Episode list

In 1948, while serving in the Middle East, a British RAF pilot picked up a clay tablet covered in mysterious writing. He brought it home as an intriguing memento, and it sat collecting dust on his mantelpiece for decades. When he died , his son brought it to an expert at the British Museum. The tablet was 3700 years old, and was a detailed instruction manual for building a huge boat to survive a flood - a boat like that recorded in the Epic of Gilgamesh, the Sumerian tale that inspired the story of Noah's Ark during the Jewish exile in Babylon. This was no ordinary boat. Modeled on harbor freight shuttles used for nearly 4,000 years, it was circular in shape, made of reeds and bitumen, and designed to carry heavy freight, including large numbers of animals. Working with leading boat builders, historians, and archaeologists of the period, a team sets out to visit ancient Sumer and the ruins of Uruk, where Gilgamesh was King in what is now southern Iraq, then on to India to build a replica of the original Noah's Ark.

Documentary discussing Hitler's fraudulent physician, his poor health and possible drug dependency.

Former Royal Marines commando Arthur Williams embarks on a journey to explore the experiences of nearly two million British soldiers who suffered life-changing injuries and disabilities during the First World War.

The brick-built Great Wall as we know it today was mostly constructed in the 16th Century. Before that era, differing methods were also used. This documentary explores those methods and why the Wall was constructed in the first place.