nonfiction television programs

Food expert Angela May explores the recipes, history, and culture behind the foods of Barcelona.

A documentary television program that reveals what it is like to go to war, discussing such topics as training, battle, and coming home.

Combines eyewitness accounts, forensic data scanning, and three-dimensional computer modeling to examine the invasion of Normandy, focusing on how the odds of victory were determined by a five hour period on a five mile stretch of Omaha Beach.

"Taking in Egypt's greatest historical sites, Alastair Sooke tells the story of Ancient Egyptian art through 30 extraordinary masterpieces. Tracing the origins of Egypt's unique visual style, he treks across the Sahara and travels the Nileto find the rarely-seen art of its earliest peoples. Exploring how this civilization's art reflected its religion, he looks anew at the Great Pyramid, and the statuary and painting of the Old Kingdom"--Container.

Examines a moment of transformation in Palestine, long before the Balfour Declaration and British Mandate period usually considered the matchstick for today's ongoing struggles.

Recounts the road trip across America by Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev and President Eisenhower in the fall of 1959 at the height of the Cold War.

Viewers follow the arduous journeys undertaken by millionsof animals around the world to ensure the survival of their species.

Contains four episodes of the television program "Secret Life of Predators" which looks at the behaviors of predatory animals, including animals in oceans, forests, open spaces, and on the edge.

The wildest frontiers of North, Central, and South America are explored.

An exploration of Arctic regions that examines the behavior of animals and the changing of seasons.