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Buying goods from home

An insight into the technology used by scientists to prevent asteroids hitting Earth, an occurrence once thought to be an inevitable disaster

Chasing Bigfoot's origin story, Phil and Jessica uncover a rash of recent sightings and bone-chilling new evidence in the Pacific Northwest

Responding to recent UFO sightings, Josh Gates sends his team to New Mexico for a new investigation into the infamous, unsolved Socorro Landing Incident

Where materials come from and how manufacturing processes have developed over the years, featuring coconut charcoal, dial indicators, wet downdraft tables and bassoon reeds

Where materials come from and how manufacturing processes have developed over the years, featuring pasta dyes, composting toilets and surge arresters

Find out how angle grinders, berry baskets, and omnidirectional speakers are made

Revealing how cartridge blades, chocolate banana loaves, vending machines, and dive computers are made

How skyline logging sources Vancouver's most elusive trees. Plus, how ordinary clay is transformed into intricate tiles in a Spanish workshop

A visit to Spain to see one of the most advanced and powerful planes in the world. Plus, the secret to making warm waterproof boots and how bananas get 'just ripe'

A look at how monorails are built above the world's most crowded streets, and how Copenhagen's famous Flora Danica porcelain is crafted

Investigating how heavy duty road rollers are built, and revealing how mobile phones are manufactured with the care and precision of a Swiss watch

NASA and SpaceX launch the first crewed mission from US soil in almost ten years, and this programme offers behind the scenes coverage of the SpaceX Dragon Capsule water landing

An insight into the technology used by scientists to prevent asteroids hitting Earth, an occurrence once thought to be an inevitable disaster

The science of astronomy, exploring phenomena including black holes and neutron stars, and how powerful celestial forces shape human life

Find out how CNC assembly machines, lemon tarts, and miniature war figures are made

Find out how chemical tank pressure vents, candy wafers, food trucks and traditional ropes are made

Find out how graphene, the world's smallest car, force testers, and composite cars are made

Find out how LED tubes, chocolate peanut butter bars, and robotic medication dispensers are made

The stories of the men and women who pushed their curiosity beyond the limits to uncover some of the most groundbreaking findings in the history of space exploration

A professional authenticator investigates whether a newly discovered photograph could be the final image of President Abraham Lincoln following his fatal shooting in 1865

Darrell focuses on a multi-million-dollar wreck tied to Sir Francis Drake. He and his team race to locate a treacherous area identified on the map as Dragon's Teeth

Darrell and the team head to a mysterious island where they discover valuable clues that lead them closer in the hunt to a 500-year-old shipwreck

Explorers Justin Fornal and Emiliano Ruprah try to unravel the mystery of the Mayan empire's fate

Find out how angle grinders, berry baskets, and omnidirectional speakers are made

Revealing how cartridge blades, chocolate banana loaves, vending machines, and dive computers are made

How skyline logging sources Vancouver's most elusive trees. Plus, how ordinary clay is transformed into intricate tiles in a Spanish workshop

A visit to Spain to see one of the most advanced and powerful planes in the world. Plus, the secret to making warm waterproof boots and how bananas get 'just ripe'

A look at how monorails are built above the world's most crowded streets, and how Copenhagen's famous Flora Danica porcelain is crafted

Investigating how heavy duty road rollers are built, and revealing how mobile phones are manufactured with the care and precision of a Swiss watch