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The average human brain is capable of remembering four things at a time. So why can some people remember four hundred? In this one hour documentary we explore the incredible world of competitive memory by following the stories of a group of British hopefuls as they take on the challenge of competing against the world's leading memory athletes at the World Memory Championships in China. By following their training, we learn more about the simple techniques...
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This program is a freely based scripted account of the life of Harriet Tubman, an escaped slave and participant of the Underground Railroad. Emmy Award winner and Academy Award nominee Cicely Tyson portrays the African American abolitionist who returned to the South several times and led hundreds of slaves to freedom before the Civil War. Tubman has become an iconic symbol for the fight against oppression.