If We had No Moon

What would life on earth be like without the moon? Well, chances are, there wouldn't be any life on earth without the moon. Life – if it had started at all – would still be in the earliest stages of evolution. Watch Movie

Weird Nature

Weird Nature - 1 - Marvellous Motions
Weird Nature - 2 - Bizarre Breeding
Weird Nature - 3 - Fantastic Feeding
Weird Nature - 4 - Devious Defences
Weird Nature - 5 - Puzzling Partners
Weird Nature - 6 - Peculiar Potions

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Weird Nature - 1 - Marvellous Motions
Weird Nature - 2 - Bizarre Breeding
Weird Nature - 3 - Fantastic Feeding
Weird Nature - 4 - Devious Defences
Weird Nature - 5 - Puzzling Partners
Weird Nature - 6 - Peculiar Potions

The Human Body

Life inside the most complex mechanism on earth - our bodies - is explored and explained in this ground-breaking series. The latest imaging techniques allow us to travel through veins, down fallopian tubes and around the brain, to understand how our bodies work. Our minds, spirits and emotions are celebrated too in this compassionate series which charts not only life but death.

Life Story
Every second, a world of miraculous microscopic events take place within the body.
An Everyday Miracle
The drama of conception activates the most sophisticated life support machine on earth.
First Steps
In four years, the new-born child learns every survival skill.
Raging Teens
The hormone-driven roller-coaster otherwise known as adolescence!
Brain Power
The adult human brain is the most complicated - and mysterious - object in the universe.
As Time Goes By
Ageing is far more complex - and fascinating - than mere decline.
The End of Life
Even in death, the body reveals remarkable secrets.

The Stanford Prison Experiment

A disturbing psychological study. Watch Movie

Days That Shook The World

Days That Shook the World was a series of one-hour programmes that showed dramatic movie-like reconstructions of various dates in history. Each programme was split into two half hours that showed reconstructions of two different dates that were connected in some way.

Terror Made in America (Lincoln assasinaton and Oklahoma City bombing)
The Six Day War
Hiroshima
Marconi's first transatlantic radio message and the first flight of Concorde
Kristalnacht and Birth of Israel
Killing of the Czar and Fall of Berlin Wall
Coronation of Queen Elizabeth and Diana's death.
First nuclear reaction and Chernobyl

Season One
The assassination of Martin Luther King & The release of Nelson Mandela - The series on key historical moments covers the contrasting fates of two great activists. On 4 April 1968, escaped convict James Earl Ray killed legendary civil rights campaigner Martin Luther King in Memphis. In 1990, after 27 years in jail, Nelson Mandela was released from prison.
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand & The death of Hitler - This edition remembers the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand on June 28, 1914, which led to the outbreak of the First World War, and the suicide of Adolf Hitler on April 30, 1945, which effectively ended the second great conflict of the century.
The assassination of the Romanovs & The fall of the Berlin Wall - This edition remembers the last days of the Russsian Tsar Nicholas II and his family in July 1917, as Lenin's Bolsheviks seized power in Russia. Over 70 years later, the collapse of the Berlin Wall in Novermber 1989 signified the end of Communist domination of Eastern Europe.
The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II & The death of Princess Diana - This edition remembers Elizabeth II's coronation on 2 June 1953, watched by millions around the world thanks to the miraculous new technology known as television. A dramatic reconstruction of the day in August 1997 when the world's most photographed woman arrived in Paris with her boyfriend, Dodi Fayed. Tabloid interest in Princess Diana was at its peak and the paparazzi were in a frenzy. The intimate dinner date ended in tragedy as Dodi and Diana were driven away from the Ritz Hotel with the media following hot on their tail.
Tutankhamun's Tomb; Deciphering the Rosetta Stone - This edition recalls two days that brought Ancient Egypt dramatically to life, revealing the past glories of this fascinating civilisation. In 1822, Jean Francois Champollion translates the Rosetta Stone and cracks the baffling code of Egyptian hieroglyphs, and 100 years later, Howard Carter makes an amazing discovery after reading the name Tutankhamun in a lost tomb.
Black September and Locberbie - This programme looks at the Black September hijackings of three airliners in September 1970, and the Lockerbie bombing of 1988.
Kristallnacht and The Birth of Israel - Recalling 14 May 1948 when Israel came into being as Arab tanks massed on the borders of Palestine, and the notorious 'Kristallnacht' of November 1938, when Nazi thugs across Germany ransacked Jewish homes, businesses and synagogues, offering a foretaste of the persecution which would soon follow
Chuck Yeager and Donald Campbells Bluebird - Reliving two memorable days in man's quest for speed. On October 14 1947, Chuck Yeager became the first man to fly faster than sound when, strapped to a flying rocket known as the XI, he succeeded at his ninth attempt. 20 years later, Donald Campbell perished in Bluebird in his attempt to break the world water speed record on Coniston Water.

