Cottage Life

Diving into the mystery of the HMS Terror, an Arctic ship found 150 years after it and its crew vanished without a trace; seeing if the explosion of the SS Sultana on the Mississippi was an accident or sabotage; boarding the ghost ship Mary Celeste.

Test the theory that a notorious pirate faked his own death so he could live in anonymity in North Carolina. Examine a cryptic sword, then attend a spooky seance to see if the deceased buccaneer can be summoned from beyond the grave.

Three men vanish from a remote Scottish lighthouse; dozens of mines explode simultaneously during the Vietnam War, for no apparent reason; ten billion snow crabs disappear from the Bering Sea.

Weighing options carefully as Rick welcomes 24 new contestants, who all want a chance to make 10,000 one-pound coins rain from the giant exclamation point on stage; seeing who wins big by keeping their cool and dodging the impossible answers.

Tangle with experimental aircraft and unsuccessful wartime machines that became tools for good. See how they turned into rainforest-saving technology and a device that helped engineers pull off the most sophisticated demolition of the 20th century.

A perfect circle carved around an ancient peak; a scary phenomenon in the Pacific; strange shapes in a Middle Eastern desert; a formation below the ocean's surface.

Following the debate about Egypt's visionary warrior king, who ruled the country for more than 60 years; learning why scholars can't pin down the origin of his wife, Nefertiti and dig into the strange circumstances surrounding his death at age 90.

Explore three discoveries that change what we know about magic and superstition; delve into a Polish vampire grave, open a UK witch bottle used to ward off evil, and see if alien-like skulls in Mexico were shaped by humans or otherworldly beings.

A pregnant dog named Bella needs an emergency C-section before she loses her pup; a giant Tegus lizard is uncharacteristically lethargic; Dr. Savannah joins Dayle at the annual Drayton Valley Rodeo where Dayle is the vet on call.

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Tornadoes are among the most powerful and destructive natural hazards in the world, with the U.S. experiencing the most globally; experts explain their formation, while residents of Kentucky and Missouri share harrowing survival stories.

A perfect circle carved around an ancient peak; a scary phenomenon in the Pacific; strange shapes in a Middle Eastern desert; a formation below the ocean's surface.

The science behind some of the most incredible engineering accidents ever filmed is revealed; a look at the physics involved as well as forensic details to explain the slip-ups that turned construction into destruction.

Queensland, Australia is shaken by the most devastating flood in its history; in Kansas, two storm chasers track a terrifying twister; a base jumper gets stranded in freezing temperatures in Iceland; a destructive hail storm pummels Texas.

Over a hundred big concrete arrows scattered across the U.S.; a giant chalk figure with an oversized phallus on an English hillside; a mysterious hole in the middle of a lake in Southern California.

Following the debate about Egypt's visionary warrior king, who ruled the country for more than 60 years; learning why scholars can't pin down the origin of his wife, Nefertiti and dig into the strange circumstances surrounding his death at age 90.

The science behind some of the most incredible engineering accidents ever filmed is revealed; a look at the physics involved as well as forensic details to explain the slip-ups that turned construction into destruction.

Over a hundred big concrete arrows scattered across the U.S.; a giant chalk figure with an oversized phallus on an English hillside; a mysterious hole in the middle of a lake in Southern California.

Witness a booming Tongan tsunami, a wind-driven Hawaiian inferno, and a deadly Texas flood from space. Then zoom in and see how a loose cable and colossal ships caused the shocking collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland.

Using cutting-edge CGI, archive footage and expert interviews, examine mysterious curiosities that have been uncovered by extreme weather and calamitous incidents.

Jeremy Wade, an extreme angler, searches for freshwater fish with a taste for human flesh.

Witness a booming Tongan tsunami, a wind-driven Hawaiian inferno, and a deadly Texas flood from space. Then zoom in and see how a loose cable and colossal ships caused the shocking collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland.

Using cutting-edge CGI, archive footage and expert interviews, examine mysterious curiosities that have been uncovered by extreme weather and calamitous incidents.

Our quest to conquer the skies led to some great achievements, but engineering errors and human mistakes have caused tragic disasters along the way.

Queensland, Australia is shaken by the most devastating flood in its history; in Kansas, two storm chasers track a terrifying twister; a base jumper gets stranded in freezing temperatures in Iceland; a destructive hail storm pummels Texas.

Tornadoes are among the most powerful and destructive natural hazards in the world, with the U.S. experiencing the most globally; experts explain their formation, while residents of Kentucky and Missouri share harrowing survival stories.

Following the debate about Egypt's visionary warrior king, who ruled the country for more than 60 years; learning why scholars can't pin down the origin of his wife, Nefertiti and dig into the strange circumstances surrounding his death at age 90.

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Margot, Matty, Billy, Emilie and Gilbert continue work on their northern homes.

Decoding the secrets of long-lost human settlements; scrutinizing a mysterious Norwegian mound, a prehistoric stone circle on the banks of the Tagus River, a lost city in the cradle of civilization and bizarre rock shapes.

Scientists, historians and archeologists attempt to unravel mysteries of history.

Zoom in on some otherworldly sights; spot a giant glacier on the Red Planet, let the milky seas off the coast of Java bathe your vision, ponder a huge hexagon floating above Saturn and take a spin around a doughnut-shaped lake in Saskatchewan.

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Two of the deadliest tsunamis ever recorded are the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami and the 2011 Tohoku Tsunami in Japan; survivors recount traumatic experiences as scientists shed light on the causes and warning signs of tsunamis.

Decoding the secrets of long-lost human settlements; scrutinizing a mysterious Norwegian mound, a prehistoric stone circle on the banks of the Tagus River, a lost city in the cradle of civilization and bizarre rock shapes.

Elevated highways fall, a bridge collapses, and houses plunge into the ocean.

Hawaii's Kilauea volcano violently erupts; Good Samaritans in Texas rescue care home residents trapped in Hurricane Harvey's deadly floodwaters; in England a paddleboarder battles high winds and treacherous tides.

Parting the waters using satellite imagery to see what lies beneath; discovering a lost-lost Turkish basilica, a church spire amid toxic sludge in Romania, a ship hull in the North Sea, a shocking underwater find that rivals the Great Barrier Reef.

Scientists, historians and archeologists attempt to unravel mysteries of history.

Jeremy investigates the bull shark.

Parting the waters using satellite imagery to see what lies beneath; discovering a lost-lost Turkish basilica, a church spire amid toxic sludge in Romania, a ship hull in the North Sea, a shocking underwater find that rivals the Great Barrier Reef.

Sandi Toksvig looks at quantity and quality with James Acaster, Bridget Christie, Alan Davies and Joe Lycett.

Sandi Toksvig looks at quads and quins with Aisling Bea, Nish Kumar and David Mitchell.

Examine strange relics forgotten by time; visit a perturbing circle of stone in the Golan Heights; a mountain of headless statues in Turkey; a castle left to crumble in the Saudi Arabian desert; a time-worn secret in the wilds of Peru.

Walking among colossal wonders scattered across the Earth's surface, including an ancient reptile skeleton, a massive head carving in the Alberta badlands, a giant South African footprint and a pentagram etched into a remote peninsula in Kazakhstan.

Sandi Toksvig looks at quantity and quality with James Acaster, Bridget Christie, Alan Davies and Joe Lycett.

Sandi Toksvig looks at quads and quins with Aisling Bea, Nish Kumar and David Mitchell.

Examine strange relics forgotten by time; visit a perturbing circle of stone in the Golan Heights; a mountain of headless statues in Turkey; a castle left to crumble in the Saudi Arabian desert; a time-worn secret in the wilds of Peru.