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Robert Joe (RJ) - urban explorer and blogger - tracks down true and often untold stories hidden behind Asia's most notorious haunted sites. RJ's hypothesis: behind every haunted location and tale of paranormal encounters with ghosts or demons, there's a real story waiting to be uncovered - a true story even more terrifying than the strangest fiction. Using a combination of gumshoe detective work and modern technology, he explores the places many fear to tread, with one burning question: what really happened here?

Cattura il cibo, le bevande, la musica e i nottambuli che si illuminano al buio delle metropoli asiatiche.

Can magic really bring happiness? Can magic break cultural and language barriers? Can magic change the world. Cyril: Simply Magic is unlike any other magic show ever made, and it's not just because Cyril is unlike any other magician. Simply Magic focuses on the idea that magic can affect people's lives positively. More than just entertainment, magic has the potential to bring happiness. And also through Cyril's seemingly impossible feats the audience gains hope that nothing in life is impossible, because Cyril accomplishes the impossible everyday. "Whatever you can imagine, can be made real."

Traffickers exposes the secretive epicenter of illicit drug production and follows the rise and demise of three infamous drug kingpins inside the Golden Triangle.

This is a story about a family man who succumbs to weakness and his failure to live a moral life condemns those he loves to an unspeakable horror. Only his path to redemption can save them.

Xiao Zhen is a 16-year-old girl who just wants to live a typical teenage life in high school. But since she was born with the ability to see ghosts, her life will never be normal.

High in the mountains of Taiwan, is the remote village of Smangus. Inhabited by a unique group of indigenous people called the Tayal, Smangus is the only place in Taiwan that now practices common ownership of land and property. This is a place where nature and man have found balance. Now, witness every part of the lives of these people, through pain and joy, and experience the unique bonds formed with the ancient trees around them, in a film that documents A Year In The Clouds - a year amongst the sacred forests of this tribe.

Singaporean curator and scholar Peter Lee explores the history of four Southeast Asian empires that made their mark on the world.

Michael Connell is only 19; thin and frail a supermarket worker from Manchester, his lawyers say he has a mental age of some one several years younger, but he talks clearly of the day to day life in jail. The only foreigner in a dorm of 1000, he survives by teaching his fellow inmates English. He got 99 years for smuggling 3000 Ecstasy pills into the country where few can afford them; he won't explain why. Connell is nervous as the new boy; his last words to camera are "even David Beckham couldn't get me out of here...". Lifer Andrew Hawkes is a complete mystery - a long-term veteran prisoner who has somehow fallen through the cracks. Hawkes speaks freely of his foolish decision to smuggle heroin after an offer from a stranger in an Amsterdam bar. Hawkes gives us a tour - pointing out the death row prisoners shuffling past. Each group forms their own society in the jail. The jail's 'Katoeys' or lady boys share quarters - one smuggled drugs to pay for a breast augmentation, now she works for the prison TV station as makeup artist and waits for a royal pardon so she can finish her operations and become a real woman. In hospital a man dying of AIDS lays shaking on his bed as the doctor explains how the prison is struggling to cope with the new prisoners and the overcrowding. Thai prisoner Amporn is waiting to be killed; his voice shakes as he explains how he'll be given only 2 hours notice before he dies. The executioner takes on a tour of the execution room; he shows us the new technique of injections - inside it's still splattered with the blood of those killed by a bullet, the bodies taken next door to a tiny Buddhist temple for a final blessing. The monk who guards the urns of the unclaimed explains it's better to die by execution as you can prepare for the afterlife.

One of life's losers is forced to come to terms with his past when his younger self travels through time and knocks on his door.

National Geographic's "Inside: Jewel Changi Airport" presents an exclusive look at the creation of Jewel, a game-changing hub for Singapore Changi Airport, the best ranked airport in the world, and a new tourism icon for Singapore. From the installation of a 150-year-old olive tree to testing the world's largest indoor waterfall, follow the team tasked with delivering a new architectural wonder.

Legendary singer/songwriter Michael Bolton treks through SouthEast Asia in search of great aspiring singers in unlikely locations and coaches them through competitions to win a spot on the stage of his next tour.

China's pivotal, bloody and beleaguered WW2 campaign is often forgotten in the west despite the "battle of China" being the longest and its battles among the bloodiest and brutalist of the global crucible. World War II: China's Forgotten War shed's new light on the conflict, presenting an epic, eight-year war against an invading Japan, 2 years before Germany invaded Poland, and cost 14 million Chinese lives.

