The Secret Life of Machines is an educational television series presented by Tim Hunkin and Rex Garrod, in which the two explain the inner workings and history of common household and office machinery. According to Hunkin, the show's creator, the programme was developed from his comic strip The Rudiments of Wisdom, which he researched and drew for the Observer newspaper over a period of 14 years. Three separate groupings of the broadcast were produced and originally shown between 1988 and 1993 on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom, with the production subsequently airing on The Learning Channel and the Discovery Channel.
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A look back over the highs and lows experienced by the hundreds of entrepreneurs who have entered the Den over the last nine series, examining the key ingredients required for a successful pitch.
The Dragons tour the UK to find out what happened next to their investments
Series revealing the lives of the Dragons' Den Dragons
Signing up for the 2006 season of the most extreme and exciting motorsport, six-part series Engineering the World Rally joins the Subaru World Rally Team as they and 2003 champion, Petter 'Hollywood' Solberg, fight for the championship through six countries and 11 months of intense competition. This ultimate off-road challenge pits massively powerful four-wheel drive rally cars - in the hands of some of the world's greatest drivers - against the toughest and most varied terrain on the planet. These guys hurtle down narrow twisty roads, along bumpy, dusty tracks, through deep water and across solid ice at speeds exceeding 130mph. They're supported by teams of dedicated engineers and mechanics, together with their straight-talking bosses and success-hungry sponsors. It's a world of fragile egos, high emotions and constant human drama. With unprecedented access, Engineering the World Rally gets under the skin of the Subaru WRC team and follows their every move as they engineer and prepare the cars for each event, test and shakedown, and enjoy the highs and suffer the lows of each three-day rally. It is an emotional rollercoaster of action both behind-the-scenes and on the rally stage.
Extraordinary structures, buildings and machines around the world have been transformed from their original function into something completely different. Experts reveal how.
Dom Byrne presents the underground version of the hit BBC Two show that has been operating exclusively online
Evan Davis looks at the British economy and asks what our country is good at and how it can pay its way in the world,
In the centuries since the gun was invented, hundreds of innovators, engineers and inventors have brought their vision together to create what has become one of the most perfectly produced items ever made. Tales of the Gun chronicles the long history of firearm design and construction from the first, primitive weapons to today's computer-controlled, high-tech factories. From the gunslingers of the Wild West to the newest technology being developed for tomorrow's super-weapons, guns have etched a place in today's culture for their masterful combination of form, function and beauty.
Britain's iconic and 'secretive' engineering companies reveal how they build the world's most amazing machines. The first part of the series "How to build a nuclear submarine" a documentary following the construction of the Astute nuclear submarine. The second part of the series "How to build a jumbo jet engine", the story of the thousands of people who design, build and test engines at Rolls-Royce’s manufacturing plants in Derby and across the UK, making Rolls-Royce a central part of life for the people of places like Derby. The third and final part of the series "How to build Britain's secret engineers" when the documentary team follows workers at a leading British company on a global journey, as they reveal a handful of their secretive projects including getting Chinook helicopters ready for front line service.
The three-part series tells the story of British architects Richard Rogers, Norman Foster, Nicholas Grimshaw, Michael Hopkins and Terry Farrell.
MythBusters is a science entertainment television program created and produced by Australia's Beyond Television Productions for the Discovery Channel. The show's hosts, special effects experts Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman, use elements of the scientific method to test the validity of rumors, myths, movie scenes, adages, Internet videos, and news stories.
Swapping spatulas for spanners, the Hairy Bikers restore amazing relics of Britain's past.
Australian host Steve Irwin and his wife Terri run a wildlife refuge. Their shared passion is educating the world about wildlife, including the much feared crocodile and numerous venomous snakes. Steve's specialty is the capture and relocation of crocodiles. No animal appears too threatening to Steve, his true respect for animals is the foundation for everything he does.
Based on archival footage, appreciates engineering genius and celebrates the long-term survival of the ‘jumbo jet’.
While scams have always been around, the internet means the number of people falling for them is rising exponentially. Nigel Latta shows us different types of scams and the specific traits that make us vulnerable to being ripped off!
Tracy Borman reveals the intimate details of the monarchs, to find out what really went on in their private lives.
Attention please! Are you ready for an adventurous tour through the human body? With a lot of humour, our physical appearance is being introduced from head to toe along cells and organs in an educational way. The heart, blood, nerves and kidneys, each single one is a miracle which renders life possible.
Take a mind-blowing journey through human history, told through six iconic objects that modern people take for granted, and see how science, invention and technology built on one another to change everything.
The triumphs and failures of the men and women who created the world's first atomic bomb as part of the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos. This the story of the men and women who worked on a research and development project that produced the first nuclear weapons during the Second World War with First-hand accounts from the men and women who worked on the Manhattan Project and developed the atomic bomb at Los Alamos during the Second World War.
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6 episodes • 1988
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Secret Life of the Vacuum Cleaner | Nov 15, 1988 | 0.0 |
| 2 | The Secret Life of the Washing Machine | Nov 22, 1988 | 0.0 |
| 3 | The Secret Life of the Sewing Machine | Nov 29, 1988 | 0.0 |
| 4 | The Secret Life of the Refrigerator | Dec 6, 1988 | 0.0 |
| 5 | The Secret Life of the Central Heating System | Dec 13, 1988 | 0.0 |
| 6 | The Secret Life of the Television Set | Dec 20, 1988 | 0.0 |
6 episodes • 1991
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Secret Life of the Car | Jan 8, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 2 | The Secret Life of the Internal Combustion Engine | Jan 15, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 3 | The Secret Life of the Quartz Watch | Jan 22, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 4 | The Secret Life of the Telephone | Jan 29, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 5 | The Secret Life of the Radio Set | Jan 5, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 6 | The Secret Life of the Video Recorder | Feb 12, 1991 | 0.0 |
6 episodes • 1993
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Secret Life of the Fax Machine | Feb 18, 1993 | 0.0 |
| 2 | The Secret Life of the Lift | Feb 25, 1993 | 0.0 |
| 3 | The Secret Life of the Word Processor | Mar 4, 1993 | 0.0 |
| 4 | The Secret Life of the Electric Light | Mar 11, 1993 | 0.0 |
| 5 | The Secret Life of the Photocopier | Mar 18, 1993 | 0.0 |
| 6 | The Secret Life of the Office | Mar 25, 1993 | 0.0 |