With war raging in Ukraine, oligarchs are caught between sanctions in the West and backlash at home; chronicling the story of Russia's super-rich and the man who rules over them.

Putin and the Oligarchs

The dinosaur's adventures features songs, dances and games.

Barney & Friends

Trials of young men willing to pass initiatory ordeals to achieve manhood.

Growing Up

The ultimate guide to invertebrates, with key biological themes to show a wide range of species.

Creepy Crawlies

In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, a look at America's rising Hispanic and Latino population, including in North Dakota.

La Nueva America

The Wide Awakes, a paramilitary organization cultivated by the Republican Party, helps Abraham Lincoln win the 1860 presidential election, a catalyst of the Civil War.

Fighting for Lincoln: The Wide Awakes

Toby Nowlan embarks on a mission to find and photograph the world's rarest rhino in the Javan jungle in hope of protecting it from extinction.

Last Stand of the Javan Rhino

The history of humanity's innate need for speed.

Speed

Marisa's team at Second Chance Animal Rescue in Melbourne hope to give abandoned pets a new home and end the heartbreaking cycle of over 250,000 abandoned animals being put down each year.

The Pet Rescuers

The race is on to determine how quickly megacities across Southeast Asia will sink due to climate change.

Changing Ocean Asia

Exploring the natural wonders of North America.

The Magic of the Wild

Exploring cutting edge technologies and tracing them back to their historic origins.

Past, Present, Future

Short stories about science and tech, history, global issues, and the personalities at the center of it all.

Bright Now!

The Berlin Wall is one of the most iconic structures ever built.

The Berlin Wall: From Construction to Demolition

A journey through the discoveries of quantum physics with theoretical physicist and author Brian Greene.

Exploring Quantum History With Brian Greene

A lost prehistoric world of Antarctica is brought back to life through state-of-the art CGI.

Ancient Earth: Dinosaurs of the Frozen Continent

Ann Shin sets out on a journey to explore the latest news in AI and biotechnology with the help of scientists and visionaries.

Artificial Immortality

A fascinating and comprehensive look at motor racing, year by year.

The Racing Years

Mark and Lauren get the help of experts to design dream dens for children.

The Dengineers

Modern science reveals the environmental forces that have shaped human history.

The Secrets to Civilization

Intrepid divers explore a reef of wreckage and the witnesses of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapse.

700 Feet Down

Top athletes and leading experts uncover what it takes to be one of the world's greatest athletes.

The Science of Movement

Following the scientific team of the NASA Lucy Mission, a mission that will unveil the origins of the Solar System.

The Lucy Mission: Origins of the Solar System

100 Ways to Draw

Talent, research, and discoveries behind the documentary film Out of the Cradle.

Out of the Cradle: Behind the Scenes

Host Derek Muller uncovers the secrets of spider vision; discovering how advanced color vision in jumping spiders has evolved in so many unique ways.

Spider Vision: Decoding Color

Examining planets, black holes, asteroids, nebulae and other cosmic discoveries using cutting-edge research with photographic images and computer graphics.

Cosmic Front

Hamid Said, a famous black musician in Iran, is traveling by motorbike across the province of Hormozgan to organize a concert with the best black musicians in the country.

Dingomaro: Iran's Black South

Destination: Pluto

By 2050, 70 percent of all human life will be concentrated in cities.

Cities of Tomorrow

It was advertised as a plane that would change the way people experienced flight; Boeing's SST promised to take passengers around the world in record time by traveling at supersonic speeds, yet not everyone loved the idea.

The People vs. The SST

Africa, from mountains to marshland, deserts to coastlines, and grasslands to jungles, packed with loved, impressive, and dramatic wildlife.

Bucket List Africa

In the late 40s, the Soviets were far behind in jet development. Russian engineers suggested buying engines abroad, but Stalin said no government would be foolish enough to sell. He was wrong.

The Gift

Why is ancient Egypt so compelling to us today? Because it's utterly unique on this planet. A totalitarian regime with a veritable God-King at the helm.

