In this week's experiments we discover how water can start a fire, transform breakfast cereal into a magnetic field detector, and even change the way you visualize the world around you.
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Lawn mower, pinball machine, padlock, watch, toilet, yo-yo... Using ultra realistic CGI animation, we explode everyday objects into their component parts, to reveal their secret workings.
At a massive secondhand market in Ghana, the global fashion chain is traced through high-water cotton, stretchy oil denim, and bug-made silk.
Inside LA's SoFi Stadium, a touchdown is made possible by Chinese rare earths, plastic grass, specialized ball factories, and fizzy sodas.
At a Formula-E race in Chile, we uncover how tree sap, pink lithium lakes, molten rock, and top-secret paint create cutting-edge electric cars.
At the World Food Championships, a $5 burger reveals a massive global chain of space-visible greenhouses, cow rearing, and historic ketchup.
The sun is the biggest source of energy in the solar system. Innovators are searching for new ways to capture more of the sun's power.
Shipping companies and engineers are creating new machines to make their industry greener using a resource that has moved man across oceans for thousands of years... winds.
Engineers strip away the waters of Venice to reveal how ancient wooden piles and modern sea barriers protect the historic city from sinking.
Los Angeles is stripped to its bones, revealing the high-tech base isolators, fault-line monitoring, and infrastructure built to survive the Big One.
CGI animation dismantles this ancient mountain city, uncovering the genius Incan terraces, drainage systems, and stonework that survive seismic shifts
Lord Prescott visits Whitaker's chocolate factory to explore large-scale chocolate making, from factory lines to expert tasting and the company's rich history. He then heads to HECK! Sausages in North Yorkshire, where he attempts to create his own custom recipe—the Hull banger.
Taking a nostalgic journey to rediscover two of his childhood favourites, Lord Prescott visits the Ribena factory to see how their famous blackcurrant squash is made, using 90% of the UK's blackcurrant crop. In Herefordshire, he explores the Tyrrells crisp factory to learn how a small farm-based business turns homegrown potatoes into gourmet crisps.
In search of the classic British pairing, tea and biscuits, Lord Prescott travels to Liverpool to visit the Typhoo tea factory, discovering the key to a perfectly brewed cup. Back in Yorkshire, he stops by the Fox's biscuits factory, rounding off his journey with a truly British treat.
To discover how his favourite meal—fish supper followed by rice pudding—is made, Lord Prescott visits the Ambrosia factory in Devon to explore the production of classic British desserts. Returning north to Grimsby, he heads to the Young's factory to learn about their famous fish pie.
In this week's experiments we discover how water can start a fire, transform breakfast cereal into a magnetic field detector, and even change the way you visualize the world around you.
The US Army Ranger School hosts a 3-day competition to find the best Ranger team, testing elite soldiers in strength, skill, and endurance.
Combat fitness builds soldiers' strength, endurance, and resilience, teaching skills crucial for survival, sometimes adapted for civilians.
On the 3 March 1992, Bosnia Herzegovina gained its independence from Yugoslavia. Immediately, the Serb-led military units took over large slabs of land and suppressed the other ethnic groups.
On the 3 October 1993, an elite battle unit of the US army began a fairly straight-forward mission in Somalia's capital Mogadishu. Within minutes of reaching their destination, the situation descended into chaos and the mission turned into a battle.
In March 2019 news reports appeared in the British press of UK's troops being killed in Yemen, no one knew why they are there in the first place. Britain was not fighting a war in Yemen. This episode investigates the truth behind the casualties.
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