TV Schedule for Docubox
Friday, August 1st 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.