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Whenever people today see wonders of the ancient world, like Stonehenge or the Pyramids, the question that always comes up is "how'd they do that? These are the questions that this documentary series tries to answer, and one thing is clear ? it wasn't easy!

Beyond the Myth is a film about dogs commonly referred to as "pit bulls" and those who love and defend these breeds. It explores the contributing factors behind the public's generalized fear of "pit bulls," and examines the conflict existing between advocates and opponents of breed discriminatory laws, as carried out in three cities that ban pit bull-type dogs: Denver, Miami, and Cincinnati-along with San Francisco, which requires the animals to be spayed and neutered.

In 1865, as the American Civil War winds inexorably toward conclusion, U.S. president Abraham Lincoln endeavors to achieve passage of the landmark constitutional amendment which will forever ban slavery from the United States. However, his task is a race against time, for peace may come at any time, and if it comes before the amendment is passed, the returning southern states will stop it before it can become law. Lincoln must, by almost any means possible, obtain enough votes from a recalcitrant Congress before peace arrives and it is too late. Yet the president is torn, as an early peace would save thousands of lives. As the nation confronts its conscience over the freedom of its entire population, Lincoln faces his own crisis of conscience – end slavery or end the war.

From Michael Kirk and the team behind 'The Choice 2016' and 'Divided States of America' comes an examination of Stephen Bannon's fight to deliver on Trump's promises, with a confrontational style based on his personal crusade to dramatically transform America. From Bannon's help to orchestrate the rollout of Trump's controversial travel ban, to his role in the power struggles and policy clashes that have defined the early days of Trump's presidency, to his uncertain future within the administration, this is a meticulous portrait from one of the most acclaimed investigative teams in broadcast journalism.

Charlot, étrange personnage de cinéma, clochard tendre et bouleversant, a vu le jour en 1914. A cette occasion, Laurent Delahousse présente, depuis le manoir de Ban, dernière demeure de Charlie Chaplin en Suisse, un documentaire sur ce cinéaste hors du commun, mort le 25 décembre 1977.

Antony Barnett examines the potential impact on the NHS of a trade deal with America, discovering that US drug giants are lobbying trade negotiators in Washington and London to make the health service pay more for their medicines and to ban cheaper alternatives.

In 1970, Italian director Michelangelo Antonioni was asked to return to his roots as a documentarian for this profile of China, fully sanctioned by the government of the People's Republic. In a detached, distant style, the director and his crew pick up snatches of life in and around Bejing, including: kids at an elementary school; a hospital where a woman is giving a cesarean birth; and a cotton mill and its workers. Despite Antonioni's efforts, China denounced the finished film, and as such, it has gone relatively unseen in most parts of the world, including the United States.