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Currently there are more than 6,000 languages spoken around the world. This five-part series traces the history and evolution of language and attendant theories and controversies while evaluating the scope of linguistic diversity, the dissemination of language, the expansion of language into written form, and the life cycle of language.

A series looking at the work of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales celebrating its centenary year.

Watch as potential lovers go on a series of "Turbo Dates," where people go on surreal, absurd dates in super speed while on the search for love and companionship. We'll watch a woman on a date reveal what she actually looked like before plastic surgery in an attempt to be honest on her date, a man who is looking for a woman who will lie to him, and an alien on a date.

"Catching the Impossible" is a celebration of Britain's underwater wildlife and the excitement of trying to find and catch our largest fish. In this series of nine one-hour films, famous actor and avid fisherman Bernard Cribbins joins record-breaking angler Martin Bowler in a journey of discovery and adventure.

DEA is a reality television series that ran for fifteen, hour long episodes in two seasons from April 2, 2008 to March 31, 2009 on the Spike television network. DEA follows the jobs of a squad of Drug Enforcement Administration special agents as they track down leads and make narcotics busts on houses suspected of selling, producing, or trafficking drugs. The first season was filmed in Detroit, Michigan and consisted of six episodes aired from April 2, 2008 to May 7, 2008. The second season in the New York/New Jersey area consisted of nine episodes aired from February 10, 2009 to March 31, 2009 and follows a group of DEA agents and Task Force officers operating out of the DEA's northern New Jersey headquarters located in Newark. The show was produced for Spike TV by Al Roker Entertainment, Inc. in association with Size 12 Productions. The first season follows DEA Group 14, while the second season follows a team of agents known as "Group 5-6", based at the DEA Newark Field Division office at 80 Mulberry Street, Newark New Jersey. The series was narrated by Lance Henriksen. A review of show's debut by the New York Times described the series as "an argument that the trend of shows about real people doing their jobs ought to be put out of its misery", while crediting the show as "an extended public service announcement".

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Groomer Has It is an American reality game television series broadcast on Animal Planet. It features a competition between twelve of America's best dog groomers to see who is the best groomer in America. The prize includes $50,000 and a "mobile grooming salon." The show is hosted by Jai Rodriguez of Queer Eye for the Straight Guy fame. Although the entire series is rated TV-PG, one episode has been rated TV-MA. The winner of the first season was Artist Knox, while the second groomer of the year is Huber.

Extreme Trains is a television program on The History Channel that describes the daily operations of the railroads in the United States of America, from coal trains to passenger trains and famous routes. It is hosted by Matt Bown, a train conductor for Pan Am Railways in Maine, whose interest is railways and the technology of them, in which Matt is living his lifelong dream. The series was first aired in the United States on November 11, 2008 and ran until December 30, 2008. The show has since been shown in the United Kingdom in April 2009.

Lance assumes his superhero alter ego, Kapitan Boom, to fight the forces of evil. As he struggles with low self-esteem amid his pursuit for Melody, his classmate has already set her sights on Kapitan Boom.

Eight women choose adventure therapy to escape from various personal troubles.

After returning to Thailand to claim his family fortune, Tawan Chai discovers he may have to share it with a mysterious heir. Torfan, the clever and determined eldest daughter of a greedy woman, poses as the heir to secure money for her struggling family. As Torfan moves into the family mansion, tensions rise, secrets unravel, and conflicts ignite over inheritance, loyalty, and ambition.

Thrills, adrenaline, passion, speed, adventure - all this can be described in just four letters: GRIP! This superlative automotive magazine is always about one thing: Fun! The team around presenter and racing driver Matthias Malmedie has pure petrol in their blood and checks everything that has an engine for fun factor and power formula. "GRIP - Das Motormagazin" shows the hottest car trends every week, dares rapid tests and gives competent tips.

Show is based after the British sitcom "Only Fools and Horses". It follows Bine, who lives with his much younger brother Brane and their grandpa. Their mother died when Brane was young, and their father absconded soon afterwards, so Bine became Brane's surrogate father and the family leader. Despite their differences in age, personality and outlook, the brothers share a constant bond throughout. They, but mostly Bine, attempt to become millionaires through questionable get-rich-quick schemes and by buying and selling poor-quality and illegal goods.

‘Cross-Border Investigation’ (Ekkyō Sōsa) is a series of Japanese police novels by Ryōhei Sasamoto. It has been published by Futabasha since 2006. It has been adapted into television dramas on the TV Asahi and TV Tokyo networks. A one-off special episode was broadcast on the TV Asahi network on 11 September 2008. The second instalment, ‘Provocation’, was broadcast on ‘Saturday Wide Theatre’ on 22 May 2010, whilst the third instalment, ‘Rupture’, was broadcast as a drama special on 22 December 2011. Kyohei Shibata starred in both.

Music superstar contestants battle it out in a test of music history and current-events trivia.

The Vietnam War is told from start to finish as a first person military chronicle, through the raw, horrifying war as experienced by the men who fought it, believing they were there to win.

Professor Robert Bartlett, a leading authority on the Middle Ages, presents a series which examines the way we thought during Medieval times.

Nothing New follows the love adventure of Maykel and Johannes, who broke up in the beginning but won't last long before being back together, until their wedding.

