Greenwich Royal Observatory: Flamsteed vs Newton and the Stolen Star Charts

From Apollo 11's tense 1202 alarm to SpaceX's early return attempts and ESA's Gaia, this episode traces how spaceflight evolved under pressure and ingenuity. Early on July 16, 1969, more than a million people gathered around Cape Kennedy to witness Apollo 11 lift off, the culmination of a decade aimed at meeting President Kennedy's lunar goal. At the launch center, tension was high as rocket pioneer Werner von Braun and NASA teams prepared the giant Saturn V. Michael Collins, Buzz Aldrin, and mission commander Neil Armstrong brought hard-earned Gemini experience, while unusual simulators and a Langley gantry helped them rehearse lunar gravity. Twelve minutes after liftoff they reached orbit. Trans lunar injection and docking proceeded smoothly as mission control refined navigation alongside the Apollo Guidance Computer. In lunar orbit, the command module became Columbia and the lunar module Eagle. The descent toward a long ellipse in the Sea of Tranquility unfolded in stages. Fuel sloshing muddied guidance, then the computer threw a 1202 alarm. A young software engineer recognized the overload as survivable, and Armstrong used the final phase to

This documentary explores how Victorian engineers transformed Britain with revolutionary bridges. From Brunel's Clifton Suspension Bridge and the Royal Albert Bridge to the mighty Forth Bridge and London's iconic Tower Bridge, discover how iron, steel and bold engineering connected the nation and changed the world forever.

A teenager’s view from inside America’s most infamous cult. Diane Lake reveals how belonging turned lethal. From LSD “sermons” and free-love rituals to the night creeps called creepy-crawly, this film traces how Charles Manson’s charisma hardened into control. Hear first-hand moments at Spahn Ranch, the move into Death Valley’s Barker Ranch, and the apocalyptic obsession he called Helter Skelter. See how a brush with Beach Boy Dennis Wilson and a rejection by producer Terry Melcher twisted Manson’s ambitions, and why Gary Hinman’s death became a terrifying pivot. Then, the shock: how Cielo Drive and the LaBianca murders were framed to ignite chaos, and how a jailhouse confession cracked the case. If you think you know the story, you haven’t heard it told from the youngest insider who lived it. Watch to learn how manipulation works, why smart people get pulled in, and the chilling techniques cult leaders use to keep followers in line. Stay to the end for the moments that changed everything.

Time Team does the unthinkable: lifting a listed manor’s living room floor to chase a Saxon mystery. At Nassington Manor in Northamptonshire, clues hint at a royal hall visited by King Cnut. Over three frantic days, the team wrestles concrete, identical tiles that must go back perfectly, and stubborn bedrock while geophysics switches to slow-but-crucial ground‑penetrating radar. Inside, postholes and wall trenches spark a fierce debate: is this a rare aisle hall, a hybrid facade, or two phases of buildings? A Stamford ware oil lamp glints from the soil, and a tiny shard of Pingsdorf ware quietly screams “high status” and imported wine. Outside, blind trenches gamble for ancillary buildings; slag, weaving picks, and elusive features keep the stakes high. Meanwhile, a medieval-sounding reed pipe is crafted from elder, bringing Saxon music to life as the plan finally clicks: an earlier timber hall of great posts around Cnut’s time, later replaced by a wall-trench building. Discover what the evidence really proves and how close we came to Cnut’s hall. Watch to the end for the reveal.

Four cases changed history: Sarajevo 1914, Capone's St. Valentine's Day massacre, the Lindbergh kidnapping, and Fritz Bauer's fight for justice. Crimes That Changed The World tracks the moments when violence and law collided to reshape nations. From the shots that killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand and Sophie in Sarajevo, we follow the chain that pulled alliances into World War I. Along the Milyatska River, a bomb failed, a route changed, and a wrong turn at the Latin bridge put the heir and his wife in a gunman's sights. Investigators soon linked the plotters to the Black Hand as Vienna issued its ultimatum to Serbia. In Chicago, 1929, men posing as police lined seven North Side gang members against a wall and opened fire with Thompson submachine guns. The St Valentines Day massacre shattered Al Capone's untouchable image, prompting a federal push that used early forensic ballistics and, ultimately, IRS forensic accounting to corner him. Tax investigator Frank Wilson followed the money through cash ledgers and shell businesses, while a comparison microscope tied seized guns to the garage killings. Capone could not

A former bank robber describes the moment he would step into “lizard time” — and the day it all unraveled in Victoria in 1999. What follows is a raw reckoning with danger, addiction, and the strange freedom found inside a 7-step prison cell. From staking out armored cars and airports to spending years in solitary at Marion, Millhaven, and Kingston Penitentiary, Stephen Reed traces how time can stretch, snap, and finally settle. He recalls a childhood stolen, a four-hour heroin cycle that ruled his life, and the frantic minutes of a botched robbery that ended in a police shootout. Then a blunt jailhouse conversation reframed everything — legacy, responsibility, and what the present is truly worth — but not in the way you might expect. If you’ve ever waited for life to start “after” the next big thing, this story will stop you in your tracks. Watch to hear the moments he refuses to forget, the practice that untangled his thoughts, and the gift he decided to leave behind.