The Hidden Kingdoms of China

Faith of the Century: A History of Communism

December 2025 •French

Communism spread to all of the continents of the word, lasting through four generations and over seven decades. Hundreds of millions of men and women were affected by this political system, one of the most unjust and bloodiest in history. Using newly discovered propaganda films and archival photos, these four episodes explore the mysteries of this totalitarian political machine that lured its share of important followers into the fold. Known as the red church, communism seduced its ardent followers like some earthly religion.

Epic Yellowstone

December 2025 •English

Bill Pullman introduces and narrates this four-part documentary on the world's first national park, Yellowstone.

THE SECOND BIRTH OF THE CENTRAL EMPIRE

December 2025 •Russian

Paradise Islands

December 2025 •English

The tropical islands that lie between Asia and Australia are among the biologically richest on earth, and home to a vast number of plants and animals. From tree kangaroos to tarsiers, manta rays to mudskippers, the region abounds with life. But why? The answer lies deep in time, due to the many millions of years these islands have existed - and the power of the earth, the sun and the moon.

Art of China

December 2025 •English

Andrew Graham-Dixon undertakes an epic journey to uncover the art of China.

Africa's Deadliest

December 2025 •English

Africa is a land sculpted by time where animals have evolved complex weapons to arm them in the battle to live another day. An elephant's tusks can defend, or attack. An octopus uses camouflage to find food, or hide from an enemy. A Cape Fur Seal's speed and agility are valuable tools to catch a penguin, but ineffectual against a Great White Shark. A single hippopotamus holds a pride of twelve lions at bay with his sheer bulk, but backs down when faced with the piercing teeth of another hippo. With lethal weapons wielded by fearsome predators and prey, animals walk a precarious path, here among Africa's Deadliest.

Battle of the Sexes - In the Animal World

December 2025 •English

The sexual behaviour and intriguing reproductive strategies of the animal world.

Planet Earth

December 2025 •English

David Attenborough celebrates the amazing variety of the natural world in this epic documentary series, filmed over four years across 64 different countries.

The Crocodile Hunter

December 2025 •English

Australian host Steve Irwin and his wife Terri run a wildlife refuge. Their shared passion is educating the world about wildlife, including the much feared crocodile and numerous venomous snakes. Steve's specialty is the capture and relocation of crocodiles. No animal appears too threatening to Steve, his true respect for animals is the foundation for everything he does.

Countryfile

December 2025 •English

The people, places and stories making news in the British countryside.

The Great Shokunin

December 2025 •Chinese

Unknown Amazon with Pedro Andrade

December 2025 •English

See the real modern-day Amazonia through an exploration of the Amazon Basin, meeting a different group of people who live there in each episode.

Expeditionen ins Tierreich

December 2025 •German

Maneater Manhunt

December 2025 •English

In each and every one of these action packed hours, Gordon Buchanan is on a personal and dangerous mission to really KNOW a MANEATER -an animal that has killed or even eaten a human. But as populations of the planet's apex predators decrease, the number of attacks on humans increases. Buchanan wants to go to the places where man still battles beast and put himself 'directly in the path' of a predator to find out.

Frontline: China, The U.S. & The Rise of Xi Jinping

December 2025 •English

Tracing Xi Jinping's defining moments, how he's exercising his power and the impact on China and relations with the U.S.

Wilde Ostsee

December 2025 •German

Secrets of China

December 2025 •English

Billie JD Porter finds out what it’s really like to grow up in China, the country with the highest population on the planet.

The Americas

December 2025 •English

A showcase of the wonders, secrets and fragilities of the Americas, narrated by Tom Hanks.

Are Our Kids Tough Enough? Chinese School

December 2025 •English

In a unique experiment, five teachers from China take over the education of fifty teenagers in a Hampshire school to see whether the high-ranking Chinese education system can teach us a lesson.

Wild About Pandas

December 2025 •English

David Tennant narrates the story of giant pandas Tian Tian and Yang Guang, who arrived in the UK in December 2011 to be resettled in Edinburgh Zoo for the next decade. The program also follows the zoo's vet and head keeper as they travel to China to see how giant pandas are cared for in their homeland, and head keeper Alison visits a remote panda reserve in Wolong to witness the efforts to reintroduce the creatures back into the wild.