Martin Scorsese's, The Wolf of Wall Street starring Leonardo DiCaprio, premiered on the 9th of December 2013. It's a film about the extraordinary story of a trader who was worth millions at the age of only 27. Although many people didn't realise it was the story of a real man, Jordan Belfort. He's the real hero of the film having inspired this incredible success story that you just couldn't inven
Clive Wearing, has one of the worst cases of amnesia in the world, he was a renowned musicologist, conductor, tenor and keyboardist living in London when he was struck down by a virus in 1985. Parts of his brain were completely destroyed including his memory, however his ability to play music is unaffected.Clive's case became known to millions when a television documentary entitled Prisoner of
Black Wednesday occurred on 16 September 1992, it was a day that saw the British government faced one of the biggest financial crisis in history, it was a day when the Bank of England lost billions and speculators made fortunes, a day of disaster from which the government never recovered.Margret Thatcher put Britain on the road to Black Wednesday, the economy was in crisis, and in her ow
In less than a century America has progressed from the sandy hills of Kitty Hawk along the Atlantic coast into the vast new ocean of space. They journey has been difficult and dangerous but it has also been extremely rewarding, giving us a better understanding of our home planet, solar system and the universe as a whole.Although humans have dreamed of sailing outward from the planet Earth for
In 1903 the Wright brothers invented the first airplane, it was hard to imagine back then that today there would be over 500,000 people traveling in the air at any point in time. In 2008, a person or a group of people under the moniker Satoshi Nakamoto invented bitcoin and the blockchain. For the first time in history this invention made it possible to transfer money around the globe without the u
The Tower of London a royal palace and mighty fortress, infamous prison, place of execution and torture. With unprecedented access this film goes deep into the archives to uncover extraordinary relics and rituals hidden for centuries unraveling the secrets of one of Britain's most iconic landmarks.
By the end of the second world war the place of the sniper in modern warfare had been firmly established. Sniper fire produced more fear and confusion amongst soldiers on the ground than any other type of fire, such fear was well founded. The snipers rifle could kill more men, more selectively with less ammunition and less risk of detection than any other weapon and yet the importance of sniping w
1787, the Pacific Northwest has become a new frontier for international trade. Lured by the promise of riches American and European merchants were prepared to enter hostile waters, proud by a people who had built a great civilization by mastering the waves. These were the Haida, the greatest aboriginal naval power North America had ever seen.It's the end of the 18th Century and the world is m
Twenty four year old Josie Cunningham became infamous back in 2013, after getting a £4,800 breast enlargement at the British taxpayer's expense. She pleaded with the National Health Service (NHS) doctors to take her from a 32A to 32DD, claiming years of bullying over her flat chest had ruined her life. As a child, she was diagnosed with a benign breast disorder which prevented her from developing