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- An immersive, action-packed and discovery-led series following International teams of archaeologists during the excavation season in Egypt's Valley of the Kings.
- The collaboration between architects, scientists, archaeologists and engineers in their efforts to restore Notre Dame.
- Using the very latest in drone and aerial photographic technology, tour across countries and their seasons, getting a unique view from above.
- Exploration of great archaeological discoveries, fascinating ancient civilizations, forgotten architectural marvels and tantalizing historical mysteries.
- Some of the most iconic and historic buildings of the ancient and medieval worlds are examined by 'blow apart' CGI animation to reveal how these structures were built. Using the latest archaeological investigations combined with X-Ray and LiDar scanning technologies, the series delves into the myths and mysteries behind ancient civilizations and the structures they built.
- The lives of people living in Alaska with the railroad as a backdrop.
- Drone cameras tour unique homes around the world, exploring surroundings and interiors. Owners reveal secluded locations and what drew them to the properties. Secret passages, customized spaces, natural features, and more.
- Ant Middleton leads a team of eight volunteers to recreate the perilous voyage led by Captain William Bligh in 1789 following the famous mutiny on the H.M.S. Bounty.
- A series exploring the history, archaeology and truths behind legendary creatures such as vampires, cyclops, sea monsters, and dragons.
- A uniquely emotional documentary feature film that will touch the heart of audiences around the world. Four female climbers face the sporting challenge of a lifetime as they attempt to compete in the first ever Olympic climbing competition at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The Wall - Climb for Gold follows four elite climbers, Janja Garnbret, Shauna Coxsey, Brooke Raboutou, and Miho Nonaka, over an extraordinary two years. They battle through Olympic qualifying events to earn their place at Tokyo, then face a gruelling season of competition and training that sees everything put on hold when the Covid-19 pandemic forces the Games to be postponed. As the young women confront their own mental and physical demons en-route to Tokyo, the film reveals an astonishing and inspiring insight into what it takes to be an Olympian and ultimately what it means to be human.
- Archaeological digs shed light on the extinct beasts of old, from the Tyrannosaurus Rex to the Tasmanian tiger, saber-toothed tiger, and the woolly mammoth, and look at the legends and myths surrounding them.
- Scientists study the nature, anatomy and evolution of some of natures most fascinating creatures.
- Each episode explores the engineering breakthroughs that have enabled us to develop the largest structures currently in existence. This is done by presenting multiple landmark inventions.
- Investigators have unique access to Persepolis in the mountains of Iran. They forensically hunt for clues to find out what makes Persia the first imperial powerhouse in the world.
- Do you want to know what your future holds? A life beyond 150 years old? A world where computers can read our emotions? A planet transformed by unlimited clean energy? Mathematician Hannah Fry will explore these questions and more.
- From the world's longest tunnels to the world's most advanced skyscraper, Building Giants reveals the extraordinary innovations that help record-breaking superstructures to be built, and uncovers the inner secrets of how they work.
- Documentary examines new radio tech potentially locating MH370 wreckage after 2014 disappearance, and explores aviation safety improvements prompted by the incident.
- A land of myth and legend, ancient Iraq is the cradle of human civilization; and now, pioneering archaeologists gain rare access to investigate sacred sites and reveal the truth behind forgotten Biblical cities.
- In the final months of World War II, prisoners of war in Colditz began building a glider to fly out of the camp. However the war ended before they could try it. Now Dr Hugh Hunt, an engineer from Cambridge University, leads a team of aeronautical engineers and carpenters who build a replica glider from the original plans, using only the materials and improvised tools that the POWs used. They then fly it from Colditz to see if the escape would have succeeded.
- Dr Hannah Fry explores the strange rules, natures' mysteries and mystical origins of mathematics.
- From underwater retreats to treetop cabins, this series explores the world's hidden hotels
- Documentary following the exploits of a family-run crew of haulage specialists as they move the heaviest, longest and most precious locomotives around the world.
