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Don Wildman examines an accident that nearly caused a nuclear catastrophe, how Teddy Roosevelt laid down the law with bandits and a Hollywood murder mystery

Don Wildman investigates a rocket-powered wheel that took on the Nazis, an infamous outlaw with a heart of gold and an intrepid climber who scaled a skyscraper

New research suggests dead stars, known as white dwarfs, could be the key to understanding the universe. Experts investigate this mysterious phenomena

Experts shed light on the mystery of why two suns seemed to appear in the skies over Indonesia, prompting rumours of the existence of a 'dark twin' of Earth's life-bringing star

Josh Gates dives into the mysteries of the Bermuda Triangle. He goes to the ocean floor, the skies and space to explore its intriguing disappearances

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Bruce Crompton heads on a First World War treasure hunt, finding a mysterious soldier's medal from the Battle of the Somme as well as the world's most expensive football

Hadrian's Villa is the largest Roman palace ever constructed. Experts seek the truth behind one of Rome's most enigmatic emperors

Kish, Iraq, lies at the cradle of human civilisation. Experts investigate the buried secrets of this lost city to uncover the first origins of royalty

Our galaxy is full of stars waiting to explode into supernovas, an event that could destroy all life on Earth. Experts hunt for the next deadly supernova

Geologists begin to ask questions about 'alien' deposits found on the Earth's surface - and the answer could shed light on the cause of history's greatest extinction event

A UFO pursues a woman as she drives through an extra-terrestrial hot spot

The German tactic of blitzkrieg, literally lightning war, designed to create disorganisation among enemy forces through the use of mobile forces and locally concentrated firepower

Restored footage tells the story of how Hitler ordered Operation Sealion, the invasion of Great Britain, after France had fallen in 1940

Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor was one of the greatest gambles in military history. Restored footage recounts the extraordinary event

Restored colour footage retells the dramatic story of the Battle of Midway, a Japanese attack on the US-held Pacific island that triggered an extraordinary chain of events