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Aerial America

Where the Appalachian Mountains end and a great civil rights leader's life began, Georgia is rich in natural wonders and history. Soaring above the rugged barrier island coastline to a haunted cemetery.

Combat Ships

Combat Ships

The evolution of amphibious assault vehicles, including the restoration of Britain's last surviving LCT 7074 landing craft, designed to carry six Churchill tanks.

Gallipoli

The largest sea-borne invasion of its time, Gallipoli was supposed to turn the tide of World War I. Instead, it became the burial ground for thousands of British, Australian and Turkish troops.

Searching for Secrets

Discovering where to get a Michelin star meal for less than three dollars and learning the amazing history of Hawker Food. Touring Singapore with "Toilet Man" to find out how beautiful gardens and obsessively clean toilets made the city rich.

How Did They Build That?

The engineering secrets behind a mobile research station in Antarctica, a gravity-defying concert hall on the Canary Islands, and a rotating boat lift in Scotland.

Americans Underground: Secret City of WWI

An underground city is discovered beneath a field in France, where World War One soldiers took refuge and etched their names and drawings on the walls. A historian and photographer attempts to connect the names to their descendants.

America's Secret D-Day Disaster

The Allied forces' top-secret rehearsal for D-Day that went wrong.

A-Bombs Over Nevada

It's the dawn of the atomic age in America and scientists decide to test their new bombs in a desolate desert outside the growing gambling mecca of Las Vegas, spawning a bizarre atomic subculture.

Searching for Secrets

Discovering where to get a Michelin star meal for less than three dollars and learning the amazing history of Hawker Food. Touring Singapore with "Toilet Man" to find out how beautiful gardens and obsessively clean toilets made the city rich.

Angkor: Land of the Gods

The epic story of Angkor Wat, one of the wonders of the world and the largest religious building on Earth. Cambodia's jungles reveal a civilisation which ruled most of Southeast Asia.

Angkor: Land of the Gods

The rise of Jayavarman VII, king of the Khmer Empire, and the growth of architectural wonders in Cambodia's ancient city of Angkor Thom during his reign, including the Bayon temple.

Inside the Factory

Gregg Wallace receives a load of corn fresh off the boat from Argentina and follows its journey through the largest breakfast cereal factory in Europe as it is cooked, milled and flavoured to become Crunchy Nut Cornflakes. He'll discover how they can produce more than a million boxes of cereal every 24 hours and distribute them all over the UK, Europe and across the globe, as far away as Malaysia.

Henry VIII and the King's Men

Henry VIII and the King's Men

Henry VIII and the King's Men

Britain in Colour

Colourisation of historic film creates a vivid portrait of the Royal Family from the late 19th century onwards. Includesthe earliest film of Queen Victoria, and Edward and Wallis Simpson marrying in exile.

Britain in Colour

Colourised film creates a vivid portrait of the British empire from its peak in the early 20th century through uprisings, wars and inevitable decline. Includes early colour home movies from the Raj.

Britain in Colour

Colourisation of rare archival film and home movies brings Churchill back to life. Includes moments of drama, alongside playful scenes with Charlie Chaplin and losing his shorts in his swimming pool.

America in Color

In the early 20th century America had open borders and absorbed millions of immigrants in one of the largest mass migrations ever. Colourised historic film brings the immigrant experience to life.

Aerial America

The Prairie State and its Windy City of Chicago get the fly-over treatment. Illinois has given us American icons as notorious as Al Capone and as heroic as Abraham Lincoln.

Aerial America

Indiana is world-famous for its Indianapolis 500 car race and the Brickyard 400.

Aerial America

A bird's-eye view of the Hawkeye State: the birthplace of author Bill Bryson and Hollywood cowboy star John Wayne, and the site of Buddy Holly's last concert.