How the Victorians Built Britain

Une Maison, Un Artiste

September 2025 •French

Abroad Again in Britain

September 2025 •English

Jonathan Meades gives a personal perspective of British history.

Grand Designs

September 2025 •English

British television series which features unusual and often elaborate architectural homebuilding projects.

proStory

September 2025 •Czech

Spying on the Royals

September 2025 •English

This 2-part documentary series reveals the truth about King Edward VIII's affair with American divorcée Wallis Simpson, and the espionage operation that accompanied the investigation.

MythBusters

September 2025 •English

MythBusters is a science entertainment television program created and produced by Australia's Beyond Television Productions for the Discovery Channel. The show's hosts, special effects experts Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman, use elements of the scientific method to test the validity of rumors, myths, movie scenes, adages, Internet videos, and news stories.

Building Sights

September 2025 •English

Personal reflections on the best of 20th Century architecture.

Speed

September 2025 •English

Investigating mankind's insatiable necessity to move faster and further; for pleasure, for work, to explore, to survive.

Rise of the Machines

September 2025 •English

It is 2014 and the machines have not taken over…yet. The newest, most technologically advanced series from H2™, Rise of the Machines, reveals how the inventions behind the world’s most extreme machines have enabled them to evolve beyond humanity’s wildest imagination. This visually stunning series uses mind-blowing CGI animations to reveal the extraordinary engineering at the heart of the world’s most extreme machines. From the world’s biggest mega truck to the world’s fastest train to a revolutionary heavy lift ship, ground breaking CGI animation explodes the machines apart to reveal the ingenious inventions hidden under their skin that enables the teams who drive, fly and sail them to be at the top of their game. This series takes us inside these machines in close up detail and explores what helps these elite ships, trucks, trains and aircrafts rise above all others.

The Art of Architecture

September 2025 •English

An exploration of some of the world's most famous structures and the inspirations of the architects behind them.

To Build or Not to Build

September 2025 •English

Simon O'Brien travels the United Kingdom meeting people building their own homes.

Chivalry and Betrayal: The Hundred Years War

September 2025 •English

The Hundred Years’ war between England and France gave us the victories of Crecy and Agincourt, and made the reputations of Edward III and Henry V. It gave France a national heroine in Joan of Arc. But, even now, the jury is out as to its causes and outcome. Was it the final swansong of a redundant knightly class whose only reason for being was to fight? Was it a battle over ever more important territory to the emerging economies of England and France? Or was it the painful birth of two distinct national identities, forged through their long and violent divorce? Dr Janina Ramirez guides us through the stories of kings, great knights, bloody battles and cultural triumphs of this momentous conflict.

If We Built It Today

September 2025 •English

They are some of the world’s all-time greatest building projects. Most have stood the test of time, but with today’s technology, could they be duplicated and done better?

Building to the Sky

September 2025 •English

Futuropolis: Mapping the City of Tomorrow

September 2025 •English

Discover how Singapore's architects and futurists plan to radically transform the city in response to the daunting challenges it faces.

Prejudice and Pride: The People's History of LGBTQ Britain

September 2025 •English

Stephen K. Amos and Susan Calman present a unique series in which LGBTQ people from across the UK talk about the objects that helped to define their lives over the past 50 years.

Brits Who Made The Modern World

September 2025 •English

The three-part series tells the story of British architects Richard Rogers, Norman Foster, Nicholas Grimshaw, Michael Hopkins and Terry Farrell.

The 80s with Dominic Sandbrook

September 2025 •English

Dominic Sandbrook takes a fresh look at a dynamic decade. 1980s Britain changed in everything from politics and sport to fashion and popular culture.

Top Trumps

September 2025 •English

Top Trumps was a 10-part British television series based on the famous card game. It aired on Channel 5 in 2008, the channel being called Five at the time of broadcast. It was produced by Lion Television and presented by Robert Llewellyn and Ashley Hames. The show was a competition between the two presenters. Each chose one type of the machines chosen and finds out facts about it. At the end of the show, each presenter must choose 2 Trump factors to use in which they think their chosen machine will be best in. A fifth one gets randomly chosen. The winner is the one who wins on most Trumps factors.

Richard Hammond's Engineering Connections

September 2025 •English

Richard Hammond looks at the connections behind the greatest feats of engineering.