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INSIDE NIRVANA

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You’ve gone Inside the Vatican. You’ve gone Inside Mecca. Now it’s time to go Inside the Kumbh Mela, the Hindu bathing festival that is the largest gathering of human life on the planet. On the dusty banks of the Ganges, a temporary city is built to house the pilgrims who come in the tens of millions to bathe in the holy river. Six weeks after the first pilgrims arrive, the city disappears. We show you the logistics that go into building the world’s largest ephemeral city by taking a journey [...]
THE BLACK DRAGON

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A cricket fighting master from Taiwan’s rural countryside journeys to China for a showdown between his black dragon and China’s smaller but well-trained Qu Qu. Does size matter in this ultimate tournament? Across the world in Holland, scientists are studying the humble cricket with other intentions in mind.
INSIDE KUNGFU SECRETS

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The story of kung fu in Taiwan is a fascinating chronicle of a glorious tradition struggling to survive in a changing world. This film follows four contemporary kung fu masters as they struggle to adapt their martial arts to modern Taiwan. One passes the torch of a secret society. Another pulls trucks and planes with his “iron crotch” kung fu. And one young woman is striving to bring kung fu to the Olympics.
BOXING BEHIND BARS

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Two drug convicts serving prison sentences are vying to be Thailand’s first female boxers to garner a professional World Boxing Title. 23-year-old Siriporn – aka Black Rose – is fighting from behind bars for a pardon on her ten year prison sentence. 29-year-old Nongmai – aka Ring Genius – has just been released from prison and is fighting for freedom from social bars: poverty, inequality and discrimination. Trace the duo’s path as they fight their way, round after round, to gain redemption and recognition.
UNDERGROUND INFERNO

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Across the world, thousands of coal fires are raging. They poison our air and may be one of the major causes of global warming. Coal fires worldwide may release as much carbon dioxide as 50 million cars. Controling these fires is crucial. But once started, they are almost impossible to extinguish. How do we stop this underground inferno?
SUPER CELL

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Many believe stem cells will be the future of medicine but in Asia, the future is already here. A growing number of patients from the West are flying to Asia for stem cell treatment for spinal cord injuries, heart disease and brain disorders. Many do so against their doctor’s advice, paying huge sums for a cure that is untried and untested. Many believe this will backfire on the doctors and patients who have rushed ahead. Others believe they are forging a new frontier in medical science.
ROBOT JOCKEY

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Camel racing is an ancient tradition among Bedouin tribes in the Middle East. Modern camel races are lucrative sporting events, but in the race to win, the jockeys are usually below the age of 16 and weigh less than 45 kilograms. In some cases, children as young as four years old are forcibly kidnapped and trained to ride these ships of the desert. In a bid to stamp out such practices, robot jockeys are developed for use in the sport. Light and controlled remotely, they make their debut at the [...]
ASIA’S TITANIC

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Just five days before Christmas in 1987, the passenger ship Dona Paz collided with an oil tanker off Mindoro Island in the Philippines. 4,000 passengers died in the tragedy. It was the world’s worst peacetime maritime disaster since the Titanic. Through dramatic first hand accounts of survivors and rescuers, actual transcripts from the Philippine congressional inquiry into the tragedy, archival footage and photos and a re-enactment of the collision, Asia’s Titanic dissects how the Dona Paz tragedy unfolded.
MAKING CHRISTMAS

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With the longest Christmas party that happens in Singapore as the backbone of this holiday special, we look at the business, the planning and the coming together of Christmas celebrations. From the toy factories in China to the turkey farms in Malaysia, preparing for Christmas in Singapore, Spain, or Seattle is a global business effort.
DEALS FROM THE DARK SIDE

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Follow eccentric relic collector Steve Santini on his quest to buy and authenticate dark and haunted items for his unusual collections. Santini scours high and low looking for the rare, unusual and tragic; a Titanic deck chair, Jack the Ripper’s knife, a monk’s cloak from he Spanish Inquisition. Objects that are undeniably supernatural and are connected to iconic events and infamous people who have long since passed.
FOOD TRIP WITH TODD ENGLISH

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Join chef and restaurateur Todd English as he travels the world in search of inspiration. He shares his talent and taste for reinventing traditional cooking while experiencing all that each location has to offer from medieval culture in Tuscany to the Zulu tribe of South Africa. He then returns to one of his many restaurant locations to create an inspired new dish. Todd English began his cooking career at the young age of 15 when he ?rst entered the doors of a professional kitchen. At 20, he attended the Culinary [...]
PRISON DIARIES

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PRISON DIARIES takes the viewer on an exclusive and harrowing journey inside the female criminal mind, to discover why the women who are incarcerated in America’s prisons don’t just hurt the people they love – they murder them. Each of these women share their crimes and stories of love, betrayal and murder.