Season Two
The Hindenburg/Challenger Disaster - This edition recalls two disastrous episodes in the story of man's bid to conquer the skies. On May 6, 1937, the giant airship Hindenberg crashed in Lakehurst, New Jersey. On January 28, 1986, the US Space Shuttle Challenger exploded a minute after its launch
Christmas Truce - There are landmarks of our time that, when linked together, provide a distillation of the 20th Century's defining experiences. An account of Christmas Day 1914, when ordinary German and British soldiers instigated a spontaneous truce across the frontline.
Affairs of the Crown: Execution of Anne Boleyn / Abdication of Edward VIII - A look at two scandalous royal affairs that proved to have devastating implications. In 1536, Anne Boleyn stood accused of plotting against her husband, and became the first English queen to be executed. Four hundred years later, in 1936, Edward VIII was forced to choose between his throne and his relationship with American divorcee Wallis Simpson
The Attack on Pearl Harbor - This episode examines the surprise attacks on the US naval base from Japanese fighters, ensuring America's involvement in World War Two.
The Great Train Robbery & The Theft of the Crown Jewels - This episode looks at two historical heists: the Theft of the Crown Jewels, 9th May 1671, and the Great Train Robbery, 8 August 1963.
Assassination Attempts: Day of the Jackal and the Wolf's Lair - This episode discusses the assassination attempts on Hitler and French president Charles de Gaulle.
Reach for the Stars: Galileo's Trial and the First Space Flight - This edition looks at the 1633 trial of Galileo by the Catholic authorities, for the heretical suggestion that the sun and not the earth was the centre of the known universe. Under threat of torture he confessed his heresy and was imprisoned under house arrest for life. This edition looks back at the time when a Russian Cosmonaut became the first man to leave the Earth.
Dinosaurs and Duplicity - Using dramatised reconstructions this programme recalls the first discovery of a dinosaur in 1824, and the 'Piltdown Man' hoax in 1953.
Terror - Made In America - This edition focuses on two outrages committed on American soil. On April 14, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in a Washington theatre. 130 years later, Timothy McVeigh, a veteran of the first Gulf War, blew up the Federal Building in Oklahoma City.

The Root of All Evil

The Root Of All Evil- The God Delusion Part 1. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4...h&plindex=2
The Root Of All Evil- The Virus of Faith Part 2. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8210522903232438954

Barack Obama Biography [2007]

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Code Name Artichoke:, Secret CIA Experiments on Humans

An exposé of the CIA's secret experiments on humans in the 1950s. Through the use of drugs, hypnosis and torture, suspected Soviet agents were subjected to a rigorous brainwashing to induce their confessions. The issue is explored through the story of U.S. scientist Dr. Frank Olson, who was involved in these experiments. Tormented by his conscience, Olson wanted to quit the program – and died shortly thereafter under mysterious circumstances.

Forty years later, Eric Olson had his father's body exhumed to prove that he had been murdered, most likely to prevent Dr. Olson – one of the most important bearers of secrets in the U.S. – from revealing the truth. Working closely with Olson's survivors, authors Egmont R. Koch and Michael Wech shed light on these incredible events. For the first time ever, "Code Name Artichoke" shows exclusive photos and visual documents from Frank Olson's private archives and gives the scientist's former companions and colleagues a forum to air their views.

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Do You Want To Live Forever?, Channel 4

Channel 4 Documentary following the revolutionary life-extension and immortality ideas of this somewhat eccentric scientist, Dr. Aubrey de Grey.

Do You Want to live Forever?

Planet Earth

wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planet_Earth_(TV_series)

1. "From Pole to Pole"
The first episode illustrates a 'journey' around the globe and reveals the effect of gradual climatic change and seasonal transitions en route. During Antarctica's winter, emperor penguins endure four months of darkness, with no food, in temperatures of –70°C. Meanwhile, as spring arrives in the Arctic, polar bear cubs take their first steps into a world of rapidly thawing ice. In northern Canada, the longest overland migration of any animal — over 2000 miles — is that of three million caribou, which are hunted by wolves, and one such pursuit is shown. The forests of eastern Russia are home to the Amur leopard: with a population of just 40 individuals, it is now the world's rarest cat. This is primarily because of the destruction of its habitat, and Attenborough states that it "symbolises the fragility of our natural heritage." However, in the tropics, the jungle that covers 3% of the planet's surface supports 50% of its animals. Also depicted is the one-second strike of a great white shark as it pounces on a seal, slowed down forty times. Other species shown include New Guinea's birds of paradise, African hunting dogs in their efficient pursuit of impala, elephants in Africa migrating towards the waters of the Okavango Delta, a seasonal bloom of life in the otherwise arid Kalahari Desert, and 300,000 migrating Baikal teal, containing the world's entire population of the species in one flock. The Planet Earth Diaries segment shows how the wild dog hunt was filmed unobtrusively with the aid of the Heligimbal: a powerful, gyro-stabilised camera mounted beneath a helicopter.

2. "Mountains"
The second instalment focuses on the mountains. All the main ranges are explored with extensive aerial photography. Ethiopia's Erta Ale is the longest continually erupting volcano — for over 100 years. On the nearby highlands, geladas (the only primate whose diet is almost entirely of grass) inhabit precipitous slopes nearly three miles up, in troops that are 800-strong: the most numerous of their kind. Alongside them live the critically endangered walia ibex, and both species take turns to act as lookout for predatory Ethiopian wolves. The Andes have the most volatile weather and guanacos are shown enduring a flash blizzard, along with an exceptional group sighting of the normally solitary puma. The Alpine summits are always snow-covered, apart from that of the Matterhorn, which is too sheer to allow it to settle. Grizzly bear cubs emerge from their den for the first time in the Rockies, while Himalayan inhabitants include rutting markhor, golden eagles that hunt migrating demoiselle cranes, and the rare snow leopard. At the eastern end of the range, the giant panda cannot hibernate due to its poor nutriment of bamboo and one of them cradles its week-old cub. Also shown is the Earth's biggest mountain glacier: the Baltoro in Pakistan, which is 43 miles long and visible from space. Planet Earth Diaries demonstrates the difficulty of obtaining the first ever close-up footage of the snow leopards: a process which took over a year.

