Agatha Christie’s Poirot, Cards on the Table, ITV, 2006

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Original air date: March 19, 2006.
• Running time: 94 minutes.

• Agatha Christie’s Poirot: Cards on the Table (2006)

Agatha Christie’s Poirot, Murder in Mesopotamia, ITV, 2001

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Original air date: July 8, 2001.
• Running time: 100 minutes.
• The character of Captain Hastings was added to the story, reducing Amy Leatheran’s contribution drastically.

• Agatha Christie’s Poirot: Murder in Mesopotamia (2001)

Ben Bernanke, Federal Reserve, C-SPAN, 2010

Rating: 4/5 Link

• Original air date: November 5, 2010.
• Running time: 46 minutes.
• Fed’s role during the financial crisis of 2008.

Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple, The Murder at the Vicarage, BBC, 1986

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Original air date: December 25, 1986 (UK) (season 2, episode 1).
• Running time: 102 minutes.

• The Murder at the Vicarage (1986)

Agatha Christie’s Poirot, The ABC Murders, ITV, 1992

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Original air date: January 5, 1992 (season 4, episode 1).
• Running time: 100 minutes.

• Agatha Christie’s Poirot: The ABC Murders (1992)

Robert Markowitz, Into Thin Air: Death on Everest, ABC, 1997

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Original air date: November 9, 1997.
• Running time: 90 minutes.
• Tagline: Extreme Adventure. Extreme Danger.
• An adaptation of Jon Krakauer’s best selling book, Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster.

• Into Thin Air: Death on Everest (1997)
• Interview with Peter Horton on Into Thin Air: Death on Everest

Agatha Christie’s Poirot, Death in the Clouds, ITV, 1992

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Original air date: January 12, 1992 (season 4, episode 2).
• Running time: 103 minutes.

• Agatha Christie’s Poirot: Death in the Clouds (1992)

Ken Burns, Mark Twain, PBS, 2001

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Original air date: 2001.
• Running time: 212 minutes (2 parts).
• Narrated by Keith David.

• Mark Twain (2001)
• PBS: Mark Twain

Agatha Christie’s Poirot, Lord Edgware Dies, ITV, 2000

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Original air date: February 19, 2000 (season 7, episode 2).
• Running time: 100 minutes.

• Agatha Christie’s Poirot: Lord Edgware Dies (2000)

Agatha Christie’s Poirot, Peril at End House, ITV, 1990

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Original air date: January 7, 1990 (season 2, episode 1).
• Running time: 103 minutes.

• Agatha Christie’s Poirot: Peril at End House (1990)

Agatha Christie’s Poirot, The Mystery of the Blue Train, ITV, 2005

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Original air date: December 11, 2005 (season 10, episode 1).
• Running time: 100 minutes.

• Agatha Christie’s Poirot: The Mystery of the Blue Train (2005)

Ken Burns, Thomas Jefferson, PBS, 1997

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Original air date: 1997.
• Running time: 180 minutes.
• Narrated by Ossie Davis.

• Thomas Jefferson (1997)
• PBS: Thomas Jefferson

Andrew Grieve, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, ITV1, 2000

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Original air date: January 2, 2000 (season 7, episode 1).
• Running time: 100 minutes.

• Agatha Christie’s Poirot: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (2000)

Adrian Pennick, The Ascent of Money, Channel 4, 2008

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Original air date: 2008.
• Running time: 6 x 50 minutes.
• Presented by Niall Ferguson. Based on his book of the same name.
• Episode list:
  1. Dreams of Avarice
  2. Human Bondage
  3. Blowing Bubbles
  4. Risky Business
  5. Safe As Houses
  6. Chimerica

• The Ascent of Money (2008)
• PBS: The Ascent of Money
• BBC: The Ascent of Money

Michael Schwarz, The Botany of Desire, PBS, 2009

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Original air date: October 28, 2009.
• Running time: 120 minutes.
• Featuring Michael Pollan and based on his best-selling book of the same name.
• Narrated by Frances McDormand.
• How four familiar plant species — the apple, the tulip, marijuana and the potato — evolved to satisfy our yearnings for sweetness, beauty, intoxication and control.

• The Botany of Desire (2009)
• PBS: The Botany of Desire

Agatha Christie’s Poirot, The Chocolate Box, ITV, 1993

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Original air date: February 21, 1993 (season 5, episode 6).
• Running time: 51 minutes.
• From the short story collection Poirot Investigates.

• Agatha Christie’s Poirot: The Chocolate Box (1993)

Ken Burns, The National Parks: America’s Best Idea, PBS, 2009

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Original air date: September 27, 2009.
• Running time: 12 hours (6 episodes of 2 hours each).
• Narrated by Peter Coyote.
• Episodes:
  1. “The Scripture of Nature” (1851–1890)
  2. “The Last Refuge” (1890–1915)
  3. “The Empire of Grandeur” (1915–1919)
  4. “Going Home” (1920–1933)
  5. “Great Nature” (1933–1945)
  6. “The Morning of Creation” (1946–1980)

• The National Parks: America’s Best Idea (2009)
• PBS: The National Parks

Ken Burns, The Statue of Liberty, PBS, 1985

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Original air date: October 28, 1985.
• Running time: 60 minutes.
• Narrated by historian David McCullough.

