Plot: Deep in the jungle, the stories of explorers, journalists, scientists, and missionaries, that seem to spring from fevers and the imagination, gradually take shape.
Plot: Congo is a 2001 BBC nature documentary series for television on the natural history of the Congo River of Central Africa. In three episodes, the series explores the variety of animals and habitats that are to be found along the river's 4,700 km reach. Wikipedia
Plot: In 1831, Charles Darwin set sail on one of the most epic scientific journeys ever made. Darwin circumnavigated the earth on the "Beagle", making discoveries that changed ideas of time, space, chance, sex and nature. Almost 180 years later, his descendant Sarah Darwin and British author Redmond O'Hanlon...
Plot: Humanity is more in touch with each other than ever before as advancements in technology and the world media have allowed endless issues and events to be broadcast across the world instantaneously. Despite this, there are countless untold stories of people which go unreported and are essentially ignored...
Plot: Whenever documentary filmmakers at Discovery Channel and the BBC unite for a project, stellar television seems to follow. The breakthrough natural history series "Life" stemmed from this collaboration in 2009, and "Africa" follows suit in stunning fashion. It's narrated by actor Forest Whitaker, who...
Plot: The award-winning docudrama series tells the extraordinary stories of ordinary people who found themselves in epic survival situations. First-person accounts from the survivors combine with re-enactments to bring back to life the emotional and physical journey they faced in their fight to stay alive...