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Whether it's English, Spanish, Chinese, or Urdu, babies and young children are able to pick up their native language with remarkable ease; no one language seems any more difficult than any other. Yet few children who are taught a language in school have anything to show for it when they grow up. Why is learning a second or third language so difficult? Are the teaching methods at fault? Enough is now known about the process of language acquisition...
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The map of the Earth is a flat picture of the Earth's surface; this BBC Horizon program presents the story of how Harold Wellman changed that picture. Hired by the New Zealand Geological Survey to map the underlying bedrock of the Southern Alps region, he noticed that there were invariably only two kinds of rock, granite and schist. His search for the boundary between the two led to the discovery of the longest straight line on Earth and a radical...
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The Lucasian chair of mathematics at Cambridge University is one of the most prestigious professorships in the world, occupied at one time by Isaac Newton. Its present incumbent is Stephen Hawking, who established his reputation as one of this century's most brilliant astrophysicists and mathematicians with his discovery that black holes are not necessarily black, and that some of them even shine. Confined by ALS to his wheelchair, his speech understood...
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The risks of secondary smoke are becoming more and more apparent, as each new study documents growing disease and death tolls of smoking-related illnesses among nonsmokers. This BBC Horizon program documents the growing international battle among those who make money out of tobacco, those who demand the right to smoke, and the rest of the population.
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Andrew Davies' multi-award-winning adaptation of Jane Austen's classic Regency romance. Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle lead a fabulous cast in this definitive 1995 adaptation of "Pride and Prejudice." Pulsating with energy, the lively, witty Elizabeth Bennet charms smouldering, haughty Darcy against a backdrop of a picture postcard countryside, small-town assembly rooms and English stately homes.
8) Crusades
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English
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Chronicles the origins of the Crusades and traces the Crusaders' routes across Europe and details the massacres and looting along the way.
9) Planets
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English
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Journey through space and time, witnessing the birth of the sun and traveling to the outer limits of the solar system.
13) Weather
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See how different types of weather form and the effect that climate has on our world.
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Earth is an incredible, exceptional planet with an amazing life story full of cataclysmic disasters, eleventh-hour coincidences that save it from extinction, and an astonishing power to continually regenerate. Uses breathtaking footage and special imaging to tell the story of the great forces that shape the planet - volcanoes, the ocean, the atmosphere and ice. Traveling from Ethiopia's unique lava lake to an ice cave under a glacier in Greenland...
15) Volcano
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Learn about the forces inside the Earth that cause volcanoes to erupt and earthquakes to shake the landscape.
16) Emma
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"Twenty-one-year-old Emma Woodhouse loves playing matchmaker. When pretty and socially inferior Harries arrives, Emma decides to indulge her passion. Against the advice of family friend and surrogate older brother Mr. Knightly, Emma persuades Harries to reject a marriage proposal from a local farmer in order to hold out for an offer from the dashing Mr. Elton. But Emma soon discovers Mr. Elton's true motives and her advice to Harriet goes terribly...
17) Rock & mineral
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English
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Learn amazing facts about rocks, gems, and the Earth itself.
18) Flight
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Combines the story of manned flight with a celebration of nature's great fliers, from birds to insects. Discover how human designers borrowed ideas from nature to build the planes and jets of today.
19) Fish
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Takes you deep into the waters of the world to discover some of the most exotic creatures in nature. Take the plunge from dazzling coral reefs to the darkest depths to meet fish--a vast and varied group of animals.
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Charlie is only missing one dinosaur for his immaculate collection, but it's the hardest one to get, the Gigantasaurus! Lola is inspired to start her very own collection. But what should she collect? Leaves? Water? Hippos? Eventually Lola ends up with her own totally unique collection of things-- but what is it? Charlie has to guess and the stakes are high. If he guesses correctly he could win his precious Gigantasaurus.