The finalists head to the Shuttle Landing Facility on Florida's Space Coast for a tough test in weightlessness, and back i...
The astronaut candidates fight for their place in the final. Their leadership skills are assessed in a survival test and t...
The competition becomes more intense as the remaining candidates are deprived of oxygen to see if they can recognise the s...
Old fears surface when the remaining candidates face some space agency swim tests. Their teamwork and mental agility are s...
The remaining astronaut candidates are put through more demanding tests. They have to escape from an underwater capsule an...
Chris Hadfield, Dr Kevin Fong and Dr Iya Whiteley put 12 candidates through a series of physical and psychological tests t...
James May, Kate Humble and Ant Anstead are back at one of the biggest and busiest car factories in Britain. Think you...
Documentary about the Tazara railroad in east Africa, built by the Chinese after independence but now in crisis with derailments and mechanical breakdowns ha...
Hannah takes a drive to the National Highways control centre for the UK's busiest motorway to meet the team that keep the m...
The rise of the smart doorbell is one of the great tech success stories of the 21st century. Hannah heads to Los Angeles to...
Hannah uncovers the wild origins of the modern-day rollercoaster and gets the inside story on the UK's newest, tallest...
Hannah hits the production line with appliance giants Bosch to find the lifeblood at the heart of every fridge and gets a les...
Hannah takes a look at the air fryer - a device that is rapidly taking over people's kitchens, cooking up everything from ...
Hannah Fry explains packet switching, the breaking down of files over the internet rather than sending as one big file.
Following workers across London over three years as they race to build an enormous supersewer on time and on budget. In this e...
Following workers across London as they race to build an enormous supersewer. The first episode follows the creation of the fi...
Jeremy Clarkson looks at the television. He looks at television inventors John Logie Baird and Philo T Farnsworth and it's ...
Elisha Gray made the initial breakthrough in the invention of the telephone. Alexander Graham Bell 'borrowed' his idea and i...
Jeremy Clarkson tells the story of how Frank Whittle pioneered the jet engine and goes around the globe to explore the impact ...
In Victorian times, computing involved crunching numbers with a pencil and paper. A century later, we rely on computers f...
Jeremy Clarkson looks at key inventions that have made a global impact. This week traces the development of firearms and how t...
James May uncovers the fascinating science of engineering, giving a 'nuts and bolts' account of how...
Designer and engineer Zoe Laughlin explores the world of material science, uncovering the innovations in manufacturing...
This week's programme looks at the process of engineering production.
It's harvest time for flax in Northamptonshire.Agricutural Correspondent Godfrey Baseley looks at the process to produce linen from the crop.
This week looks at Joining and fastening.
Engineering series for schools and colleges narrated by Paul Barnes.
This week's programme looks at the properties inherent in the grain structure of metals.
The engineering series for schools and colleges continues with a look at forces and momentum.
This week looks at friction.
Engineering series for schools and colleges narrated by Paul BARNES.
This week's programme looks at the process of heat treatment as used on different metals.
A look at how electricity is used in engineering.
Adhesives now have a wide application in industry. How do they work and where are they used?
Thermal methods of joining materials together.
Engineering series for schools and colleges.
This week's programme uses a slow-motion camera to look at the way in which cutting tools remove material.
A look at the properties of different materials for use in engineering,
This week's programme emphasises the importance of safety, paramount to any engineering projects.
A look at the way materials behave under the action of external forces.
Cutting tools, a closer look.
News segment about the last Concorde flight from New York to London.
On 9 April 1969, the first British Concorde made its maiden flight from Filton. On 20 April 1979, the last plane came off the product...
For the workers at Filton it's the end of the Concorde era. Two of these plane workers, Alan Radford and Wally Williams, tell what it's been like working o...
Joan Collins talks about flying on Concorde.
The life of the most glamorous plane ever built, as told by the people whose lives she touched. Narrated by Sophie Okonedo.
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