From eradicating disease to selecting a child's traits, gene editing gives humans the chance to hack biology. Meet the real people behind the science.

Dr Adam Rutherford explores the consequences of one of the biggest scientific projects of all time - the decoding of the entire human genome.

Forensic experts and investigators piece together strange clues and microscopic evidence to solve the most puzzling criminal cases... proving there...

Investigative genetic genealogist CeCe Moore uses her unique research skills to transform the face of crime solving. By working with police...

When questions about familial genealogy arise, it's up to two diligent and sophisticated owners of the company DNA Confidential to unearth the...

Noted Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. has been helping people discover long-lost relatives hidden for generations within the branches of...

We have been colonised by the machines we have built. Although we don't realise it, the way we see everything in the world today is through the eyes...

When a killer wants you dead, there's one place to search: home sweet home. With the twist of a lock, your home should be your sanctuary. For some,...

Each story begins with a murder and an unsuccessful investigation. But with passing time new evidence comes to light, science evolves allowing law...

Judge Lauren Lake hears cases involving not only questions of paternity, but also many types of stories involving DNA.

When a shocking double homicide goes unsolved for 16 years, a detective teams up with a genealogist to catch the killer before it becomes a cold case.

Noted Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. has been helping people discover long-lost relatives hidden for generations within the branches of...

The history of the sport of baseball in America, told through archival photos, film footage, and the words of those who contributed to the game in...

Don Wildman unearths relics from the world's greatest institutions to reveal secrets from the past. He examines each artifact to illuminate history's...

Biography is a documentary television series. It was originally a half-hour filmed series produced for CBS by David Wolper from 1961 to 1964 and...

Filmed across six continents, this docuseries uses cutting-edge camera technology to capture animals' nocturnal lives, revealing new behaviours...

Infographics and archival footage deliver bite-size history lessons on scientific breakthroughs, social movements and world-changing discoveries.

Will Smith whose curiosity and wonder is positively infectious—is guided by National Geographic Explorers traveling to different corners of the...

In this true-crime documentary, a cult expert and filmmaker infiltrate a polygamist sect to expose a self-proclaimed prophet and bring him to justice.

Drugs: A multi-billion-dollar industry that fuels crime and violence like no other substance on the planet. Turning cartel leaders into billionaires,...

Morgan Freeman presents his quest in order to find how most religions perceive life after death, what different civilizations thought about the act...

Motoring programme featuring reviews of and reports about cars of all types.

A kaleidoscopic portrait told in two parts tracing the life of the imaginative artist.