A look at one of the most radical and consequential social movements of our time – the global trend toward living alone. In Canada, there are now more one person households than couple households with kids. Why is this happening and why does it matter?
There’s a revolution happening and it’s overhead. The drones are coming. From Amazon to Google, the government and your neighbours, everyone is embracing the drone. The big question is: who gets to use them, and how?
An astonishingly frank exploration of what turns Canadian women on and why. A generation ago a woman who liked sex went to great lengths to hide it. Now she brags about it on national TV. Canadian women tell shocking truths about female desire.
A year in the life of the astonishing Hogan sisters -- the only known twins who doctors suspect can see what the other sees, and feel what the other feels.
The asteroid threat is real…so are the heroes that can stop it. Following the world's top asteroid hunters, as they explore killer asteroids and learn to tame them. The fate of civilization is at stake...
Comedic actor Peter Keleghan take us on a trip through a wild new world of robotics.
The digital era is good for most people. But it is beyond good for con artists. Go inside the writhing underworld world of online scams.
More single women are travelling to Cuba for sex. Many are in their 30’s and some end up in long distance relationships with Cuban men - sometimes leading to marriage. What motivates them? We tell the intimate stories of several couples and explore whether this is sexual liberation or exploitation.
Doc Zone burrows into the world of these miniature night crawlers and reveals the oversized impact they’re having on our daily lives. We nearly eradicated them in the 20th century, so why are they now staging a major comeback?
For better or worse, we’re bombarded with information in today’s digital age. Is this flood of data a blessing or a curse? A new way to understand our lives – or just a way to miss out on living them? Can we learn to control our data, before it controls us?
On the 40th anniversary of the fall of Saigon, we look at Canada's role in America's war in Vietnam and how this country was changed by the experience.
From Ontario to Alberta, we follow a trail of clues through four generations of suspects in the search for one of the most sought after objects in Canadian history.
What if we could cure most of society’s problems by investing in kids under the age of 6? Angry Kids & Stressed Out Parents proves it can be done.
Summer snowstorms. Disastrous flooding. Devastating wind and ice storms. Rampaging wildfires. Ruinous drought. Our weather has taken a turn for the extreme. And it’s going to get worse. As intense and unpredictable weather becomes the new normal, how can we adapt and survive?
The remains of eight Canadian WW1 soldiers are found in a French garden, nearly 100 years after they died in the Battle of Amiens.
Going overseas with good intentions does not guarantee good will be done. A look at 'voluntourism' — the fastest growing and most controversial travel sector.
Some they love to pet and pamper, others they love to shoot — the contradictory relationship between the British royals and animals.
In the online age, the death of television has been widely predicted. But guess what? TV is going through a renaissance, and Canadians at home and abroad are in the thick of it. From HBO to Netflix, TV has never been more popular.
A look into the relationships between people and their exotic pets, examining the issues that come with keeping undomesticated animals. Does love for a pet outweigh concern for public safety, endangered species and habitats at risk?
As more urban adventurers than ever before seek recreational thrills, search and rescue teams are pushed to the limit trying to save them. Doc Zone follows dramatic searches as they unfold, and finds a rescue system patched together with volunteers who risk their own lives to save others.
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