At the National Ice Core Lab in Lakewood, Colorado, a giant freezer stores over 13,000 meters of ice drilled from 34 sites...
(02:59)The abrupt collapse of the world’s mountain glaciers raises even more disturbing questions about the earth’s biggest...
(02:47)After several days of laser tracking, Tad Pfeffer knows how fast the Columbia is moving, 16 meters per day, eight times faster...
(02:56)Just down the fjord, Balog and Extreme Ice Survey engineer, Adam LeWinter, climb down to one of the time-lapse cameras they...
(03:00)In the shallow waters of Columbia Bay, melting icebergs jam up before being carried away with the tide. This is the end of the...
(03:00)Over the millennia, the expansion and contraction of ice across the continents has fundamentally altered the planet, gouging...
(02:54)What began as a photographic assignment has become a mind-blowing odyssey into an unpredictable world, where entire landscapes...
(02:57)Chris Barrie talks about his favourite machines, the hairy moments whilst filming this series and much more.
(02:02)Series Producer, Hugh Whitworth, talks about making Britain's Greatest Machines.
(03:11)Fishermen scour the depths of the oceans in search of the biggest and strangest sea creatures.
(01:01)A giant black marlin and a monstrous mako shark both feature, as the fishermen seek high-flying fish from all over the globe.
(00:58)While Kerry can trace back about three generations to a faraway land, her DNA can take her back more than six thousand...
(03:09)Great Britain’s cities have been devastated by German bombs. But the country stands firm around Churchill, and with the...
(03:10)A British naval force sails to one of France’s biggest naval bases, Mers-el-Kebir in Algeria, and opens fire when they...
(03:12)Three dates prove to be decisive in determining French fate. The Germans celebrate the capitulation of France whilst General...
(03:10)The Germans neutralise the French artillery, the Blitzkreig doesn't give the allied forces time to react. The Luftwaffe...
(03:10)The Germans enter Belgium, unleashing their aerial offensive. Cities in eastern and northern France are bombed and Winston...
(03:11)The Germans pretend they are going to attack France through neutral Belgium, whilst their paratroopers are dropped into...
(03:10)The Polish army surrenders to the Germans and the Soviets. Stalin orders the execution of 20,000 Polish prisoners and 4,500...
(03:12)German women recount stories of rape by Russian soldiers and reflect on the decadent Berlin of 1932.
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