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Rise of the Gladiator: A soldier enslaved by Rome and forced into gladiatorial combat leads fellow gladiators in a daring escape. (S1, ep 1) 7+.

The celebrity son of JFK disappeared along with his plane in 1999. Investigators found the wreckage, but what brought the aircraft down? (S13, ep 6) 7+.

Tim and Fuzz take on a 1992 Saab 900 Turbo belonging to former Electrical Engineer Pravesh, who has recently fallen ill. (S10, ep 5) 7+.

Spring break puts new pressure on the airport infrastructure, its staff and the very planes themselves. (S1, ep 8) 7+.

Mariana journeys into the Amazon rainforest to expose the criminal networks responsible for a slew of recent killings and illegal destruction of the jungle. (S1, ep 3) 18+.

Tesla in Fremont, California, share electrifying insights into one of the most iconic electric cars - the Model 3. (S1, ep 1) 7+.

Gibson Guitars in Nashville, Tennessee, spill the beans on how they make their iconic instruments. (S1, ep 2) 7+.

Get the lowdown on a Florida orange juice factory, Fruiti Farts candies, a massive pizza operation, and a cream-puff assembly line. (S4, ep 20) 7+.

Get the scoop on Planters salted cocktail peanuts and cheese-filled jalapeno peppers, and discover the secrets behind Old Montreal steak spice. (S4, ep 21) 7+.

Everyone at the Columbus Zoo is waiting for the first baby giraffe to be born in over 20 years. (S1, ep 4) 7+.

At the Columbus Zoo, there's a gator on the loose and Hank the elephant practices his yoga. At The Wilds, an African painted dog overheats. (S1, ep 5) 7+.

Chad goes deep inside the workings of a huge coal power station in North Carolina as it's taken apart and consigned to history. (S1, ep 2) 7+.

In 1985, the deadliest year in civilian aviation, a DC-9 commuter plane crashes seconds after take-off from Milwaukee. (S24, 6 of 10) 7+.

On 3 April 1974, almost 150 tornadoes touched down in 13 US states. Why did so many deadly twisters form in just one day, and can a repeat be prevented? 7+.

When a bomb attack by a Japanese plane forces an American submarine into an uncontrolled dive and starts a chemical fire, impossible odds must be overcome. (1 of 6) 7+.

Allies prepare for history's largest amphibious invasion as 7,000 vessels and 150,000 troops approach; Nazis rush to fortify defenses. 7+.

31 August 1986. A calm Labor Day is shattered by tragedy. More than 80 lives are lost when two planes fall from the sky. How and why did they collide.

In April 1996, a jet carrying the US Commerce Secretary Ron Brown crashed in Croatia. Follow the American Air Force investigation into the crash. 7+.

In late 1944, Hitler stuns the Allies with rockets, jet fighters and a surprise assault on Belgium, catching US troops off guard. (3 of.

Drain Raiders of the Civil War: Maritime archaeologists and historians combine data and computer graphics to investigate a conflict that rewrote the rules of warfare forever. 7+.

Bjoern is put under pressure when a head-on collision between two trucks blocks an ambulance on an emergency call-out. (S7, ep 3) 7+.

Fast tracked by Hitler, the Luftwaffe grew from nothing into an advanced air force that contained some of the deadliest technology of World War II. 7+.

A 747 disappears into the Indian Ocean. A complex recovery operation is launched to find out if the jumbo was carrying illegal weapons. 7+.

An oversold flight needs passengers to surrender their seats, but will any volunteer? Cracked windows risk grounding a Dreamliner and more. (S1, ep 9) 7+.

Bombs, torpedoes and kamikaze planes wage the most important campaigns of WW2, all from the air. Experts take us inside the machinery that rained death from above.

On 22 August, 1985, 55 people died aboard British Airtours flight 28M when its engine failed during take off. (S8, ep 1) 7+.