Channel Four (Great Britain)

This documentary looks not only at how his talent, style and imagination have shaped all of our lives, but also at the influences that shaped and molded the man himself. Through interviews with the people who worked closely with him or chronicled his life, we gain unique insight into what made him tick. In a never before broadcast, exclusive interview, Steve Jobs expounds his own philosophy of life, and offers advice to us all on changing our own...

Explores the intersection of the private and public life of Elizabeth I in the latter half of her reign, offering a personal look at her allies, her enemies, and her suitors as she struggles to survive in a male-dominated world.

A look at the rise and fall of Islamic culture in what is now Spain and Portugal, the ingenious mathematics behind Granada's Alhambra Palace, and a trace of El Cid's lineage to his Moorish roots through interviews with noted scholars.

Black Books concerns time-frittering techniques of raddled proprietor Bernard Black, his assistant Manny Bianco and their friend, Fran Katzenjammer. This dubious trio forms a family of sorts to protect each other from the realities of modern London.

Historian Bettany Hughes goes on search of the real truth about democratic Athens, 2500 years ago. It has been revered as the birthplace of philosophy, art, science and the greatest political idea of all time; democracy.

Nick Broomfield explores the life of Aileen Wuornos, the prostitute executed in Florida for killing six men. Includes examinations of her childhood, testimony at her trial by Broomfield, and a chilling speech by Wuornos herself.

Assembles footage from over 120 films showing the changing face of cinema homosexuality from cruel stereotypes to covert love to the activist cinema of the 1990s. Many actors, writers and commentators provide anecdotes regarding the history of the role of gay men and lesbians on the silver screen.

Archaeologists and engineers attempt to duplicate ancient solutions to engineering problems. In this case, the problem is building and learning to use a war machine called a trebuchet.

In Northern Ireland's Maze prison in 1981, 27-year-old Irish Republican Army member Bobby Sands went on a hunger strike to protest the British government's refusal to recognize him and his fellow IRA inmates as political prisoners. A transcendent depiction of what a human being is willing to endure in order to be heard.

A documentary on the controversy surrounding the authenticity of the Vinland map, which identified a large island in the Atlantic Ocean labeled "Vinilanda insula." The Vinland map predates Columbus's voyage by about fifty years and could offer proof that the Vikings discovered the New World.