3. "Fresh Water"
Broadcast 19 March 2006, this programme describes the course taken by rivers and some of the species that take advantage of such a habitat. Only 3% of the world's water is fresh, yet all life is ultimately dependent on it. Its journey begins as a stream in the mountains, illustrated by Venezuela's Tepui, where there is a tropical downpour almost every day. It then travels hundreds of miles before forming rapids. With the aid of some expansive helicopter photography, one sequence demonstrates the vastness of Angel Falls, the world's highest free-flowing waterfall. Its waters drop unbroken for nearly 1,000 metres and are blown away as a mist before they reach the bottom. The erosive nature of rivers is shown by the Grand Canyon, created over five million years by the Colorado River. In Japan, the water is inhabited by the biggest amphibian, the two-metre long giant salamander, while in the northern hemisphere, salmon undertake the largest freshwater migration, and are hunted en route by grizzly bears. Also featured are smooth coated otters repelling mugger crocodiles and the latter's Nile cousin ambushing wildebeest as they cross the Mara River. Roseate spoonbills are numerous in the Pantanal and are prey to spectacled caiman. In addition, there are cichlids, piranhas, river dolphins and swimming crab-eating macaques. Planet Earth Diaries shows how a camera crew filmed a piranha feeding frenzy in Brazil — after a two-week search for the opportunity.

4. "Caves"
The Lechuguilla Cave
This episode explores "planet earth's final frontier": the world of caves. At a depth of 400 metres, Mexico's Cave of Swallows is Earth's deepest pit cave freefall drop, allowing entry by skydivers. Its volume could contain New York City's Empire State Building. Also featured is Borneo's Deer Cave and Gomantong Cave. Inhabitants of the former include three million wrinkle-lipped bats, which have deposited guano on to an enormous mound. In Gomantong Cave, guano is many metres high and is blanketed with hundreds of thousands of cockroaches and other invertebrates. Also depicted are eyeless, subterranean creatures, such as the Texas blind salamander and ("bizarrely") a species of crab. Mexico's Cueva de Villa Luz is also featured, with its flowing stream of sulphuric acid and snottite formations made of living bacteria. A fish species, the Shortfin Molly (Poecilia mexicana), has adapted to this habitat. The programme ends in New Mexico's Lechuguilla Cave (discovered in 1986) where sulphuric acid has produced unusually ornate, gypsum crystal formations. Planet Earth Diaries reveals how a camera team spent a month among the cockroaches on the guano mound in Gomantong Cave and describes the logistics required to photograph Lechuguilla. Permission for the latter took two years and local authorities are unlikely to allow another visit.

5. "Deserts"
This instalment features the harsh environment that covers one third of the Earth: the deserts. Due to Siberian winds, Mongolia's Gobi Desert reaches extremes of temperature like no other, ranging from –40°C to +50°C. It is home to the rare Bactrian camel, which eats snow to maintain its fluid level and must limit itself to 10 litres a day if it is not to prove fatal. Africa's Sahara is the size of the USA, and just one of its severe dust storms could cover the whole of Great Britain. While some creatures, such as the dromedary, take them in their stride, for others the only escape from such bombardments is to bury themselves in the sand. Few rocks can resist them either and the outcrops shown in Egypt's White Desert are being inexorably eroded. The biggest dunes (300 metres high) are to be found in Namibia, while other deserts featured are the Atacama in Chile, the Sonoran in Arizona, and areas of the Australian outback and Utah. Animals shown surviving in such an unforgiving habitat include elephants, lions (hunting oryx), red kangaroos (which moisten their forelegs with saliva to keep cool), nocturnal fennec foxes, acrobatic flat lizards feeding on black flies, and duelling Nubian ibex. The final sequence illustrates one of nature's most fearsome spectacles: a billion-strong plague of desert locusts, destroying all vegetation in its path. Planet Earth Diaries explains how the hunt for the elusive Bactrian camels necessitated a two-month trek in Mongolia.

6. "Ice Worlds"
The sixth programme looks at the regions of the Arctic and Antarctica. The latter contains 90% of the world's ice, and stays largely deserted until the spring, when visitors arrive to harvest its waters. Snow petrels take their place on nunataks and begin to court, but are preyed on by South Polar skuas. During summer, a pod of humpback whales hunt krill by creating a spiralling net of bubbles. The onset of winter sees the journey of emperor penguins to their breeding grounds, 100 miles inland. Their eggs transferred to the males for safekeeping, the females return to the ocean while their partners huddle into large groups to endure the extreme cold. At the northern end of the planet, Arctic residents include musk oxen, who are hunted by Arctic foxes and wolves. A female polar bear and her two cubs head off across the ice to look for food. As the sun melts the ice, a glimpse of the Earth's potential future reveals a male polar bear that is unable to find a firm footing anywhere and has to resort to swimming — which it cannot do indefinitely. Its desperate need to eat brings it to a colony of walrus. Although it attacks repeatedly, the herd is successful in evading it by returning to the sea. Wounded and unable to feed, the bear will not survive. Meanwhile, back in Antarctica, the eggs of the emperor penguins finally hatch. Planet Earth Diaries tells of the battle with the elements to obtain the penguin footage and of unwelcome visits from polar bears.

