Mike Holmes, known as `Canada's Most Trusted Contractor', leads his crew south into the heart of New Orleans' lower 9th Ward to rebuild the home of Gloria Guy, a grandmother who lost everything in Hurricane Katrina. They have just 10 weeks to get it done (half the normal time), and this series follows Holmes and the crew as they struggle to overcome stifling heat and blinding rainstorms, staff turnover, and conflicts between tradespeople to erect a safe and sustainable home that will withstand future hurricanes and flooding.
Mintoo is the tale of an fearless girl but fear becomes her best friend in her journey of life where she will face the mental and physical challenges. Will she be a winner ? or fear will takeover ?
What propelled the construction of higher and higher buildings? Which technologies made the discovery of the oceans possible? How are gravity defying bridges designed? What will the future of the aircraft industry be? Combining bluechip photography with innovative CGI, all set in spectacular locations across the world, this documentary series highlights the history of human ingenuity.
"Queer Icon" is a show that celebrates the trajectory and success of members of the LGBTQ+ community. Exploring their life stories from background, upbringing to coming out, career and activism.
London is a huge city with a massive story to tell. Trade centre, cultural capital, a place that embraces modernity and also its remarkable history. In this six part series we explore the stories of some of the greatest institutions of London life. Six special programmes include: 'The London Underground', 'Royal London', 'Parks', 'The River Thames', 'Castles' & 'Palaces'!
Body Fixers is a one-stop shop where people with extreme, shocking and downright hilarious beauty and hair fails can come to have their problems fixed by a team of top young professionals
A quick-witted drama and comedy that reveals the explosive and hilarious journey of three African immigrants as they navigate the treacherous waters of staying in America.
"For it is owning to their wonder that men now begin and first began to philosophize," wrote Aristotle. Examine the profound impact Western history's intellectual giants had on their time and on stimulating the minds of future generations.
The profiles of two condemned men in Oklahoma - Richard Glossip and Justin Sneed - and their two very different accounts of the murder of Barry Van Treese. Richard Glossip waits on death row saying he is an innocent man while Sneed cut a deal: testify against Glossip in exchange for a life sentence.