S02E05:…about Engineering | James May’s Things You Need to Know

Episode 1 | Building Cars: Secrets Of The Assembly Line

As the Mini turns 60, buckle up for an incredible journey into the secret world of the car factory. Every 68 seconds ...

S06E06: Chairs | Inside the Factory

Gregg Wallace visits the Ercol factory in Buckinghamshire to follow the production of a Windsor chair. Meanwhile, Cherry Healey investiga...

S08E02: Jelly Beans | Inside the Factory

Gregg Wallace visits a jelly beans factory in Dublin to reveal the astonishing processes used to make ten million of these colourful...

S02E04: Bicycles | Inside the Factory

Gregg Wallace visits Britain's largest bicycle factory, which produces 150 folding bikes every day, and joins a production line to make...

S03E03: Rollercoaster | The Secret Genius of Modern Life

Hannah uncovers the wild origins of the modern-day rollercoaster and gets the inside story on the UK's newest, talle...

S06E07: Leather Boots | Inside the Factory

Gregg Wallace visits a boot factory in Wollaston, Northamptonshire to follow the production of a pair of Dr. Martens, while Cherry...

02: The Computer | Inventions That Changed the World

In Victorian times, computing involved crunching numbers with a pencil and paper. A century later, we rely on computers ...

S07E02: Buses | Inside the Factory

Gregg Wallace gets exclusive access to a factory that builds red London buses, while Cherry Healey visits a bus windscreen factory and Rut...

Survivors | Short Circuit

Aircraft crash investigators agree on measures to improve survival rates-but why have the authorities failed to act on these recommendations?

The Secrets of the Mary Rose | Timewatch

Over 20 years after the Tudor warship Mary Rose was lifted from Portsmouth harbour, maritime archaeologists return to the wreck site.

S01E06: Trainer | The Secret Genius of Modern Life

Hannah Fry visits eBay's authentication centre, where they are waging war against fake high-value trainers. She discovers ...

Melting metals | Inside the Factory

Gregg Wallace explores the process of melting together the metals to the a cast iron pot.

S01E01: Bank Card | The Secret Genius of Modern Life

Hannah Fry takes a look at the bank card, the digital key to accessing cash, and finds out how its extraordinary innovat...

S02E03: Smartphone | The Secret Genius of Modern Life

With rare access to electronics giant Samsung, Hannah uncovers the technological game changers that have made the smart...

S09E02: Sliced Bread | Inside the Factory

Paddy McGuinness makes a nostalgic visit to the Warburtons bread factory in his hometown of Bolton, where he had a Saturday job mor...

Sourcing and processing timber | Inside the Factory

Cherry investigates the source of wood used for making Windsor chairs, and the process it undergoes to make it ready for ...

06: Runways | World's Most Extreme

Exploring the world's most dangerous and inspirational runways.

Episode 1 | The Five Billion Pound Super Sewer

Following workers across London as they race to build an enormous supersewer. The first episode follows the creation of the fi...

Packet switching | The Secret Genius of Modern Life

Hannah Fry explains packet switching, the breaking down of files over the internet rather than sending as one big file.

S01E01: Bread | Inside the Factory

Gregg Wallace, Cherry Healey and Ruth Goodman look at the production, science and history of bread in Britain.