Transamazonica: A Highway to the Past

Transamazonica: A Highway to the Past 2021

10.00

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.

2021

The Tube: Going Underground

The Tube: Going Underground 2016

8.30

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.

2016

InterCity 125: The Train That Saved Britain's Railways

InterCity 125: The Train That Saved Britain's Railways 2018

1

Intercity 125 – Britain's own original high-speed train – rules the rails today, but this national icon is set to give way to hi-tech imports. It's time to celebrate the heroic story of a design classic that saved Britain's railways from terminal decline.

2018

Speed

Speed 2019

6.00

Investigating mankind's insatiable necessity to move faster and further; for pleasure, for work, to explore, to survive.

2019

Maps of Britain

Maps of Britain 2024

7.00

Britain is connected by miles of roads, canals, and railway. This series explores the history of how we get around this ancient island.

2024

The Channel Tunnel: 25 Years

The Channel Tunnel: 25 Years 2019

1

The Channel Tunnel stands as an engineering triumph and a testament to what can be achieved when two nations, Britain and France put aside their historic differences and work together. On the 25th anniversary of its opening, we reflect on what it took to build the longest undersea tunnel ever constructed.

2019

Penguins on a Plane: Great Animal Moves

Penguins on a Plane: Great Animal Moves 2014

1

Penguins on a Plane: Great Animal Moves follows the expert handlers entrusted with transporting some of the world's most precious and challenging cargo safely to their destinations.

2014

Canals: The Making of a Nation

Canals: The Making of a Nation 2015

1

Liz McIvor looks at who built the nation's canal network, who funded it, those who worked on it and how they were regenerated following WWII.

2015