Carrying nearly five million passengers per day, the London Tube is one of the world's oldest and busiest metro systems in the world. Today the Tube is undergoing a complete overhaul that is long overdue. Take a behind the scenes look into the daily lives of drivers, emergency personnel, operations managers, and many others among the near twenty thousand employees of this massive rail system, as they navigate the evolution of the London Tube.
Loading episode ratings...
The extraordinary stories of imprisonment, murder and execution behind the walls of Britains most historic and iconic castle.
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.
Documentary series following the salvage of seven shipwrecks from the river Thames
Nick Knowles challenges ten people with different mental health issues to run the London Marathon. Will it change their lives?
Following workers across the capital for three years as they race to build an enormous super sewer on time and on budget.
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.
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.
Based on archival footage, appreciates engineering genius and celebrates the long-term survival of the ‘jumbo jet’.
History series telling the glorious and gory story of the city's rise to power.
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.
Swapping spatulas for spanners, the Hairy Bikers restore amazing relics of Britain's past.
No description available.
London is a 2004 three-part BBC history documentary series about the history of London, presented by Peter Ackroyd.
From critical emergencies to the operating room, this documentary series follows London's trauma centres as they treat the most severely injured.
The Transamazon highway was a gigantic saga, the greatest example of the pharaonic works of the Brazilian military government. But the road that would promote national integration was best known for linking the famine of the Northeast with the misery of the Amazon. This haunting docuseries follows the story of the construction of this highway and its morbid consequences.
The show first appeared in the summer of 1975, produced some 130 episodes up till the ending of 1979, and was presented by Janet Street-Porter.
On 7 July 2005, terrorist attacks shook London. Twenty years on, this series reveals not just what happened on 7/7, but how and why.
Follow a team of more than 10,000 engineers and construction workers as they race to build a brand new railway under London - Crossrail - London's new Underground.
Loading episode ratings...
This may take a moment for shows with many seasons.
8 episodes • 2016
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Episode 1 | Mar 21, 2016 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Episode 2 | Mar 28, 2016 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Episode 3 | Apr 4, 2016 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Episode 4 | Apr 11, 2016 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Episode 5 | Apr 18, 2016 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Episode 6 | Apr 25, 2016 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Episode 7 | May 2, 2016 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Episode 8 | May 9, 2016 | 0.0 |