• The Statue of Liberty (1985)
• PBS: The Statue of Liberty

Ken Burns, The Shakers: Hands to Work, Hearts to God, PBS, 1984

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Original air date: 1984.
• Running time: 58 minutes.
• Narrated by David McCullough.

• The Shakers: Hands to Work, Hearts to God (1984)
• PBS: The Shakers

Ken Burns, Brooklyn Bridge, PBS, 1981

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Original air date: November, 1981.
• Running time: 58 minutes.
• Ken Burns’s first film.
• Narrated by David McCullough.
• Chronicles the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City.

• Brooklyn Bridge (1981)
• PBS: Brooklyn Bridge

Agatha Christie’s Poirot, The Lost Mine, ITV, 1990

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Original air date: January 21, 1990 (season 2, episode 3).
• Running time: 51 minutes.
• From the short story collection Poirot Investigates.

• Agatha Christie’s Poirot: The Lost Mine (1990)

Agatha Christie’s Poirot, The Veiled Lady, ITV, 1990

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Original air date: January 14, 1990 (season 2, episode 2).
• Running time: 51 minutes.
• From the short story collection Poirot Investigates.

• Agatha Christie’s Poirot: The Veiled Lady (1990)

Agatha Christie’s Poirot, The Case of the Missing Will, ITV, 1993

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Original air date: February 7, 1993 (season 5, episode 4).
• Running time: 51 minutes.
• Based on a short story from the collection Poirot Investigates.

• Agatha Christie’s Poirot: The Case of the Missing Will (1993)

Agatha Christie’s Poirot, The Adventure of the Italian Nobleman, ITV, 1993

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Original air date: February 14, 1993 (season 5, episode 5).
• Running time: 51 minutes.
• From the short story collection Poirot Investigates.

• Agatha Christie’s Poirot: The Adventure of the Italian Nobleman (1993)

Agatha Christie’s Poirot, The Disappearance of Mr. Davenheim, ITV, 1990

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Original air date: February 4, 1990 (season 2, episode 5).
• Running time: 51 minutes.
• From the short story collection Poirot Investigates.

• Agatha Christie’s Poirot: The Disappearance of Mr. Davenheim (1990)

Agatha Christie’s Poirot, The Kidnapped Prime Minister, ITV, 1990

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Original air date: February 25, 1990 (season 2, episode 8).
• Running time:  51 minutes.
• From the short story collection Poirot Investigates.

• Agatha Christie’s Poirot: The Kidnapped Prime Minister (1990)

American Eats, History Channel, 2006

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Original air date: June 29, 2006 – November 23, 2006 (15 episodes).
• Running time: 50 minutes each.
• Each episode details the particular foods’ origins, key innovators, history, and evolution into modern cuisine. The series is subtitled “The Food That Built America” due to its reverence for food’s place in American history and its impact on culture.
• Episodes Listing:

1. Soda
2. Salty Snacks
3. Hotdogs
4. Canned Foods
5. History on a Bun
6. Ice Cream
7. Cookies
8. Chocolate
9. Condiments
10. Barbecue
11. Beer
12. Cereal: History in a Bowl
13. Pizza
14. Holiday Foods
15. More American Eats

• American Eats (2006)

Agatha Christie’s Poirot, The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan, ITV, 1993

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Original air date: March 7, 1993 (season 5, episode 8).
• Running time: 51 minutes.
• From the short story collection Poirot Investigates.

• Agatha Christie’s Poirot: The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan (1993)

Agatha Christie’s Poirot, The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb, ITV, 1993

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Original air date: January 17, 1993 (season 5, episode 1).
• Running time: 51 minutes.
• From the short story collection Poirot Investigates.

• Agatha Christie’ Poirot: The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb (1993)

Agatha Christie’s Poirot, The Million Dollar Bond Robbery, ITV, 1991

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Original air date: January 13, 1991 (season 3, episode 3).
• Running time: 51 minutes.
• From the short story collection Poirot Investigates.

• Agatha Christie’s Poirot: The Million Dollar Bond Robbery (1991)

Agatha Christie’s Poirot, The Mystery of Hunter’s Lodge, ITV, 1991

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Original air date: March 10, 1991 (season 3, episode 11).
• Running time: 51 minutes.
• From the short story collection Poirot Investigates.

• Agatha Christie’s Poirot: The Mystery of Hunter’s Lodge (1991)

Rod Serling, The Twilight Zone: Season 1, CBS, 1959-1960

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Original air dates: October 2, 1959 – July 1, 1960 (36 episodes).
• Running time: ~30 minutes each.

• The Twilight Zone (1959)

Expedition Alaska, Discovery Communications, 2008

Rating: 3/5 Buy

• Original air date: April 20, 2008.
• Running time: 86 minutes.
• A team of scientists, naturalists and wildlife filmmakers explore remote Alaska to document the impact of global warming on the landscape and the wildlife.

