Current affairs programme, featuring interviews and investigative reports on a wide variety of subjects.
1953/1954
19 episodes · 1953
Panorama began broadcasting on 11th November 1953 as a fortnightly show. Described by the Radio Times of the day as a “reflection of the contemporary scene” it included reviews of the contemporary arts as well as featuring documentary pieces. The first season of Panorama concluded its run on 4th August 1954 (Information taken from the Radio Times via BBC Genome project programme index at https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk)
1954/1955
22 episodes · 1954
The second season of Panorama began on the 20th of October. Similar to the first year, it was described as “a fortnightly topical magazine” by the Radio Times of the day. Again introduced by Max Robertson the series ran from the end of 1954 until the middle of 1955, ending on the 10th of August. (Information again collated from BBC Genome project at https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/)
1955/1956
43 episodes · 1955
Starting on 19th September 1955, Richard Dimbleby took over as the presenter of Panorama bringing you “ Television’s Window on the World” according to the Radio Times. Continuing the weekly listings paper went on “Every Monday in this programme film and television cameras focus on events and personalities of the moment.” The show originated from the BBC Television Studios in London, with contributions from Outside Broadcast units, Regional Studios, and the BBC Film Unit. (Information from BBC Genome Project https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/)
1956/1957
42 episodes · 1956
1983
Since it began in 1983, Frontline has been airing public-affairs documentaries that explore a wide scope of the complex human experience. Frontline's goal is to extend the impact of the documentary beyond its initial broadcast by serving as a catalyst for change.
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1978
Motoring programme featuring reviews of and reports about cars of all types.
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1988
This newsmagazine series investigates intriguing crime and justice cases that touch on all aspects of the human experience. Over its long run, the show has helped exonerate wrongly convicted people, driven the reopening — and resolution — of cold cases, and changed numerous lives. CBS News correspondents offer an in-depth look into each story, with the emphasis on solving the mystery at its heart.
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2020
Investigates a wide range of historically compelling topics and the mysteries surrounding each including the Titanic, D.B. Cooper, Roswell, John Wilkes Booth, and more. Fresh, new evidence and perspectives will be showcased, such as never-before-released documents, personal diaries and DNA evidence.
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2020
Filmed across six continents, this docuseries uses cutting-edge camera technology to capture animals' nocturnal lives, revealing new behaviours filmed in full color like never before.
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1987
Biography is a documentary television series. It was originally a half-hour filmed series produced for CBS by David Wolper from 1961 to 1964 and hosted by Mike Wallace. The A&E Network later re-ran it and has produced new episodes since 1987. The older version featured historical figures such as Helen Keller and Mark Twain, or long-dead entertainment figures such as Will Rogers or John Barrymore. The A&E series has placed the emphasis on such people as Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley, Plácido Domingo, Freddie Mercury, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Eric Clapton, Pope John Paul II, Gene Tierney, Selena, Diego Rivera, Mao Zedong and Queen Elizabeth II, and fictional characters like The Phantom, Superman, Hamlet, Betty Boop, and Santa Claus. The program ended up profiling enough figures that in 1999, A&E spun it off into an entire network, The Biography Channel.
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2020
Actor Zac Efron journeys around the world with wellness expert Darin Olien in a travel show that explores healthy, sustainable ways to live.
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1988
TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today.
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2021
Revisit the epic heroes, villains and moments from across the MCU in preparation for the stories still to come. Each dynamic segment feeds directly into the upcoming series — setting the stage for future events. This series weaves together the many threads that constitute the unparalleled Marvel Cinematic Universe.
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2023
Award-winning actor and nervous explorer Eugene Levy steps out of his comfort zone for a whirlwind tour of the world's most beautiful and intriguing destinations.
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2010
Don Wildman unearths relics from the world's greatest institutions to reveal secrets from the past. He examines each artifact to illuminate history's most incredible triumphs, sensational crimes and bizarre encounters.
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1983
Natural World is a nature documentary television series broadcast annually on BBC Two and regarded by the BBC as its flagship natural history brand. It is currently the longest-running series in its genre on British television, with more than 400 episodes broadcast since its inception in 1983. Natural World is produced by the BBC Natural History Unit in Bristol, but individual programmes can be in-house productions, collaborative productions with other broadcasters or films made and distributed by independent production companies and purchased by the BBC. Natural World programmes are often broadcast as PBS Nature episodes in the USA. Since 2008, most Natural World programmes have been shot and broadcast in high definition.
