For most of our history, horseback was as fast as any human could hope to travel but then came along the industrial revolution which saw the birth of steam powered and internal combustion engines. Cars transformed our world they made travel easier, more accessible and faster than ever before.This speed however also brought danger with it and for more than 60 years Horizon and the BBC have report
The war in Syria is now three years old and the likelihood of either side reaching victory is further away than ever and the actual situation on the ground in murkier than anytime seen since the war began. For the past 6 months almost no western journalists have entered rebel held Northern Syria because of the risk of kidnap by the renegade Al Qaeda offshoot, The Islamic State.In this film Vie
Originally aired in 2011 this film was released to mark the tenth anniversary of the invasion of Afghanistan, in it we see Reporter John Ware examining some of the key decisions that ended up shaping the conflict, a conflict that has cost many thousands of lives including more than 370 British Servicemen and women. Ware also asks what did the death of Osama Bin Laden who started the Afgh
A short motivational documentary about professional skydiver Dan Brodsky-Chenfeld, who back in 1992 woke up from a six week coma to the realisation that the plane himself and his team were training in had crashed, killing several of his teammates and severely injuring him. Having been told that his dream of becoming a World Champion skydiver was now over due to the severity of his injuries, Dan fo
Bee's pollinate about a third of the worlds food but all around the globe they are dying from colony collapse and diseases at an alarming rate. As scientists search for solutions there's a buzz around Niue, an isolated island nation in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, bee keepers have discovered abandoned hives there free from the issues seen throughout modern agriculture.In this film by Al Ja
Joseph Junior Adenuga, better known by his stage name Skepta, is an English rapper who is best known for the grime music he releases. This summer he booked a tour for the East Coast of America & Canada, the tour itself sold out and saw Skepta preform alongside Drake at the OVO fest in Toronto. In this documentary we see Vice's music channel, Noisey, follow Skepta throughout this milestone mome
10 years after releasing his debut album The Documentary, Compton rapper, The Game, recently released a double album in two separate installments. The first disk was titled The Documentary 2 and the second which dropped a week later was called The Documentary 2.5. This 50 minute film is the official making of and we get just that, giving fans a behind-the-scenes look at the recording sessions that
From Baltimore to Los Angeles and from Texas to Ohio, over the last year shocking images of American police officers brutalising and killing black people have left the world in disbelief and sparked some of the worst civil disorder seen in America in decades. The released footage however has also galvanised a new generation of young activists demanding an end to police brutality.The shooting of
Dr. Harold Frederick Shipman of Hyde, Manchester, murdered at least 215 of his patients over the course of 20 years. His reputation of being a caring GP in a close-knit town was a thin veil for his evil killings, he committed the ultimate betrayal in patient doctor trust and callously murdered with lethal injection, making this a crime that truly shook Britain.Following the convic