7. "Great Plains"
This episode deals with savanna, steppe, tundra, prairie, and looks at the importance and resilience of grasses in such treeless ecosystems. Their vast expanses contain the largest concentration of animal life. In Outer Mongolia, a herd of Mongolian gazelle flee a bush fire and has to move on to new grazing, but grass can repair itself rapidly and soon reappears. On the Arctic tundra during spring, millions of migratory snow geese arrive to breed and their young are preyed on by Arctic foxes. Meanwhile, time-lapse photography depicts moving herds of caribou as a calf is brought down by a chasing wolf. On the North American prairie, bison engage in the ritual to establish the dominant males. The Tibetan Plateau is the highest of the plains and despite its relative lack of grass, animals do survive there, including yak and wild ass. However, the area's most numerous resident is the pika, whose nemesis is the Tibetan fox. In tropical India, the tall grasses hide some of the largest creatures and also the smallest, such as the pygmy hog. The final sequence depicts the African savannah and elephants that are forced to share a waterhole with a pride of thirty lions. The insufficient water makes it an uneasy alliance and the latter gain the upper hand during the night when their hunger drives them to hunt and eventually kill one of the pachyderms. Planet Earth Diaries explains how the lion hunt was filmed in darkness using infrared light.

8. "Jungles"
The next instalment examines jungles and tropical rainforests. These environments occupy only 3% of the land yet are home to over half of the world's species. New Guinea is inhabited by almost 40 kinds of birds of paradise, which avoid conflict with each other by living in different parts of the island. Some of their elaborate courtship displays are shown. Within the dense forest canopy, sunlight is prized, and the death of a tree triggers a race by saplings to fill the vacant space. Figs are a widespread and popular food, and as many as 44 types of bird and monkey have been observed picking from a single tree. The sounds of the jungle throughout the day are explored, from the early morning calls of siamangs and orangutans to the nocturnal cacophony of courting tree frogs. The importance of fungi to the rainforest is illustrated by a sequence of them fruiting, including a parasite called cordyceps. The mutual benefits of the relationship between carnivorous pitcher plants and red crab spiders is also discussed. In the Congo, roaming forest elephants are shown reaching a clearing to feed on essential clay minerals within the mud. Finally, chimpanzees are one of the few jungle animals able to traverse both the forest floor and the canopy in search of food. In Uganda, members of a 150-strong community of the primates mount a raid into neighbouring territory in order to gain control of it. Planet Earth Diaries looks at filming displaying birds of paradise.

9. "Shallow Seas"
This programme is devoted to the shallow seas that fringe the world's continents. Although they constitute 8% of the oceans, they contain most marine life. As humpback whales return to breeding grounds in the tropics, a mother and its calf are followed. While the latter takes in up to 500 litres of milk a day, its parent will starve until it travels back to the poles to feed — and it must do this while it still has sufficient energy left for the journey. The coral reefs of Indonesia are home to the biggest variety of ocean dwellers. Examples include banded sea kraits, which ally themselves with goatfish and trevally in order to hunt. In Western Australia, dolphins 'hydroplane' in the shallowest waters to catch a meal, while in Bahrain, 100,000 Socotra cormorants rely on shamals that blow sand grains into the nearby Persian Gulf, transforming it into a rich fishing ground. The appearance of algae in the spring starts a food chain that leads to an abundant harvest, and sea lions and dusky dolphins are among those taking advantage of it. In Southern Africa, as chokka squid are preyed on by short-tail stingray, the Cape fur seals that share the waters are hunted by the world's largest predatory fish: the great white shark. On Marion Island in the Indian Ocean, a group of king penguins must cross a beach occupied by fur seals that do not hesitate to attack them. Planet Earth Diaries shows the difficulties of filming the one-second strike of a great white shark.

10. "Seasonal Forests"
The penultimate episode surveys the coniferous and deciduous seasonal woodland habitats — the most extensive forests on Earth. Conifers begin sparsely in the Arctic but soon dominate the land, and the taiga circles the globe, containing a third of all the Earth's trees. Few creatures can survive the Arctic climate all year round, but the moose and wolverine are exceptions. 1600 kilometres to the south, on the Pacific coast of North America, conifers have reached their full potential. These include some of the world's tallest trees: the redwoods. Here, a pine marten is shown stalking a squirrel, and great grey owl chicks take their first flight. Further south still, in the Valdivian forests of Chile, a population of smaller animals exist, including the pudú and the kodkod. During spring in a European broad-leaved forest, a mandarin duck leads its day-old family to leap from its tree trunk nest to the leaf litter below. On a summer night on North America's east coast, periodical cicadas emerge en masse to mate — an event that occurs every seventeen years. After revisiting Russia's Amur leopards in winter, a timelapse sequence illustrates the effect of the ensuing spring on the deciduous forest floor. In India's teak forests, a langur monkey strays too far from the chital that act as its sentinels and falls prey to a tiger. Planet Earth Diaries explains how aerial shots of the baobab were achieved by the use of a cinebulle, an adapted hot air balloon.

