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Science of Surveillance

From every cell phone call to every credit card swipe, we leave an electronic trail. But at what price?Explorer takes viewers into the disturbing world of surveillance technology and scans the latest and future technologies used to even spy on the private lives of citizens.From London’s CCTVs to infra-technology equipped helicopters that search the streets of New York City, the documentary sho

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The Last Lions of India

This documentary is about Asiatic lions, which are completely different from African lions in both appearance and behaviour but are thriving in India. Their refuge is the Gir forest in Gujarat, and in the last 100 years their numbers have grown from 20 to over 300.These lions are now spreading out beyond the protection of the National Park, reclaiming lost territory and colonising new habitats.

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How Bruce Lee Changed the World

ore than just a biography, this film explores Bruce Lee’s global impact to see how he has influenced all areas of popular culture including fitness, cinema, music, sport, dance, video games and philosophy. A journey across the United States, Asia and Europe, takes Shannon Lee on a trip back to her father’s roots in Hong Kong and China.With unique access to the family’s photographic archive, home

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Life At Any Price

Two-thirds of the world’s women live in countries where abortion can be obtained for a variety of social, economic or personal reasons. In other nations it is allowed only in cases of rape, foetal abnormality or when a woman’s life is at risk.But El Salvador bans abortion in all circumstances and criminalises women suspected of procuring one, along with those believed to have been complicit in

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Mental: A History of the Madhouse

An interesting documentary from the BBC which examines the dark history of Britain's mental asylums and their closure. After the second world war about 150,000 people were hidden away in 120 of such institutions located throughout the country. Now days however most of these patients live in the community and these asylums have been closed. From a collection of interviews and testimonies with patie

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Going Postal

Going Postal is the tale of several school and workplace shootings which have been responsible for casting a large shadow over American society and generating fear since the 1980's. It is a modern phenomenon which has been coined "Going Postal", this film includes a large number of interviews with survivors, the families of those who died and the friends and families of those who snapped

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Paedophile Hunters: The Rise Of The Vigilantes

It would appear that pedophilia is on the rise in the United Kingdom and with this increase comes an increase in vigilante groups who intend on catching and exposing them. Publicly the police have said that they themselves are struggling with this increase in online child sex predators but they have also officially stated that they will not work with these vigilante groups as they a

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Secrets of the Lost Empire

Discover how ancient Egyptians used nautical experience, ingenuity, and unwavering faith to raise massive 500-ton granite monoliths that have stood for thousands of years in tribute to their unparalleled early civilization. Travel to Easter Island to discover the secrets of this vanished civilization through the “moai,” the massive headstones that these ancient islanders created to achieve peace

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