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Robinson uses his fame to speak out against injustice, alienating many who had once lauded him for "turning the other cheek."After baseball, he seeks ways to fight inequality, but as he faces a crippling illness, he struggles to remain relevant.

Acclaimed writer Charlie Higson transforms the classic story of good vs. evil. Opportunity fills the air in 1930s London, but for the young Dr. Robert Jekyll, a dark past lurks in the shadows. Jekyll has inherited his grandfather's curse, and in extreme moments is overcome by an inexplicable power--Hyde. Superhuman and uninhibited, the devilishly alluring Hyde is everything Jekyll isn't.

Dr. David Eagleman explores how the brain relies on other brains to thrive and survive. This neural interdependence underpins our need to group together, and our ability to do the very best and the very worst of things to each other..

Uniquely adept at art as well as commerce, Walt Disney was a master filmmaker who harnessed the power of technology to tell stories of outsiders struggling for acceptance and belonging, while questioning the conventions of class and authority. As Disney rose to prominence and gained financial security, his work became increasingly celebratory of the American way of life that made his unlikely success possible.. A polarizing figure - though true believers...

Step inside the groundbreaking medical frontier that is fetal surgery with Twice Born, a gripping PBS mini-series that takes an intimate, inside look at the Special Delivery Unit at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia where rare surgeries are done on babies still inside their mothers' wombs.. With exclusive access to the elite unit, (where the production crew was embedded for 15 months), you'll live with the expecting parents who all face a gut-wrenching...

This landmark three-part series reveals the extraordinary animals and remarkable people who make a home on the iconic mountain ranges of the world.

Join host Alejandra Ramos and judges Leah Cohen, Tiffany Derry and Graham Elliot as ten talented home cooks showcase signature dishes, share heartfelt stories and compete to win the national search for THE GREAT AMERICAN RECIPE.

Michael and James explore how the marriage between chemistry and biology is the root of all the sensations, tastes and flavors that we enjoy in our food. Michael begins by deconstructing a Thai meal. Its effect on the tongue can be reduced down to just five tastes: sweet, sour, salty, bitter and the less well-known umami.

BBC broadcaster Edward Stourton was ushered into a room in one of Europe's most celebrated libraries, and shown a pile of papers so sensitive that only a handful knew they existed. They were the intimate letters of a saint-Pope John Paul II-to a Polish-American woman. This documentary reveals these letters to the world for the first time-opening an unprecedented window into the inner life of a man in the act of making history.

Sukkot, or the Feast of the Tabernacles, is one of three great festivals in the Jewish calendar when, in ancient times, Jews from across Israel were commanded to come to the Temple in Jerusalem on pilgrimage. But although Jewish pilgrimage lessened in importance after the destruction of the Temple by the Romans in 62CE, Christian pilgrims began coming to Jerusalem and the Holy Land within centuries of Jesus' death. During the week of Sukkot, host...