11. "Ocean Deep"
The final instalment concentrates on the most unexplored area of the planet: the deep ocean. It begins with a whale shark used as a shield by a shoal of bait fish to protect themselves from yellowfin tuna. Also shown is an oceanic whitetip shark trailing rainbow runners. Meanwhile, a 500-strong school of dolphins head for the Azores, where they work together to feast on scad mackerel. Down in the ocean's furthest reaches, some creatures defy classification. On the sea floor, scavengers such as the spider crab bide their time, awaiting carrion from above. The volcanic mountain chain at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean also sustains life through the bacteria that surround its sulphide vents. There are thought to be around 30,000 undersea volcanoes, some of them taller than Mount Everest. Their sheer cliffs provide anchorage for several corals and sponges. Nearer the surface, the currents that surround these seamounts force nutrients up from below and thus marine life around them is abundant. Off the Mexican coast, a large group of sailfish encircle another shoal of bait fish. The hunters change colour as a message of their intentions, since an attack could also be fatal to others of their number. The last sequence depicts the largest animal on Earth: the blue whale, of which 300,000 once roamed the world's oceans. Now fewer than 3% remain. Planet Earth Diaries shows the search in the Bahamas for oceanic whitetip sharks.

Planet Earth: The Future
The latter episodes were supplemented by Planet Earth: The Future, a series of three 60-minute films that highlight the conservation issues surrounding some of the featured species and environments. The programmes are narrated by Simon Poland and the series producer was Fergus Beeley. The series began transmission on BBC Four after the ninth episode, "Shallow Seas".[9]

1. "Saving Species"
Broadcast 26 November 2006, the first programme asks if there really is an extinction crisis facing certain species. Alastair Fothergill, series producer of Planet Earth, admits that making the series was a bittersweet experience since some creatures were filmed with the knowledge that their continued existence is under threat. David Attenborough believes that conservation of the natural world is something that can unite humanity if people know enough about it. Cameraman Martyn Colbeck relates that every single day during a six-week African visit to film for "Jungles", he and his crew were awakened by the sound of gunshots. Poaching can quickly wipe out a population, and David Greer of the WWF explains that in 2005 his team confiscated 70 guns in the area — a 700% increase from 1999 . Other featured animals at risk include the walia ibex, the snow leopard, the boto, and saiga antelope. The attack of a polar bear on a walrus colony on dry land in "Ice Worlds" was a rare occurrence. Footage is shown from a BBC Wildlife Special made ten years ago that show the bears hunting smaller prey on frozen ice. Species have always become extinct, but now, the viewer is told, the rate of extinction is accelerating and it will "really reach biblical proportions within a few decades." Mankind is urged to respect biodiversity: it is estimated that if a monetary value could be put on all that the world's ecosystems do for humanity, it would total some US$ 30 trillion.

2. "Into the Wilderness"
Broadcast 3 December 2006, the second part looks at man's potential effect on the world's areas of wilderness. As the human population has grown, only a quarter of Earth's land now remains uninhabited (aside from Antarctica). Although around 12% is protected, this may be enough — providing such places are not just 'enclosures' and bordering territories are also managed. Ethiopia's Semien Mountains are increasingly encroached upon for farming land, and this example leads to the question of overpopulation. Some interviewees argue that it is not just about numbers: how humans consume their resources is also important. However, others believe that the world would be greatly more sustainable if the population level was reduced to about half its current level. Jonathon Porritt believes that this could be achieved simply: by good education on family planning. Consumption of fresh water is highlighted: there are now 40,000 more dams in existence than in 1950. The controversy over drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is discussed by both its advocates and opponents. Biophelia is also examined, and David Attenborough believes that a child's innate love of wildlife, for whatever reason, is being lost in adulthood. An answer to deforestation is found in Costa Rica, where farmers are paid to allow their pasture to revert to forest for its water services. The programme also deals with climate change, which is now happening at a faster rate than ever before.

3. "Living Together"
Broadcast 10 December 2006, the last programme deals with the future of conservation. It begins by looking at previous efforts. The 'Save the Whale' campaign, which started in the 1960s, is seen to have had a limited effect, as whaling continues and fish stocks also decline. In the 1990s, as head of the Kenya Wildlife Service, Richard Leakey took on the poachers by employing armed units. Although it was successful in saving elephants, the policy was detrimental to the Maasai people, who were forced from their land. The need for "fortress" areas is questioned, and the recently highlighted Raja Ampat coral reef in Indonesia is an example. The more tourism it generates, the greater the potential for damage — and inevitable coastal construction. Sustainable development is viewed as controversial, and one contributor perceives it to currently be a "contradiction in terms". Trophy hunting is also contentious. Those that support it argue that it generates wealth for local economies, while its opponents point to the reducing numbers of species such as the markhor. Ecotourism is shown to be beneficial, as it is in the interests of its providers to protect their environments. However, in some areas, such as the Borneo rainforests, the great diversity of species is being replaced by monocultures. The role of both religion and the media in conservation is argued to be extremely important. Contributors to the programme admit a degree of worry about the future, but also optimism.