- Three pairs of contestants are blindfolded, taken to unknown locations across the world, and left with just £100 to try and get back to Nelson's Column in London. Whichever team arrives first wins a cash prize and gets to race again.
- Engineer Rob Bell reveals the secrets behind some of the historic ships that shaped the history of our island nation.
- Following the construction of the Crossrail railway line branded the Elizabeth line throughout the years to completion.
- STRIP THE COSMOS strips major planets, moons, black holes, stars and galaxies of their gas, force-fields, rocks and magma, layer by layer, act by act, to explore their hidden secrets and solve key mysteries surrounding the origins and destiny of the universe.
- To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the iconic musical David attempts to build a real life Chitty Chitty Bang Bang car - that flies. He recruits an aircraft engineer and a class of 8-year-olds to help him.
- Mega Machines unlocks the secrets of iconic machines, such as roller coasters, bullet trains, and cargo planes. This series goes inside the machines, revealing how they were built, how they work, and more.
- Two couples go for fertility treatment to a British IVF clinic on the same day. One couple is black, the other white. A lab technician thinks he might have mixed up their embryos, and confesses his uncertainty to the IVF team. The white woman becomes pregnant but the black woman does not. The (real) IVF consultant wants to tell both couples about the suspected mix-up, but is astounded when his (real) hospital lawyer tells him that under British law, he can only inform the pregnant woman - she should be offered a test which will indicate the growing baby's origins, and, if she chooses, she could have an abortion. The other couple should not be informed in case they trace and pressurise the pregnant woman. The white woman refuses the test - she is determined to have the baby whatever its origins. Eight months later she gives birth to a healthy black boy that she names Joe. At this point the doctor has a legal duty to inform the black couple that a baby has been born and that they are its genetic parents, but under British law he cannot disclose its name, its gender, or its whereabouts to them. The black couple are incensed and seek legal advice. The case comes to court. A (real) psychiatrist and (real) Guardian prepare reports for the judge. They assess both couples as prospective parents, and declare them both to be fit for the role. (Real) barristers cross-question both couples aggressively in the courtroom. A (real but retired) judge has to decide which couple should have Joe.
- Anna Taylor is 24 and has a learning disability. To her mother she is a child of 5 who should be kept away from men. But when she is rushed into hospital, it is revealed that she has suffered a miscarriage. She met Richard, the man who made her pregnant, at her Day Care Centre. Richard has Downs Syndrome, and the care workers there encouraged the relationship to develop.
- A documentary about the scientific detection of the decrease of and the creation of , the ozone hole, that were highlighted and widely discussed from the mid 70's till the Montreal- protocol were signed in the early 90's. It tells the basic story of the scientific development of CFC-gasses that were ultimately considered the main reason for ozone depletion in the atmosphere. Through interviews with the most prominent politicians and scientists and representatives for the chemical companies in this era , gives a good perspective of how a ''world disaster'' were avoided.
- The inside story of the race to raise and re-float the Costa Concordia shipwreck.
- For centuries Egyptologists have believed that the Great Pyramids of Giza were designed as tombs. But why have no bodies or treasure ever been discovered inside the pyramids? Now, the history of the pyramids could be on the verge of being re-written. With exclusive access we follow the team as they unearth and examine the lost tombs, making the most important find in Egypt since the opening of Tutankhamun's tomb.
- The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures are annual lectures by the Royal Institution presenting scientific subjects the general public in an entertaining manner (since 1825), this series has been broadcast by BBC four since 2010.
- The Florida town of Surfside is hit with tragedy as a 13-story apartment building suddenly crumbles to the ground, taking nearly 100 lives with it; investigators search the debris to uncover the cause of this deadly disaster.
