In Africa, the giant fig tree and the tiny fig wasp differ in size a billion times over, but neither could exist without the other. Their extraordinary relationship is a marvel of co-evolution, a marriage which has lasted for millennia. It forms the basis of a complex web of dependency that supports entire ecosystems, providing food for thousands of creatures, from elephants, giraffes, and fruit bats, to forest hornbills, monkeys, insects, and fish.

Tells the life story of Danish author Karen Blixen, who at the beginning of the 20th century moved t...

In 1928, Lady Heath became the first person to fly solo from Cape Town to London. Eighty-five years ...

On an island where religion bars women from playing soccer, the Queens resist cultural norms and cha...

At the start of the First World War, in the middle of Africa’s nowhere, a gin soaked riverboat capta...

Detective John Shaft travels incognito to Ethiopia, then France, to bust a human trafficking ring.

Tunahaki is the extraordinary story of nine gifted orphans who are acrobats. We follow their journey...

The highest mountain range in the world, the Himalayan range is far reaching, spanning thousands of ...

An ex-mercenary turned smuggler. A Mende fisherman. Amid the explosive civil war overtaking 1999 Sie...

Every year, thousands of Antarctica's emperor penguins make an astonishing journey to breed their yo...

It tells the story of a boy Kumasenu who moves to the city of Accra from a small fishing village, en...

Spanning over one thousand years, and three parallel stories, The Fountain is a story of love, death...

Young Scottish doctor, Nicholas Garrigan decides it's time for an adventure after he finishes his fo...

The vast savannah of the Serengeti. A large part of the genus Panthera lives here. Better known as t...

A young mute woman is raped and becomes pregnant, with disastrous consequences within her family. Th...

Smilja is a little girl living in Dalmatian Zagora. One day, her mother dies under a small oak tree ...

Half of all bird species undertake annual migrations, everything from heavy-bodied swans to delicate...

An epic tale spanning forty years in the life of Celie, an African-American woman living in the Sout...

A failed track coach finally finds someone who he believes has what it takes to win. The Comrades Ma...