War Factories
The First World War led to a number of astounding war factories, which laid the foundations and paved the way for modern factories of today.
2025-12-04 10:16:21 +0000 UTC→2025-12-04 11:11:01 +0000 UTC(54m)
Live & Upcoming Programmes
War Factories
Long before Henry Ford, Samuel Colt is the true father of mass production. Ironically, it was the inadequacy of Soviet factory production which made the AK47 so effective.
2025-12-04 09:21:36 +0000 UTC→2025-12-04 10:16:21 +0000 UTC(54m)
War Factories
How the Lancaster factory, one of the biggest buildings in Europe at the time, helped to create a truly war-winning weapon.
2025-12-04 08:26:43 +0000 UTC→2025-12-04 09:21:36 +0000 UTC(54m)
War Factories
Japan would create arguably the greatest fighter in WW2 - the Mitsubishi Zero. But their failed War Factories would ultimately reduce the Zero to a Kamikaze plane.
2025-12-04 07:31:38 +0000 UTC→2025-12-04 08:26:43 +0000 UTC(55m)
The Tech Effect
In this episode we visit the home of the future, a place where automation, robotics and connectivity combine to create an easier and more sustainable life for its human inhabitants.
2025-12-04 07:01:04 +0000 UTC→2025-12-04 07:31:38 +0000 UTC(30m)
The Tech Effect
In this episode we look at some of the ways technology is helping us solve the big environmental problems of our age.
2025-12-04 06:30:32 +0000 UTC→2025-12-04 07:01:04 +0000 UTC(30m)
The Tech Effect
In this episode we travel on a space tourist test flight that flies high above the Earth. It's just one of the options available for wealthy thrill-seekers looking to defy gravity on a trip above our atmosphere.
2025-12-04 06:00:00 +0000 UTC→2025-12-04 06:30:32 +0000 UTC(30m)
Space Greed
Sci-Fi has always shocked audiences with images of powerful aliens invading and destroying Earth. What if WE are actually the invasive alien species?
2025-12-04 05:45:48 +0000 UTC→2025-12-04 06:00:00 +0000 UTC(14m)
Space Greed
The asteroids flying through our solar system contain tons and tons of precious metals, stones, and more. Are the astronomical profits from mining asteroids all hype?
2025-12-04 05:31:13 +0000 UTC→2025-12-04 05:45:48 +0000 UTC(14m)
Zenith: Advances in Space Exploration
This episode exposes the working life of people who spend months orbiting in micro gravity.
2025-12-04 04:57:16 +0000 UTC→2025-12-04 05:31:13 +0000 UTC(33m)
Zenith: Advances in Space Exploration
This episode reveals the work done by the Cassini probe that spent more than 13 years examining the Saturnian system.
2025-12-04 04:23:06 +0000 UTC→2025-12-04 04:57:16 +0000 UTC(34m)
Zenith: Advances in Space Exploration
This episode looks at the work of the probes orbiting Mars and the rovers exploring its surface.
2025-12-04 03:48:48 +0000 UTC→2025-12-04 04:23:06 +0000 UTC(34m)
Trajectory
PROJECT GEMINI DOCKING AND EVA - In the final phase of the Gemini program NASA struggles with docking and spacewalks. CURIOUSITY ROVING MARS - On the surface of Mars the Curiousity rover is changing the way we think about the red planet.
2025-12-03 21:53:48 +0000 UTC→2025-12-03 22:23:30 +0000 UTC(29m)
To The Moon
To The Moon – From Dream To Reality looks back at the people and the technology of the Apollo era.
2025-12-03 20:07:42 +0000 UTC→2025-12-03 21:53:48 +0000 UTC(1h46m)
California Innovation Nation
California is one of the most progressive places on earth and has always started conversations about the big questions in society.
2025-12-03 19:10:17 +0000 UTC→2025-12-03 20:07:42 +0000 UTC(57m)
California Innovation Nation
This episode is all about California's spirit of innovation – where does it come from and what drives it? We consider how many of California's major brands, companies & innovators started off in garages – from Disney to Amazon.
2025-12-03 18:12:57 +0000 UTC→2025-12-03 19:10:17 +0000 UTC(57m)
Engineering the Future
This film explores the mind-blowing world of timber buildings for a more sustainable future.
2025-12-03 17:07:40 +0000 UTC→2025-12-03 18:12:57 +0000 UTC(1h5m)
Engineering the Future
All over the world, engineers and scientists are racing to solve one key problem: how to safely and efficiently store electricity at a huge scale but at a low cost.
2025-12-03 16:02:49 +0000 UTC→2025-12-03 17:07:40 +0000 UTC(1h4m)
Science of Thrills
Engineer and adventurer Rob Bell discovers how our fear of falling is exploited by some of the world's top theme park rides.,
2025-12-03 09:07:43 +0000 UTC→2025-12-03 10:09:00 +0000 UTC(1h1m)
Science of Thrills
Engineer and adventurer Rob Bell climbs aboard some of the world's fastest theme park rides and learns what it takes to build them.,
2025-12-03 08:06:25 +0000 UTC→2025-12-03 09:07:43 +0000 UTC(1h1m)