- Stripping major cities naked of their steel, concrete, buildings, roads, rivers and bedrock - layer by layer - to explore the secret technology and infrastructure that keeps them running. What stops Dubai's super tall skyscrapers - balanced on unstable sand - from toppling over? How can San Francisco survive - sitting on the edge of a major earthquake fault? And how did the ancient Romans build a city of a million people without modern technology? This series explores these and other mysteries, by peeling the glass off buildings, rolling back the tarmac on roads and sucking the water out of rivers to expose the hidden infrastructure beneath six major cities: London, Rome, Dubai, Sydney, Toronto and San Francisco. As we explore what lies beneath each metropolis we come face to face with the people who are instrumental in keeping these city alive and well - the engineers building and looking after the city's infrastructure. These characters are larger than life - with a huge passion and energy for what they do. We explore how engineers in London are updating its huge underground Metro network, how workers in San Francisco are building earthquake proof skyscrapers and bridges, and how buildings in Dubai can weather sandstorms and survive in the searing desert heat. Stunning CGI animation strips back the walls of buildings, sucks up expanses of ocean to expose sunken cities, and slices away slabs of rock to reveal the workings of volcanoes close-up. As we peel back the layers, we'll reveal an alien landscape of underground volcanoes, hidden rivers, subterranean cliffs, fragile fault lines, and ancient catacombs - geological wonders that play a surprising role shaping the cities and lives of the people above. This series reveals a world never seen before - an alien geological universe normally hidden under tarmac and concrete...a landscape of unprecedented wonder, turbulence and scale. Desert City: Dubai The city's leading engineers and geologists reveal the secrets hidden inside Dubai's buildings that keep them standing. Earthquake City: San Francisco The engineers and geologists reveal the secrets inside San Francisco's skyscrapers that keep them standing Harbour City: Sydney How did Sydney come to thrive in such an inhospitable place? This film looks beneath the city's skin to discover the secret engineering wonders that make it possible. Ice City: Toronto How did this metropolis grow to become the largest city in Canada in such an extreme environment? This film looks beneath the city's skin to discover the secret engineering wonders and geological forces that make it possible. Underground City: London We lift up Buckingham Palace to reveal a 'lost' river and show the innovative engineering behind the city's brand new port under construction. Ancient City: Rome We descend into a cavern of tunnels that runs under most of Rome, abseil into an ancient aqueduct and explore how Rome's new Metro is being built.
- Discovery examines the history of "Golden age of Piracy." The program takes a detailed look at the harsh lives of pirates, their tactics, motivations and why they would choose such a life. The geopolitical forces that lead to the proliferation of pirates and their final demise are explained.
- An ancient land famous for its great pyramids, temples and tombs. Now, on a fascinating and dramatic aerial journey that covers the entire country, Egypt From Above reveals how the vibrant nation of today was born from its dramatic past.
- This ten-part series reveals the hidden workings of our everyday world by using photo-real CGI to explode appliances, objects and machines into their component parts. Combined with access all areas factory footage.
- A group of people take a look at different gardens down one street and count up all the species they can find, during the four different seasons.
- Follow an elite crew battling ferocious weather and treacherous terrain to keep one of the world's more remote railroad rolling through winter.
- On Rise of the Machines, H2 reveals the most surprising inventions that have made our biggest and most iconic machines possible.
- The Havana Boxing Academy is a Cuban boarding school that takes 9-year-old boys, and turns them into the best boxers in the world.
- The building of the Channel Tunnel, one of the engineering wonders of modern times.
- A BBC documentary about one of the greatest discoveries of humans by a team of top scientific minds from different parts of the world known as the "Event Horizon Telescope project team" guided by Dr Sheperd Doeleman of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, on a mission to capture the first ever picture of a black hole with a mega "virtual telescope" the size of the earth, by combining radio observatories and telescope facilities from all over the world to make up this earth-size virtual telescope.
- Ross explores the untold story of the 9 month cat-and-mouse game between police and the criminal gang intent on stealing diamonds worth £350 million from an exhibition at the Millennium Dome in London in 2000.
- For four consecutive nights, top surgeons carried out life-changing operations live in front of a studio audience. While performing brain surgery on an awake patient, open heart surgery and more, the surgeons answered the audiences questions live.