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How Did They Build That?
S2, EP3 "Retrofits & Airport Glitz"Visiting the Hearst Tower in Manhattan and Jewel Changi Airport in Singapore to understand how they were built; covering how designers and engineers attempt to create a museum worthy of Salvador Dali in Florida.
How Did They Build That?
S3, EP1 "Fantastic & Futuristic"Challenges beset a sculptural new transportation hub for New York's World Trade Center; Amsterdam gains a building inspired by a mountain valley; a new launchpad for space travel prepares for liftoff in the New Mexico desert.
MLK: The Assassination Tapes
The last days of Martin Luther King told through television and radio news accounts.
The Obama Years: The Power of Words
A look back at some of President Obama's speeches and statements.
How Did They Build That?
S3, EP9 "Curved & Cables"A new performance center with a tent-like glass-and-steel lobby tests engineers in Kansas City; two twisting apartment towers make heads spin in Ontario.
How Did They Build That?
S2, EP9 "Mirrors & Marble"Visiting Australia's One Central Park, the Oslo Opera House and the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco to reveal their architectural secrets.
How Did They Build That?
S1, EP3 "Biomes & Rebuilds"A London railway station; giant Singapore biodomes; eye-catching hospital in Las Vegas.
How Did They Build That?
S2, EP2 "Swamps & Swagger"Exploring behind-the-scenes of design and construction of revolutionary buildings in Spain, New York and a university campus in Florida.
Air Disasters
S20, EP20 "Take Off Tragedies"Three flights ending in tragedy, prove that minor missteps during takeoff can have disastrous consequences.
Air Disasters
S9, EP2 "Terror in San Francisco"The 2013 crash of Asiana Airlines Flight 214 in San Francisco shocks the nation.
Air Disasters
S7, EP4 "Missed Approach"A plane crash lands in Guam after losing sight of the airport in a storm.
Air Disasters
S20, EP4 "Engines Out"When an aircraft loses total engine power, a pilot's training can make all the difference in the world, but it's still up to investigators to determine what went wrong.
Extreme Airport Africa
S1, EP3 "Sky Cat"A baboon invasion on a runway threatens to cut off a remote safari lodge, engine faults wreck airline flight schedules and a wild cheetah gets a first taste of flying.
Extreme Airport Africa
S1, EP4 "Tight Turnaround"A wildlife invasion delays a flight, a massive airliner attempts a night landing at a bush airport, cargo handlers rush to deliver flowers in time for Mother's Day, and a patrol plane discovers fires raging through Kruger Nation.
Air Disasters
S20, EP12 "Instrument Confusion"When critical instruments in the cockpit can't be trusted, the consequences can be fatal.
Air Disasters
S4, EP3 "Caution to the Wind"On 31 October 2000, Singapore Airlines Flight 006 collides with construction equipment at Chiang Kai Shek airport in Taipei while attempting to take off on the wrong runway in a typhoon, killing 83 of the 179 people on board.
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