The soft drink industry is a 100 million dollar juggernaut, the Coca Cola Company and Pepsi Co. control vast empires which reach into practically every corner of the globe. Through huge networks of bottlers, distributors and retailers there's hardly a spot on Earth where you cant quench your thirst with either a Coke or a Pepsi.So heavily promoted their presence is practically inescapable, Coke
In December 2002 the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam saw two of it's most priceless and historically important paintings get stolen, this is said to be the greatest art heist of the 21st century so far.In this BBC special we see British art historian and broadcaster Andrew Graham-Dixon confronting the worlds of high art and seriously organised crime in a bid to uncover the
In the 21st dynasty of the pharaohs, 3000 years ago there took place one night at a temple the funeral of Henut Taui, The Lady of The Two Lands. Compared to the great rulers of Egypt her burial was a modest affair but just like the pharaohs she too was mummified and her body placed in the depths of the desert tomb in the belief it would give her immortality and in an unexpected way it has.He m
For centuries archaeologists have tried to find the legendary city of Troy but without success. Troy is famous for the scene of the Trojan War, the fight for the worlds most beautiful woman, Helen of Troy and the ruse that won her back, the Trojan Horse.It's a story that has been told and retold by poets and actors for thousands of years but is it real? Did the city of Troy actually exist? A c
Okay so this one is not so much your typical documentary but instead a really interesting short piece by Neil Halloran. It is an animated data-driven short film which is all about war and peace. The Fallen of World War II is a near 19 minute examination of the human cost of the second World War, comparing the numbers lost in this war to other such conflicts, including recent ones.This unique v
Ancient Egypt were a conspiracy might use a wax doll and magic words to kill the King. In the empire along the Nile what seems bizarre now was the norm back then. Like the Pharaohs favoured people who were dwarfs, the peoples recreational habits which involved getting high a lot of the time and their sex life which in some cases would include those who have passed away. When Jennifer used some of
A short film by the BBC which sees three people sit down and tell their stories of living with mental health conditions and how they individually manage and deal with delusions which vary from the bizarre and peculiar, to the sinister and terrifying. Blogger Sophie Eliza began hearing voices at the start of her psychosis and gradually became convinced that a group of people were out to get he
Halfway between Austrailia and Hawaii in the middle of a seemingly endless pacific ocean we find a chain of islands that together form the nation of the Marshall Islands. Spread over 2 million square kilometres in the central pacific lie the Marshall Islands, a scattering of more than 1,000 islands and islets and few people have heard of Enewetak but it is the ground zero of US nuclear testing in
Originally released in 2007 His Name Was Arthur Leigh Allen is a documentary which was included in the Special Edition DVD of Zodiac the feature film. Through a number of interviews with the original investigators and surviving victims this documentary covers every aspect of the investigation into discovering the true identity of The Zodiac Killer.The Zodiac Killer was a serial killer who who