Program Catalog
 | Man Made Marvels 106: Petronas Towers Centuries-old design meets cutting edge architecture in Petronas Towers, the centrepiece of the Kuala Lumpur skyline. One of the world's tallest buildings, its 88 storeys stretch 452 metres above grou... |
 | Man Made Marvels: China 301: The World's Highest Railway For fifty years the Chinese dreamed of connecting the Tibetan city of Lhasa to the national rail network. But making this dream a reality would prove to be one of the most difficult engineering projec... |
 | Man Made Marvels: China 201: Shanghai Makeover By the middle of the twentieth century the once-great city of Shanghai had become an industrial backwater. Decades later, as the leaders of China reopened their country's doors to global trade, it was... |
 | Man Made Marvels: China 202: Hangzhou Bay Bridge China's financial and economic hub of Shanghai and its bustling port city of Ningbo lie on either side of Hangzhou Bay. If these cities are to reach their full potential the transport link between the... |
 | Mega Disaster 1: Volcano Using archive footage, computer animation, and expert interviews, we expose the killer characteristics of natural disasters, leading to an ultimate disaster - a hypothetical event of unparalleled ... |
 | Mega Disaster 2: Tsunami Using archive footage, computer animation, and expert interviews, we expose the killer characteristics of natural disasters, leading to an ultimate disaster - a hypothetical event of unparalleled ... |
 | Mega Disaster 3: Tornado Using archive footage, computer animation, and expert interviews, we expose the killer characteristics of natural disasters, leading to an ultimate disaster - a hypothetical event of unparalleled ... |
 | Mega Disaster 4: Earthquake Using archive footage, computer animation, and expert interviews, we expose the killer characteristics of natural disasters, leading to an ultimate disaster - a hypothetical event of unparalleled ... |
 | Man Made Marvels: China 101: Great Wall As a construction feat, the Great Wall of China is unrivalled in human history. One thousand fortified passes and ten thousand watchtowers constructed from countless bricks, compacted earth, sand and ... |
 | Man Made Marvels: China 102: Beijing Makeover In 2008 Beijing will host the summer Olympic Games and the eyes of the world will be on the Chinese capital. Before the Games can begin, the city is set to be transformed in the most ambitious buildin... |
 | Dr Know You must drink eight glasses of water every day... You'll get sick if you don't wash your hands after using the bathroom... Swimming straight after eating will give you cramp... Are these real... |
 | Power Tool Drag Racing Power Tool Drag Racing is the sport of racing modified, high horsepower household machinery. The competitive inventors who design these incredible machines put their hearts, souls, and sometimes their... |
 | Mutation - The Science of Survival Human mutation has always been fascinating. From the ruthless 'dime' museums of the nineteenth century to today's reptile collectors willing to pay thousands of dollars for oddly mutated s... |
 | Spider Power Spiders are nature's ultimate predators. Weaponry in the spider world is akin to the array of armaments used in modern warfare - spray guns, camouflage and even 'smart' technology. Usi... |
 | World's Biggest Baddest Bugs Bug man Ruud Kleinpaste takes us on an entomological odyssey in search of the biggest and 'baddest' creepy crawlies. Ruud is our very own 'crash test dummy' as he encounters the extrao... |
 | Human Cannonballs Human cannonballing is the most dangerous of all circus acts. Of the fifty men and women who have been shot out of a cannon, only thirty-two have lived to tell the tale. Meet a fearless stunt fami... |
 | Spinner Dolphins Graceful and balletic, dolphins are ocean dancers - and spinner dolphins are prima ballerinas. Enter the mysterious world of Brazil's spinner dolphins to discover how and why they dive, leap, ... |
 | The Curse of the Elephant Man Joseph Merrick, the Elephant Man, was the most shockingly disfigured person in history. For more than a century the cause of his deformities baffled doctors and scientists around the world. Using fore... |
 | Transplanting Memories Is it possible for transplant recipients to inherit memories, preferences and emotional traits from a donor they've never met? Growing evidence suggests they can. Transplanting Memories investigat... |
 | Reef Reborn - Into the Unseen World A deadly cocktail of cyanide and explosive has devastated Bali's pristine coral reefs. But now an unlikely alliance between the Balinese community and two marine scientists is breathing life into ... |
 | Manapouri - The Toughest Tunnel Remote and inaccessible, surrounded by towering mountains and riddled with unstable rock along five fault lines, New Zealand's Doubtful Sound must be one of the most treacherous places on Earth. Here ... |
 | X Force = 1: The Science of Surfing X Force explores the science behind the adrenalin rush of extreme disciplines. For most surfers, riding giant 40ft waves off the Hawaiian Island of Oahu will only ever be a dream. Join a young surfer ... |
 | X Force = 2: The Science of Mountaineering X Force explores the science behind the adrenalin rush of extreme disciplines. A group of experienced climbers embarks on one of the most challenging climbs to the summit of the world's fifth high... |
 | X Force = 3: The Science of Sailing X Force explores the science behind the adrenalin rush of extreme disciplines. This is a sporting clash of life and death proportions as Grundig, a 66ft lightweight racing yacht, is pitched against th... |
 | X Force = 4: The Science of Mountain Biking X Force explores the science behind the adrenalin rush of extreme disciplines. Join two extraordinary mountain bikers as they are given the most up-to-date, high tech mountain bikes and sent i... |
 | X Force = 5: The Science of Diving X Force explores the science behind the adrenalin rush of extreme disciplines. This is the story of two starkly different extreme diving feats. Both push the limits of human survival at extreme depths... |
 | X Force = 6: The Science of Free Flight X Force explores the science behind the adrenalin rush of extreme disciplines. Follow four world-class paragliding pilots on their two-day flight over New Zealand's Southern Alps to the ba... |
 | Treasure and Death - Secrets of a Moche Tomb A story of savagery, brilliance, mystery and splendour told through the eyes of archaeologists excavating the newly discovered Moche tombs, in the desert of Northern Peru. As the programme investigate... |
 | Fantastic Plastic 1: The Magic Molecules In only a century, plastics have pushed the boundaries of human capabilities. Fantastic Plastic: Magic Molecules is the fascinating story of how these fantastically strong, light and cheap materials h... |
 | The Mystery of the Minkes Still hunted, the dwarf minke whales found on Australia's Great Barrier Reef could hold the key to a cold-war mystery. Are they responsible for the strange mechanical sounds thought to have be... |
