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A comprehensive history of the United States' involvement in the bitterly divisive armed conflict in Southeast Asia.

This six-part series traces the Second World War, from the rise of the Nazis to the surrender of the Japanese, with detailed portraits of key figures. The documentary is composed exclusively of actual footage of the war as filmed by war correspondents, soldiers, resistance fighters and private citizens. The series is shown in color, with the black-and-white footage being fully colorized, save for some original color footage. The only exception to the treatment are most Holocaust scenes, which are presented in the original black and white.

In 1942, the crew of U612, a German U-boat, embark on their maiden voyage. Meanwhile, a young woman finds herself caught between the Gestapo and the French Resistance. An inexperienced U-boat crew has to survive a secret mission and a young German woman is torn between loyalty for her home country and the French resistance in the WWII drama

Five years in the making, the Mammoth series looks at the rich tapestry of life in the world's oceans. Blue whales – whose migration routes were previously unknown – were located by air after some animals had been given temporary radio tags. The camera team spent three years on standby, using a microlight to land on the water nearby when they finally caught up with the creatures in the Gulf of California. The open ocean proved more complex, and over 400 days were spent in often unsuccessful filming trips. After six weeks, the crew chanced upon a school of spinner dolphins, leading them to a shoal of tuna. Off Mexico, the behavior of a flock of frigatebirds guided the camera operators to a group of sailfish and marlin: the fastest inhabitants of the sea. Near the coast of Natal in South Africa, the team spent two seasons attempting to film the annual sardine run, a massive congregation of predators, such as sharks and dolphins, that assembles to feast on the migrating fish by corralling them into "bait balls."
Meanwhile, an orca was documented attacking gray whales and killing a calf. In Monterey BayFilming in the deep ocean required the use of special submersibles. One of them enabled the crew to dive over a mile into the San Diego trench, where the carcass of a 40-ton gray whale had been placed to attract a large variety of scavengers.

In January 1969, The Beatles set out to write and record new songs for their first live show in more than two years, culminating in an impromptu concert atop their Savile Row studio.

The life of one of the USA's Founding Fathers, its second President, and his role in the nation's first 50 years. One of America's least-understood and most underestimated Founding Fathers is the second President of the United States, John Adams. HBO Films' Paul Giamatti as the man who played a pivotal role in promoting the American Revolution and building a republic

Focuses on life and the environment in both the Arctic and Antarctic.