The Zero Years

The world's largest democracy and a rising economic giant, India is now as well known across the globe for its mastery of computer technology as it is for its many-armed gods and its famous spiritual traditions. But India is also the world's most ancient surviving civilisation, with unbroken continuity back into prehistory. Like other great civilisations - Greece or Egypt for example, over the millennia it has enjoyed not just one but several brilliant golden ages in art and culture.

Our atomic heritage resides in sites all over the country–from the Trinity test area to natural-gas wells in Colorado–and many of them are open to the public. Plan your vacation with Atomic Journeys: Welcome to Ground Zero, a blast through memory lane narrated by the perfectly suited William Shatner. Never-before-seen footage of test explosions and top-secret and work labs explores the history of America's nuclear programs, and interviews with current and former atomic scientists and engineers give depth to sights such as "the most bombed place on Earth" in Nevada.

Henry “Hank” Thornton has spent the last seven years working off a debt to Jimmy “The Fat Man” Costello. His job is to drive escorts to and from their “dates”. His last night working for Jimmy goes terribly wrong when one of the ladies he is responsible for goes missing. Hank must find her before morning or face dire consequences.

Part I: Before the Fall
For several months, the director filmed a group of Iraqis, mostly members of his family, in their expectation of the war. This first part of the film ends with the start of U.S. strikes on Baghdad.
Part II: After the Battle
Americans invade Iraq and the film shows the consequences of this invasion on the daily life of the characters. The film ends with the violent death of one of the main characters: the nephew of the filmmaker, twelve years old boy Haidar.

Zero and infinity. These seemingly opposite, obvious and indispensable concepts are relatively recent human inventions. Discover the surprising story of how these key concepts that revolutionized mathematics came to be—not just once, but over and over again as different cultures invented and re-invented them across thousands of years.

From the Ice Age and Woolly Mammoth to the Oceans and Rainforests, Discovery looks at all that is incredible about our World. See the world's greatest rivers, mightiest mountains, hidden caves and caverns and vast deserts. This collection is a fascinating exploration of what it takes to exist in some of the world's most unforgiving landscapes.

Classified as a UNESCO world heritage site since 2018, the Puys range has joined the relatively small club of territories named for their exceptional geological value. In the center of France, west of Clermont-Ferrand, there are more than 80 volcanoes with amazing and varied shapes on a strip measuring 25 miles long and 2 miles wide. (40 kilometers long and 3 meters wide.) Like an advertisement for mineral water, this landscape oozes tranquility. In fact, in many similar places, humanity has often benefited from being near volcanoes. But the risk is always that an eruption could occur at any time without warning!​

At the end of a bloody civil war, Francisco Franco seized power and ruled Spain with an iron hand for nearly four decades. Under his leadership the conservative, monarchist armed forces staged a coup against Spain's democratically elected republican government. The insurrection was supported by Italy and Germany. Three years of bitter fighting followed and by April 1939, Spain had become a different country. The hostilities and political purges cost half a million lives.

For many decades, archaeological excavations and scientific expeditions throughout the entire region have been attempting to solve the mystery of what held the Empire by the Nile together for so long. The four-part series Planet Egypt delves deep into crucial periods in the history of the Pharaohs. The documentary depicts the founding of the Empire under King Narmer, the rise of Egypt to a world power under Thutmose III, the revolution during the reign of Akhenaten and the enormous surge in construction activity under Pharaoh Ramses the Great. By means of dramatic re-enactments and lavish computer animations, Terra-X resurrects the world of Ancient Egypt.

Can games change the world? With cities everywhere struggling to cope with the population growth that increased urbanisation brings