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Three British Army veterans find adventure on India's North-West frontier, helped by a young Indian water boy.

It is 1935. Three years have passed, and as the seasons turn, so too do the machinations of a rising revolution. As a new summer falls upon the foothills of India's Little England, Simla, political tensions reach fever point. With help from the scheming Cynthia, Ralph faces the most pivotal year of his career. Alice's husband has followed her to India, and Aafrin's ascending career may be in jeopardy.

Venture on a trip of a lifetime on the Tracks of the Beaver, Canadian Pacific's main line between Exshaw, Alberta and Revelstoke, British Columbia. Along the way, view Canada's Rocky and Selkirk Mountains, Bald Eagles, Osprey and the Mount MacDonald tunnel.

Ride on Via Rail Canada's Famed flagship passenger train #1. View the ride from the train, the train in the scenery, Canadian National freight runs, the winter scenery and wildlife.

British Columbia joins the Dominion of Canada politically and via rail.

Antiques expert Tim Wonnacott and expert chef Rosemary Shrager travel in the footsteps of Queen Victoria, visiting the grand houses, castles and stately homes that she visited throughout her life. They reveal the extraordinary food, dčor, and garden preparations that were undertaken and what happened during the visits. Includes 20 episodes.

The true story of a young, wild killer whale, an orca, nicknamed Luna, who lost contact with his family on the coast of British Columbia and turned up alone in a narrow stretch of sea between mountains, a place called Nootka Sound.

1983. Gandhi realizes that the laws are biased against Indians and decides to start a non-violent protest campaign for the rights of all South African Indians. The government finally relents and recognizing rights for Indians. Gandhi goes back to India, where he is now considered something of a national hero. He is urged to take up the fight for India's independence from the British Empire. Gandhi agrees, and mounts a non-violent campaign of unprecedented...

For the first time, cameras were allowed inside Windsor Castle to chronicle a year in the life of the world's oldest working castle. Located west of London, Windsor is the Queen's favorite home and the place from which the Royal Family takes its name.

In June 1940, Nazi Germany, having swept victoriously across Western Europe, was poised for an invasion of England. To prepare for the invasion, they planned a bombing campaign to bring England to its knees. Prime Minister Winston Churchill addressed Parliament and declared "I expect that the Battle of Britain is about to begin, and begin it did, with the Luftwaffe launching the most deadly and sustained aerial bombardment in the history of warfare....