The Mother of All Lies

Royal Institution Christmas Lectures 2019 Secrets and Lies - The Hidden Power of Maths. Dr Hannah Fry uncovers the secrets of luck in this year's Christmas Lectures, to discover what really controls our destiny.

When the dawn of the new millennium brings destruction on Earth by means of the seemingly all-powerful angels, the only hope for the future of the human race lies in Evangelions – bio-engineered crafts created from the Angel's technology. As three pilots gear up for the flight that will find them facing the greatest threat to mankind ever wrought upon the planet, a glimmer of hope remains that the humans will be able to defeat the angels and bring peace and prosperity to a planet torn apart by war with the destructive angels.

On Christmas Eve 2002, Laci Peterson, a young wife who was eight months pregnant, disappeared. Immediately a massive search was launched, with investigators and volunteers scouring her Modesto, California neighborhood and the place where she was reportedly headed that morning the local park to walk her dog. Her husband Scott told police he had gone fishing that day and had returned home to find the dog in the yard with the leash on, the back door of the house unlocked, and Laci gone. But he did not call the police. Instead, police later said, upon arriving home, Scott washed his clothes, ate, and then showered, before calling Laci's mother Sharon Rocha to report her missing.

This award-winning series, Private Life of a Masterpiece, reveals the full and fascinating stories behind famous works of art, not just how they came to be created, but also how they influenced others and came to have a life of their own in the modern world. The works of art featured here are both instantly familiar and profoundly mysterious.

An amazing Earth DVD collection will let you in on the secrets of the moon, the sun and the Earth. And everything in between. Join scientists and explorers as they cover every facet of our planet and beyond. The Earth series DVDs are a two-disc set of fascinating landscapes, human and animal life and much more.

A young man lies by a highway with a rifle, shooting people in cars. As the police close in, he kills himself. In flashbacks, his girlfriend explains why it all happened.

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.

The BBC's first major TV series on human biology is an incredible journey through the most complex biological mechanism on earth, from conception to the unchartered territory of death and beyond.

Alexander’s Lost World is a series co-produced with David Adams Films and Sky Vision. Following the course of the River Oxus (Amu Darya) for the first time, Adams takes viewers on an extraordinary 1,500-mile (2400 km) journey through war-torn Afghanistan and Central Asia.Explorations The Ancient Greeks have long been credited for bringing ‘civilization’ to the East. In fact it appears to be the other way round. Alexander the Great discovered a highly developed civilization (a lost world) that pre-dated even the Persians.