Ancient Egypt: Drama, Spectacle, and Remarkable Characters

Exploring the most up-to-date high-tech gadgetry, super distinct designs and revolutionary vehicles.

Tech Toys 360

Summer school begins for newborn animals and their mothers in all types of habits around the globe.

Wild Summer School

The TVA turned to the watersheds draining the Great Smoky Mountains and built a series of hydroelectric complexes.

The Control of Water: The Story of the TVA

Golden Eagle: Call of the Wild

Examining the engineering technology of the past.

Ancient Engineering

The story of two men raised on the streets of Buffalo's east side, who changed their lives and became dedicated to healing the harm caused by poverty and addiction in their community.

Healing the Harm on Buffalo's East Side

DeSoto, Texas, is one of the biggest stops on the talent-rich I-20 corridor in DFW.

4th and Forever: DeSoto

Mission Wings

Archaeologists investigate the Druids, whose elusive history has remained mostly a mystery.

Druids: The Mystery of Celtic Priests

Becoming Martian

Scientists mission to protect Earth from the threat an eruption of the sun.

Our Violent Sun

Revealing the personal passions of famous people when they are not in the spotlight.

Beyond the Spotlight

Following the adventures of six uniquely skilled experts as they investigate the remarkable mysteries emerging from our ice.

Lift the Ice

One of Germany's gems, the river is now a reigning example of one of the most successful and outstanding renaturation projects in the country.

Germany's Wild Amazon

The Soviets clone the B-29; America faces the possibility their own weapons could be used against them; the U.S. develops a new weapon.

Mighty Mouse

A century after the US entered the fray, explore the reasons behind the delayed response by the US, and the impact the US Army had on the war.

America's World War I Centennial

Historians analyze George Washington's voluminous correspondence and set out his contacts and letters in the modern framework of a Facebook profile.

HashtagGeorgeWashington

Where are we in the fight against a virus that has killed millions of people around the world? Hear from experts who first identified HIV/AIDS, investigate new therapies that prevent HIV infections and witness heartfelt conversations.

The Cure for HIV

Team members examine the latest findings and images from Pluto and the fringes of the solar system.

Destination: Pluto Beyond the Flyby

Love in virtual reality. Killer robots. Climate migration. A new form of justice. These are stories shaping the future. In each episode of Shift, we go to the frontlines of radical change in technology and culture, where new frontiers are explored.

Shift

Thunder Road, a term coined to identify the nighttime route from Harlan, Kentucky to Knoxville, Tennessee, traveled by illegal whiskey haulers.

White Lightning and the Thunder Road

Austrian brothers and pilots, Wolfgang and Ulrich Hütter, have a passion for engineering and aviation; as the tides of war change, Wolfgang Hütter develops a weapon to help Germany during the Allies' night-time attacks.

The Hütter Brothers

A reconstruction of events that shaped the world and shows how life evolved, despite apocalyptic catastrophes.

Fateful Planet

He is revered in China as a Buddha, as the "Schindler of Nanking," but his deeds have barely been recognized in the West; the German John Rabe, a Siemens manager and admirer of the "Führer," saved the lives of more than 200,000 Chinese in 1937.

John Rabe: The Good Nazi from Nanking

A tour of 2023's biggest breakthroughs, from discovering the earliest human footprints and detecting distant gravitational waves, to unlocking the power of fusion.

How US Interventionism Created a Migration Crisis

In one of America's few remaining Freedmen's towns, a cowboy carries on the tradition of one of the nation's oldest African-American rodeos.

Ropes in Brown Hands

As big cat populations shrink fast, it's now possible to view them in more detail than ever.

The Secret Lives of Big Cats

Three centuries after the first discoveries, Egypt still reveals new buried treasures, and its inexhaustible myths continue to exist.

Eternal Egypt

An artistic, spiritual adventure to the Vatican heritage site, where religion, politics, arts and science meet and new, untold secrets are revealed.

The Untold Story of the Vatican

From NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to Silicon Valley, from Hollywood to Haight-Ashbury, famous Californians tell the story of their state.

California

An exclusive look behind Russia's gas monopoly and probably the most secretive company in the world, Gazprom.

