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How is the most advanced heavy-lift airplane in the world built? What is the secret behind making sure bananas are ripe when they hit the shelves.

How do they build a monorail above the world's most crowded streets? Plus, how do they craft Copenhagen's famous Flora Danica porcelain.

How do they turn bitter oranges into the Queen's favourite breakfast spread, marmalade? Plus, how do they print out a dress fit for the catwalk.

How do they build heavy duty road rollers? How do they bake bread in a can? And, how do they make a mobile phone with the care and precision of a Swiss watch.

Can We Cheat Death? Scientists are learning the mechanisms of aging and getting closer to a world where death is curable. Are humans about to enter a new age of immortality.

Josh Gates travels to remote Yonaguni Island and dives into the waters of the Pacific Rim to explore an underwater phenomenon described as Japan's Atlantis.

Explorer Josh Gates journeys to Jerusalem and Istanbul searching for lost pieces of the cross from the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.

More everyday items go under the microscope. What are the production processes behind common objects including ochre and hurdy gurdies.

More everyday items go under the microscope. How are common objects including exhaust headers and moulded limestone artwork made.

More everyday items go under the microscope. What are the production processes behind common objects such as recycled skateboard guitars.

More everyday items go under the microscope. How are common objects including racing pulley systems and medicine balls made.

How do they run a farm with robots? How do they build a machine to pick up 30 tonnes of logs in a single grab? How do they move the world's most valuable pianos.

How do they build a towering scaffold from giant poles of bamboo? And how do they mine for the mineral that makes fireworks burn red.

How do they handcraft Espadrilles shoes? How do they make prefabricated houses? How they store priceless documents to keep them safe for hundreds of years.

How do they harvest and process the world's toughest and most expensive nut? How do they turn lake water into tap water? How do they hold back fans at gigs.

Using material salvaged from scrap yards, Adam and two colleagues design and build three motorised monsters of destruction, inspired by post-apocalyptic worlds.

Adam wants to build his own version of King Arthur's legendary sword - Excalibur. Using the iron found in a meteorite, he attempts to make an indestructible weapon.

Investigating Argentina's most credible military encounter, Paul and Kawa track down an eyewitness and the unexpected presence of NASA. What will they uncover.

Doubting official reports, Paul and Kawa investigate a UFO crash site in Argentina. Plus, Sarah and Nick track a pattern of low altitude UFOs in Phoenix.

How do they make space pens, reef aquariums and metal caskets? Find out as more everyday items are put under the microscope.

More everyday items go under the microscope. How are objects including kimchi and traditional parquet floors made.

More everyday items go under the microscope. How are objects including raw pet food and replica police lanterns made.

More everyday items go under the microscope. How are objects including calissons and diving watercrafts made.

Jeremy Wade reveals the new deep-sea discoveries that might prove the existence of the infamous giant squid. Is this underwater monster the legendary kraken.

Jeremy Wade investigates if one of the Bermuda Triangle's most infamous disappearances was part of a conspiracy by a secret agent at war with the US.

In 1945, five US Navy planes vanished without a trace in the Bermuda Triangle. Experts investigate why the planes disappeared and where they could be today.