The Blue Planet: Seas of Life reveals the sea and its communities at their most fearsome and alluring.

Karl Pilkington, who has no interest in global travel and is under the impression he is visiting the Seven Wonders of the World, encounters cultural differences and idiosyncrasies in countries around the world.

Fiona Bruce tells the fascinating stories behind the creation of Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle and the Palace of Holyroodhouse. Leading experts share their knowledge of the Kings and Qeens whose vision and taste left their mark on these exceptional buildings.

An epic detective story that offers a gripping expose on why the world is so unequal. Jared Diamond traveled the globe for over 30 years trying to answer this question.

Five years in the making ... Explore the oceans ... one place researched by fewer people than have been into space. Also, explores the Artic and Antarctic worlds. Go from the deep oceans of the Pacific and Atlantic oceans to the Earth's frozen seas.

Examines the history, modern-day workings, and future of New York City's Grand Central Station rail terminal.

Recreates the greatest natural disaster of the ancient world--the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, almost 2000 years ago in AD79.

Explores and compares aspects of behavior in bird species around the world, including flight, communication, courtship, and parenting, as well as birds' varied diets and habitats.

Horatio Nelson Jackson, an eccentric Vermont doctor, drove from San Francisco to New York City, in 1903 to became the first person to drive an automobile across the continent - a feat never before accomplished. It would mark the beginning of a new era in America and the end of another. It took Lewis & Clark over two years to go from the Atlantic to the Pacific - Horatio went the opposite direction, by means of the "Horseless carriage", in less than...

A brief history of rock 'n' roll music, from its "creation" in the early 1950's up though the grunge movement of the mid-1990's.