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CBC Documentaries

Season 2016 2016

  • CBC Gem
  • 1h
  • 3h (3 episodes)
  • Canada
  • Documentary
Watch the best documentaries from Canada and around the world on digital tv. It's like having a cinema in your own living room, showing award winning films twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.

6 episodes

Season Premiere

2016x01 The Polonium Plot

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In the aftermath of a British Public Inquiry, this is the dramatic full story of how the Russian State was involved in the radioactive poisoning murder in London of Alexander Litvinenko, a former KGB agent.

He has launched often vitriolic attacks on minorities, Muslims, women and pretty much anyone else he wants – and yet Donald Trump’s popularity just keeps on climbing.He is leading the race to win the Republican nomination and his next victory, he hopes, will be the White House. Bob McKeown joins the campaign trail for a disturbing look at an ugly side of America and why Trump may be winning.

2016-03-17T04:00:00Z

2016x03 My Brain Made Me Do It

2016x03 My Brain Made Me Do It

  • 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z1h

The Nature Of Things - My Brain Made Me Do It We’ve all heard people say, ‘It was beyond my control’ or ‘I couldn’t stop myself’. We like to think that we’re all ultimately in control of our actions. But how true is this really? Neuroscientists are generating ground breaking research that sheds light on why some people can’t stop themselves from committing harmful or criminal acts. This is creating new challenges for the justice system and making us re-evaluate the way we sentence, punish, and rehabilitate people for criminal behaviour. Featuring lead scientist, David Eagleman, Director of the Center for Science and Law, and author of international best-selling books, Incognito and The Brain, My Brain Made Me Do It challenges our most fundamental beliefs about crime, punishment, and free will.

2016x04 Newfoundland at Armageddon

  • 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z1h

One hundred years ago, on July 1st, 1916, the Newfoundland Regiment took part in a massive First World War offensive on the Somme, led by the British to liberate France and Belgium from the claws of the Germans.

Some 800 soldiers from the Regiment went over the top that morning, near Beaumont-Hamel in France.

The following day only 68 were able to answer roll call. Because of that battle, nothing about Newfoundland would ever be the same.

For the first time in North American history, more children suffer from mental health conditions than from physical ones.

2016-09-17T04:00:00Z

2016x06 Ambassadors of the Sky

2016x06 Ambassadors of the Sky

  • 2016-09-17T04:00:00Z1h

This documentary is about the importance of preserving the dark skies and the fight to stop light pollution in Canada. Ambassadors of the Sky is a documentary by Canadian filmmaker Brandy Yanchyk about how Canada is leading the way when it comes to dark sky preservation and the fight against light pollution.

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