural history of the African continent. The series comprises six episodes.

59. Wild Caribbean

Nature programme exploring the rich variety of wildlife hidden in the diverse landscapes of the Caribbean islands.

60. Great Barrier Reef

Monty Halls explores Australia's Great Barrier Reef, one of the natural wonders of the world and the largest living structure on our planet. Monty explores its full 2000-kilometre length, from the wild outer reefs of the Coral Sea to the tangled mangrove and steaming rainforest on the shoreline; from large mountainous islands to tiny coral cays barely above sea level; from the dark depths of the abyss beyond the reef to colorful coral gardens of the shallows.

61. Kingdom of Plants

Using 3D time-lapse and pioneering techniques in 3D macro photography, he traces them from their beginnings on land to their vital place in nature today, exposing new revelations along the way. He moves from our time scale to theirs, revealing the true nature of plants as creatures that are every bit as dynamic and aggressive as animals.

62. Amazon Abyss

Series following the high adrenaline adventures of a team of divers as they explore and film the depths of the world's greatest river system.

63. The Birth of Israel

History, Sociopolitical Documentary hosted by Jeremy Bowen and published by BBC in 2008 - English narration. Jeremy Bowen presents a look back at the creation of the state of Israel, examining the the events leading up to the Israeli war of Independence in 1949, its impact on Arab/Israeli relations and the implications for the Middle East. This discription doesn't do this documentary justice. It's a one hour crash course in some of the underlying causes of the current problems in the Middle East.

64. Private Life Of A Masterpiece

This is a BBC arts documentary series which tells the stories behind great works of art; 29 episodes of the series were broadcast.

65. Civilisation

Kenneth Clark's classic 1969 series tracing the history of Western art and philosophy.

66. Brain Story

Brain Story will examine how the brain controls every aspect of our being from movement to the emotions. It also explores "our ability to learn and adapt" though fossil records have shown that the human brain has not changed significantly for thousands of years.

67. Great Composers

The Great Composers is a BBC documentary series narrated by Kenneth Branagh, presenting the lives and works of some of important figures in Western music, with outstanding performances, dramatizations, and insightful interviews with respected artists and scholars.

68. The Climate Wars

Dr Iain Stewart traces the history of climate change from its very beginning and examines just how the scientific community managed to get it so very wrong back in the Seventies.

69. Son of God

Son of God (also known as Jesus: The Complete Story and Jesus: The Real Story) is an award-winning British documentary series that chronicles the life of Jesus Christ using scientific and contemporary historical evidence.

70. The Sky At Night Big Bangs

Your monthly journey through the fascinating world of space and astronomy with the latest thinking on what's out there in space and what you can see in the night sky.

71. Natural World: Crocodile Blues

The gharial, the world's oldest crocodilian, is on the very edge of extinction. Reptile expert Rom Whitaker and his team try to discover the cause of the die-off.

72. Deep Blue

You won't find Nemo but you will meet most of his relatives in Deep Blue, a feature-length selection of highlights from the BBC documentary series The Blue Planet. Taking us from God's-eye-views of the sparkling surface to the darkest depths, this ocean odyssey conveys a riveting sense of nature's infinite variety.

73. Sperm Whales：Back from the Abyss

Wildlife film about sperm whales, revealing the secret lives led by these often misunderstood ocean giants. Scientists all over the world are now learning about the secret lives of sperm whales, the world's largest hunters that spawned the legendry of Moby Dick.

74. ANIMAL CRIME SCENE

David Attenborough narrates a murder mystery series with a twist - forensic science techniques are used to find out who or what killed an animal.

75. Days That Shook The World

Series focusing on some of the defining moments of history

76. Space

Explore the wonders of our universe with Sam Neill.

77. Natural World: Flying Home

The story of one man's quest to save the rarest bird in North America, the whooping crane. Bill Lishman guides his birds through their development and across thousands of miles.

78. Natural World: Clever Monkeys

David Attenborough discovers some surprisingly human behaviour when he looks at monkeys, such as pygmy marmosets, bearded capuchins or white-faced capuchins.

79. The Trials of life

Each of the twelve 50-minute episodes features a different aspect of the journey through life, from birth to adulthood and continuation of the species through reproduction.

80. The Lost Gods of Easter Island

David Attenborough turns detective and goes on a quest to discover the history of a carved figure he bought at an auction - a search which takes him to Easter Island.

81. The Story of India

Michael Wood visits places and interviews experts all over India to cover the great chapters of the subcontinent's history.

82. Lost Worlds, Vanished Lives

David Attenborough's comprehensive study of fossils, which give many clues to how life existed on pre-historic Earth.

83. In Search of Myths & Heroes

Documentary series in which historian Michael Wood goes in search of the world's greatest myths.

84. Massive Nature

Series which unravels the mysteries behind the world's most dramatic wildlife events.

85. Battle of the Sexes - in the Animal World

The sexual behaviour and intriguing reproductive strategies of the animal world.

86. Noah's Ark: The Real Story

The story of Noah building an ark to save his family and save thousands of animals from a flood which destroys all life on earth is an epic from many people's childhoods. It's a wonderful story, found in the Bible, the Koran and the Torah. But is it in fact, real history?

87. Hiroshima

Documentary with dramatic reenactments with actors to describe what dropping the bomb on Hiroshima was like.

88. Dunkirk

A dramatized documentary about the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force from Dunkirk in May 1940.

89. Earth Ride

Following water, the most precious resource on the planet, on its never-ending journey across the world and throughout the eco-system.

90. D-Day to Berlin

Drama-documentary narrated by Sean Bean about the decisive struggle to defeat Hitler's Third Reich

91. The Battle of the Atlantic

Broadcaster Peter Sissons reveals how a secret command bunker in the heart of Liverpool played a key role in winning The Battle of the Atlantic. He also hears untold stories of heroism and tragedy from veterans of the Battle, as Liverpool commemorates the 70th anniversary.

92. Earth Story

Aubrey Manning explores our understanding of the planet.

93. Churchill's Bodyguard

Historical documentary series based on the memoirs of Walter Thompson, who stood in the line of fire for the great wartime leader for 18 years.

94. Journeys To The Bottom of The Sea

Undersea documentary series exploring the wrecks of famous and noteworthy ships.

95. Light fantastic

Series in which Professor Simon Schaffer explores man's fascination with light.

96. Earth from Space

Cameras in space tell stories of life on our planet from a brand new perspective, revealing new discoveries, incredible colours and patterns, and just how fast it is changing.

97. Visions of the Future

Theoretical physicist and futurist Michio Kaku predicts how technology will alter our world in the 21st century.

98. Life: Extraordinary Animals, Extreme Behaviour

Life, the spectacular companion volume to the new Discovery Channel/BBC series, tells a majestic and compelling story of survival and of the amazing behaviors animals and plants adopt to stay alive and pass their genes to a new generation.

99. The First Eden

David Attenborough presents the history and natural history of the Mediterranean lands.

100. Alien Empire

Earth is really the planet of the insects. This series shows insect behaviour and society.

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