Throughout the course of history, human beings have built incredible monuments and mysterious buildings to mark the passing of time, to track the movements of the heavens, and to honor and glorify their gods and kings. In this program, "Ancient mysteries" takes a globe-spanning journey to some of the most extraordinary and moving of these famed sites. From the massive temples at Machu Picchu to the megalithic statues on Easter Island, this is an up-close...

The complete collection of Jimi Hendrix's celebrated appearances on The Dick Cavett Show.

200,000 years ago we took our first steps in Africa. Today there are seven billion of us living across the planet. How did our ancestors spread from continent to continent? This is a global detective story, featuring the latest archaeological discoveries and genetic research. On each continent, we track down the earliest members of our species, Homo sapiens. Who were these First Peoples? What drove them to the ends of the earth?

Travel from Los Angeles to Seattle aboard Amtrak's Coast Starlight. This rail adventure includes tours of rugged coastline, California and Oregon farmlands, Napa Valley wine country, and a stop at William Randolph Hearst's famous "ranch house" with its 130 rooms.

Tells several stories, including the rise of American film, ther personal sagas of the people who shaped it, and the origins of so-called Hollywood values. Using never-before seen home movies, extensive clips, and interviews, this film presents a groundbreaking portrait of Hollywood.

A four-hour mini-series that tells the story of one of the most popular and influential forms of entertainment in American history. Drawing upon a vast and rich visual archive, the film follows the rise and fall of the gigantic, traveling tented railroad circus, recounting the era when Circus Day could shut down a town, and circus stars were among the most famous people in the country.

Follow six scientists during the launch of the Large Hadron Collider, marking the start-up of the biggest and most expensive experiment in the history of the planet. As they seek to unravel the mysteries of the universe, 10,000 scientists join forces in pursuit of a single goal: to recreate conditions that existed just moments after the Big Bang and find the Higgs boson, potentially explaining the origin of all matter.

It is a revolutionary new series about scientific explorers and how their cutting-edge innovations and advancements will change our lives in the immediate future and beyond. Every scientific breakthrough is driven by a compelling human drama, the scientists grappling with the fear of failure and the anticipation of success, and at the same time, challenging and inspiring us all to look at the world and its possibilities.

Comedians Key and Peele perform sketch comedy routines.

Take a spirited exploration of the history, science, and legend of the world's most notorious beast and the best-known creature that never was, the dragon.