The classic car market is booming globally and public interest has never been higher. Returning an iconic car to its desired specification involves applied knowledge, which only a few revered masters possess. This program unearths the superstars of this domain, and unveils the secrets of their trade, in a culture where precision and skill is everything. From the legends of Japan's early auto industry, to the global car icons of Europe, and the soul of American motoring heritage: these magnificent creations and the craftsmen who made them are the heart of the program. It's a battle of philosophies - some shops only authentically restore these cars, while others pimp them out. Here we find the merging of science, technology, artistry and unique characters, and witness the passion for and enjoyment of these vehicles at race circuits and shows all over Japan. It's a high-octane mix that will intoxicate car fans everywhere.

Afghan ER is an HD documentary that goes inside Afghanistan to one of the most active frontline combat hospitals in world. Watch as the doctors and nurses of Salerno Hospital work around the clock to treat the constant stream of casualties being brought in from the war.

Historians have long speculated that thousands of wooden ships plied a Maritime Silk Route from the Middle East to China, braving long distances on white-capped seas, but time and the deep ocean have destroyed any evidence . . . until now. In 1998 German engineer Tilman Walterfang found a shipwreck from the 9th Century blanketed by intact gold, silver and ceramic items. As we uncover clues and reveal the story of the wreck, reenactments transport us back in time to an age of the legendary Sinbad the Sailor, when vicious seas ravaged wooden boats like matchsticks. Through interviews with maritime archaeologists and ceramic experts we bring these characters to life by examining unique items recovered from the wreck and painting a vivid picture of glorious 9th Century Tang China. We reveal where the treasure now lies, in high security storage in Singapore. We show the incredible 60,000 pieces recovered - amid them are unique gold and silver items never before seen. It is a time capsule from a distant seafaring age that will take generations to fully understand. We piece together the last days of the ship's journey before its untimely end in the treacherous straits of Indonesia and reveal one of the ancient world's greatest trading routes and the brave men who sailed it.

The film will give Discovery's audience an "inside guide" into the scale and complexity of organizing the Hajj as the Saudi authorities struggle against time and logistics in preparing for the massive influx of pilgrims. From providing food, water and shelter for the pilgrims, to organizing the final climatic rituals of the stoning of the pillars, there will be real dramatic tension onscreen as we see the Saudi authorities pull off this mammoth task.

In each episode, biologist Zeb Hogan searches for various types of "monster fish" while explaining their role in or threat to the ecosystem as well as dangers that threaten them. After catching a fish, he releases it back into the water.

Dropped into the tropical wilderness of Xishuangbanna, 2 teams of contestants will be pushed to their limits in the ultimate survival challenge to see who will emerge as the first ever Wilderness Hero.

What does it take to run one of the world's most successful airlines? Going behind the scenes at Singapore Airlines during one of their busiest weeks of the year, we join the people at the heart of their operation. From the engineers maintaining the fleet of 108 aircrafts to the team preparing 20,000 inflight meals a day, our cameras venture across the airline's network to present an inside look at the team's daily challenges. The journey begins with Captain Alan Chan, a pilot with 39 years experience. We join him at Changi Airport Terminal 3, as he prepares for a flight to Hong Kong. We follow Captain Chan through his preparations for takeoff of an Airbus A380, the world's largest commercial passenger aircraft. Changi Airport is the connecting hub and home base for Singapore Airline flights, with 120 flights arriving and departing daily. Station Manager Quentin Chin is tasked with making sure all the flights run smoothly. We join Quentin and his team as they tackle a flight delay, managing passengers who have missed connections. At the Singapore Airlines Training House, we see how cabin crew are prepared for life in the sky. What does it take to join the airline's ranks? We meet a batch of new cabin crew trainees in the midst of a 15-week long course to become full-fledged cabin crew for Singapore Airlines. We capture them as they are undergoing safety training, discovering cabin crew life is more than service and smiles. First Officer Melvin Sim has been flying for 6 months, but is back in the training centre for a proficiency check. We join Melvin in a Boeing 777 flight simulator as he undertakes a test of his piloting skills. If he doesn't meet the grade, Melvin could be grounded. Over to the hangars, we take a look at the engineers responsible for the upkeep of Singapore Airlines' fleet of 108 aircrafts. To maintain these hundred tonne behemoths, they need to be shifted and parked without a scratch. We capture a team of ground engineers docking a plane in one of their six hangars. And to keep up with the number of Singapore Airline flights that take off, the inflight catering team is tasked with producing 20,000 meals a day. We follow Paolo Zambrano and Richard Neo as they show us how the menus are designed, tested and managed. Looking to the future, we join the design team to get a sneak peak at the next generation of features for future planes. What considerations must be made when designing the cabin look and state of the art inflight entertainment experience?

Taiwan is a high tech factory for the world's products. From the F1 of solar race-cars to the world's first and only transparent smartphone, we embark on a journey to the cutting edge of technology, to meet the innovators who are bringing tomorrow's products to life today.

Free diver and spearfishing champion, Kimi Werner, is on the adventure of a lifetime to re-discover a simpler, more fulfilling way of life.