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- Filmed in homage to his original TV series, this factual drama follows Dave Allen from childhood to becoming one of the Ireland's comedy greats, with just a whiskey, a cigarette and nine-and-a-half fingers. Dave Allen is played by Aidan Gillen (Game of Thrones).
- Trapped in The Twin Towers on September 11th, thousands of ordinary people struggled to make contact with the outside world. Many knew that time was ticking away. These recorded messages and private calls are the most powerful legacy to the families left behind. Often full of love and dignity they depict humanity at its best and most resourceful in the face of evil.
- This gripping film tells the humorous yet heroic story of how a crumbling, Cold-War era Vulcan flew the then longest range bombing mission in history and how a WW2 vintage bomb changed the outcome of the Falklands War. On 30th April 1982, the RAF launched a secret mission; to bomb Port Stanley's runway, putting it out of action for Argentine fighter jets. The safety of the British Task Force depended on its success. But the RAF could only get a single Vulcan 8,000 miles south to the Falklands as just one bomber needed an aerial fleet of thirteen Victor tanker planes to refuel it throughout the 16 hour round-trip. From start to finish, the seemingly impossible mission was a comedy of errors, held together by sheer British pluck and ingenuity. On the brink of being scrapped, only three of the ageing nuclear bombers could be fitted out for war, one to fly the mission and two in reserve. Crucial spare parts were scavenged from museums and scrap yards - one vital piece found as an ashtray in the Officer's Mess. In just three weeks, the Vulcan crews had to learn air-to-air refuelling, which they hadn't done for twenty years and conventional bombing, which they hadn't done for ten. The RAF scoured the country for old WW2 iron bombs and complex refuelling calculations were done the night before on a £5.00 pocket calculator. With a plan stretched to the limit and the RAF's hopes riding on just one Vulcan, the mission was flown on a knife-edge; fraught with mechanical failures, unreliable navigation, electrical storms and ultimately not enough fuel. Of the Vulcan's twenty-one bombs dropped, only one found its target. But that was enough to change the outcome of the war...
- The incredible engineering stories behind three iconic ancient buildings: the Colosseum, the Great Pyramid of Giza and Chartres Cathedral. We tell the history of the people who built them: where they came from, how they lived, and how they managed to erect some of the greatest structures ever built by man. Using ground-breaking computer graphics and dramatic construction, this series shows in intimate detail how these buildings were conceived and constructed in an age before modern technology.
- A minute-by-minute account of the Boxing Day 2004 Tsunami told through amateur video footage of people who were there.
- '9/11 Voices From The Air' tells the extraordinary story of the 9/11 terrorist attacks through the actual audio recordings made of the day's critical communications. This drama-documentary uses previously unreleased recordings made between Air Traffic Control, the Federal Aviation Authority, the Military and the Hijackers - combined with personal testimony from the actual people involved. Also featured are telephone messages left by passengers from the planes and intimate interviews with their families, as they recall their loved ones final moments. This powerful one hour film combines cutting edge computer animation, news archive and stylised dramatic reconstruction to tell the story as never before.
- All Aboard the Yorkshire Express goes behind the scenes at the North Yorkshire Moors Railway; taking us back in time to the golden age of steam. This year they're celebrating their fiftieth anniversary and we join them as they welcome coach trips, wedding parties and train spotters alike in what they hope will be the railway's busiest year yet.
- Documentary looking at the design and layout of the World Trade Center twin towers and considering the reasons why they both collapsed so quickly after terrorists flew two aeroplanes into them on September 11 2001. Includes input from engineers and those who designed and built the towers.
- Ten years on, Children of 9/11 gives a voice, for the first time, to the young people directly affected by 9/11: more than 3,000 children lost a parent on that fateful day and some were not yet born - they were still in the womb when the towers collapsed. Their lives are linked by a terrible accident of fate that has made their childhoods part of the most significant and terrifying event of modern times. Over the course of a year, Children of 9/11 has followed eleven children from six families across America. We'll hear from some who are only just beginning to comprehend what they lost on that day, whilst others, remarkably, are now able to find a way to positively transform their lives. Their honest recollections of this confusing and catastrophic day, as well as their difficult and inspiring journeys in the years since, offer incredible new insight into the far reaching consequences of September 11th.
- One year on, a full explanation of what might have happened has emerged.
