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The Man Who Invented The Airplane

  • Category: Engineering

The Man Who Invented The Airplane is not currently available on demand.

  • The Buildings That Fought Hitler

    Description: This series looks at just some of the buildings that were designed to fight Hitler.; Category: Military & War; 8 episodes available.

  • The Architecture the Railways Built

    Description: Tim Dunn explores the stunning architecture that lines the railway network.; Category: Engineering; 40 episodes available.

  • Underground Worlds

    Description: Incredible feats of human endeavour, revealing what people have built, where, how and why.; Category: Engineering; 20 episodes available.

  • Guy Martin's World War 1 Tank

    Description: Guy builds a working replica of a WWI tank and drives it at a Remembrance Day parade.; Category: Factual Entertainment; 1 episode available.

  • Guy Martin's Lancaster Bomber

    Description: The history enthusiast honours Lancaster bomber crews of the Second World War.; Category: Military & War; 1 episode available.

  • Guy Martin's Battle of Britain

    Description: Guy Martin trains as a Battle of Britain fighter pilot.; Category: Factual Entertainment; 2 episodes available.

  • How Britain Worked

    Description: Guy Martin recreates technical achievements of the 19th century.; Category: Engineering; 6 episodes available.

  • Guy Martin's Spitfire

    Description: Guy joins the two-year restoration of a Spitfire that was buried in a French beach.; Category: Engineering; 1 episode available.

  • Fred Dibnah's Magnificent Monuments

    Description: The celebrated steeplejack visits Britain's engineering landmarks old and new.; Category: Engineering; 6 episodes available.

  • Fred Dibnah's Age of Steam

    Description: Series tracing the development of steam power.; Category: Engineering; 6 episodes available.

  • Auschwitz: The Nazis and the Final Solution

    Description: Six-part documentary series detailing the history of the Nazis' largest concentration camp; Category: Military & War; 6 episodes available.

  • Churchill's Bodyguard

    Description: Historical documentary series based upon the memoirs of Walter Thompson.; Category: History; 13 episodes available.