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  The Weight of Chains

  August 11, 2012 / Politics

  Boris Malagurski’s award-winning Canadian film “The Weight of Chains”, dealing with the breakup of Yugoslavia from a different angle – finally, exclusively, on YouTube! Watch the film that has stirred controversy around the world, screened at cinemas across Australia, Canada and the US, as well as at film festivals in London (Raindance), Belgrade (Beldocs), Havana, Ann Arbor, Toronto, and many others. If you thought you knew why Yugoslavia broke up, get ready for 2 hours of shocking facts that will [...]

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  Are We Still Evolving?

  July 24, 2012 / Science & Technology

  Dr Alice Roberts asks one of the great questions about our species: are we still evolving? There’s no doubt that we’re a product of millions of years of evolution. But thanks to modern technology and medicine, did we escape Darwin’s law of the survival of the fittest? Alice follows a trail of clues from ancient human bones, to studies of remarkable people living in the most inhospitable parts of the planet, to the frontiers of genetic research to discover if [...]

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  Steve Jobs: Billion Dollar Hippy

  July 23, 2012 / People

  Broadly considered a brand that inspires fervor and defines cool consumerism, Apple has become one of the biggest corporations in the world, fueled by game-changing products that tap into modern desires. Its leader, Steve Jobs, was a long-haired college dropout with infinite ambition, and an inspirational perfectionist with a bully’s temper. A man of contradictions, he fused a Californian counterculture attitude and a mastery of the art of hype with explosive advances in computer technology. Insiders including Apple co-founder Steve [...]

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  The Ancient Maya: Tools of Astronomy

  July 19, 2012 / History

  Star-gazing reached incredible heights thousands of years before the Hubble. Learn the amazing advances made by the great ancient culture of Central America. Take another fascinating trip through time to discover the precursors from centuries or even millennia ago of todays cutting-edge technological breakthroughs. Using the latest scholarship, hands-on demonstrations, and dramatic reenactments, The Ancient Maya: Tools of Astronomy shows just how far ahead of their times they really were. Without the aid of magnifying technology or even a firm [...]

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  Stand-Up Student

  July 18, 2012 / Arts & Entertainment

  Documentary about learning stand-up comedy. Starring the author as the brave/stupid guinea pig, how much could he improve in two gigs? It features interviews with some of Britain’s best-loved comedians… Lee Mack, Micky Flanagan, Milton Jones, Jo Brand, Ed Byrne, Tim Vine, Arthur Smith, Hugh Dennis, Rhod Gilbert, Greg Davies, Russell Kane, Russell Howard, Stephen K Amos, Shappi Khorsandi, Johnny Vegas, Lenny Henry, Al Murray, Jack Whitehall and Kevin Bridges.    

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  Newton: The Dark Heretic

  July 17, 2012 / Science & Technology

  A BBC documentary uncovers, for the first time, the original manuscript where Newton forecast the date of the end of the world. Newton, the father of modern mathematics, dedicated a large part of his life to a quest to decode the Bible which he believed to be the word of God. For over 50 years, he studied the Bible trying to unravel God’s secret laws of the Universe. He was fanatical in his quest to discover the date for the [...]

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  Fast Food, Fat Profits: Obesity in America

  July 16, 2012 / Health & Drugs

  Obesity in America has reached a crisis point. Two out of every three Americans are overweight, one out of every three is obese. One in three are expected to have diabetes by 2050. Minorities have been even more profoundly affected. African-Americans have a 50 per cent higher prevalence of obesity and Hispanics 25 per cent higher when compared with whites. How did the situation get so out of hand? Josh Rushing explores the world of cheap food for Americans living [...]

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  David Guetta: Nothing But the Beat

  July 15, 2012 / Arts & Entertainment

  David Guetta, popular French house music producer and DJ, tells the story of himself and the electronic music. “I cannot look at myself in the mirror if I do not give 100 percent. My ambition is new each day, I have so much to learn and so much to achieve.” – David Guetta Nothing But The Beat reveals David Guetta’s meteoric rise from underground house DJ to global superstar. Featuring the likes of Will.i.am, Kelly Rowland, Ludacris and Snoop Dogg, [...]

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  A Joyful Slog

  July 14, 2012 / Arts & Entertainment

  This documentary pays homage to the DIY culture and how it has cultivated an entire sub movement of artists in Ireland over the last 30 years. Tons of archival footage, interviews, pictures and new perspectives that paint the most definitive picture of the DIY lifestyle that represents Ireland’s rock culture. It is a Dublin Community Television production and was made by the Community Of Independents collective that works with the channel. Featuring live footage and audio of various Irish artists [...]

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  Johnny Cash: The Last Great American

  July 13, 2012 / People

  Documentary profiling the life of legendary country music star Johnny Cash, who died in 2003 shortly after completing the retrospective Unearthed, a five-CD set of the acoustic performances with which he resurrected his career in the last decade of his life, and after losing his wife, June Carter Cash. This first major retrospective of Cash’s life, times and music features contributions from his daughter Rosanne Cash and son John Carter Cash, his longtime manager Lou Robin and fellow musicians including [...]

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  The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization

  July 12, 2012 / History

  The lavish and lengthy production of PBS’s The Greeks: Crucible of Civilizationis a fitting tribute to the glory of ancient Greece, telling the story of Greek democracy from its first stirrings in 500 B.C. through to the cataclysmic wars that virtually destroyed the empire. It concludes with a fascinating look at how the Greeks were defeated, yet their philosophy endured and changed the world forever. Beautifully photographed, and with intelligent narration delivered by actor Liam Neeson, this documentary goes into [...]

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  I Want The Earth (plus 5%)

  July 11, 2012 / Business

  The sole purpose of this story is to explain the simple maths of reality and the current Banking System – that is – 100 plus NOTHING does NOT equal 105 – and that charging interest on something that is created out of nothing, makes it impossible to repay, giving great power to those who do create money out of nothing – ie the Banks. This story was written by Larry Hanniganin 1971 and uses a fictional character (Fabian) in the [...]

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