Michael Portillo travels on the great train routes of Europe, as he retraces the journeys featured in George Bradshaw’s 1913 Continental Railway Guide.

John D. Rockefeller, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Andrew Carnegie, Henry Ford and J.P. Morgan rose from obscurity and in the process built modern America. Their names hang on street signs, are etched into buildings and are a part of the fabric of history. These men created the American Dream and were the engine of capitalism as they transformed everything they touched in building the oil, rail, steel, shipping, automobile and finance industries. Their paths crossed repeatedly as they elected presidents, set economic policies and influenced major events of the 50 most formative years this country has ever known. From the Civil War to the Great Depression and World War I, they led the way. Using state of the art computer generated imagery that incorporates 12 million historical negatives, many made available for the first time by the Library of Congress, this series will bring back to life the

A travel series that sends five ordinary British households to review some of the world’s most popular holiday destinations.

Documentary series reconstructing history’s most complex, high-stakes hostage negotiations as kidnapping victims recount their terrifying ordeals.

BuildingontheglobalsuccessofImpossibleEngineering,thisuniquenewscienceandhistoryseriesshowcasessomeoftheworld’smostextraordinaryengineeringachievementsoftherailways.Sincetheirmeteoricriseinthe19thCentury,railwayshavebeenattheforefrontofmodernengineeringandtransport.Theyhaveconquereddizzyingaltitudes,wilderness,seasandcities.Withamazingaccessandusingatrademarkcombinationofexcitinggraphics,stunningfootageandexpertanalysis,theseriescapturesthedesignbreakthroughsandheraldsthepioneerswhohaveembracednatureandphysicalchallenges,tocreateatrulyremarkableglobalrailwaynetwork.

Not Available

Ordinary people reveal their terrifying experiences with the paranormal through photographs, audio recordings, video evidence and chilling reenactments.

Follows Death Row inmates, who tell the story of how they ended up there.

InStrangeEvidence,ateamofexpertsanalysesfootagethatseemstodefyexplanation,includinglevitatingcarsonafreeway,astatuethatappearstomoveonitsown,andaspontaneousburstofflames.

Documentary series in which animatronic spy creatures infiltrate the animal world to explore their complex emotions.

The real-life adventures of a high-altitude helicopter rescue team patrolling Mount Everest are followed in this series, which begins with life and limb being risked to extract two separate injured climbers, both from 21,000 feet. Also: The ARS team provide emergency medical relief to a local boy suffering from a potentially fatal condition.

Big, Bigger, Biggest is a British documentary television series which began airing in 2008. A total 20 episodes have been produced across 3 seasons.