Discovery History Friday

Buying goods from home

Theories concerning the evolution of birds, explaining how feathered creatures can be traced back to winged dinosaurs

One of Bruce Crompton's clients wants a half-track armoured personnel carrier converted into a Pioneer variant, as used by the German army during the Battle of the Bulge

The ancient city of Persepolis was once the greatest and richest city on Earth. Using forensic analysis, experts discover how the Persians rose to power

Stunning 'blow apart' CGI animation and the latest archaeological investigations reveal how the most iconic buildings of the ancient worlds were built, stone by stone

Drew Pritchard visits Cornwall for a major buying mission. In Penzance, he haggles with a hoarder who owns a reclamation yard, before heading to the county's busiest auction house

In Sussex, Drew Pritchard has some luck when he is offered first pick of a shop packed full of French items. Then in Kent, he's invited behind the scenes of a historic railway

A look at NASA's plans to have manned missions to Mars for human exploration on the Red Planet by 2035

A picturesque rainbow camouflages an extra-terrestrial teleportation device

Josh Gates ventures to Australia's island state of Tasmania. He investigates sightings of the supposedly extinct Thylacine, also known as the Tasmanian Tiger

Phil and Jess probe the science behind geology's strangest phenomena while investigating mysterious objects flying around Mexico's tallest active volcano.

Don Wildman examines an accident that nearly caused a nuclear catastrophe, how Teddy Roosevelt laid down the law with bandits and a Hollywood murder mystery

Don Wildman investigates a rocket-powered wheel that took on the Nazis, an infamous outlaw with a heart of gold and an intrepid climber who scaled a skyscraper

A fictional asteroid hurtles towards Earth. Expert scientists follow the unfolding story, asking what will happen next - and what will we do about it?

Theories concerning the evolution of birds, explaining how feathered creatures can be traced back to winged dinosaurs

Beneath the densely populated city of Naples lies a looming threat. A super volcano may be on the verge of erupting and causing an apocalyptic catastrophe

An insight into how people care for bees, plus a look at how to build a trike that can carry a whole family and how to stop a bullet with a sheet of ceramic

An insight into how the minerals that are an essential ingredient in glass cookware are mined, and a look at how money is kept safe and secure inside cash machines

One of Bruce Crompton's clients wants a half-track armoured personnel carrier converted into a Pioneer variant, as used by the German army during the Battle of the Bulge

A fictional asteroid hurtles towards Earth. Expert scientists follow the unfolding story, asking what will happen next - and what will we do about it?

Don Wildman examines an accident that nearly caused a nuclear catastrophe, how Teddy Roosevelt laid down the law with bandits and a Hollywood murder mystery

Don Wildman investigates a rocket-powered wheel that took on the Nazis, an infamous outlaw with a heart of gold and an intrepid climber who scaled a skyscraper

Phil and Jess probe the science behind geology's strangest phenomena while investigating mysterious objects flying around Mexico's tallest active volcano.

Josh Gates ventures to Australia's island state of Tasmania. He investigates sightings of the supposedly extinct Thylacine, also known as the Tasmanian Tiger

Buying goods from home

Buying goods from home