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- Series on the applications of science and technology on the real world.
- Documentary series with each episode focusing on a solitary historical figure who, for various reasons, including despotism, canibalism, genocide, and too many atrocities to imagine, are considered some of histories most vile and appalling figures.
- The great stink of London was the horrific spread of sewage through London's waters. Many lives were lost, as the horrible stench spread. Learn the dreadful history behind the great stink, and how it was ended.
- A documentary following the internationally renowned photographer Rankin, tracking the creative process from inception to exhibition.
- A series about industrial plant, revealing the social history behind the machines for Channel Four.
- Almost like driving one...take a glimpse under the hood and inside 5 classic American-made cars from the 1920's to the 1960's.
- The true story of Australia's Woomera rocket range, used in the cold war to develop Britain's Blue Streak rocket.
- An examination of what made Britain a modern country between 1919 and 1939.
- Bibi Lynch presents the series that reveals what men think about women and what drives men's behaviour in matters of love, sex and relationships.
- 3 part documentary tracing the development of religious belief in Britain over the last sixty years.
- Legendary environmentalist Marcio Ayres returns to his beloved rain forest
- Influential 1989 documentary which explores the struggles of a Scottish teenager to live with Tourettes syndrome.
- Jonathan Meades attacks the myths and culture surrounding vegetarianism.
- Frank Williams of 'Williams Grand Prix Engineering' and his team are the profile of this 1988 documentary, who ranks among Enzo Ferrari and Colin Chapman as one of the great racing car constructors. With archive footage and up to date footage of the build-up to the 1988 season, 'Williams' have seen many changes and developments, and this year is no different. Fresh from the mighty success with the 1.5 litre turbocharged 'Honda' engines from 1984 to 1987, 'Williams have a new 3.5 litre naturally-aspirated V8 'Judd' engine. With decisions on the current car, there are sponsors to keep onboard and happy whilst planning for the future of the team and its hoped for return to success.
- Tells the story of the lives, loves and passions of English amateur astronomers.
- In this the first of a two-part series. It's mid 1984 and we join 'Cosworth' the British racing engine manufacturer that is the last company to make a 'Formula 1' engine to the 3.0 litre naturally-aspirated rules against the 1.5 litre turbocharged competitors. In July 1984 at the British Grand Prix (Brands Hatch), 'Cosworth' and 'Ford' announce that have decided to join forces again and create a new 'F1' engine to the highly powerful 1.5 litre regulations in order to remain competitive. This is the start of that journey into the design, build and testing of a new engine unlike anything they have done before. (F1) 'TURBO - Once Around The Block' follows the development of the 'Ford Cosworth - GBA TEC' V6 Twin Turbo 'Formula 1' engine.
- In this, the 2nd of a two-part series. It's mid 1985 and we join 'Cosworth Engineering' the British racing engine manufacturer that was the last company to make a 'Formula 1' engine to the 3.0 litre naturally-aspirated rules against the increasing number of 1.5 litre turbocharged competitors. In August 1985, 'Cosworth' are attempting to fire-up their new V6 engine on their dynamometer in Northampton for the first time. The 'F1' engine has been designed and built to the highly powerful 1.5 litre turbocharged regulations in order to remain competitive. Now they have to get the engine started and it's proving to be problematic. Now with the might of two of motorsports technical giants (Ford and Cosworth) and an impressive number of skilled and dedicated engineers at hand, 'TURBO - Qualifying Boost' follows the development of the 'Ford Cosworth - GBA TEC' V6 Twin Turbo engine into becoming a 'Formula 1' engine.
- The 'Formula One' racing car is not really a car at all, it's an aerodynamic projectile on wheels. The most obvious feature of these 'WING' cars is a device called a 'skirt', that seals aerodynamic suction beneath the car, sticking it to the road. British designers have developed the skirt to a point where their cars are faster than the more powerful factory cars. The tiny 'Williams (Grand Prix Engineering)' team from Didcot won every championship last year with their skirted car. Now the Paris-based ruling body ('Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile' - aka 'FIA') of motorsport has banned the skirt and thrown this new technology into disarray. 'BBC: Horizon' spent the winter with 'Williams' and their 1980 'Formula One World Champion' driver Alan Jones. What is the essence of a modern racing car? How can they improve the performance for 1981 - with skirts lifted?
- Mars is a cold dry ball of rock, frozen in time, whose atmosphere was probably wrecked by asteroids about 4 billion years ago. But was it once earthlike, with rivers and breathable air? This documentary looks at 'NASA's ambitious plans to colonise Mars.
- A re-edited, updated edition of the 'Equinox ' 1986 episodes about the 'Ford - Cosworth' 'Formula 1' turbocharged engine, (S.1 Ep.1 'Turbo: Once Around The Block') and (S.1 Ep.2 'Turbo: Qualifying Boost'). At the end of 1986, the 'Beatrice Haas Team' have lost their funding and have closed down. Also at the end of 1986 and despite winning the last race of the year, 'BMW' have withdrawn their engine supply to the 'Benetton Formula (One)' team. Now updated to 1987 and the 'Ford - Cosworth' engine has found a new home with 'Benetton'. It's now a short matter of time if this new partnership will work better and create the success that the team and fans crave for.
- The second programme in the series turns its attention to Sigmund Freud. His significance as the father of psychoanalysis is an accepted fact, but what is the truth about the man who, even as he approached his 40s, feared he would remain an unknown Viennese nerve specialist? Uses dramatisations and interviews with medical historian Helmut Gröger; academic John Forrester; psychoanalyst Marianne Springer-Kremser; writer Lisa Appignanesi; Ernst Federn, family friend of the Freuds; and Jeffrey Masson, editor of Freud's letters.