Road and Rail Disasters
Rail journeys and even just getting in your car can be fraught with catastrophe caused by the powers of nature and human folly alike.
2026-01-29 03:06:10 +0000 UTC→2026-01-29 03:35:30 +0000 UTC(29m)
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Stone Age Secrets
Even before the start of recorded history, ancient engineers across the World were erecting giant monuments. What was their purpose? And how did early peoples move such massive slabs of stone across hundreds of miles – long before the wheel had been invented?
2026-01-29 14:53:51 +0000 UTC→2026-01-29 15:52:18 +0000 UTC(58m)
Secrets Of Notre Dame
Building for God reached a high point in the Middle Ages when a new engineering movement emerged in Europe, changing the rules forever. It aimed to use pioneering construction methods and architecture to create a glimpse of heaven...on earth.
2026-01-29 13:55:24 +0000 UTC→2026-01-29 14:53:51 +0000 UTC(58m)
Roads That Changed The World
Chariots were the express vehicles of their day – but how did they work? And what about the roads, tunnels, and bridges that they relied upon? Transport networks are also indispensable in our fast-paced, interconnected modern world, and we've learned from our ancestors.
2026-01-29 12:56:57 +0000 UTC→2026-01-29 13:55:24 +0000 UTC(58m)
History's Greatest Ships
As far back as the Bronze Age, humans were building ships capable of crossing oceans and trading between continents. Perhaps the greatest surviving vessel from the Ancient world, is The Mary Rose, Henry VIII's mighty warship. It was a true engineering wonder, but one built with a fatal weakness.
2026-01-29 11:58:30 +0000 UTC→2026-01-29 12:56:57 +0000 UTC(58m)
The Taj Mahal And The Golden Age Of Islam
Awe-inspiring palaces are the legacy that demonstrates the brilliance of Islamic engineers, working centuries before Western Europe began its own engineering revolution. It's a process that culminated in what is arguably the most beautiful building in the World – the Taj Mahal.
2026-01-29 11:00:03 +0000 UTC→2026-01-29 11:58:30 +0000 UTC(58m)
Earthquakes
The earth really moves in this episode as we take in scenes and stories from some of the most devastating of all the natural cataclysms: the earthquake.
2026-01-29 10:27:24 +0000 UTC→2026-01-29 11:00:03 +0000 UTC(32m)
Desperate Hours
In this sobering final installment, we'll revisit the fiercest natural catastrophes, the most devastating accidents, and the most destructive disasters caused by humans.
2026-01-29 09:54:50 +0000 UTC→2026-01-29 10:27:24 +0000 UTC(32m)
Environmental Disasters
This episode is a sobering survey of environmental disasters—such as deforestation and pollution on land, in the sea, and in the air—and their causes.
2026-01-29 09:25:37 +0000 UTC→2026-01-29 09:54:50 +0000 UTC(29m)
Road and Rail Disasters
Rail journeys and even just getting in your car can be fraught with catastrophe caused by the powers of nature and human folly alike.
2026-01-29 08:56:17 +0000 UTC→2026-01-29 09:25:37 +0000 UTC(29m)
Desperate Hours
In this sobering final installment, we'll revisit the fiercest natural catastrophes, the most devastating accidents, and the most destructive disasters caused by humans.
2026-01-29 04:04:43 +0000 UTC→2026-01-29 04:33:22 +0000 UTC(28m)
Environmental Disasters
This episode is a sobering survey of environmental disasters—such as deforestation and pollution on land, in the sea, and in the air—and their causes.
2026-01-29 03:35:30 +0000 UTC→2026-01-29 04:04:43 +0000 UTC(29m)
Road and Rail Disasters
Rail journeys and even just getting in your car can be fraught with catastrophe caused by the powers of nature and human folly alike.
2026-01-29 03:06:10 +0000 UTC→2026-01-29 03:35:30 +0000 UTC(29m)
Disasters in the Air
In this episode, we see that though many improvements in aviation technology have lessened the dangers of flying over the years, the risks have not all been eliminated.
2026-01-29 02:36:51 +0000 UTC→2026-01-29 03:06:10 +0000 UTC(29m)
Disasters at Sea
This episode charts a sobering course through the choppy seas of maritime disasters involving luxury liners, routine ferry trips, an oil tanker, and modern piracy.
2026-01-29 02:07:29 +0000 UTC→2026-01-29 02:36:51 +0000 UTC(29m)
Nuclear and Industrial Disasters
Our focus for this chilling but fascinating episode is when humans are a serious danger to themselves through nuclear and industrial accidents.
2026-01-29 01:38:28 +0000 UTC→2026-01-29 02:07:29 +0000 UTC(29m)
Geological Disasters
Ours is a dangerous world where geological mishaps—avalanches, landslides, heat waves, sinkholes and blizzards—can spell disaster almost as much as the big cataclysms
2026-01-29 01:09:24 +0000 UTC→2026-01-29 01:38:28 +0000 UTC(29m)
Floods
From flash floods to hurricanes to tsunamis, is a changing climate making these devastating floods more likely and their impact more severe?
2026-01-29 00:40:04 +0000 UTC→2026-01-29 01:09:24 +0000 UTC(29m)
Wind
Hurricanes, cyclones, tornadoes, twisters and typhoons are all powerful wind storms that leave devastation in their wake all across the globe.
2026-01-29 00:10:44 +0000 UTC→2026-01-29 00:40:04 +0000 UTC(29m)
Fire
In this installment, we turn up the heat to examine a natural phenomenon that is both a friend and a foe to humankind.
2026-01-28 23:41:44 +0000 UTC→2026-01-29 00:10:44 +0000 UTC(29m)
Epidemics
Things get personal in this episode as we explore something that is a threat to all of us wherever we live: the epidemic and its global big brother, the pandemic.
2026-01-28 23:12:26 +0000 UTC→2026-01-28 23:41:44 +0000 UTC(29m)
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