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When high school nerd Scott Howard (Michael J. Fox) learns from his father, Harold (James Hampton), that being a werewolf runs in the family, he decides to take advantage of his freakish trait. With his newfound strength and agility, Scott quickly becomes the hero of his school's basketball team while winning over longtime crush Pamela Wells (Lorie Griffin). As he grows more popular, Scott worries

More than any other continent, North America is defined by extreme weather and seasonal change; for animals that live here this poses great challenges, but for those with a pioneering spirit it can also offer great rewards.

High above the city of Gibraltar, Barbary macaques, Europe's only non-human primates, live lives full of kidnappings and high drama; in the cemeteries of Vienna Grave Robbing European hamsters do battle with each other for food.

Isolated for millions of years, Australia has a variety of unique animals, including the most dangerous bird in the world, kangaroos, wombats, koalas and predators.

The highlights from the series; a view of the entire polar year from winter through summer.

It is high summer in the polar regions, and the sun never sets; many species take advantage of the easier conditions, but summer is a tough time for the polar bear family, as their ice world melts away and the cubs take their first swimming lesson.

Polar landscapes in autumn are transformed as the big freeze returns; in the Arctic, polar bears gather in large numbers on the coast to wait for the return of the ice; off the coast 2,000 beluga whales head for a special estuary.

Winter is the greatest test for life in the polar regions; in the Arctic, a female polar bear treks into the mountains to give birth; out on the frozen ocean, the entire population of the world's spectacled eider ducks braves the winter.

Human survival in polar areas relies on ancient wisdom and modern science; a look at the riches and wonders of the polar regions and the people that have been visiting them for thousands of years.

Going back to the far North of the planet where the largest land habitat on Earth exists, home to great Boreal forests and the barren tundra.

After being raised on the ice in winter, emperor penguin chicks find themselves abandoned by their parents in spring; to survive, they must find their own way across the treacherous sea ice to the rich waters of the Southern Ocean.

Vietnam veteran and drifter John J. Rambo wanders into a small Washington town in search of an old friend, but is met with intolerance and brutality by the local sheriff, Will Teasle. When Teasle and his deputies restrain and shave Rambo, he flashes back to his time as a prisoner of war and unleashes his fury on the officers. He narrowly escapes the manhunt, but it will take his former commander t

John Rambo (Sylvester Stallone) is doing hard time in jail when his former boss, Col. Trautman (Richard Crenna), offers him a deal. If Rambo travels to Vietnam to try to find the American prisoners of war, his criminal record will be expunged. Rambo takes the reconnaissance assignment and agrees not to get involved in any of the action. However, when his Vietnamese lover, Co Bao (Julia Nickson), i

Reluctant one-man army Rambo goes into action against Soviet invaders in Afghanistan. Sought out in a Buddhist monastery retreat, Rambo declines his former commander's request for help to deliver missiles to the mujahideen, but when his superior is captured and imprisoned, the hulking hero brings out the big guns.

Vietnam veteran and drifter John J. Rambo wanders into a small Washington town in search of an old friend, but is met with intolerance and brutality by the local sheriff, Will Teasle. When Teasle and his deputies restrain and shave Rambo, he flashes back to his time as a prisoner of war and unleashes his fury on the officers. He narrowly escapes the manhunt, but it will take his former commander t

Reluctant one-man army Rambo goes into action against Soviet invaders in Afghanistan. Sought out in a Buddhist monastery retreat, Rambo declines his former commander's request for help to deliver missiles to the mujahideen, but when his superior is captured and imprisoned, the hulking hero brings out the big guns.