Live & Upcoming Programmes

Space Greed

Our long-term survival on this planet depends on advanced satellites keeping us connected and keeping an eye on the Earth from orbit.

Space Greed

Cowboy hat-wearing billionaires have reasons for their multi-billion dollar investment in space exploration but it's hard to ignore how much money they stand to make.

Bright Now

More than 400 million cups of coffee are consumed in the United States alone each day, making it one of the hottest drinks - even when served cold. Experts reveal some of the surprising secrets that make your favorite coffees taste the way they do.

Bright Now

Deep in the mountains of West Virginia, the Green Bank Observatory has been receiving a mysterious signal from deep space. Could this be message from an advanced civilization, or is it a much stranger and violent occurrence?

The New Frontier

Climate change and pollution are having dire consequences for the atmosphere of our planet, this episode updates the latest technology and science looking into the health of our air.

The New Frontier

How do astronauts cope with living in space? The unique environment, the lack of taste in their food and the smell of canned air all contribute to the stresses of living and working in space.

Angry Planet

The “Angry Planet” team will be tracking storms through the 2009 Hurricane season, and plan to film george as he heads into a big one.

Angry Planet

A remarkable find was made in Chihuahua, Mexico, of a spectacular cave filled with giant crystals. George leads an Explorers Club Flag Expedition into the cave, wearing special refrigerated suits and respirators to battle the extreme environment

Breakthrough

A dog's sense of smell can do amazing things. Dog can help humans sniff out all kinds of things that improve our lives, explosives, missing persons, illegal drugs. Now the latest research is revealing that dogs can detect disease, even cancer.

Breakthrough

From their unique predatory behaviors to the web masterpieces they weave, science is revealing big breakthroughs about spiders and their super strong and flexible silks.

Survival Science

Military snipers are trained in a variety of skills: detection, stalking, camouflage, infiltration, special reconnaissance and target acquisition. Bottom line, a ton of cool shooting and science for Nick and Laura to explore!

Survival Science

In this exciting episode we'll find out the reasons why tree stand accidents happen and how we can prevent them. Cool science mixed with dynamic experiments send our hosts, our stunt team and our special crash test dummies plummeting to the ground.

Survival Science

Nick and Laura create kick-ass tests to explore the immense power and startling speed of grizzly bears. They use Hollywood stunt tools to experience an attack. Then try to recreate a “miracle” arrow shot that saved a man from being killed by a bear.

Power &

When Engineer Chris Hoffmann's daughter asked if it was possible to build a one-wheeled motorcycle she saw in a video game, he decided he probably could.

Secrets of the Brain

Jack meets people with synaesthesia and experiences multisensory gastronomy.

Secrets of the Brain

Jack meets a woman who has lost all sense of time and reveals how time can be elastic.

Secrets of the Brain

Jack meets a man who has bizarre hallucinations and witnesses cutting edge surgery.

The Aviators

The Aviators

Anthony lives out this fantasy scenario. How does he do?

The Aviators

We pay a visit to Spring Break for pilots in Lakeland, Florida.