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Mighty Trains
S3, EP4 "Indian Pacific"The Indian Pacific is a four-day, 4,352-kilometre transcontinental journey across Australia, a trip which features the world's longest straight stretch of railway and steepest incline.
Mighty Cruise Ships
S3, EP5 "Symphony of the Seas"A crew of 2,200 on the Symphony of the Seas tends to more than 5,500 passengers as they sail to ports in Spain, France and Italy.
Mighty Cruise Ships
S4, EP6 "Costa Diadema"Costa Diadema's seven-day cruise around the Mediterranean offers Italian delights to its passengers and challenges to its captain and crew.
Mighty Trains
S3, EP6 "Frecciarossa 1000 And Italo EVO"Go behind the scenes with NTV's two Italo trains - the AGV and the EVO - as they expand to cover more of the Italian railway network, connecting passengers from Turin to Venice, and Naples to Milan, on two of the world's fastest trains.
Mighty Trains
S1, EP4 "White Pass And Yukon Route"The White Pass and Yukon route was built in 1869 to take miners and supplies to the Klondike gold fields.
Mighty Cruise Ships
S2, EP2 "Royal Clipper"Royal Clipper is the largest sailing cruise ship in the world, celebrating tall ships of the 19th century while offering modern-day service for its guests.
Mighty Cruise Ships
S3, EP1 "Koningsdam"Set a course for breathtaking sights on Koningsdam's 15-day voyage from Amsterdam to the northern tip of Norway.
8 Days That Made Rome
S1, EP2 "The Spartacus Revolt"Bettany Hughes looks at the day Spartacus broke out of gladiator school and started the most terrifying slave revolt in Roman history; Hughes examines the realities of slavery in ancient Rome and how Sparacus' exploits attracted a mass following.
8 Days That Made Rome
S1, EP3 "Crossing the Rubicon"Bettany Hughes revisits the iconic moment when Julius Caesar led his army across the River Rubicon, ignoring the orders of the Roman Senate and effectively declaring war on his rivals in Rome; Hughes analyzes Caesar's character and health.
8 Days That Made Rome
S1, EP4 "Rome's First Emperor"Bettany Hughes tells the story of Octavian's rise to power by looking at the day he stole the will of political rival Marc Antony; evidence of Antony's devotion to Cleopatra undermines Antony's popularity and paves Octavian's path to power.
8 Days That Made Rome
S1, EP5 "Boudica's Revenge"Bettany Hughes turns her focus to the day when Roman troops invaded Boudica's settlement in East Anglia, provoking the disgraced Iceni queen into a revolution that threatened the Roman occupation of Britannia.
8 Days That Made Rome
S1, EP6 "The Downfall of Nero"Nero takes his own life as troops come to arrest him for crimes against the state; Bettany Hughes reveals how Nero's early reign was dominated by his mother, Agrippina, while exploring a new theory that his mood was undermined by a serious illness.
8 Days That Made Rome
S1, EP7 "Theatre of Death"Bettany Hughes relives opening day at Rome's Colosseum in 80 AD; the lavish arena is a giant new landmark for the world's greatest city where people can revel in bloodthirsty entertainments.
8 Days That Made Rome
S1, EP8 "The Rebirth of Rome"Bettany Hughes looks at the day which marked Rome's symbolic break with its 1,000-year pagan past, the moment in 337 AD when Emperor Constantine the Great was baptized as a Christian; Hughes shows monuments combining Christian and pagan imagery.
Air Disasters
S19, EP6 "Cockpit Catastrophe"The cockpit window of an Airbus A319 explodes; pilots miraculously land the out-of-control plane; investigators must determine how the freshly serviced aircraft was released with a fatal flaw.