In the Grip of Gazprom

Taking a journey around the globe and discovering a host of creatures, large and small, from giant blue humpback whales to pink flamingos to glasswing butterflies, that make the world so diverse and colorful.

What a colourful world

Join the hunt for a fabled treasure that could revolutionize our understanding of ancient Egypt: Cleopatra's tomb. Learn why a recently discovered mummified hand from the 18th century could be the key that unlocks the secrets of this hidden chamber.

Cleopatra: The Mystery of the Mummified Hand

An investigation into the most significant events of the 20th century from an entirely new perspective.

History Uncovered

A documentary attempts to get to the bottom of how Japan's Fukushima nuclear disaster happened.

Meltdown: Analyzing the Radiation Leaks

Thom Hunt is challenged to hunt the mighty pike in the UK's Norfolk Broads.

Hunting Fish

A cheetah raises her young family on the vast expanse of the Serengeti, facing enormous challenges.

Cheetah: Beating the Odds

The JFK we remember is the one his wife, Jackie, created after his death; from Air Force One to the Oval Office to the Rose Garden, Jackie Kennedy designed the symbols of presidential power still used today.

JFK: Fact & Fable

Discovering how more than 1 billion people will be living in low-lying coastal zones by 2100, with 70 percent in Southeast Asia.

Climate Impact Asia

An inside look at the sommeliers and chefs who create the world's best restaurants; perfection lies between food and beverage.

Pairings

Chef Alex McCoy tests techniques for cooking steak.

Cooking the Ultimate Steak

The kids use balloons to experiment with static electricity and electric charges, centrifugal force to overcome gravity, and much more.

Wow That's Amazing

Exploring the science behind rainbows and how one day they might help pinpoint habitable planets in deep space.

Infinite Rainbows

Classic cars are purchased and refurbished.

Ultimate Wheels

Antarctica holds 75% of the world's fresh water, but its ice sheet is under threat due to elevated ocean temperatures and sea-level rise.

Antarctica: The Giant Awakens

Examining the rise and reign of the vigilante Batman over the last eight decades.

Vigilante: Behind the Scenes of the Batman Films

Darwin and Newts help curious kids figure out how stuff works.

Darwin and Newts: Kids Experiments

Every winter, hundreds of miles of ice roads built across frozen lakes and rivers connect Canada's far north, making it possible to bring vital goods to secluded villages.

Highway to the Arctic: Canada's Ice Roads

Joining filmmaker Casey Anderson as he embeds in the Alaskan wilderness to follow the largest terrestrial carnivores in the world.

The Tracker's Diary: Bears of Katmai

Marine mammals are among the most loved creatures on the planet, but because they live in a world that's hostile to us, where it's hard to follow them, much of their lives remain a mystery, adding to their mystique and appeal.

Marine Mammals Born to Swim

Egyptologists and architects delivering their ranking of seven of Ancient Egypt's most impressive stone giants.

Ancient Egypt: Top 7 Pyramids

From whether other intelligent life exists, to where life comes from, and the nature of consciousness.

Unexplained Science: What Scientists Still Don't Understand

A look at some of the world's most dangerous roads.

Hot Roads: The World's Most Dangerous Roads

Spending one day with four women across America to see the issues they battle daily.

Motherhood in America

The darkest days of the Cold War lead to the greatest communications revolution in history.

Birth of the Internet

Doctors, virologists and scientists examine the spread of the Zika virus to predict what effect the epidemic may have on large populations and find ways to stop it.

Viruses: Destruction and Creation

After World War II Britain seeks to enter the race between the U.S. and the Soviet Union for a missile-delivered atomic weapon.

Of Knights and Arrows

Unraveling mysteries of the natural world and imparting a sense of wonder and respect for nature.

Siyaya Come Wild With Us

Exploring the evolutionary path of the Tyrannosaurus rex; following the journey of two dinosaur brothers and the theoretical evolution from smaller dinosaurs originating in Asia based on fossil findings in China.

T-Rex: An Evolutionary Journey

Exploring changing perceptions of the human brain as the command center for other organs.