I Shouldn't Be Alive [youtube]

Season 1
Shark Survivor – 1982. Five people get caught in a tropical storm and their yacht sinks. They have to survive in the middle of the ocean on a raft with absolutely no survival equipment. To their horror they find the area of the ocean to be infested with sharks.
Lost in the Snow – A U.S. Army Private, his wife, and their five-month old son travel to a funeral, but on the way there, they miss the sign that leads to the city and instead go into an uninhabited national park which is closed for the winter.
Escape from the Amazon – Three friends go to the Amazon for a trip but things get nasty when their guide leads them to jeopardy. As the four (three friends and guide) split into two groups, one pair faces disaster at every turn, while the other two are never heard from again.
Swept Away – Two friends go kayaking in the Strait of Georgia. When the tide comes in, one friend falls from his kayak and fears that he will end up in the Pacific Ocean.
Kidnap in the Killing Fields – A man involved in demining Cambodia accidentally steps on a landmine and blows off his leg. Two years earlier, he was kidnapped by a murderous group of Khmer Rouge.
Jaws of Death – A man crashes his plane in the African savannah. With a broken leg and pelvis, he has to make it alive past lions and other dangerous predators.


Season 2
Trapped Under a Boulder – An environmentalist heads for a remote island off the coast of Queensland, he then meets a Dutch man on a deserted beach. A one ton slab of granite hits the environmentalist and pins him down to the bed of a creek. The Dutchman must find help for his new friend.
Ice Cave Survivor – 1995. A man and his son go on a skiing trip to Turkey. When a snowstorm arrives, they lose their way, and the father has to chose between staying with his son or finding help.
Shipwrecked – Two cousins go on a fishing trip when they realize they are shipwrecked on a deserted island.
Alaskan Avalanche – Two climbers are scaling a sheer ice-wall in an Alaskan mountain when one of the climbers falls and is badly injured. A passing aircraft sees their SOS signal, but damages the landing gear in the process. Now, the people on board are also stranded on the icy wasteland. Lost at Sea – Two sons looking to repair their relationship with their father plan a fishing trip with their father in Mexico. An unexpected storm leaves them stranded in the middle of the Sea of Cortez.
Crash in a Volcano – Three men crash their helicopter into the crater of an active volcano. Surrounded by unclimbable ridges and poisonous gases, it's vital that they find some way to contact the outside world.
Lost in the African Bush – Five survivors of a private plane crash must survive the dangers of the desolate African wilderness. With two severely injured, some of the group must wander off to find rescue, even though there is no civilization for hundreds of miles.



Season 3
Nightmare Canyon – Two brothers go on a hike in Utah's Canyons. They expect the trip will take no more than 8 hours, but when freezing temperatures come, one brother breaks his leg and the other has to find help... and fast.
Frozen at 20,000 Feet – Three British climbers get caught in a snow storm on Mt. McKinley. In order to find help they have to send someone down the mountain alone.
Trapped Under the Ice – A man and his aged dad go kayaking in the Alaskan wilderness. Everything goes fine until they run into some ice on the river, and soon find themselves swept underneath.
Into the Heart of Darkness – Two close friends head for the Amazonian rain forest and get lost in the jungle. They have to survive the dangers of the jungle and hold on to sanity as they find their way home.
Blood in the Water – Five boat safari goers find themselves stranded in the hippo and crocodile-infested Zambezi River when their watercraft sinks due to a mad hippo. Three get stranded on a submerged sand flat in the middle of the river and the other barely makes it to the shore. None of them are protected from Africa's deadly wildlife.
Dive Into Danger – Two divers get stranded in the Pacific Ocean when their boat has to leave them. As they believe help is not coming they make a decision to swim for shore miles away or die trying.
A Walk in Hell – A group of five teenaged scouts and three adult guides hike into the Grand Canyon during a heat wave. As their water runs out and the older members collapse in exhaustion, three of the teenagers must set out on their own to reach the Colorado Rive

Cities.of.the.Underworld

Season One
Istanbul: Istanbul, Turkey
Scotland's Sin City: Edinburgh, Scotland, features Gilmerton Cove
Hitler's Underground Lair: Berlin, Germany
Rome's Hidden Empire: Rome, Italy
Catacombs of Death: Paris, France
City of Caves: Budapest, Hungary
New York: New York City, New York, U.S.
London's Lost Cities: London, England
Beneath Vesuvius: Naples, Italy
-Part1: http://watchfullepisodes.com/files/show_video.php?id=229
-Part2: http://watchfullepisodes.com/files/show_video.php?id=230
Freemason Underground: Boston, Massachusetts, & Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Dracula's Underground: Bucharest, Romania
-Part1: http://watchfullepisodes.com/files/show_video.php?id=231
-Part2: http://watchfullepisodes.com/files/show_video.php?id=232
Secret Pagan Underground: Cappadocia, Turkey
-Part1: http://watchfullepisodes.com/files/show_video.php?id=233
-Part2: http://watchfullepisodes.com/files/show_video.php?id=234
Underground Bootleggers: Portland, Oregon, U.S.
Rome: The Rise: Rome, Italy

Season Two
Prod#/Ep#/Original Airdate/Location
2xx/115 January 28, 2008 Underground Apocalypse: Jerusalem, Israel
2xx/116 February 4, 2008 Vietnam: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, & the Vietnamese jungle
2xx/117 February 11, 2008 A-Bomb Undergound: Tokyo, Japan

Pasted from <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cities_of_the_Underworld>

Engineering Disasters

.17 - http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3256203981360188266

Misc Disasters

Great Disasters: Galveston Hurricane 1900: Isaac's Storm

Situation Critical

Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Situation_Critical

1.
Hollywood Shootout
North Hollywood shootout / February 28, 1997 / Bank robbery, gunfight

2
Taliban Uprising
Battle of Qala-i-Jangi
November 25 - December 1, 2001
Prison revolt

3
SAS Jungle Rescue
Operation Barras
August 25 - September 10, 2000
Hostage crisis

4
Apollo 13
Apollo 13
April 11-April 17, 1970

5
Downed Pilot
Mrkonjić Grad incident
June 2, 1995
Shootdown, manhunt and rescue
Over Bosnia and Herzegovina, a United States Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon flown by Scott O'Grady is hit by a surface-to-air missile. The pilot ejects successfully but is trapped behind enemy lines for six days, hunted by Serbian forces. U.S. Marines move in for a rescue as the pilot attempts to evade capture.

