Featuring Michael Pollan and based on his best-selling book, this special takes viewers on an exploration of the human relationship with the plant world — seen from the plants' point of view. Narrated by Frances McDormand, the program shows how four familiar species — the apple, the tulip, marijuana and the potato — evolved to satisfy our yearnings for sweetness, beauty, intoxication.

Explore an extraordinary region where water and land life intermingle six months out of the year.
In this nostalgic documentary, restaurant critic Giles Coren challenges Heston Blumenthal to take hi...

The Dream Is Alive takes you into space alongside the astronauts on the space shuttle. Share with th...

The use of embryonic stem cells has ignited fierce debate across the spiritual and political spectru...

In Ramen Heads, Osamu Tomita, Japan's reigning king of ramen, takes us deep into his world, revealin...

Of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, the Pyramid is the only one to survive. Many believe that...

Most people fully accept paranormal and pseudoscientific claims without critique as they are promote...

A scientist explains how the savagery and efficiency of the insect world could result in their takin...

Meet Nikola Tesla, the genius engineer and tireless inventor whose technology revolutionized the ele...

Documentary filmmaker Robert Kenner examines how mammoth corporations have taken over all aspects of...

Travel alongside the astronauts as they deploy and repair the Hubble Space Telescope, soar above Ven...

This film shows how far we have come since the cold-war days of the 50s and 60s. Back then the Russi...

Documentary about Tommy Chong's federal prosecution under the Bush administration for selling bongs ...

The true-life story of a Harlem's notorious Nicky Barnes, a junkie turned multimillionaire drug-lord...

Woolly Mammoth: Secrets from the Ice is a documentary presented by English anatomist Dr. Alice Rober...

An award-winning feature-length creative documentary exploring the extraordinary world of the plasmo...

In The Womb is a 2005 National Geographic Channel documentary that focus on studying and showing the...

Little film showing a few tips on how to present food graciously. The famous husband and wife cookin...

Follow the shocking, yet humorous, journey of an aspiring environmentalist, as he daringly seeks to ...

Principles of Curiosity presents a general introduction to the foundations of scientific skepticism ...