Trapped in The Twin Towers on Sept 11th, many struggled to make contact with the outside world, their last words a powerful legacy for their loved ones.
FALLING MAN tackles head-on one of the final taboos of that fateful day - the story of those who jumped to their death from the Twin Towers.
Ancient Megastructures 2 tells the incredible story behind the construction of 6 of the world’s most iconic ancient monuments.
The story of the longest battle of the Second World War.
Explore the most breathtaking regions on Earth. Experience their genesis across millions of years. Stunning HD, state of the art computer graphics.
Joe Simpson, whose battle for survival featured in Touching the Void, travels to the Eiger to tell the story of one of mountaineering’s most epic tragedies.
29th December 1940, one of the most terrifying nights of the Blitz. Hitler hoped by destroying London’s most iconic buildings, he could destroy Britain’s national identity and will to fight.
Buildings in the Name of God is an architectural examination of the religious fervour which drove men to build these complex structures for the glory of god.
36 hours in the lives of unrelated Londoners whose stories come together in a shocking murder on Clapham Common.
Among the thousands of armed soldiers in Afghanistan there is one group of men whose only weapon is the Bible. This is the story of the Royal Navy Chaplains.
The Rise and Fall of the Supersonic Dream
The Da Vinci Detective follows the controversial scientist, Dr Maurizio Seracini, on the trail of two fascinating unsolved mysteries from his casefile on Renaissance genius, Leonardo da Vinci.
Deep Water is the stunning true-story of Donald Crowhurst’s 1968 solo round-the-world sailing race that turned into an ill-fated voyage.
E=MC2 brims with stories of triumph, failure, love, revenge and politics – all drawn from the lives and times of the scientists who intersected with the world’s most famous equation.
Ecopolis: it’s not a real city, but it is a realistic vision, of what our cities might be like by the year 2050.
ENGINEERING ANCIENT EGYPT takes us into the hearts and minds of these early Egyptians as they stop at nothing to achieve their great feats of engineering.
Join Richard Hammond's quest to discover the Engineering Connections behind the world's most advanced engineering. His journey takes him from the freezing North Sea to the mountains of Hawaii.
Discover the hidden DNA inside some of the world's most amazing structures.
The incredible engineering stories behind three of the greatest ancient monuments built by man: The Colosseum, The Great Pyramid of Giza and Chartres Cathedral.
The story of how WW1 pilots turned the skies into a new battlefield
This is a portrait of the fate that awaits the human race.
It destroyed the city killing over 3000 people. This film tells of how mistakes made in the reconstruction have ensured a repeat of the disaster is inevitable.
It was to be an audacious act. The aim - to kill a British King, his family and his government and alter the course of history forever.
In April 2009, the terrifying hijacking of an American container ship by Somali pirates made headline news across the world.
The untold story of the Christmas Day terror attack onboard Northwest Flight 253 over the skies of Detroit
True stories of those who survived the impossible
A comet hits the coast of Ireland, and a bigger one is on its way towards the U.S. where 100 million people have to be evacuated.
In 1993, US agents raided a religious community in Waco, Texas. 84 people died in the longest and bloodiest siege in modern American history. This is the story of what really happened.
We follow explorer Josh Bernstein on fascinating journeys of adventure and discovery around the globe.
Twenty four of the world’s leading scientists explore deep below the Indian Ocean searching for the causes of the Tsunami of 26th December, 2004.
This is the extraordinary and compelling story of the world’s first suicide bombers – the kamikazes.
A gripping documentary that tells the amazing, bizarre and terrifying story of Elizabeth’s strange journey and her family’s incredible search to find her.
They were victims of the fastest serial killings in British History. This is their untold story.
Rooted in the natural world and built on credible science the Last Dragon is a unique drama that uses state of the art CGI to bring the legend to life.
One year ago Air France Flight 447, mysteriously disappeared over the Atlantic. This film brings together a team of leading air crash investogators to find out what caused the accident.
The sinking of the Lusitania provoked outrage on an unprecedented scale. This single act seemed, in one brutal moment, to change the face of war forever.
Man Made Marvels fuses together the nation’s past and present by unpacking some of China’s most innovative engineering wonders.
Micro Men is a comic drama about the British home computer boom of the early 1980s.
Only a handful of people endure a plane crash and live to tell the tale. But that’s exactly what happened to those aboard US Airways flight 1549.
There can be few events more terrifying than a plane crash...but what happens when you survive?
Following the failure of the jury to reach a verdict in the murder trial of the legendary Phil Spector, this film uncovers the bizarre life of the reclusive, “mad genius”.
One of NGC’s highest rated series, SECONDS FROM DISASTER - 3 returns to deconstruct more infamous disasters and analyse what went wrong.
A team of engineers find revolutionary new ways of applying technology to make the world better.
Stephen Hawking’s Universe delves into the mind of the world's most famous living scientist.
An ambitious project to rebuild Stonehenge exactly as it looked 4000 years ago and to carry out experiments to discover its purpose and how it was used.
Thanks to advances in technology, we’re finally unlocking the secrets of the brain, and are now learning more about how this three-pound organ works than at any other period in history.
The true life story of Anne Frank, a Jewish teenager who hid with family and friends from the Nazis in occupied Amsterdam.
An extraordinary tale of a 14 year old Polish girl, Rutka Laskier, who was murdered at Auschwitz in 1943.
The story of the bloodiest day in the British army told through the letters and dairies of those who were there.
The greatest heavyweight boxing match of all time between Mohammed Ali and Joe Frasier.
Based on Joe Simpson’s international bestseller, Touching The Void documents one of the most extraordinary true stories of adventure and survival of our time.
This is a minute by minute account of the worst natural disaster in living memory, seen through the eyes of those who were there.
1n 1988 carbon dating proved the Turin Shroud was a fake. Now startling new evidence suggests that the Shroud could indeed be the burial cloth of Christ.
In 2009, 250 unknown soldiers from a first world war battle were discovered in mass graves in France. Can 21st Century science give them back their identities?
30 years after the death of the King of Rock ‘n Roll the programme celebrates the original Elvis by telling the story of a young man who changed the world forever.
