TV Schedule for Docubox
Thursday, July 31st TV listings for Docubox
On the Cities' Rooftops Bangkok
How is life on the city's roofs? This series scales new heights, exploring apartment buildings, towers and monuments to discover a world full of unsuspected treasures : our rooftops. By day and night, the population changes on these heights.
Wow, I Never Knew That! Grand Central Terminal; 120 Volts; Nachos
Behind the scenes at Grand Central Terminal; the invention of the corkscrew; dry cleaning; how cats land on their feet after falling.
Wow, I Never Knew That! Monopoly; Area Codes; Tuxedo
How a Jersey Shore boardwalk inspired the game Monopoly; the origin of the phrase, "In Like Flynn"; how a donkey and an elephant came to symbolize politics; the difference between top grain leather and full grain leather; the tuxedo.
Water: H2O Stories The Sorcerer's Apprentice
The story of water on Earth and its disrupted course over time, which has led to one of the 21st century's biggest challenges.
China Uncovered: The Cost of Beauty Rising
Fashion designer Ji Cheng shows her designs during London fashion week, challenging the monopoly of Western brands in China; new levels of expendable income mean the wallets of the wealthy elite are helping fund this rising beauty scene.
China Uncovered: The Rhythm of Modern China
Zhao Lei leaves a stamp on classic Chinese music by experimenting with musical fusion; in Shanghai, Yuyintang Livehouse opens its doors to music lovers; the spiritual home of cutting-edge beats in Shanghai, Yuyintang has started musical careers.
Exploring chemistry in everyday experience, showing the connection to the chemicals and elements of the world and examining the matter that built skies and seas.
Exploring chemistry in everyday experience, showing the connection to the chemicals and elements of the world and examining the matter that built skies and seas.
Animals migrate and fight to survive.
Capture Wild School Elephant Darting
Darting an elephant from a helicopter to get a health checkup.
Capture Wild School Rhino Capture
A team prepare for a black and white rhino capture; treating a white rhino calf for an infection.
Race of Life Reptillian
A look at the crocodile and its ancestors that roamed Earth millions of years ago; how snakes rely on the heat of the sun to regulate their body temperature.
Race of Life Underwater Predators
A look at how sea creatures have adapted methods of survival over time, from the deadly spines of a lionfish to the lightning speed of a barracuda.
Speed Kills Ocean
The ocean's fastest creatures.
The Polar School of Nomad Children
The Nenets, the last true nomads on earth, on their remote Russian peninsula. Every August, on the Russian polar peninsula of Yamal, children of reindeer shepherds await a helicopter that will bring them back to school after the summer holidays.
The Mystery of the Disappearing Bees
Bee populations all across the globe are in decline.
Illustrating the human consequences of global economic inequalities and human rights violations, by focusing on how people encounter these issues on a daily basis; featuring prisons in El Salvador, still birth in South Sudan and much more.
Illustrating the human consequences of global economic inequalities and human rights violations, by focusing on how people encounter these issues on a daily basis; featuring prisons in El Salvador, still birth in South Sudan and much more.
Music Voyager The Bahamas: From the Islands to the World
The impact of Bahamian music on popular music around the world.
Music Voyager Antigua and Barbuda
The Caribbean islands of Antigua and Barbuda are rich with the sounds of calypso and carnival celebrations.
Exploring how modern military, police, terrorist and criminal organizations conduct urban combat.
Illustrating the human consequences of global economic inequalities and human rights violations, by focusing on how people encounter these issues on a daily basis; featuring prisons in El Salvador, still birth in South Sudan and much more.
Past Hunters Tutbury Castle
This castle dates back hundreds of years and tonight the team are handed a witches bowl that appears to be haunted. The team catch a shadow on camera, objects appear to be thrown and Bex channels Mary, Queen of Scots.
Past Hunters Mill Street Barracks
Based in the heart of St Helens, formally used during the wartime, these barracks promise to deliver untold secrets from ghostly children haunting the base, to a nun still wandering the morgue in the basement.
The R.I.P. Files Hidden Secrets
The team visits an old prison nicknamed 'Blood Alley' which is teeming with the violent spirits.
The R.I.P. Files Prisoners in Time
The Research and Investigation of the Paranormal - or RIP - team visit a jail in Virginia that is overflowing with lingering spirits.
Travel Thru History Philadelphia
Independence hall, the liberty bell, Elfreth's alley, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and America's first penitentiary, Eastern State.
Journeys in India Jaisalmer: India's Hidden Gem
The history, architecture, cultural groups and wildlife of Jaisalmer.
Journeys in Africa Tarangire: Land of the Elephant
Elephants, buffalo, lions and other hoofed game roam Tarangire National Park in Tanzania.
Around the World in 80 Islands Los Roques, the Windy Archipelago
Over the waters that separate the Venezuelan coast from Los Roques; visit this archipelago together with Francesca and her father, who are both passionate about the islands and the sea.
Around the World in 80 Islands The Route to Los Roques
On a route through coral archipelago of Los Roques, exploring the small canyons in the region; the first stop is at Carenero Island.
Travel Thru History Belize
We head up the steps of the ancient high temple at Lamanai. Then we take a city tour of the main tourist destination, Belize City. We learn about Belize's colonial roots at the Belize City History Museum and dive the amazing Blue Hole.
Travel Thru History Salt Lake City
We settle in Salt Lake City, where we learn about Brigham Young's settlement of the Utah territory. Then we dig in the dirt to find hundreds of perfectly preserved dinosaurs at the Utah Natural History museum.
Outta Town Adventures Tijuana, Ensenada & the Guadalupé Wine Region
Tijuana is currently enjoying a renaissance, attracting the attention of the New York Times; cruise ship passengers have had a decades-long love affair with Ensenada.
Outta Town Adventures Undiscovered Uzbekistan
Formerly within the Soviet Union, this tourist destination is hot on the list of must-see spots for people who think they've seen it all.
Show Me Where You Live Bolivie the Altiplano's Salt Desert
Show me where you live is a documentary series that aims to answer the following question: How can human beings claim ownership to a space so that they can live safely within it, function as a society, and above all be in harmony.
Show Me Where You Live Tulous: Chinese Fortresses
The New Frontier Exo Planets
With technological advances and improved techniques scientists are discovering more and more worlds every day.
The New Frontier Edge of the Universe
The night sky is a time machine; the further we look out into the universe the further back in time we reach.
How is life on the city's roofs? This series scales new heights, exploring apartment buildings, towers and monuments to discover a world full of unsuspected treasures : our rooftops. By day and night, the population changes on these heights.
On the Cities' Rooftops Bangkok
How is life on the city's roofs? This series scales new heights, exploring apartment buildings, towers and monuments to discover a world full of unsuspected treasures : our rooftops. By day and night, the population changes on these heights.