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Everything Else
Earth: Making of a Planet — Reviewing the 4.5 Billion Year Doc
Four and a half billion years compressed into ninety minutes of television is an ambitious assignment. Earth: Making Of A…
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Nature
How to Survive on a Deserted Island: Real Wilderness Survival
The fantasy is one thing. Walk barefoot down a soft white beach, sleep in a palm-roofed hut, eat coconuts off…
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Africa
Maneater Manhunt: Why Some Predators Become Human Killers
One charismatic Scot, several animals that have killed humans, and a small film crew willing to follow the Scot well…
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Everything Else
Air Crash Investigation: Mistaken Identity Cases Explained
Aviation accident investigation is one of the slowest, most rigorous, and most consequential forms of forensic work humans do. The…
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Everything Else
San Andreas Fault: What the Geologic Journey Documentary Got Right
The San Andreas Fault is the most famous boundary line in geology and one of the most studied faults on…
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Australia
Heart of the Sea: Damien Rider’s 800km Solo Paddle Coolangatta to Bondi
Damien Rider’s 800-kilometre solo paddle from Coolangatta to Bondi is one of the more remarkable open-ocean expeditions an Australian has…
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Brazil
Mengele’s Twin Mystery: The Real Story of Cândido Godói
A small farming town in southern Brazil — Cândido Godói, in Rio Grande do Sul — has, for the past…
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Everything Else
Mystery Manhunt: Forensic TV Done Right
Three strangers, one mystery target, and a deadline. The premise of Mystery Manhunt sounds like a parlour game — a…
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Africa
Long Way Down Review: Ewan McGregor’s Scotland to Cape Town Ride
Two motorbikes, one continent, eighty-five days. Long Way Down followed Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman from John o’ Groats at…
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Everything Else
Mystery Files Documentary Review: King Arthur, Cleopatra, Robin Hood
Some legends refuse to settle. King Arthur, Cleopatra, Robin Hood, Nostradamus — names that have passed through twenty centuries of…
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