Every year in Ireland, about 120 people donate their bodies to medical science and education. Unlike organ donation, the person decides to gift their entire corpse to one of Ireland's six medical schools; becoming 'silent teachers' after death. In the Anatomy Department at Trinity College Dublin, the Body Donation programme is overseen by Joint Chief Technical Officers Siobhan Ward and Philomena McAteer. Their job is to look after each new donor, as well as their bereaved families. A PARTING GIFT follows 1st year medical students as their education is enriched by direct contact with the donor remains. The documentaries encompass science & medical history, cultural attitudes towards death & bereavement and the big questions of mortality & spirituality.
Tall Ship Chronicles was a television series produced in Canada in 2001 and 2002. It followed the training of Canadian journalist and actor Andrew Younghusband on an 18-month sail training voyage around the World, on the barque Picton Castle.
Originally, a new episode was aired approximately once per month. Some of the people in the show are the ship's professional crew, while the many are trainees who joined the ship to travel or learn about tall ship sailing. The number of crew when the ship began its voyage from Nova Scotia, Canada, was approximately four dozen. Some of the trainees had only booked one leg of the voyage while others had signed on for the entire 18 months. Some left early because they fell in love while on board — or because of personality conflicts — while others decided to stay on board longer than they'd initially planned. The show follows the interpersonal relations between many of the people on board while also showing a bit about the various islands the ship visits during the v
A culinary kaleidoscope bringing the sights, sounds and flavors of Chinatowns around the world into viewers' homes. Martin visits private homes and exotic markets, then demonstrates the finer points of preparing his favorite Chinese foods.
Style Factory offers an addictive behind-the-scenes look at how fashion and beauty products are made. With fashionistas and company insiders weighing in at every step, the series reveals the incredible stories behind the items we need and covet most. From the accessible to the aspirational, it's a rare chance to peer behind the curtains of our favourite brands where crafty artisans work their magic and mass production dazzles.
OUT ON STAGE is the absolutely hilarious and one-of-a-kind series hosted by Zach Noe Towers and featuring some of the freshest queer stand-up comedians in the country!
Join car builders, enthusiasts and artists as they showcase their latest projects and visits other shops and shows to scope out the best trucks, hot rods, motorcycles, art and grub around the country.
Taken directly from the diaries of soldiers fighting in WWII, this series chronicals the experiences, losses, and victories felt on the battlefieds of the second world war.
This superb program provides a clear and factual account of the causes, course and consequences of World War II, while also assessing the contribution of particular key leaders, such as Hitler, Churchill, Roosevelt, Mussolini and Stalin.
Includes: The Battle of the Atlantic, Pearl Harbour, Anti-Submarine Warfare, Japanese Victories and the Battle of Midway, War in the Mediterranean, Guadalcanal, The Struggle for the Solomon Islands, Mediterranean Command, The Invasion of North Africa, War in the South Atlantic, War from Murmansk to Alaska, Carrier Warfare, The New Guinea Campaign, Sicily and the Italian Campaign, D-Day, Victory in the Atlantic 1943-1945, The Battle for the Marianas, The Battle for Peleliu and Anguar, Leyte Gulf, The Liberation of the Philippines, US Submarines, The Fate of Europe, The Battle for Iwo Jima, The Road to Mandalay, Kamikaze, The Surrender of Japan and the Aftermath of War.
Redemption Inc. is a nine-part Canadian reality game show hosted by business commentator Kevin O'Leary, broadcast on CBC. The show stars 10 ex-cons, from cocaine dealers to fraud artists, in an elimination-style competition that results in the winner earning $100,000 of O'Leary's money to start up their own business.
Rooted in Chinese folkloric tradition, it features the exploits of twelve heroic contenders for the celestial assignment of "Keepers of the Earthly Realm", winning them a place in the Chinese Zodiac.
Reopening the crime files of some of the most shocking crimes in UK history to explore unanswered questions and reveal the clues that ultimately cracked the case; along the way, eyewitnesses, survivors, and detectives share their stories.
In the six-part series Breaking Beyond, six breakers discover the dance, breaking and hip hop culture in different cities around the world. All six breakers will show each other their breaking roots.
When a church is built in a small town, they gain the faith of the local people. However, a man who suspects the church of misdeeds appears, and their dispute seems inevitable.