• Expedition Alaska (2008)

Agatha Christie’s Poirot, The Adventure of the Cheap Flat, ITV, 1990

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Original air date: February 18, 1990 (season 2, episode 7).
• Running time: 51 minutes.
• From the short story collection Poirot Investigates.

• Agatha Christie’s Poirot: The Adventure of the Cheap Flat (1990)

Agatha Christie’s Poirot, The Tragedy at Marsdon Manor, ITV, 1991

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Original air date: February 3, 1991 (season 3, episode 6).
• Running time: 51 minutes.
• From the short story collection Poirot Investigates.

• Agatha Christie’s Poirot: The Tragedy at Marsdon Manor (1991)

Agatha Christie’s Poirot, The Adventure of the Western Star, ITV, 1990

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Original air date: March 4, 1990 (season 2, episode 9).
• Running time: 51 minutes.
• From the short story collection Poirot Investigates.

• Agatha Christie’s Poirot: The Adventure of the Western Star (1990)

Michael Wood, The Story of India, BBC, 2007

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Original air date: August and September 2007 (UK).
• Running time: Six episodes of ~55 minutes each.
• Episodes:
  1. Beginnings
  2. The Power of Ideas
  3. Spice Routes and Silk Roads
  4. Ages of Gold
  5. The Meeting of Two Oceans
  6. Freedom and Liberation

• The Story of India (2007)
• PBS: The Story of India
• BBC: The Story of India
• The Hindu: An interview with Michael Wood

Agatha Christie’s Poirot, Murder on the Links, ITV, 1996

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Original air date: 11 February 1996
• Running time: 103 minutes

• Agatha Christie’s Poirot: The Murder on the Links (1996)

Herbert Wise, Julius Caesar, BBC, 1979

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Original air date: February 11, 1979 (UK).
• Running time: 161 minutes.

• Julius Caesar (1979)

Engineering an Empire, The History Channel, 2005-2006

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Original air date: September 13, 2005 – January 8, 2006.
• Running time: 44 minutes each.
• Explores the engineering feats that made some of the greatest societies on earth possible.
• Hosted by Peter Weller.
• Episode list:
  1. Rome
  2. Egypt
  3. Greece
  4. Greece: Age of Alexander
  5. The Aztecs
  6. Carthage
  7. The Maya: Death Empire
  8. Russia
  9. Britain: Blood and Steel
  10. The Persians
  11. China
  12. Napoleon: Steel Monster
  13. The Byzantines
  14. Da Vinci’s World

• The History Channel: Engineering an Empire

Michael Cox, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: A Scandal in Bohemia, Granada Television, 1984

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Original air date: 24 April 1984 (Season 1, Episode 1).
• Running time: 52 minutes.

• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: A Scandal in Bohemia (1984)
• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: A Scandal in Bohemia (1891)

Agatha Christie’s Poirot, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, ITV, 1990

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Original air date: 16 September 1990.
• Running time: 103 minutes.

• Agatha Christie’s Poirot: The Mysterious Affar at Styles (1990)

Melvyn Bragg, The Adventure of English, ITV, 2002

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• This television series on the history of the English Language was first released in the UK in 2002.
• Running time: 45 – 52 minutes per episode.
• Melvyn Bragg travels through Britain to tell the story of how an insignificant German dialect, which only arrived in the country in the fifth century, evolved into a language which is now spoken and understood by more people than any other around the world.
• Episode Listing:

1. 1. Birth of a Language: The language’s humble beginning; how successive invasions introduced and then threatened to destroy the language.
   2. English Goes Underground: English during the Norman Conquest; how the language survived and fought back; Chaucer.
   3. The Battle for the Language of the Bible: The Reformation; printing; Henry VIII.
   4. This Earth, This Realm, This England: Queen Elizabeth I; foreign trade; scholarship in Latin; Shakespeare.
   5. English in America: The language of America; influences of immigrants, slaves, and modern vernacular.
   6. Speaking Proper: The Age of Reason; British Civil War; self-appointed authorities; science; dictionaries; the Industrial Age.
   7. The Language of Empire: The language spreads and evolves via British interests abroad.
   8. Many Tongues Called English, One World Language: Esperanto is invented with a dream of providing an artificial second-language for all people worldwide; English becomes history’s most successful global language.

• The Adventure of English (2002)
• The Adventure of English: The Biography of a Language by Melvyn Bragg

David Attenborough, Planet Earth, BBC Warner, 2007

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• First broadcast in the UK in 2006. First broadcast in the USA in 2007 narrated by Sigourney Weaver.
• The 11-part (each 50 minutes) BBC series is narrated by Sir David Attenborough.

• Episode Listing:
  1. “From Pole to Pole”
  2. “Mountains”
  3. “Fresh Water”
  4. “Caves”
  5. “Deserts”
  6. “Ice Worlds”
  7. “Great Plains”
  8. “Jungles”
  9. “Shallow Seas”
  10. “Seasonal Forests”
  11. “Ocean Deep”
• Planet Earth: The Future episodes:
  1. “Saving Species”
  2. “Into the Wilderness”
     
  3. “Living Together”

• BBC’s Planet Earth website
• Planet Earth (2006)