Mythos is a three-part documentary that consists of a series of lectures given by Joseph Campbell. Campbell conceived of the original lectures, filmed over the last six years of his life, as a summation of what he had learned about the human mythic impulse, in terms of psychology, ethnology and comparative mythology—what he called "the one great story of mankind."
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From legendary John Ward, immortalized in fiction as Jack Sparrow, and English explorer Francis Drake; branded Pirates by their enemies but heroes by their comrades, to the notorious Pirates of the Caribbean shrouded in myth.
A detailed account of the two millennia of intolerance and persecution suffered by the Jews, from antiquity to the present day.
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The Richard Dimbleby Lecture was founded in the memory of Richard Dimbleby, the BBC broadcaster. It has been delivered by an influential business or political figure almost every year since 1972.
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Tracy Borman reveals the intimate details of the monarchs, to find out what really went on in their private lives.
Clash of the Gods is a one-hour weekly mythology television series that premiered on August 3, 2009 on the History channel. The program covers many of the ancient Greek and Norse Gods, monsters and heroes including Hades, Hercules, Medusa, Minotaur, Odysseus and Zeus.
The Power of Myth is a television series originally broadcast on PBS in 1988 as Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth. The documentary comprises six one-hour conversations between mythologist Joseph Campbell and journalist Bill Moyers.
In this three-part documentary series Waldemar Januszczak discovers paintings, sculptures and architecture of the Baroque period. Starting from the square of Saint Peter's Basilica in Italy to St Paul's Cathedral in England.
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Legendary raconteur Joseph Campbell explores the myth and symbols that have shaped our world and given us what he has called "the experience of being alive."
This Country's Charlie Cooper explores the gloriously bonkers world of British folklore. From crop circles to demon dogs, he's boldly going where no TV presenter has gone before.
A documentary series that charts the Haitian-American experience of Motown Maurice, a future cultural icon, featuring interviews from his past and present.
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The Normans is a British television documentary series first aired on BBC Two in 2010. Over three episodes, it sees Professor Robert Bartlett's journey from Great Britain via Jerusalem to the Kingdom of Sicily to examine the expansion and ambition of the Normans between the 10th and 13th centuries.
Apart from being a feast for the senses and meeting places for noisy human swarms in search of all kinds of merchandise, the markets contain stories and characters that give them unique characters. This documentary series proposes a journey through thirteen of the most representative of Mexico City to get to know them from within.
Teacher Ekku, researcher Valtteri and yoga instructor Alexandra test their limits at a pro wrestling school.
Under Bobby Hamilton and Jim Lansdale's leadership, the Gulf Coast Bigfoot Research Organization (GCBRO) is on a mission to help families terrorized by Bigfoot and prove once and for all that the fabled creature exists by killing one specimen - and providing a body of definitive scientific proof.
Recounts the story of the extended royal family that once ruled the whole of Europe. Told through the eyes of Queen Victoria’s granddaughters, the series will combine premium scripted drama with a host of expert historians to tell the tale of one of the most compelling, powerful yet dysfunctional families in history.
Historian Dan Jones explores the millennium of history behind six of Great Britain's most famous castles: Warwick, Dover, Caernarfon, the Tower of London, Carrickfergus, and Stirling.
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| 1 | Psyche & Symbol: The psychological impulse for and response to myth | TBA | 0.0 |
| 2 | The Spirit Land: How myths awakened American Indians to the mystery of life | TBA | 0.0 |
| 3 | On Being Human: The emergence of myth in early hunter-gatherer societies | TBA | 0.0 |
| 4 | From Goddesses to God: The gradual shift from the Goddess to male, warlike deities | TBA | 0.0 |
| 5 | The Mystical Life: Non-biblical mythic strains that helped shape the Western spirit | TBA | 0.0 |
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| 1 | The Inward Path: The core myths of the great Asian religions | TBA | 0.0 |
| 2 | The Enlightend One: The Buddha and enlightenment, East and West | TBA | 0.0 |
| 3 | Our Eternal Selves: Yoga and transcendence | TBA | 0.0 |
| 4 | The Way to Illumination: Kundalini yoga and the seven chakras | TBA | 0.0 |
| 5 | The Experience of God: Tibetan Buddhism and the spiritual journey that is death | TBA | 0.0 |
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| 1 | Love as the Guide: The Arthurian romances, including Tristan and Iseult | TBA | 0.0 |
| 2 | The Path of the Heart: Parzival and the Grail Quest | TBA | 0.0 |
| 3 | Beyond Space and Time: The Romantic philosophers | TBA | 0.0 |
| 4 | Between Pairs of Opposites: Thomas Mann and The Magic Mountain | TBA | 0.0 |
| 5 | Into the Well of Myth: The Joseph novels and modern myth | TBA | 0.0 |