From the international Emmy award-winning team who brought you Baby, It’s You, this series examining the human race and how it has changed its lifestyle and behaviour in a rapidly changing environment. The Glass Jungle is the story of the people we have become.

For three years, Gloria Cuartas was mayor of Apartadó, in Colombia. During her tenure 1200 people were killed because they had different political views. This film is about Gloria’s struggle to get the attention of the international community to the terrible conflict being played out on the streets between left-wing guerrillas and paramilitary units.

The !Xo San of the central Kalahari have been a part of this vast desert landscape since ancient times. !Nqate and his friends Karoha and Xlhoase, hunt as their ancestors have done for thousands of years. Through their eyes we perceive a world invisible to outsiders, a world where every footprint, every raindrop, every broken branch tells a story. See also Being San. Also available as 1 x 75 minutes.

In a remote region high on the Tibetan Plateau, lies a forgotten kingdom whose extraordinary archaeological treasures rival those of Pompeii. For seven centuries this was the commercial hub of the gold and spice trade between India and China. For two centuries, the cradle of Buddhism, yet it vanished without trace in 1630. What caused its sudden downfall?

A glittering portrait of the city in its golden years is reconstructed through a collage of old film footage, photos, and in the words of personalities from the worlds of entertainment, culture and the arts. In Havana, names become nostalgic memories and bars become cult sanctuaries. Also available as 1 x 80 minutes.

On March 26, 1997, 39 members of the Heaven’s Gate cult were found dead in a San Diego mansion, all wearing the same bizarre uniform of black running suit and Nike sneakers. They killed themselves, believing they were entering ‘the next stage of evolution above human’. Who were these people, and why did they do this?

Rome, the Eternal City. Tourists flock to her spectacular monuments, but what they see is only the tip of the iceberg... Beneath this bustling metropolis lie the remains of another ‘Eternal City’, entombed underground since the fall of Rome. These are dark, hidden places – homes, sanctuaries, roads, aqueducts – each filled with wonders and challenges.

Wings of Honor tells the stories of three men who fought in World War II and follows them as they fly to Washington DC to visit a monument built in their honor, and return to a celebration – and that long awaited welcome home. Three men of the greatest generation - Men who sacrificed for love of country and freedom.

From Mr & Mrs Smith to The Fast and the Furious, from The Poseidon Adventure to The Day After Tomorrow, movies and television programmes have played a profound role in shaping our dreams and nightmares about the possibilities of science, both in our lives today and in the future. But just how ‘real’ are they?