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It was one of the most dramatic handshakes of the 1990s decade. There was a grinning, keffiya-clad PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat reaching across a stage on the White House South Lawn in September 1993 to shake hands with a shy-looking Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. The greeting was immensely symbolic. For the first time since […]

Immortality. Life Extension. The Fountain of Youth. Real science or simply wishful thinking? Is it hope or is it hype? Scientists from around the world are racing to answer one of humanity’s chief questions: can we turn back the human clock? Hitch a ride on this controversial roller-coaster with charismatic gerontologist Michael Rose as he […]

Fireworks International brings you Monsters Of The UFO Incident At Kelly from the Paranormal TV catalogue. Fuelled by wonderfully strange stories, this catalogue of television series, made-for-television documentaries, and independently produced films focus on the paranormal – from ghosts, witchcraft and re-incarnation to UFOs, aliens and conspiracy theories. Paranormal TV features over 100 hours of […]

The scene is a hotel room in Paris. The year 1960. The star, Orson Welles. A vintage interview captures the artist reflecting on Citizen Kane and expounding on directing, acting, writing and his desire to bestow a valuable legacy upon his profession. This is a pearl of cinematic memorabilia. Black & White.

It’s an epidemic of staggering proportions. Thirty-six million people are infected with the HIV virus worldwide, with over 25 million of them in Africa. More than 21 million people have died of AIDS, nearly 17 million in Africa alone. This film is about the greatest challenge of the 21st century and the work of Canadian […]

Poker Kings takes us inside poker’s furtive and exotic subculture as we follow the year-long journey of a select few of the world’s most talented and eccentric players as they compete with each other, and their own frailties, in a quest to win the ultimate prize – The World Series of Poker in glittering, cacophonous […]

“Do no harm” – it’s the credo medicine has lived by for more than 2,000 years, but if the aim is not to harm, then why are thousands of patients dying every year as a result of medical error? Is it a case of incompetent doctors or is there something wrong with our system of […]

This programme looks at the changing face of conservation in Kenya and explores the impact of both colonial and contemporary initiatives, as well as how they affect the peoples who have traditionally lived off the land. In particular, we follow the shifting fortunes of the semi-traditional pastoral group the Masai, one of several tribes in […]

Clot Busters examines the advances, both medical and technological, to the treatment of stroke. Stroke is the fourth leading cause of death in North America, affecting 4.7 million people worldwide each year. One in five women will be affected by stroke-nearly double the number of cases for all forms of cancer. And although risk doubles […]