Click and Clack's As the Wrench Turns is an animated television series that follows the adventures of the brothers Click and Clack from their auto repair shop Car Talk Plaza. The program stars Tom and Ray Magliozzi, also known as the Tappet Brothers, from National Public Radio's Car Talk. The Wednesday night prime-time series debuted on July 9, 2008, and additionally in various time slots depending on local station scheduling. The series aired its ten-episode season in two-episode blocks for five weeks.

The Royal Spectacle travels through half the kingdom.

Harry and Toto are a hare and tortoise who teach young children about opposites.

The series deals with the alienation of the Egyptian family in search of money and its impact on the cohesion of the family and on the future of their children, through Zahra, who travels with her husband to one of the Gulf countries, and when the children reach the university stage, the mother is forced to return them to Egypt.

With 15,000 Chinese restaurants in Britain, Chinese food has recently been voted the UK's favourite takeaway. In the next six episodes, Ching-He Huang shows how delicious Chinese food can be made at home with easy-to-prepare recipes using healthy and easily found ingredients.

British show about possible x-files style stories.

The Baby Borrowers is an American version of the The Baby Borrowers reality television show based on the British television series of the same name originally aired in 2007. The show features five couples aged between 18 and 20 who either believe that being parents is easy, or are divided upon the issue. They start off attempting to look after a baby for three days, before moving onto toddlers, pre-teens, teenagers and finally an elderly person. The show is produced by Love Productions, the same company that produces the original British version. On March 13, 2009, it was confirmed that the series had been canceled and would not be returning for a second season.

Witty observations on 'Martha Stewart Living' by Martha's daughter.

Kim Jung-eun's Chocolate was a South Korean late night music program which began airing on March 11, 2008 on Tuesday nights at 12:35am on SBS replacing Lee Juk's Music Space. It was then moved to Wednesday nights at 12:30AM, Saturday nights at 12:10AM, and now Sunday nights at 12:10AM. It is hosted by famed actress, Kim Jung-eun, who starred in highly-rated dramas such as Lovers in Paris and its sequel, Lovers. It aired its 3rd year anniversary as its final episode on March 20, 2011.

The Space Place storylines centre around eight central characters, all space vehicles from a lunar display in a museum gallery. All have their own personalities, function and behaviours.

Ultimate Recipe Showdown is a program which airs on Food Network. The program was originally hosted by Marc Summers and Guy Fieri. As of the second season, Fieri hosts the program alone.

Weekly variety show hosted by j-pop band Perfume, comedian Nishioka Sumiko and model Tokuzawa Naoko.

The Cho Show is a reality-sitcom starring comedienne Margaret Cho which premiered on VH1 on August 21, 2008. The series follows Cho as she interacts with her family and friends, including her mother and her assistant Selene Luna. Sandra Bernhard, Wanda Sykes, Michelle Rodriguez, Kat Von D, Nina Hartley and Joan Rivers make appearances during the show's first season. The premiere episode, titled "Korean of the Year", was available for download from the U.S. iTunes Store for free. The DVD of the show is planned for release in Australia, on 4 March 2009.

Dr Iain Stewart traces the history of climate change from its very beginning and examines just how the scientific community managed to get it so very wrong back in the Seventies.

Lovebooks Presents is a weekly drama series in TV5 that is shown monthly. Airing Tuesdays at 7:00pm. It premiered last August 12, 2008. Some of their seasons are based on the chick literature titles of Summit Books.

Art of Spain is a BBC Four documentary series on Spanish art presented by Andrew Graham-Dixon. It consists of three one-hour episodes, and premiered on 31 January 2008.

Two Funny – Die Sketch Comedy is a German television series.

I Know My Kid's a Star is an American competitive reality television TV show starring Danny Bonaduce of the 1970s TV show The Partridge Family as host and primary judge. Casting agent Marki Costello stars as co-host and secondary judge. The show features ten parent/child pairings, with each pair working together as a team to further the child's career. The parents and children live together in one house. Week to week, the teams work on various performance-related challenges. The show consists of eight episodes, with one team sent home at the end of each episode. The team that wins the final competition is awarded $50,000 and a one-year contract for the child with a Hollywood agent. An Australian version, titled My Kid's a Star and also featuring Bonaduce, began airing in April 2008.

The Howard Years was a documentary series about the prime ministership of John Howard produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. It was divided into four one-hour episodes - one episode for each term Howard served as Prime Minister of Australia - and originally broadcast on ABC1 from 17 November to 8 December 2008.

Monster Files was an ongoing webcast series of webisodes created by the BBC for its official Doctor Who website website beginning as a tie-in with series 4 in 2008. These short films profile various monsters and alien races featured on Doctor Who.

La quiero a morir is a 2008-2009 Colombian telenovela produced and broadcast by Caracol TV.

The Family is a British fly-on-the-wall documentary series that began airing 17 September 2008 on Channel 4. Each season follows a chosen family, consisting of parents and their children. The project aim was to gain a picture of everyday family life in the United Kingdom, as film-maker and director Jonathan Smith attempted to "condense four months of ordinary family life into eight films". The series is a revival of the original series of the same name that first aired in 1974.

NOFX: Backstage Passport is a documentary series that was shown on the music network Fuse about NOFX's 2008 world tour. The show documents the stops on the tour and the band's reaction to various events. The creation of the show was noteworthy, due to the band's often noted disdain for the media including music television. NOFX: Backstage Passport was released on DVD on March 17, 2009. In August 2012 in an interview with El Hefe at SRH Festival, it was announced that there would be a season two of NOFX: Backstage Passport. Fat Mike had previously announced it via his Twitter account.