The Nature of Things is a Canadian television series of documentary programs. It debuted on CBC Television on November 6, 1960. Many of the programs document nature and the effect that humans have on it. The program was one of the first to explore environmental issues, such as clear-cut logging.
The series is named after an epic poem by Roman philosopher Lucretius: “Dē Rērum Nātūrā” — On the Nature of Things.
All Episodes
You May Also Like
Smartest Guy in the Room pits geniuses with 140+ IQs against one another as they compete in challenges involving feats of skill across a variety of topics.
The show brings up real chilling crimes that have happened in the past. Each episode includes commentary from law enforcement, criminal justice professionals, and friends and family of the victims.
Share personal accounts from victims’ family members, jurors, members of law enforcement and journalists involved with each case to gain an intimate perspective and new information.
Top Gear’s James May presents this 3 part series which takes a look at the ‘peoples car’. Covering every form of cars for the masses – from the Beetle to the Kei Car, May looks at the many forms of people’s car, their origins and their effect on history. Each episode covers a particular theme; these being cars from dictatorships, microcars and the dream cars we aspire to.
Liz Bonnin sets out to explore how animals meet, mate and in some cases form lifelong relationships, shining a light on the extraordinary emotions that it seems animals are capable of.
Haveyoueverhadanidea,youthoughtwouldmakemillions?Thesearethetruestoriesofpeoplejustlikeyou,whothroughouthistory-turnedtheirflashesofgenius,intobigmoney.Now,findouthowtheydidit.
In a gripping six-part mini-series, police pursue baffling murder cases. To catch the killer, detectives must reconstruct the victim’s life.
The small town of Terlingua, Texas is a little known oasis on the Rio Grande River where eccentric residents trade modern comforts for a unique brand of freedom. But the price of their freedom proves high when a brutal crime threatens to tear their town apart. This true-crime docu-series delves into the eccentric world of Terlingua as its citizens struggle to reconcile the killing of a dear friend and fight to hold the town together as it grapples with change.
Cameras follow the officers of the Road Policing Units and Road Crime Teams of several UK law enforcement departments.
If you looked into the eyes of a killer, would you know? In American Monster, you find out. For the first time, viewers get closer than ever to some of America’s most shocking and surprising crimes. Filled with never-before-seen footage of these devils in disguise, from home movie shots of them playing with their kids to musical performances at high school, from the church cook-out to the wedding video, American Monsterinterweaves twisting-turning stories of astonishing crimes, with ‘behind-the-scenes’ footage of killers at their seemingly most innocent.
A documentary which covers the lives of residents in the island parishes of England.
TonyHarris,EmmywinningJournalistanddocumentaryfilmmaker,willpullbackthecurtainonmoderndayracisminHATEINAMERICA.Armedwithhistenaciouspassionforcivilrights,andhistothepointjournalisticapproach,Harriswillhitthestreets,exploringthreedifferentstoriesthatexposeracialinequalityandhatecrimesfromatownwithwhitesupremaciststoSPLCcases.
