SBS DocumentariesTemporada 2021
Documentaries broadcast on SBS, an Australian broadcaster.
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5 episódios
- Heliopolis: The City Of The SunE1
Heliopolis: The City Of The SunCairo, March 2017 - construction workers make a spectacular discovery beneath metres of rubble. At the bottom of a deep pit, buried in mud and debris, lies an enormous crowned stone head. Nearby the torso and plinth. These are the remains of a colossal quartzite statue, 9 metres high and weighing several tons. It’s an archaeological sensation, a clear indication that this was once the heart of an ancient, legendary metropolis - Heliopolis. - French Voyages of Discovery to AustraliaE2
French Voyages of Discovery to AustraliaCould Australia ever have been French? The English certainly thought so. Through revolution, empire and restoration, late 18th and early 19th century France maintained an unwavering commitment to research and discovery in the Pacific region and in Australia. More interested in science than in new colonies, these early French voyages, led by commanders like Bougainville, Lapérouse, D’Entrecasteaux, Baudin, Freycinet, Duperrey and Dumont d’Urville, were the first to name, describe and beautifully illustrate many Australian species. England may have colonised Australia, but for many years it was France that understood it best. This richly illustrated short documentary film brings to life our fascinating and colourful French history and reminds us of a time when scientific research involved intrepid voyages in tall ships on the high seas, battling scurvy and storms, insects and rats, and hostilities both on board and on shore. - Bangladesh From AboveE3
Bangladesh From AboveWhile travelling through Bangladesh, from the Southern Bengal’s bay to the 'Chars' - those Northern precarious Islands, through Dacca or Chittagong - the largest Graveyard in the world, the film features the country’s crucial fight against climate change and its destiny hanging by a thread. - France: A Journey Through TimeE4
France: A Journey Through TimeTravel through contemporary France and turn back the clock to discover an extraordinary past. An unsuspected legacy is suddenly revealed - how did a simple lagoon make it possible for journeymen to build the Chambord castle, why wouldn’t Champagne exist were it not for an immense, prehistoric ocean, how is the fate of coal miners intimately tied to a strange, subterranean jungle? A marvelous tale, somewhere between dream and reality, offering an alternative history of France that takes an off-beaten trail into the dawn of time. - Death in the Tower: King Richard
E5Death in the Tower: King RichardTwo boys are waiting in the Tower of London for their big day of celebration. The older boy is just 12 years old in the summer of 1483 and is to be crowned King of England. But suddenly doubts arise among the nobles about the succession to the throne and his uncle receives the crown. After the coronation, the two young heirs to the throne disappear from the face of the earth. Have they been kidnapped or murdered? The new King Richard III remains silent on the matter. But the doubts about his accession to the throne remain. In the 17th century, bones are found during building work, confirming the old suspicion against Richard III as a child murderer. What happened to the two boys in the Tower? A cold case from the age of the knights in England, in which numerous new clues have been found in recent years.