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An aging chief's last stand, lessons for the new, and the education of a young chief-to-be played against harsh Nature in Nepal's Dolpo. When his son dies returning from Tibet's salt lakes, Tinle blames Karma, his son's friend, refuses to give Karma his blessing as the new chief, and organizes a rival caravan to take the salt to lower Nepal to trade for grain. He, a few old men, his son's widow, his grandson, and his second son, a monk, set out on the arduous journey. Fearing storms, Karma has led his caravan out of the village before the auspicious day ordained by the lamas. Tinle's group catches Karma's before the final pass; the two stubborn men lock wills with Tinle's grandson watching.

No single work has shaped Western civilization more than the Bible. In this provocative seven-part series, renowned archaeologist John Romer (Ancient Lives) traces the roots of the world's most important book in light of archaeological evidence. Who wrote the Bible? Where did the story of creation come from? What can archaeology tell us about Abraham, the Exodus, and Jesus of Nazareth? Join Romer as he visits dig sites at Jericho, Jerusalem, and elsewhere to uncover the motives and methods of the people who told the sacred story, attacked it, defended it, and transformed it throughout history. For believers and non-believers alike, this fascinating journey reveals the Bible not only as a record of historical events, but also as a profound profession of faith that still holds our hearts and minds.

One-third documentary and two-thirds filmed theatre, this fascinating experiment revolves around a staging of Mozart's first popular success, Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Harem).

The two-day Roll Back Malaria concert in Dakar/Senegal, is meant to raise funds to buy mosquito nets in the fight to defeat one of the continent's biggest killers. Some 20,000 music fans are attending the international African pop concert.

Chinese Grandma Yu's visit to see her granddaughter in the UK is disrupted when she is racially attacked and beaten to the ground. Family members come together to help each other understand and recover from this traumatizing incident.

In 1955, as the Soviet Union’s pervasive propaganda about the U.S. and American racism spread globally, Dizzy Gillespie, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, and Dave Brubeck travel the globe to perform as cultural ambassadors.

Boris Pasternak, creator of the immortal Dr Zhivago, discredited by Stalin and denied the Nobel Literature Prize by Khrushev, Pasternak's Dr Zhivago was banned in the USSR until 1988. Only now in the new spirit of freedom and reconciliation that exists the story of Pasternak can be told. The words of Pasternak are spoken by Robert Powell, with Imogen Stubbs as Lara and Olga.

The Pacific Century was a 1992 PBS Emmy Award winning ten part documentary series narrated by Peter Coyote about the rise of the Pacific Rim economies.

Rebel Music tells the fascinating and heart-wrenching story of legendary reggae superstar Bob Marley the musician the poet the prophet.

Award-winning documentary series, 7 one-hour episodes

A major 6-part series made in High definition Television about the Queen's collection of paintings. Presented by Christopher Lloyd, the Surveyor of the Queen's pictures, with the participation of the Queen and Prince Charles. Recorded in the Royal Palaces, Castles and Art galleries of Britain, Venice and Florence.

Presents an insightful and richly textured examination of the various influences that shape us as individuals and as members of the families and societies in which we are raised. Through the observation of 12 families on 5 continents, the series looks at childhood from a number of perspectives--personal, scientific, historical, and cultural. Includes documentary sequences, provocative historic films, and vivid clinical illustrations with on-screen commentary by experts.

A two-part dramatization of the life of Sir Ernest Mason Satow, GCMG, PC. The two parts were titled: A Clash of Cultures and Witness to a Revolution.

Six-part documentary series presented by Anthony Sampson, about money in the modern world.

Ten-part documentary series using satellite images and computer technology to investigate the human impact on earth. (Source: BFI).

Presented by Sir Roy Strong, detailing the history and beauty of the Royal gardens.

Profile of Dudley Moore. Contributions from Peter Cook, Jonathan Miller, Blake Edwards, Bo Derek, Sir Georg Solti and others. Revisits Sydney Russell Comprehensive and St Thomas's Church Dagenham. Performs at Magdalen College, Oxford.

Key figures, including former US president Jimmy Carter, tell the inside story of Ayatollah Khomeini's rise to power..

Inside stories are told by two ex-presidents of Iran, Hashemi Rafsanjani and Mohammad Khatami, by two founders of Iran's Revolutionary Guard and by top westerners.

Examines the life of Robert Baden-Powell, the founder of the Scout movement.

A biographical drama based on the writings of Boris Pasternak and the recollections of those close to him.