Plot: "Frontline" offers an unflinching and compelling look at complex, vital and often-controversial subjects. Each broadcast consists of a long-form news documentary. Topics run the gamut -- from Bernie Madoff's intricate fraud and prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib, to AIDs, racial issues and Wal-Mart's effect...
Plot: Since its premiere in 1986, this Emmy-winning documentary series has presented hundreds of hours comprising profiles of outstanding American cultural artists. Past subjects have included Charlie Chaplin, Helen Hayes, pop icon Andy Warhol, singer Billie Holliday and composer-conductor Leonard Bernstein...
Plot: Terra X is a brand used by the German public broadcaster ZDF since 2008. Between 1982 and 2008 the brand name was ZDF Expedition. Some topics under the brand Terra X are documentaries about history, nature, archeology, and science. The documentaries are broadcast on Saturdays, 7:30 pm on ZDF. Wikipedia...
Plot: "American Experience" combines dramatic re-enactments with commentary by historians and authors to present an absorbing look at the personalities, events and resources that have had a profound impact on the shaping of America's past and present. Many of the program's documentaries have received major...
Plot: OzGirl is an Australian web series that ran from February to June, 2009. The series consists of 24 episodes, of between five and seven minutes each. The final episode was broadcast live on-air. Wikipedia
Plot: With a dry sense of humour and the insight one gains with maturity, a grown-up Kevin provides funny commentary on himself as a young boy trying to cope with the bizarre world of a teenager.
Plot: Host Neil deGrasse Tyson chats with scientists and movie artists about how the science of the cosmos has amalgamated with popular culture to give rise to some of the best movies and television shows.
Plot: This Emmy-winning home-improvement series takes the mystery and fright factors out of remodeling and carpentry chores. It follows one whole-house renovation over several episodes and features tradesmen Norm Abram, Tom Silva, Richard Trethewey, and Roger Cook, along with host Kevin O'Connor.
Plot: Designed to show kids that engineering is active, fun and collaborative, "Design Squad" brings together eight high schoolers, working together in two groups of four, to tackle engineering projects for actual clients. On each episode, the teams have two days to design, build, test and redesign their...
Plot: Using the latest science and the most detailed images ever produced, in combination with Academy Award-winning VFX company Lola Post, Professor Brian Cox explores the planets like never before. These stories of beauty and violence, creation and destruction, show our solar system to be not the serene...
Plot: Consistently stunning documentaries transport viewers to far-flung locations ranging from the torrid African plains to the chilly splendours of icy Antarctica. The show's primary focus is on animals and ecosystems around the world. A comic book based on the show, meant to be used an as educational tool...
Plot: This six-episode documentary series follows researchers as they tackle unanswered questions about life and the cosmos. Each "NOVA Wonders" episode poses a single scientific question and explores how close scientists are to an answer. Hosted by three young scientists, the series travels to some unexpected...
Plot: This long-running, award-winning documentary series focuses on science - the speculation, history and researchers associated with it and its many applications. Inspired by the BBC documentary program `Horizons', the U.S. series frequently features interviews with scientists directly involved in the...
Plot: Reporter David Pogue hosts a witty, partly animated newsmagazine version of the long-running PBS series "Nova." Each episode features stories on the most-intriguing discoveries and breakthroughs in a host of scientific fields, plus a profile piece spotlighting a compelling scientific personality.