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2005
Seconds from Disaster is a US/UK-produced documentary television programme that investigates historically relevant man-made and natural disasters of the 20th century. Each episode aims to explain a single incidental by analyzing the causes and circumstances that ultimately effected the disaster. The program uses re-enactments, interviews, testimonies, and CGI to analyze the sequence of events second-by-second for the audience. Narrators for the show are Ashton Smith, Richard Vaughan and Peter Guinness.
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2006
An insider's look at the engineering and scientific miracles behind the things that form the modern world.
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2004
MegaStructures is a documentary television series appearing on the National Geographic Channel in the United States and the United Kingdom, Channel 5 in the United Kingdom, France 5 in France, and 7mate in Australia. Each episode is an educational look of varying depth into the construction, operation, and staffing of various structures or construction projects, but not ordinary construction products. Generally containing interviews with designers and project managers, it presents the problems of construction and the methodology or techniques used to overcome obstacles. In some cases this involved the development of new materials or products that are now in general use within the construction industry. MegaStructures focuses on constructions that are extreme; in the sense that they are the biggest, tallest, longest, or deepest in the world. Alternatively, a project may appear if it had an element of novelty or are a world first. This type of project is known as a Megaproject.
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1974
PBS' premier science series helps viewers of all ages explore the science behind the headlines. Along the way, NOVA demystifies science and technology, and highlights the people involved in scientific pursuits.
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2013
Bourdain travels across the globe to uncover little-known areas of the world and celebrate diverse cultures by exploring food and dining rituals. Known for his curiosity, candor, and acerbic wit, Bourdain takes viewers off the beaten path of tourist destinations – including some war-torn parts of the world – and meets with a variety of local citizens to offer a window into their lifestyles, and occasionally communes with an internationally lauded chef on his journeys.
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1982
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 for kids, was briefly distributed to museums and schools at no cost in the mid-2000s.
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2024
Eerie encounters, bizarre disappearances, haunting events and more perplexing phenomena are explored in this chilling investigative docuseries.
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2021
Will Smith whose curiosity and wonder is positively infectious—is guided by National Geographic Explorers traveling to different corners of the world to get up close and personal with the weirdest, most unusual, dangerous and thrilling spectacles of the planet.
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1957/1958
41 episodes · 1957
1958/1959
2 episodes · 1958
1959/1960
45 episodes · 1959
1960/1961
46 episodes · 1960
1961/1962
1 episodes · 1961
1962/1963
5 episodes · 1962
1963/1964
2 episodes · 1963
1964/1965
1 episodes · 1964
1965/1966
38 episodes · 1965
1966/1967
1 episodes · 1966
1967/1968
14 episodes · 1967
1968/1969
44 episodes · 1968
1969/1970
48 episodes · 1969
1970/1971
10 episodes · 1970
1971/1972
49 episodes · 1971
1972
9 episodes · 1972
1973
23 episodes · 1973
1974
43 episodes · 1974
1975
39 episodes · 1975
1976
2 episodes · 1976
1977
3 episodes · 1977
1978
3 episodes · 1978
1979
0 episodes
1980
3 episodes
1981
46 episodes · 1981
1982
2 episodes · 1982
1983
3 episodes · 1983
1984
39 episodes · 1984
1985
40 episodes · 1985
1986
1 episodes · 1986
1987
37 episodes · 1987
1988
40 episodes · 1988
1989
35 episodes · 1989
1990
37 episodes · 1990
1991
43 episodes · 1991
1992
44 episodes · 1992
1993
44 episodes · 1993
1994
38 episodes · 1994
1995
37 episodes · 1995
1996
38 episodes · 1996
1997
39 episodes · 1997
1998
36 episodes · 1998
1999
34 episodes · 1999
2000
35 episodes · 2000
2001
34 episodes · 2001
2002
27 episodes · 2002
2003
34 episodes · 2003
2004
31 episodes · 2004
2005
34 episodes · 2005
2006
36 episodes · 2006
2007
52 episodes · 2007
2008
57 episodes · 2008
2009
53 episodes · 2009
2010
50 episodes · 2010
2011
54 episodes · 2011
2012
49 episodes · 2012
2013
45 episodes · 2013
2014
47 episodes · 2014
2015
48 episodes · 2015
2016
41 episodes · 2016
2017
48 episodes · 2017
2018
43 episodes · 2018
2019
45 episodes · 2019
2020
49 episodes · 2020
2021
44 episodes · 2021
2022
45 episodes · 2022
2023
41 episodes · 2023
2024
40 episodes · 2024
2025
39 episodes · 2025
2026
25 episodes · 2026