6
Hell on High Water
1998 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race
December 26, 1998
Thunderstorm
One hundred sailboats and 1,000 sailors race for victory in one of the world's toughest yacht races, but polar winds produce an extremely severe storm. What started as a battle for glory turns into a race for survival.
7
Hunting Pablo Escobar
Capture of Pablo Escobar
December 2, 1993
Manhunt, criminal capture
Wanted drug dealer Pablo Escobar has been on the run for 18 months. He seems to be always a step ahead of armed forces. Now, he is located in a building and armed forces are surrounding it. Once they break into his apartment, he is alerted and tries to escape by jumping out of a window and onto a nearby roof but a single shot kills him and he lies dead on the roof.
8
Moscow Theatre Siege
Moscow theatre hostage crisis
October 23 - October 26, 2002
Hostage crisis

9
Assault on Entebbe
Air France Flight 139
June 27 - July 4, 1976
Aircraft hijacking, hostage rescue
Air France Flight 139, originating from Tel Aviv, takes-off from Athens, heading for Paris. Soon after take-off, the flight is hijacked by two Palestinians from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine - External Operations (PFLP-EO) and two Germans from the German "Revolutionary Cells". The flight is later diverted to Libya, where it remains until it takes off again to Entebbe, Uganda. The passengers are held hostage at the old terminal of Entebbe International Airport with the help of the Ugandan Army. Israel Defense Forces special forces troops mount an attempt to rescue the hostages. They land at Entebbe Airport and drive a replica Ugandan motorcade out of their transport aircraft. They drive up to the old terminal but the alarm is raised when a Ugandan guard is shot with silenced 9mm pistols but not killed. An AK47 is used to shoot the guard again but the sound of the shots attract the terrorists' and the Ugandan Army's attention. A gun battle rages but all but three of the hostages escape from Entebbe with the Israeli special forces.

10
Russian Sub Rescue
AS-28 training accident
August 4 - August 7, 2005
Submarine entanglement, undersea rescue

11
Al-Qaeda Ambush
Battle of Takur Ghar
March 3, 2002
Meeting engagement
United States Navy SEALs engaged in reconnaissance operations as part of Operation Anaconda in Afghanistan are ambushed by Al-Qaeda forces, losing one man when their MH-47 Chinook helicopter is hit by a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG). A rescue Chinook comes later to rescue the downed crew but tries to land at the same spot as the previous Chinook. It gets hit by gunfire and another RPG. Successive reinforcements consisting of units of the 75th Ranger Regiment attempt a rescue of the crews of the crashed helicopters using another two Chinooks. One tries to land at the exact same spot as the other Chinooks and is brought down by an RPG. The second lands safely away from the ambush zone. The Rangers themselves suffer casualties but gain control of the ambush bunker.

12
Miracle at Quecreek
Quecreek mine rescue
July 24 - July 28, 2002
Mine shaft flooding

13
Nightmare on Mt. Hood
2002 climbing accident
May 30, 2002
Climbing accident, fall into crevasse, helicopter crash

My Brilliant Brain: Make Me A Genius

My Brilliant Brain: Make Me A Genius
Despite the common assumption that ... men’s brains are better at understanding spatial relationships, giving them an advantage in games such as chess, SusanPolgar, 38, went on to become the world’s first [woman] grandmaster. ★★★★

IMAX Episodes

IMAX / Mountain Gorillas
IMAX / Antartica
IMAX / Search for alien planets
IMAX / Deep Sea 3D - A 3-D digital exploration of the ocean's depths and its creatures.

PerfectDisaster

Perfect disasters are storms that are larger, more dangerous and more deadly than any before them. When all the right ingredients combine, the resulting catastrophes will be "impossible" — a tornado with wind speeds that exceed those seen in a category 5, or a solar storm that causes a worldwide blackout. What would happen if one of these "super storms" crashed into a city like New York, London, Hong Kong, Dallas, Sydney or Toronto?
Episode 1: Super Tornado
At two miles wide and with wind speeds of more than 350 mph, a super tornado would reduce downtown Dallas to a war zone within minutes. Scientists say it could happen. When it does, a Dallas emergency city manager is forced to choose between making sure his family remains safe, or saving the lives of millions.
Episode 2: Solar Storm
Beneath the boiling surface of the sun lies a force that could destroy crucial technology and electrical grids, throwing the modern world back to the Stone Age. With only hours to prepare, a New York City engineer struggles to convince the mayor to take an action that may save an entire country.
Episode 3: Super Typhoon
The Pacific breeds the biggest and most powerful hurricanes in the world. So far, the 7 million inhabitants of Hong Kong have escaped a direct hit. But a slight change in weather will send an emergency coordinator scurrying through the streets to make sure her city is safe while the super typhoon sets its sights on the island.
Episode 4: MegaFlood
We saw what happened to New Orleans after the sea breached its levies. Could the same thing happen to London? The city is well protected against the power of a storm surge, but there is one weakness.
Episode 5: Fire Storm
There is a point at which a wildfire becomes unstoppable, and a phenomenon is born that can destroy anything its path. The Australian city of Sydney faces this threat every year. For the men and women working at the forefront of fire science, the nightmare is about to begin.
Episode 6: Ice Storm
It happened more than a decade ago: An ice storm brought the Canadian city of Montreal to its knees. Scientists now believe there is far worse to come. Strangely enough, the big freeze begins with a warm spell.

