Discovery Channel: TV Series/Miniseries

Exploring special effects in filmmaking, from practical make-up to CGI. Each episode focuses on a specific technique, effect or artist, with interviews and behind-the-scenes insights into recent movies.

Pirates fascinate. They are wicked and cruel, and sometimes they are swashbuckling heroes. From Eric Bloodaxe to Barbarossa, Blackbeard to Bloody Morgan, they fought and pillaged their way across the world. This series tells the history of piracy, from Roman times to the present day, as modern navies still mount patrols against pirates in the South China Seas.

Africa is the most diverse continent on our planet. This miniseries will bring you from arid sub-Sahara to the contintent's most impenetrable jungles, where a myriad of flora and fauna await. In this rare footage, you'll witness first-hand authentic and intimate encounters with Africa's most unique and powerful creatures.

This program documents the migration of rural Southern blacks from the segregated South to Chicago. Cultural and political gains become offset by overcrowding and increasing ghettoization, as Northern politicians ignore resentment that explodes in the Sixties. Finally, Chicago gets its first African-American mayor; many families move out of the ghetto to middle-class success; many others remain mired in a growing "underclass". Includes historical footage and personal interviews. The program has three parts: (1) Take me to Chicago; (2) A dream deferred; (3) Strong men keep a-comin' on.

Have you ever wondered what inspired the first flame thrower, or when the first brain surgery was performed? Have you ever wondered who invented the kiss, or how humans changed once cities were invented? Ancient Inventions dives deeply into these thought provoking subjects - and some of the answers aren't what you'd expect!

Various science documentaries are presented.

Documentary-style series about the era of the dinosaurs, mixing real locations and CGI.

At the height of Egypt's new kingdom, the most powerful Pharaohs who ever lived were buried in tombs full of gold, a divine metal which was regarded as the flesh of the gods. Where did this wealth come from and how did Egypt become the greatest empire the world had ever seen?

Steve and wife Terri educate and entertain on the subject of Australia's all too often dangerous wildlife.

This show is a series of documentaries focusing on the world of psychotronic movies. Episodes focus on the lives of such diverse filmakers as Hershell Gordon Lewis, Saim Raimi, Doris Wishman, Ed Wood Jr, and Tsui Hark. Weird movie genres, like Mexican wrestling movies and Hong Kong horror films, are also examined.

Interior design show on the Discovery Channel

The first half of this special is a recreation of Al's life, from birth through his death in adolescence.

Swedish intelligence agent Carl Hamilton gets busy when it is discovered that a group of Soviet rebels intend to smuggle a nuclear missile through Sweden. Carl and his colleague must risk life and limb to stop the uprising.