Python Hunters - Bayou Roadtrip

With cold temperatures in Florida putting a freeze on python hunting, the guys head to Louisiana to conduct vital research on invasive reptile species. Hurricane Katrina dumped over a quarter million pets into the wild, including exotic snakes and reptiles, and the team wants to find out what's happened to them since.

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Shark Men - Beach Patrol

Shark Men boldly unmasks the mysteries of the world’s largest predatory fish as it chronicles a team of expert anglers led by Chris Fischer and Dr. Michael Domeier.

Hollywood has typecast the great white shark as a ferocious predator intent on finding yet another swimmer to feast on, yet this apex predator has no taste for human flesh. The stereotype inflates the bounty for their teeth, jaws and fins, yet despite years of research, the great white remains one of the most vulnerable and elusive creatures of the deep.

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Animal Impact Jungle

Two National Geographic documentaries employing new camera technologies and cutting edge animation to reveal the astonishing abilities that allow animals to survive in a hostile world. Contains the films 'Jungle' and 'Savannah'. 
Jungle: Rising hundreds of feet from the dark depths of the tropical forest floor, the layers of twisting branch and canopy push the limits of animal engineering. We peel back these jungle layers to dissect amazing moments of impact. From ninja ants to rainforest raptors, cutting edge HD cameras dive underwater and fly through the trees and animation penetrates fur, feathers, skin and bone to reveal the surprising animal science hidden deep in the jungle. 

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Eternal Arms Race

Evolving For Advantage On some ancient battlefield, an early human soldier realized that a sharpened stick could become a deadly spear that would send the terrified enemy scrambling for safety. In response, the defeated soldiers came up with their own innovation: wooden shields that blunted the spears and suddenly turned the tables. It was then up to the attackers to devise another new weapon that could defeat the shields and restore their advantage. An arms race was born.

But it was far from the first. For billions of years, life on Earth has been engaged in its own ETERNAL ARMS RACE, the subject of Part 3 of NATURE’s TRIUMPH OF LIFE. As predators became better hunters, their prey also evolved better defenses.

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Documentary Wild: Savannah

Two National Geographic documentaries employing new camera technologies and cutting edge animation to reveal the astonishing abilities that allow animals to survive in a hostile world. Contains the films 'Jungle' and 'Savannah'. 

Savannah: In grasslands around the world, Nature's eye-blinking moments go under the microscope to reveal the bio-mechanics operating inside the brawn, the astonishing abilities that allow animals to survive a hostile world. In moments of impact, incredible to behold, are caught, dissected and analyzed. Predator against prey, wing against air, venom through fangs, a roar erupting in a lion's throat - the split second when creatures come into contact with each other and the world around them. Within creatures great and small ... lion attacks wildebeest, rattlesnake stalk prey, termites defend their ten foot mound, eagle and jackrabbit outmanoeuvre each other and cheetah races gazelle. Elaborate animated impact sequences spin around animals caught in a frozen moment that is then examined in depth to understand the amazing abilities that give each animal the instinct, intelligence and brute prowess to survive.

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HOOKED - VAMPIRE FISH

It's the astounding world of monster fish with monster teeth. Sporting mega-mouthfuls of razor-sharp weapons - they chomp, shred, slash and slice. What began with the prehistoric, 40-ton Megalodon - with teeth the size of meat cleavers - lives on today in toothy super-species, from sharks to Brazil's mysterious Payara, AKA 'Vampire Fish.' Reeling them in is a knockdown, no-holds-barred fight to the finish. And one intrepid ichthyologist's Amazon expedition to study them is the ultimate adventure

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Crocodile King

The largest reptile on earth is lurking in the rivers of Australia's Northern Territory. A master predator, each year this cunning croc is tested by nature's harsh extremes and must battle for dominance with its own kind. 
Using high-speed cameras and infrared technology, National Geographic reveals how this stealthy "salty," with senses and instincts honed over the ages, is able to retain King Croc status.

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Human Body: Pushing the Limits

Discovery Channel is thrilled to premiere the groundbreaking new series "Human Body: Pushing the Limits", which brings together extraordinary computer imagery and amazing real-world stories to reveal how our bodies perform when pushed to the max. From mountain climbing, martial arts and desperate rescues to medical breakthroughs and professional sports, here are the tales of the incredible power and performance of the amazing body we call our own.

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How The Universe Works

Have you ever wondered exactly how our Universe is put together? How is it built? And how it actually works? This is ultimate guide to the Cosmos will show as never before the inner workings of our planet, the Solar System, the galaxies and the Universe itself.

This series investigates the nuts and bolts of our cosmos, exploring a whole range of fascinating celestial phenomena and how they came to be the way they are.
Experts and mind-blowing CGI, take viewers under the celestial hood to tell the greatest story of all – the story of how we and everything around us began.

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Inside Planet Earth

It’s the ultimate voyage our world has to offer: a journey from the temperate surface of our world to the fiery core of the Earth.

