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A Different Drummer — Celebrating Eccentrics

There have always been eccentrics among us and it’s time to bring them in from the cold and the fringes of our society.

June 26 at 11PM ET/8 PM PT

The Dark Charisma of Hitler

Wednesday at 9 pm ET starting June 13 on documentary Channel

Adolf Hitler seemed an unlikely leader, so how did he manage to turn from a nobody in 1913 into the chancellor and fuehrer of the German people?

Memento Mori

Wed June 27 at 7pm ET/ 8pm PT on documentary Channel

With remarkable access to Canada’s busiest organ-transplant hospital, this documentary brings viewers face-to-face with stories of life and death, and the impossible decisions that tragedy demands.

Having Our Baby: The Surrogacy Boom

Fri June 29 at 7 pm ET on Documentary Channel

Hundreds of Canadian women have babies for strangers for free. Explore Canada's exploding surrogacy business.

You’re Soaking In It

Friday June 29 at 8 pm ET/ 9pm PT on documentary Channel

Advertising as we once knew it is dead. Say hello to the age of big data. It is the price we pay for free internet?

Colonization Road

Saturday July 7 at 8 pm ET/PT on documentary Channel

Comedian Ryan McMahon travels Ontario’s colonization roads learning about their impact on First Nations and settlers.

Bond of Strangers: The Operation Husky Story

Tues July 10 at 10pm ET/11pm PT on documentary Channel

Strangers undertake an arduous 300km trek through the mountains of Sicily to honour Canadian WW2 veterans.

Surviving the Fundy Footpath

Sunday July 22 at 8 pm ET and 9 pm PT on documentary Channel

A hiking novice takes on one of Canada's toughest multi-day hikes, the treacherous Fundy footpath.

Earth: One Amazing Day

Sunday July 29 at 9 pm ET/PT on documentary Channel

An astonishing journey that reveals the awesome power of the natural world, tracking the sun from the highest mountains to the remotest islands to exotic jungles over the course of one single day.

ABU

Sunday August 5 at 9 pm ET/PT on documentary Channel

Gay muslim filmmaker, Arshad Khan, explores his complicated relationship with his father — a universal story of family, love, migration and self-identity.

No Avoiding Clichés

Sunday August 12 at 8 pm ET/PT on documentary Channel

Eighties sensation Alfie Zappacosta battles stage fright and addiction to re-invent himself as a musician.

Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story

Sunday August 26 at 9 pm ET/PT on documentary Channel

Hollywood star Hedy Lamarr, once know as the world's most beatiful woman, was a technological pioneer who also invented a covert communication system the is now the basis of secure WiFi.

China's Pu'erh tea is grown in ancient forests and for centuries, was carried over the Himalayas to world markets by mule. Learn more about the most exclusive tea in the world.