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Voiced by comedian Clive Anderson, this entertaining romp through the history of English squeezes 1,600 years of history into 10 one-minute clips. Bursting with fascinating facts, the clip collection looks at how English grew from a regional tongue into a major global language before reflecting on the future of English in the 21st century. Video clips include: *Anglo-Saxon: The Angles and the Saxons came up with the everyday words we really needed,...

For many persons, religious values become the basis of sexual values and behaviors. In this program, two high school students share aspects of their church-sponsored sex education program. Three Muslim college students talk about culture shock when coming to the U.S. as well as their dating practices. Finally, a psychology graduate student from a Mormon family shares his "coming out.

On 16 June 1816, trapped inside a villa by insatiable thunderstorms erupting across Lake Geneva in Switzerland, Lord Byron challenged his party of young bohemians to a ghost story competition. That night, Byron's challenge gave birth to Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, and Polidori's The Vampyre, the first great vampire novel. Combining drama and a stellar cast of popular writers, including Neil Gaiman and Margaret Atwood, this documentary explores of...

With exciting footage of earthquakes, engaging graphics and interviews with seismic survey teams this programme provides a fantastic introduction to waves and how they are used. The different types of waves are illustrated and the key terminology of amplitude, wavelength, frequency and period explained through clear graphics. The video then looks at how different waves behave depending on the nature of the material they are passing through. It shows...

Poet, environmental activist and founder of Planetize the Movement, Berkely, Drew Dellinger explains that art gives us access to deep truths about the Universe and liberates us from exploitative modern thinking. Writer Marya Grathwohl an Oldenburg Franciscan Sister, writer and founder of Earth Hope, Wyoming describes her participation in a Crow Sundance, which brought her spiritual transformation.

Simon Reeve begins his journey on the island of Hispaniola, then explores both the light and dark sides of the Dominican Republic. He joins the Police Anti-Narcotics Division in the war against international drug cartels in Santo Domingo then crosses the border to Haiti and visits the notorious tented camps of Cite de Soleil. He also discovers a vibrant, colorful and thriving side to life in Haiti born out of the country's unique history.

This film features Europe during her Vertigo Years, from 1900 - 1914. This pulsating era of creativity and contradictions manifested itself in different ways across Europe. This third part of the three-part series highlights the conflict between modernity and traditionalism, the expressionistic and sexual liberations, and Europe's booming consumerism.

The Shedding Light on Atoms series uses demonstrations and animations to take students on a journey of discovery to explain what we know about atoms-and how we know what we know about atoms. The first episode examines what the ancient Greeks thought about matter, including the four-element theory, Democritus' atomic theory, and alchemy. By explaining the basics of atoms, students can better understand the chemical reactions which led to their discovery....