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It’s only a game of chance but gamblers around the globe bet with their bank accounts and even their lives on it. Players hold their breath in every spin of the wheel and in every roll of the dice. But for some, playing in the casino is not for fun and games, it’s just pure [...]

It isn´t easy to live a normal life after you have been in prison. It is difficult to find a job und somethimes the prisoners haven´t got families or friends to rely on in this difficult time. Prisons in Russia try to help their prisoners by giving them the chance to work while being imprisoned.  [...]

Attracting over 30 million tourists every year, Las Vegas is the biggest adult playground in the planet. The city is relatively new having been founded 100 years ago. Legal gambling paved the way for the city’s popularity among local and international tourists. This documentary offers a comprehensive view and guide of the city’s best attractions. [...]

Practiced since long ago, martial arts was initially used for self-defense. The combat style is associated with Eastern Asia and can integrate a variety of weapons like swords, blades and eskrima. There is science behind each of those moves. This documentary gives you a view of what happens inside the person’s body during combat. Discovery [...]

We all know we should have a balanced diet and exercise regularly, but how much exercise do we really need and does ist really help? Michael Mosley tries to find out how he can be fitter and healthier while avoiding hours in the gym. He meets athletes and talks to scientists to find out, how [...]

700 prisoners are in Australia’s hardest prison, Casuarina, at the moment. Danger is always present and you always have to be aware of this. This documentary shows an ordinary day in this prison and with what the staff have to handle day for day. It is a high stress environment. They are never allowed to [...]

Consisting of body posture, gestures, eye movements and facial expressions, the body language is the most important form of nonverbal communication. The way someone walks, talks or even shakes hands can reveal a lot about the person without him or her wanting it. Body language can even elicit secrets or be an indicator for aggression, [...]

Nowadays scientists can read the genetic code of life like a book. Life expectancy has been doubled and we already live 30 years longer than our great-grandparents. Will it be possible to find the elexir of youth and delay aging? Scientists are convinced that it will be possible to expand the life span to 150 [...]

“Comeback” follows the english band “The Dirty White Trash” as they prepare for their first gig in over a year. The members of this little-known, sleaze-metal band are ambitious and confident. And nervous. Very nervous. As the tension leading to the show increases, we see what their brotherhood is really made of in front of [...]

Join Adam Pacitti as he ventures into the unpredictable subculture of professional wrestling. With just one month to train, the crew follow Adam’s entire journey, meeting his family, who are less than impressed by Adam’s dream to become a WWE wrestler, as well as the wrestlers, who soon tell Adam just how difficult the world [...]