With the aid of stunning visual effects, the unexplored interior of the Earth is split wide open, giving us an unbelievable view. From glowing seams of pure iron ore to sparkling diamond caverns to the magnetic field that keeps us safe from the lethal radiation of space… for now, this is the fantastical world we live in — and never see.

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The Buddha

This documentary for PBS by award-winning filmmaker David Grubin and narrated by Richard Gere, tells the story of the Buddha's life, a journey especially relevant to our own bewildering times of violent change and spiritual confusion. It features the work of some of the world's greatest artists and sculptors, who across two millennia, have depicted the Buddha's life in art rich in beauty and complexity. Hear insights into the ancient narrative by contemporary Buddhists, including Pulitzer Prize winning poet WS Merwin and His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Join the conversation and learn more about meditation, the history of Buddhism, and how to incorporate the Buddha's teachings on compassion and mindfulness into daily life.

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Secrets Of The King Cobra

The SECRET LIFE of the KING is an unprecedented journey into the natural history of the wild King Cobra—following them into their world—revealing what they do, where they go, and who they interact with—when we are not around. And surprisingly, the people of India are very much a part of the story. Early evidence suggests that kings might be more intertwined with humans than previously thought., making this project more important than ever.1 It's a close and personal look into the secret life of the King—and the best chance we have of ensuring the survival of this legendary snake.

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ATLAS 4D - The Mediterranean

The Mediterranean once was a vast, dry basin until 5.3 million years ago when pressure from the Atlantic Ocean broke the strait of Gibraltar, creating the largest waterfall in the history of the Earth. The area filled with water and nurtured life, introduced agriculture, erected ancient empires, and introduced the three major religions of the world.

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Animals Are Beautiful People

Animals Are Beautiful People (aka Beautiful People) is a 1974 nature documentary about the wildlife in Southern Africa. It was filmed in the Namib Desert, the Kalahari Desert and the Okavango River and Okavango Delta. It was produced for cinema and has a length of slightly more than 90 minutes. 

This South African film tells about life in these areas in a humorous way. It was directed and written by Jamie Uys, who is most famous for his later film The Gods Must Be Crazy.

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KOMODO - Secrets of the Dragon

The Komodo dragon was discovered one hundred years ago, yet the true nature of the biggest lizard in the world is only just being uncovered. Using hi-tech tools to take a fresh look at this prehistoric beast, Dr Bryan Fry discovers there is a lot more to the dragon than meets the eye - from hidden venom glands to its secret origins. Written by BBC

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Forest Elephants

Forest Elephants: Rumbles in the Jungle Deep in the rainforest of Central Africa lies an elephant oasis - a remarkable place that holds the key to the future for forest elephants. Over the last 20 years, Andrea Turkalo has been studying these enigmatic giants, getting to know over 4,000 intimately. She has begun to unravel the secrets of their complex social lives and the meanings of their unique vocalisations. New acoustic research is shedding light on the many mysteries that still surround forest elephant society. Will these endangered elephants finally speak out and tell Andrea what it is they need to survive?

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Discovery Channel - Speed Of Life

The Speed of Life Discovery Channel show is a brand new series, specializing in high speed photography to capture the amazing, blazing fast intricacies of daily life for animals and insects on the planet. Most especially, Speed of Life focuses on predators and prey, showing remarkable detail and breathtaking footage that you wouldn't believe.

The subtle nuances and hidden majesty of the natural world are revealed by using modern technology to manipulate time, light and size to analyze the speed of life.

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BBC - Planet Dinosaur

An astonishing six-part series that brings to life the most incredible creatures that ever existed. From Spinosaurus, the biggest killer to ever walk the Earth, to the immense sea-monster Predator X, and the deadly cannibalistic Majunasaurus - dinosaurs were more monstrous, more horrific and bizarre than ever before imagined. Combining a 3D graphic world, incredible CGI and stunning photo-real fight scenes, this is a whole new perspective on dinosaurs.

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PBS Nature - Birds of the Gods 2010

Living on the island of New Guinea are birds of unimaginable color and  beauty. When Europeans first saw the plumes of these fabulous creatures  in the sixteenth century, they believed they had escaped from the garden  of Eden and called them Birds of Paradise. The people of New Guinea  treasure the birds' feathers as religious relics. But to find these  birds in the dense forest is a tough assignment, and to witness their  extraordinary mating displays is even tougher. NATURE brings you a pair  of New Guinean scientists who took on the challenge of filming these  remarkable birds.

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BBC - Ancient Rome - The Rise and Fall of an Empire

Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire is a BBC One docudrama series, with each episode looking at a different key turning point in the history of the Roman Empire.

Factually accurate and based on extensive historical research, it reveals how the greed, lust and ambition of men like Caesar, Nero and Constantine shaped the Roman Empire.

It describes how Rome destroyed Carthage, was conquered by Caesar, how it suppressed the Jewish revolt, and converted to Christianity.

CGI is mixed with compelling drama and spectacular live-action battles to tell the definitive television story of how the Empire was formed, how it achieved maximum power, and why it eventually failed.

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0864944/

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