Plot: Sir David Jason explores his favorite great British inventions and discovers how and why they were first thought up, ranging from the tank and hovercraft to the lawnmower and television.
Plot: Simon Reeve presents this three-part documentary exploring how science can transform lives. The series brings together a group of designers, engineers, programmers and technology professionals to take part in an extraordinary challenge. Thousands of people in Britain are struggling to perform daily...
Plot: This series explores innovations developed for combat that have evolved into useful tools for civilian life. From GPS systems and hybrid vehicles to crash survival and secret codes, episodes expose and explain how things like spy gear or night vision have transformed from their military use to our...
Plot: Historians reveal and discuss evidence of centuries-old theories and prototypes for many contemporary procedures and technologies, like brain surgery and computers.
Plot: In less than a century, the Victorians transformed the face of Britain. They built iconic buildings, constructed transport networks, and invented cutting-edge technology. Michael Buerk travels Britain to find out how the Victorians built the nation.
Plot: Finding out how the ideas of an ambitious wife and the innovations of a Scottish vet led to the invention of the car, and how this revolutionary vehicle shaped the modern world.
Plot: Presenter Chris Barrie explores pivotal moments in Britain's recent engineering past. Beginning with the 1910s, he examines the inventions that industrialised the nation and paved the way for World War I, then moves to the technology of the 1920s and decades beyond. From a nostalgic look at trains...