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PBS NOVA, BBC EARTH - Universe Revealed Series 1 (2021) Movies

Posted by Tutorial at Oct. 30, 2021

With dazzling visuals and the latest discoveries, NOVA’s five-part series captures moments of high drama when the cosmos changed forever–featuring a cast list of rogue planets, colliding galaxies, and black holes more massive than a billion suns.

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BBC - Huey Morgan's Latin Music Adventure Series 1 (2020) Movies

Posted by Tutorial at Aug. 19, 2020

BBC Radio 6 Music DJ Huey Morgan dives into the unique sounds of three countries - Puerto Rico, Brazil and Cuba - on a quest to understand Latin music's enduring appeal.

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Quartet Via Nova, Jean Hubeau - Gabriel Faure: Quintettes, Quatuors, Trio (1971) 3 CDs, Reissue 1994 Music

Posted by Designol at Sept. 21, 2024

An attractive and intelligently annotated set, devoted to Fauré’s chamber music with piano; the sole drawback concerns generally astringent sound quality in these 1969/70 recordings. Pianist Jean Hubeau features in all but one of these performances. An uncommonly perceptive, adroit, and lucidly compelling artist, his readings of the large-scale piano quintets, Opp. 89 and 115, are superb. He is partnered by the Quatuor Via Nova, who contribute their own serenely idiomatic account of Fauré’s three-movement string quartet, Op. 121. Hubeau’s impressively understated pianism adds distinction to refined performances of the piano quartets, Opp. 15 and 45, and the particularly fine D minor Trio, Op. 120.

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BBC - Nuclear Secrets (2006) Movies

Posted by Tutorial at Nov. 11, 2020

Nuclear Secrets is a series of spy thrillers exploring the key turning-points in the race for nuclear supremacy. From the development of the A-bomb, via the Cuban missile crisis, to the spread of nuclear weapons to the Middle East and beyond, each story is told through the eyes of the men who risked everything to proliferate their nuclear secrets and those who tried to stop them. Nuclear weapons and the actions of these men have transformed the face of war – and now the world could pay the price.

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BBC - Victoria's Empire (2007) Movies

Posted by Tutorial at Sept. 1, 2020

Victoria Wood travels to the corners of the globe in search of the essence of the former Victorian Empire. Wood's irreverent humour shines through as she travels to far-flung former Victorian outposts, many of which share her name, in search of how people today view the days of the Empire. From Fort Victoria in Ghana, to Victoria, Nova Scotia, taking in Australia, New Zealand and many more besides, she finishes her journey in majesty at Zambia's Victoria Falls.

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BBC - The Girl from Ipanema: Brazil, Bossa Nova and the Beach (2016) Movies

Posted by notbanned at Jan. 23, 2019

Katie Derham travels to Rio de Janeiro (where her father was born) to explore the story behind Brazil's most famous and enduring song. Written in 1962 by Antonio Carlos Jobim with lyrics by Vinicius de Moraes, with a later English translation by Norman Gimbel, The Girl from Ipanema defines the moment Brazil charmed the world stage with a laidback song about a haunting woman.

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BBC - The Hector: From Scotland to Nova Scotia (2017) Movies

Posted by notbanned at Jan. 28, 2019

Neil Oliver recounts the story of the 1773 highland migrants who left Scotland to settle in Nova Scotia. He uncovers their terrifying journey on a filthy disease-ridden ship - the Hector. Neil describes how the migrants were deceived by speculators and goes on to meet their descendants. For some in Nova Scotia, the Hector has become little short of a Canadian 'Mayflower'.

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BBC - The Hector: From Scotland to Nova Scotia (2017) Movies

Posted by notbanned at Feb. 2, 2021

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BBC - Great Canadian Railway Journeys Series 1 (2019) Movies

Posted by notbanned at Feb. 2, 2019

Michael Portillo explores Canada, armed with his Appleton's 1899 Guidebook.

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PBS NOVA - Asteroid: Doomsday or Payday? (2013) Movies

Posted by Tutorial at Jan. 4, 2017

The asteroid that exploded over Siberia—injuring more than 1,000 and damaging buildings in six cities—was a shocking reminder that Earth is a target in a cosmic shooting range. From the width of a football field to the size of a small city, these space rocks have the potential to be killers. In a collision with Earth, they could set off deadly blast waves, raging fires and colossal tidal waves. But some audacious entrepreneurs look up at asteroids and see payday, not doomsday. Some asteroids are loaded with billions of dollars’ worth of elements like iron, nickel, and platinum.

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