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A large-scale special documentary program, broadcast primarily on NHK BS1 on Sunday evenings, covering a wide range of subjects.

Kurotani Nanami grew up in a poor farmer’s household that suffered from inadequate state support to the earthquake victims. She works at a club as she attends university and constantly sends her family money. One day, Shioda Yusuke, the young company president of Naguri Construction, and his subordinate Miyazato Kazuki turn up at the place where Nanami works. Learning that the two influential men are engaged in work related to ODA (official development assistance) and interested in the illicit money which flows from it, Nanami is fascinated by the flow of money on the other side of the world of international aid. She gets close to Miyazato who has many friends among the heavyweight politicians and government, and is virtually leading his company. In exchange for sleeping with him, she wants a job at a company associated with ODA. Although Nanami knows that it is a dirty world, she unhesitatingly seeks to throw herself into it and escape from poverty. Taking an interest in Nanami, Miyazato guides her to Gohongi Consultants which has close ties to his company. This is the entrance to the world of international aid where kickbacks, bribes, concessions and political maneuvering are rampant.

Suomen suurkein kuski is a Finnish entertainment program that began in the fall of 2012, in which, as the name suggests, the search is on for the worst driver in Finland. As the program progresses, the best driver of the episode is eliminated from the competition, and in the end, the worst driver of the season is revealed.

Sandra Lee travels to major cities, including New York and Chicago, to visit establishments that range from neighborhood hangouts and historic watering holes to elegant cocktail lounges and popular sports bars. At each location, Lee heads behind the bar to prepare and taste one-of-a-kind cocktails before joining the regulars for a toast to the town.

What Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up? The real-life heroes of LEGO City are awesome, authentic, and relatable. They save the day, lost cats, and even lives, using their brains and brawns (okay, and cool vehicles and gadgets, too). Impersonating their heroes, like astronauts, firefighters, truck drivers, boat captains, train drivers, or police officers makes kids feel cool, grown-up, confident, and brave. Join in the adventures, help the police catch crooks, chase them around in the police car and lock them up in jail. Learn how to tackle fire hazards, drive a huge fire truck and rescue people from dangerous situations. And explore the depths of the ocean as well as the mysteries of the arctic. Adventure awaits!

Scientists seeking to reconstruct the features of ancient people.

The Pure Land of Kanas "is an excellent television work that presents the ecology and culture of Kanas in a comprehensive and panoramic manner. The film depicts the current situation and historic changes in Kanas through real-life events; At the same time, it also strives to record the spiritual power demonstrated by the ethnic groups living in this region during their rise from a humanistic perspective, which is civilization and culture. The film features characters as the main body and a story as the core, forming a distinctive expression technique that reveals a broader, more vivid, and thought-provoking Kanas.

GO Show was a South Korean talk show which began airing on April 6, 2012 on Friday nights at 11:05 pm KST on SBS. It is hosted by famed actress, Go Hyun-jung, who starred in highly-rated dramas such as Sandglass and Queen Seondeok. This is the first talk show she has hosted, with the help of comedians Jung Hyung-don, Kim Young-chul, and Yoon Jong-shin. Originally, only 25 episodes were ordered by SBS, ending the show in early October. However, with a solid audience and Go Hyun-jung's improving hosting skills, the show has been renewed until the end of year. The program ended with 35 episodes on December 21, 2012.

Journalist Joe Hildebrand takes four Indians on a road trip around Australia to examine our worst stereotypes – are we really beer-swilling, racist bogans, or are we simply misunderstood?

The series tries to decipher the image of Yeshayahu Leibowitz the philosopher whose doctrines remain relevant and bothersome to the fate of the State of Israel and the Jewish people.

Helen Mark presents a series about the twelve-mile stretch of water between Scotland and Northern Ireland

A group of friends living their post-college lives in Chicago navigate work and singledom in this series

How Booze Built America is an American reality-documentary Miniseries starring Mike Rowe. The miniseries premiered on the Discovery Channel on September 19, 2012. In each episode, Rowe travels around the United States discussing how alcoholic beverages affected periods throughout American history.

Lifeguard! Southern California is an American reality TV series on The Weather Channel and narrated by Christopher Emerson which puts cameras on Southern California beaches from Los Angeles County in the north to San Diego County in the south. The cameras follow real life lifeguards and harbor patrol officers along 150 miles of Southern California beaches as they perform their rescue and law enforcement activities. The lifeguards tell of the people who come to their beaches, their jobs and the dangers that their beaches pose like water dangers, and dangers presented by marine life. All of the rescues, first aid and law enforcement shown are recorded by the cameras in real time. Victims and victim's families are also interviewed during the recording of the show. The agencies profiled include, but are not limited to the Long Beach Harbor Patrol, lifeguards from the city of San Diego and Orange County, California cities, also the local police and fire agencies for each jurisdiction the beach or harbor is located in.

Learn the basics step-by-step. Grow your practice to the next level.

Children journey into the mathematical world that underpins their favourite sport.

The enchanted Princess Medialuna only comes out at night, when she explores and has fun with her friends Petunia and Chacabuco the toad.

Melvyn Bragg on Class and Culture is a British documentary series about class and popular culture in the United Kingdom from 1911–2011. It is presented by Melvyn Bragg and was shown on BBC Two in 2012.

Scholars, scientists and archeologists offer possible explanations for the plagues described in the biblical Book of Exodus.

A team of judges combs the Internet in search of talented amateurs capable of opening for acts: Lady Gaga, Gym Class Heroes, Rod Stewart, Nicki Minaj, LMFAO, Brad Paisley, Jason Aldean & Jason Mraz.

They say look before you leap and make sure you can swim before you go in the deep water, but when a picture of his late grandfather falls into the ocean, Shima jumps in after it without thinking. Nearly drowning as a result, he is instead saved by a very perfect stranger... one whose strangeness extends to only being human from the waist up! For Shima, who's always felt like a fish out of water himself, it's more than just a revelation, and the young man and merman quickly begin to bond in ways neither anticipated. And yet, it's going to be far from easy sailing. After all, Shima and Isaki aren't just from opposite sides of the tracks, they're from entirely divergent species, and swimming in separate gene pools may make maintaining a long term relationship a whole different kettle of fish!