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Human beings are part of the animal kingdom however what might probably be taboo for us might probably help an extra species survive. This assortment explores intense animal behaviors to uncover the weird physiology and strategies of varied species and the aim driving them.

The business of higher education is booming. It's a $400 billion industry fueled by taxpayer money. But what are students getting out of the deal? Critics say a worthless degree and a mountain of debt. Investors insist they're innovators, widening access to education. FRONTLINE follows the money to uncover how Wall Street and a new breed of for-profit universities are transforming the way we think about college in America.

9/11: Where Were You? captures the life-and-death decisions people made amid the chaos of the 9/11 attacks and their aftermath. These decisions affected not only individual lives but often the lives of others in unexpected and profound ways. We meet the Federal Aviation Administration national operations manager who gave the unprecedented order to ground all commercial air traffic in the U.S. and a policeman who rushed to the scene of the World Trade Center.

This series studies an array of predatory models in each location, and then looks at why particular animals are able to lift themselves above the rest. Sometimes starvation drives predators to the extreme – as in Savute, where a particular lion pride unlocks the key to hunting elephants. Or vicious competition drives them to hyper-efficiency – as in Ndutu, where cheetahs team up to out-hunt hyena mega-clans… Or sometimes the chance to kill comes so rarely that when it does appear every effort is put into the killing blow – as at the Grumeti river, where massive crocodiles wait an entire year for one feast.

Cuba is one of the world's most intriguing islands. Host Don Wildman travels to the island on a mission to investigate a historic hotel used as Fidel Castro's headquarters during the Cuban Revolution. Located in Havana, this hotel reveals a captivating tale of an attempted assassination of the communist leader. Next, Don travels to a small fishing village where famed writer Ernest Hemmingway once resided. In this quiet town, Hemingway's home preserves the memory of the American icon who may have been involved in clandestine activities during his time there. And Don explores the Plaza de Armas, the oldest public square in the city. The Plaza de Armas is a reminder of Spanish might in Cuba, but it is also linked to a daring American escape that inspired a war.

Being a freshwater fulla, going to Bells Beach to record a documentary about the 2015 Australian Indigenous Surfing Titles was a particularly emotional journey for me. A freshwater fulla is from inland - where the rivers are. On this trip, I met my saltwater brothers and sisters. Torquay was a gathering place. It was a meeting place for us to come together. Whoever made it was meant to be there. I'm grateful for my upbringing and that I've never changed my way - my Mungindi way. But going to this surfing event was about the appreciation of meeting other brothers and where they're from.

Secrets of Highclere Castle is the true story of one of the world’s most famous homes, Highclere Castle in England. Famous as the location backdrop to the hugely popular costume drama Downton Abbey, the castle also has its own extraordinary tales to tell. Secrets of Highclere Castle gives a privileged, behind-the-scenes taste of what it is like to be a modern-day Lord and Lady living in a home with 1300 years of English history.

COLOUR ME is a documentary film that will change the way you think about race. We follow motivational speaker Anthony McLean into the ethnically explosive city of Brampton, Ontario - where is his forced to critically examine his own identity while mentoring six youth grappling with theirs. At a time when statistics on black youth in crime, drop-outs, and pregnancy are rising, we ask 'why' while exploring the confines of race, the complexity of identity and the need to find our voice.

Documentary telling the compelling story of the 40th Irish Dancing World Championships.

A look at the world of cheerleaders, the famous 'pom-pom girls'. Cheerleaders are synonymous with America, and represent a certain ideal of women and social organisation. Smiling young girls wearing brightly coloured uniforms high-kick and gyrate on the pitch side, cheering on sportsmen under the sunny skies of Texas, Arizona or California. They are a triumphant, radiant and at times, sexually ambiguous youth, from deepest traditional America.

It's a post Christmas play date and the toys have to go up against the fearsome and aggressive new dino toys.

The smartphone revolution comes with a hidden cost. A joint investigation by FRONTLINE and ProPublica explores the hazardous work of independent contractors who are building and servicing America’s expanding cellular infrastructure. While some tower climbers say they are under pressure to cut corners, layers of subcontracting make it difficult for safety inspectors to determine fault when a tower worker is killed or injured.

A crisis is brewing in the American interstate highway system -- traffic volumes are rapidly increasing and roads are falling apart faster than they can be fixed. In Man-Made: Super Roads, NGC visits highway construction sites across the country to explore how machinery, technology and engineering keep our interstates flowing smoothly. Travel down some of the nation's busiest major highways as construction workers battle extreme temperatures to fix the crumbling roads and poor traffic design.

Imagine follows Cuban ballet superstar Carlos Acosta in London and Havana as he masterminds a new production of Carmen for the Royal Ballet before stepping back from the classical repertoire and looking to the future with a series of ambitious new projects in Cuba. Alan Yentob explores Acosta's plans to create his own unique dance company and foundation in his homeland, and his dream of transforming a spectacular yet derelict architectural treasure in the outskirts of Havana into a world-renowned beacon for dance, finishing a project first begun by Fidel Castro and Che Guevara over 50 years ago. Imagine offers a fascinating insight into a remarkable artist at a critical time for both him and Cuba.

For fifty years, the Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence (SETA) has been scanning the galaxy for a message from an alien civilisation. So far to no avail, but a recent breakthrough suggests they may one day succeed. Horizon joins the planet hunters who have discovered a new world called Gliese 581c, which may have habitats capable of supporting life. NASA hopes to find fifty more Earth-like planets by the end of the decade, all of which dramatically increases the chance that alien life has begun elsewhere in the galaxy.

Charlie Luxton presents the world's 20 weirdest, most jaw-dropping homes, from a house shaped like a beagle to a home in a New York dumpster and Pierre Cardin's space-age summer house.

The vast east African savannah is the only place in the world where "big cats" -- lions, leopards and cheetahs -- can be seen in a single location. The abundant source of food is the reason why these cats, which reign at the top of the food chain, can survive. The endless grassland gives them life. This is the story of the animals on the savannah, the more than one hundred species of herbivores such as gazelles and buffalos, and the big cats standing at the top of the ecosystem.