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Documentary exploring the history of jazz from its beginnings through the 1990's, including the stories of many of its creators and performers. Includes archival video, still photographs, historical performances, and newly recorded interviews and musical performances.

Documentary portrait of 16-year-old John, a victim of Tourette syndrome-- he often flies into hyperactive outbursts punctuated by profanity. Family members describe the daily strain of living with someone with Tourette's, and John himself admits to frustration so intense that he sometines contemplates suicide. Dr. Oliver Sacks explains the levels of severity in individual patients, and calls for public awareness and sensitivity toward those who are...

Why are siblings often so different? Are "only" children lucky or disadvantaged? What are the long-term effects of birth order and sibling relationships? This program underscores recent theories that suggest relationships among a nuclear family's children are the most meaningful to an individual's growth. Monitoring a group of 25 six-year olds, the program follows experiments that highlight the significance of sibling rivalry and bonding.

Israel has won four major wars, survived bomb raids, and terrorist attacks in the last five decades. These stories of biblical proportions prove that a higher power continues to uphold the country.

Revolted by quantum theory, Einstein spent his final decades trying to create and all-emcompassing mathematical model of the universe in which God indeed does not play dice. In this program, theoretical physicist Michio Kaku and experts from Cambridge, MIT, and elsewhere discuss Einstein's revolutionary time/space theories of 1905, the ascendancy of quantum mechanics and string theory, and Einstein's unswerving belief that the laws of nature--elegant...

Dinosaur Secrets Revealed is a comprehensive, feature-length journey through the fascinating world of these extinct giants. Visits to sites where new discoveries are being made show how scientists use fossils to reveal not only what dinosaurs looked liked, but how they behaved.

From the ancient Mayans to the Oracle of Delphi, this sweeping look at the ancient art of prophecy features an in-depth investigation of the haunting predictions of Nostradamus. Since the very beginning of time people have attempted to see into the future. From Central African tribes to Native Americans, prophecy has held an esteemed place in cultures around the world. This searching program journeys back thousands of years for a riveting look at...

How did the human race populate the world? A group of geneticists have worked on the question for a decade, arriving at a startling conclusion: the "global family tree" can be traced to one African man who lived 60,000 years ago. Dr. Spencer Wells hosts this innovative series, featuring commentary by expert scientists, historians, archaeologists, and anthropologists.

Louis Theroux reflects on 25 years in documentary-making with this candid and fascinating retrospective. Revisit the very best, and strangest, moments in Louis Theroux's celebrated TV career. Utilising his own home movie footage and news archives, Louis also tracks down past contributors and finds out whether their lives have settled down - or spiralled off in even more surprising directions. And for the very first time, Louis puts himself in the...