In its worst crisis since World War II, Japan faces disaster on an epic scale: a rising death toll in the tens of thousands, massive destruction of homes and businesses, shortages of water and power, and the specter of n...

George and the Man with the Yellow Hat are having a very merry time counting down the days until Christmas. There's only one puzzle: neither of them can figure out what to give the other for a present ... Will they be ab...

When their father is sent away to prison, three London children move to the country where they keep busy preventing accidents on the nearby railway, making many new friends, and generally learning a good deal about thems...

Deadliest Tornado looks at the scientists striving to understand the forces at work behind last year's tornado outbreak. Could their work improve tornado prediction in the future? NOVA also talks to people whose lives ha...

Romance novel addict Catherine Morland is taken to Bath, England by the wealthy Mr. and Mrs. Allen and introduces her to Georgian society. She meets the social-climbing Isabella and John Thorpe. She also meets the handso...

The fiery romance of Heathcliff and Cathy reignites in this new adaptation of Emily Bronte's classic love story. The mysterious gypsy boy Heathcliff, adopted by the Earnshaw family, discovers his soulmate in his stepsist...

This film combines excerpts from letters, books, television programs, and archival footage with interviews to create a vivid picture of Carson and the controversy surrounding her book. The film examines a conflict that t...

"Nova investigates a provocative new theory that suggests the extinction of more than 34 types of large prehistoric mega-creatures, such as the saber-toothed cat and woolly mammoth, was caused not by climate change or th...

Jane Tennison, a female London detective, fights sexism on the force while tracking down the serial killer of prostitutes.

Jane Tennison investigates the murder of a young black woman when bones are unearthed in a garden years after her death.

Physicist Brian Greene discusses the historical quest for a grand unified theory in physics which will reconcile quantum physics and general relativity, and considers the possibility that superstring theory may bring an ...

Packed with ingenious scientific work and spectacular fossils, NOVA's Ice Age Death Trap reveals intimate secrets of the life and death of North America's most exotic and extreme creatures: mastodons, saber tooth cats an...

George knows that a curious monkey needs to get outside and explore! From running the bases at a ballgame to exploring secret underground tunnels, there are friends and adventures around every corner. Hit a home run with...

After his partner dies, Inspector Robert Lewis returns to Oxford where he learns to deal with his past and his future. Includes the series pilot; Whom the Gods Would Destroy; Old School Ties; and Expiation.

This time, Jane Tennison must solve the savage murder of a young boy who was mixed up in a flesh peddling ring.

This special collection of six original black-and-white episodes of The French Chef from the 1960s brings Julia into the kitchen to teach cooks of all abilities how to prepare some of her favorite French classics.

Oxford's Inspector Robert Lewis, protege of the legendary Inspector Morse, works with his brilliant, but brooding partner, Detective Sergeant James Hathaway. The two try to find a link between a murder in Oxford's Bodlei...

Frontline teams up with writer and surgeon Atul Gawande to examine how doctors care for terminally ill patients. In conjunction with Gawande's new book, Being Mortal, the film explores the relationships between doctors ...

A 14-year old boy confesses that he is the murder of a young drug dealer, but Detective Tennison's instincts tell her a drug baron is a more likely suspect. While investigating the crime with her new, and married boss, s...

Detective Chief Inspector Jane Tennison is promoted to Detective Superintendent.