Extreme Engineering

wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme_Engineering

Season 1: 2003
Tokyo's Sky City
Subways In America / East Side Tunnel
Transatlantic Tunnel
City in a Pyramid / The Shimizu Mega-City Pyramid
Bridging the Bering Strait / The Bering Strait Bridge
Tunneling Under the Alps / Gotthard Base Tunnel
Building Hong Kong's Airport / Hong Kong International Airport
Holland's Barriers to the Sea / Maeslantkering and Oosterscheldekering storm surge barriers
Boston's Big Dig
Widening the Panama Canal / Panama Canal expansion project

Season 2: 2004
9 episodes were produced for season 2. It is also the first season produced in HDTV.
(201) Turning Torso / Turning Torso
(202) Venice Flood Gates / Venice Tide Barrier Project (MOSE Project)
(203) Container Ships / Adrian Mærsk (Maersk Line)
(204) Oakland Bay Bridge / San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge
(205) Iceland Tunnels / Kárahnjúkar Hydropower Project
(206) Oil Rigs / Jack up oil rigs in Louisiana
(207) Cooper River Bridge / Cooper River Bridge
(208) Millau Viaduct / Millau Viaduct
(209) Excavators / Hull-Rust-Mahoning Open Pit Iron Mine

Season 3: 2005
WagTV produced 6 episodes that were acquired by Discovery for season 3.
The Snøhvit Arctic Gas Processing Platform / Snøhvit platform / MV Blue Marlin
The El Cajon Dam / El Cajon Dam (Mexico)
Hong Kong's Cable Car / Ngong Ping 360
Woodrow Wilson Bridge / Woodrow Wilson Bridge
Gotthard Tunnel / Gotthard Base Tunnel
Dubai's Ski Resort / Ski Dubai

Season 4: 2006
Powderhouse Productions produced 6 episodes for season 4 with host Danny Forster. It currently airs under the Build It Bigger name on Discovery HD Theater.
SuperStadium / University of Phoenix Stadium
MegaTunnel / Storm Management And Road Tunnel (SMART) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Biggest Warship / USS George H. W. Bush (CVN-77)
Sakhalin Oil & Ice / Sakhalin-II
Big Easy Rebuild / Reconstruction of New Orleans
Space Tower / Madrid's Torre Espacio

Season 5: 2006
South Ferry Subway Station / The New York City Subway's new South Ferry station
World's Biggest Arch Bridge / Hoover Dam Bypass
JFK: JetBlue Terminal / Reconstruction of John F. Kennedy International Airport's Terminal 5
Stonecutters Bridge: Hong Kong / Hong Kong's Stonecutters Bridge
California Academy of Sciences / The rebuilding of the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco, California
Hallandsås Ridge Tunnel: Sweden / Sweden's Hallandsas railway tunnel

Season 6: 2007
Building a Destroyer / Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Maine
Fault Zone Tunnel / Freshwater pipeline to support Southern California. Watch a TBM at work.
Boot Camp / With Excavators in Boston, Massachusetts.
World's Tallest Skyscraper / Shanghai World Financial Centre
Battle Machines / To see how a M1 Abrams tank beeing maintenanced in Fort Knox, Kentucky
Coaster Build Off / Griffon a steel rollercoaster in Busch Gardens Europe and the Renegade in Valleyfair
High Risk Tower / City of Culture of Galicia

The Universe

From the planets to the stars and out to the edge of the unknown, history and science collide in this epic exploration of the Universe and its mysteries.

Season 1

* 101-SECRETS OF THE SUN

* 102-MARS THE RED PLANET

* 103-THE END OF THE EARTH

* 104-JUPITER THE GIANT PLANET

105-THE MOON

106-SPACESHIP EARTH

107-MERCURY & VENUS THE INNER PLANETS

* 108-SATURN LORD OF THE RINGS

* 109-ALIEN GALAXIES

* 110-THE LIFE AND DEATH OF A STAR

* 111-THE OUTER PLANETS

* 112-MOST DANGEROUS PLACES IN THE UNIVERSE

* 113-THE SEARCH FOR ET

Season 2

S02E1: http://xhgc18.blogspot.com/2007/12/universe-s0201.html

S02E02: http://xhgc18.blogspot.com/2007/12/universe-s0202.html

S02E03: http://xhgc18.blogspot.com/2007/12/universe-s0203.html

S02E04: http://xhgc18.blogspot.com/2008/01/universe-s0204.html

S02E05: http://xhgc18.blogspot.com/2008/01/universe-s0205.html

S02E06: http://xhgc18.blogspot.com/2008/01/universe-s0206.html