Cottage Life

Hurricane Florence causes biblical-level flooding in North Carolina; a magnitude seven earthquake rocks Anchorage, Alaska; a colossal wave swamps a surfer in Nazaré, Portugal.

A complex built to entomb British spies and a once ingenious military facility; the imprint of ancient culture around a deserted Italian town; the shell of a highly classified Soviet weapons factory hidden in an Estonian forest.

An unassuming factory marks a revolutionary leap forward -- and upward -- in how humans travel; due to ongoing legal battles and innovative designs from their many competitors, these historic upstarts would soon be grounded.

Jeremy Wade investigates rumors of a twenty-foot lake monster that attacks people; with snakes, freshwater sharks and giant sturgeon unlikely possibilities, the answer as to what it is drives Jeremy crazy.

A sprawling military facility dotted with bunkers for miles now stands abandoned in the American heartland of Edgemont, S.D.; experts investigate and uncover a once highly-secure WWII ordnance site designed to store deadly munitions.

Re-evaluating what we know about evolution, extinction, and animals' sacred roles. Dig up a Canadian dinosaur that sparks questions about fossilization, meet a prehistoric survivor in China, and see the religious parts crocodiles played in Egypt.

Witness animal spectacles from high above the Earth; watch a whirling herd of northern nomads; see undersea behemoths show off in the Pacific shallows; track a U.S. porcine stampede; confront top ocean predators on the Florida coast.

Jeremy Wade fights through tropical storms and dangerous jungles to search for a Fijian killer that has been part of the local folklore for years, but there may be more than one.

A brain-busting series of questions on the film "Batman vs. Superman;" an art history student strikes out in her chosen category, then bets it all on a food-and-drink challenge that leaves the last contestant hungry for a jackpot win.

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Sandi Toksvig takes a look at the topic of peril with panelists Aisling Bea, Lee Mack, Jason Manford and Alan Davies.

The legendary city of Kish, Iraq, lies at the cradle of human civilization and home to some of the world's first kings; using cutting-edge tech, experts investigate the buried secrets of this lost city to uncover the first origins of royalty.

A sprawling military facility dotted with bunkers for miles now stands abandoned in the American heartland of Edgemont, S.D.; experts investigate and uncover a once highly-secure WWII ordnance site designed to store deadly munitions.

Visiting a controversial natural oasis in upstate New York; spying on the classified remains of a cutting-edge government vehicle project in Colorado; exploring a doomed monument to hope in Memphis and a strange Pacific Northwest town with a secret.

Mysterious industrial waste and abandoned homes in an uninhabited part of Greenland; strange ditches and mounds deep within the Arctic Circle; a huge pyramid on the Kazakh steppe; a ball of golden fur in Yukon's gold fields.

Wildfires devastate the seaside village of Mati in Greece; monster hail pummels tourists and zoo animals in Colorado; hikers in Turkey fight for survival after they're stranded by a flash flood; a tornado rips off roofs and catapults cars in Canada.

The legendary city of Kish, Iraq, lies at the cradle of human civilization and home to some of the world's first kings; using cutting-edge tech, experts investigate the buried secrets of this lost city to uncover the first origins of royalty.

Jeremy Wade fights through tropical storms and dangerous jungles to search for a Fijian killer that has been part of the local folklore for years, but there may be more than one.

Witness animal spectacles from high above the Earth; watch a whirling herd of northern nomads; see undersea behemoths show off in the Pacific shallows; track a U.S. porcine stampede; confront top ocean predators on the Florida coast.

A 17th-century Dutch shipwreck, identified as a fluit, is discovered in the Gulf of Finland, offering rare insights into 1600s maritime trade and naval architecture.

Investigating a diverse desert stronghold that defied the harsh Jordanian climate; learning how Petra's citizens mastered scarcity and created water systems, temples and urban gardens that allowed their commercial and cultural activities to flourish.

Check out this alien hot spot, where UFO sightings stoke conspiracy theories. Analyze persistent claims of hidden spacecraft, alien autopsies and reverse-engineered extraterrestrial technology and see if the military really is responsible for them.

A 17th-century Dutch shipwreck, identified as a fluit, is discovered in the Gulf of Finland, offering rare insights into 1600s maritime trade and naval architecture.

Investigating a diverse desert stronghold that defied the harsh Jordanian climate; learning how Petra's citizens mastered scarcity and created water systems, temples and urban gardens that allowed their commercial and cultural activities to flourish.