- The story of the space shuttle - it's triumphs and disasters - and the dream of building an affordable and reusable spacecraft
- Atlas 4D Programme Summary: Atlas 4D explores the most dramatic regions on earth. The first three episodes feature Africa's Great Rift Valley, the Mediterranean Sea and the Hawaiian Islands. Using state of the art computer graphics, Atlas 4D will travel through the fourth dimension, rewinding and fast-forwarding through millions of years. Whole landscapes will evolve and disappear as the films uncover the hidden connections between landscape, natural history and people: Why was an ice age crucial to the success of Polynesian settlers in Hawaii? What was it about volcanoes that was crucial to the Roman Empire? How did the formation of the Rift Valley lead to the birth of humankind? All this and much, much more will be revealed in Atlas 4D.
- Documentary following the mysterious Barry Joule, a man who befriended three great artists of the 20th century, painter Francis Bacon, dancer Rudolf Nureyev and a 1930s model called Toto Koopman. It is said that he inherited money from all three.
- Earth from Space takes you on an epic quest to discover the invisible forces and processes that sustain life on our planet and, for the first time, see them in action in their natural environment in vivid detail. These truly unique images will explore the deepest mysteries of its existence, raising profound questions and challenging the old assumptions of how Earth's system works.
- How do people behave when they're caught in a potentially deadly fire? We look at the human element of fire investigation. It will tell the story of a dedicated band of researchers and former fire fighters on both sides of the Atlantic who turned their attention to the last unknown quantity in fires - what do the victims do?
- A look at how an alleged plane bomber slipped under the US intelligence radar in 2009.
- Documentary series following regional organised crime units and police forces as they take down Britain's criminals by seizing their assets and selling them at auction.
- This is a film about the rise and fall of the world's first supersonic passenger jet - Concorde. From the moment that it hit the skies in 1969, Concorde was instantly iconic. Considered the thoroughbred of aircraft, it flew the rich and famous across the Atlantic in just 3 hours and forty-five minutes - with an impeccable safety record. Until, on July 25th 2000, a freak chain of events just outside Paris caused a catastrophic accident: Concorde's first fatality in 27 years of service killed 115 people and those devastating 120 seconds of flight marked the end of the supersonic era.
- This two part series looks at the most impressive manmade structures in the USA. Behind each of them is a big story of an engineer's vision, a daring plan, of problems overcome or disasters that befell. Eye-popping aerial photography is allied to state-of-the art computer graphics to show these icons of architecture rise up girder by girder, block by block. The Empire State Building is actually rebuilt floor by floor, and the Kennedy Space Center rises from an alligator-infested swamp, while giant faces are carved out of the bare mountain at Mt Rushmore. The first programme, Thinking Big , takes the viewer on a journey of through the buildings that the new nation needed to become an industrial giant, and to announce its own increasing power to the world - including the Brooklyn Bridge, the Hoover Dam and the Empire State Building. [www.channel4.com/press]
- This film tells the story of how the bodies of 250 British and Australian World War I soldiers were been carefully exhumed from unmarked graves near Fromelles in northern France.
- The programme recaptures the early magic and genius of Elvis by documenting his first hit records, TV appearances and films. Using rare colour archive and home movies of Elvis performing live his story is told first hand by those who knew him personally, saw him perform or felt his extraordinary impact. Interviewees include Cliff Richard, Ike Turner, Marty Wilde, Elvis's first steady girlfriend Dixie Locke as well as ordinary fans who queued to have him sign their underwear, even before he was famous.
- There can be few events more terrifying than a plane crash...but what happens when you survive?
- 2012: the year Britain's weather turned deadly and the real stories of the victims caught up in its fury.
- China is synonymous with the engineering miracles and culture it has handed to history - wonders such as the Great Wall and Confucianism. But as the most populous country and the fastest growing economy in the world, 21st century China is as characterised by its modern triumphs as it is by its past. Man Made Marvels fuses together the nation's past and present by unpacking some of China's most innovative engineering wonders.
- MY BRAND NEW FACE documents the struggles and accomplishments of two courageous men determined to change their lives. Maurice Simpson lives comfortably in a small town with his wife and children, but something about Maurice sets him apart from everybody else. Since childhood, he's been disfigured by massive facial tumors caused by Neurofibromatosis. Amazingly, an anonymous donor has offered to pay for facial reconstructive surgery. But first, Maurice wants to meet Reggie Bibbs, another NF sufferer fighting for the confidence to face the world. Surgery to remove Maurice's tumors will put his life on the line - all for his brand new face.