Home to over 600 animals, Dublin Zoo has almost one million visitors a year flocking to its gates for the chance to see some of the world's most beautiful and fascinating creatures.
Historian Justin Jampol unlocks the secrets of the past through recently unearthed artifacts. Using scientific testing and detective work, his investigations reveal new details about the most significant moments in history.
In the 5th century BC, during the Greco-Persian wars, the Persian Empire set out to subjugate the Greek city-states. On the Greek side, one man had to prove his worth and defend his ideals. Opposite him was a Persian king bent on authority and obsessed with extending the boundaries of his empire. The overwhelming scale of the Persian forces came up against the bravery of a modest city: Athens.
Follow Tom on his journey across America, the series showcases states, cities and under-the-radar destinations to uncover the country’s favourite dishes and lesser-known delicacies; visiting several destinations along the stunning Californian coastline, the majestic state of Colorado and Pennsylvania’s innovative capital, Pittsburgh. Each episode shows pioneering chefs creating innovative dishes with native ingredients and retells encounters with local producers and established family-run restaurants. At the end of each episode, Tom creates an exclusive dish based on his experiences and is joined in the kitchen by some interesting personalities from the destination.
Crime experts explore the motives and modus operandi of female killers. While males are often driven by anger, impulse and destruction, women usually have more complex, long-term reasons to kill.
Secret Galaxy is a quick, witty, often silly, deep-dive hosted by Dan Larson into the history of some of your favorite shows, movies, books, board games… whatever. The rises, the falls, the triumphs and the tragedies.
A new-age entertainment industry was booming during Corey Goode and David Wilcock's rise. Their claims of a secret space alien program wowed. Former cult member Kari and documentarian Darcy unravel the history of this scandal through testimony and facts.
Civil War historians Caroline E. Janney and Peter S. Carmichael invite you to join them on the battlefield for an on-the-ground examination of how the Civil War was fought. In 15 lectures, you'll visit 11 different sites that take you inside many of the war's renowned campaigns, including Bull Run, Antietam, Gettysburg, and Petersburg.
The American Civil War creates a vivid portrait of America's greatest internal crisis, from the first antislavery protests to Lee's surrender at Appomattox. Along the way, this series examines the moral, political, and strategic forces that set brother against brother for more than four years, in what is generally understood to be the first modern war.
An epic adventure into the stories of the world's most renowned alcohol producers. Each episode focuses on a single drink and its premier maker as they reveal the history, process, and craft that goes into every bottle.
From serial killers to murder in the family and vicious gang killings, Donal MacIntyre investigates ten shocking crimes in the United Kingdom and the United States that are solved using forensics.
How life went on as war raged around. War has never been limited to the battlefield. It destroys cities and kills loved ones; it casts an almost impenetrable shadow over everything it touches … but life somehow finds a way to shine, even in the toughest of times. Using archive materials and expert interviews across three eye-opening episodes, Living in the Shadow of WW2 explores the ups and downs of everyday life - with a focus on Great Britain - while the greatest war in history raged on.