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The actor examines a pivotal day in the history of the modern world, looking at the key events that made VE Day such a momentous 24 hours

How platinum cleans exhaust fumes, and the technology that enabled the construction of a space station 360km above Earth

The requirements that must be met to transform a family car into a rally car. Plus, the manufacture of titanium, the metal that the modern aerospace industry relies on

Bruce Crompton is doing up a wartime German tank engine so that he can pay for Glenn Miller's army uniform, a special Second World War relic

Archaeological investigations unearth the secrets of the long-lost city of Babylon, and new evidence reveals what Babylon looked like and what caused its downfall

The World Trade Centre's iconic twin towers were an engineering marvel. Experts use pioneering technology to examine their secret history

Josh Gates ventures to the American South to examine the mystery of real-life buccaneer Jean Lafitte and the location of his hidden treasure

Josh Gates travels to Central America's jungles to investigate the legendary crystal skull discovered by a renowned adventurer who was the inspiration for Indiana Jones

An account of how a malfunction on the ISS threatens to poison the crew with a deadly gas, and a startling image taken by a Nasa probe points to evidence of life on Mars

The astronomical documentary explores binary star systems, which make around half of the Milky Way, and their potential to create habitats for alien life

The team tries to construct one of Leonardo Da Vinci's most futuristic designs, a machine that could rival modern day inventions

Don Wildman investigates a notorious con artist, an African lake with a hidden danger, and a young girl who celebrated her birthday at the White House

The comedian meets a German tank crew and climbs into the cockpit of one of its machines, similar to the ones used in the Battle of the Bulge

The comedian meets Polish survivors of the Eastern Front and hitches a ride in a T34 tank, one of the most advanced combat vehicles used during the Second World War

The comic actor meets survivors of the 1st Commando and 1st Cheshire Regiments, reuniting them with survivors of the 21st Army Group, whom they fought alongside

The comedian visits the site of Hitler's bunker beneath the old Reichstag and meets survivors of the final siege on Berlin

The actor examines a pivotal day in the history of the modern world, looking at the key events that made VE Day such a momentous 24 hours

Former Army Paratroopers Bruce Crompton and Freddie Kruyer explore the troops' vital role in defeating the Germans in Second World War

The creation of wallpaper suitable for parliament buildings and palaces, and the construction of powerboats capable of faster speeds than a sports car

An insight into how crews are rescued from sunken submarines, following specialists who put the emergency skills of navies to the test

The 1963 murder of two female graduates, who were raped and their bodies left in a mutilated condition in their apartment on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York

Scientific methods of solving crimes, sometimes centuries after they were committed

Archaeological investigations unearth the secrets of the long-lost city of Babylon, and new evidence reveals what Babylon looked like and what caused its downfall

The astronomical documentary explores binary star systems, which make around half of the Milky Way, and their potential to create habitats for alien life

Josh Gates ventures to the American South to examine the mystery of real-life buccaneer Jean Lafitte and the location of his hidden treasure

Josh Gates travels to Central America's jungles to investigate the legendary crystal skull discovered by a renowned adventurer who was the inspiration for Indiana Jones

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