Extreme Collectors

Part road trip, part treasure hunt, EXTREME COLLECTORS features host Andrew Zegers touring through meticulously cared-for collections in homes all across North America. It taps into the fascinating world of collectors - meeting them, learning their back-stories, and ultimately finding out the value of their massive collections.

Man Made Marvels: China - The World's Highest Railway

For fifty years the Chinese dreamed of connecting the Tibetan city of Lhasa to the national rail network. But making this dream a reality would prove to be one of the most difficult engineering projects in history. The 1142 kilometre rail line is not the longest in the world but, contending with permafrost, earthquakes and the dangers of extreme altitude, makes the Qinghai-Tibet line certainly the most challenging to construct. Defying all odds, the Qinghai-Tibet railway is a true Man Made Marvel: a project that has taken on nature’s forces – and won.

Who Sank The Titanic?

WHO SANK THE TITANIC? explores how engineering flaws and unlucky circumstances led to the ship’s demise. Through CGI and drama reconstruction, this documentary uncovers a series of fascinating and unknown details of the ship’s construction to determine how and why the Titanic sank and who was most responsible for the tragedy.

Giant Pop-Up Constructions

GIANT POP-UP CONSTRUCTIONS - a fascination in itself. Without any warning they appear within weeks, sometimes even within hours. They are suddenly there. Only through accurate planning, perfect teamwork and 24-hour shifts is it possible to create such gigantic constructions. This series shows the most amazing record constructions of our time. Unbelievable buildings, which are unique in their kind. There is no escape from amazement and excitement in GIANT POP-UP CONSTRUCTIONS.

Megastructures

An educational look into the construction, operation, and staffing of various megastructures and construction projects around the world.

Man Made Marvels: Ancient China

Giant Buddha Four times the size of Mount Rushmore and twice as high as Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro, Leshan’s Giant Buddha is one of the world’s ancient wonders. Crafted over a thousand years ago on an inaccessible site in a place where carving anything should be impossible, the mighty Buddha has survived war, fire, earthquakes and extreme weather. But can it survive the modern world? China's Forgotten City With a history defined by the rise and fall of powerful dynasties and immortalized by some of China’s greatest architectural and engineering innovations, predecessors of modern day Xian have provided a blueprint for many of the world’s great cities. Using the best technology and science available, today’s Xian’s residents are rediscovering and restoring a city laden with ancient man made marvels.

Ice Cold Cash

Joe Motiki might seem like your regular ‘ice cream man on a bike’, but he’s really a hilarious game show host looking for cold-treat-seekers! One second his unsuspecting guests are buying a vanilla cone and the next they’re startled by a siren popping out of the ice cream freezer and a crew of TV cameras. ICE COLD CASH is a fun and fast-paced food-trivia show; it’s also unapologetically uncomplicated. Questions, answers, cash. FORMAT AVAILABLE

Backroad Bounty

Antique experts Marty and Bam Bam take you on a tour of only the best undiscovered vintage gems—think everything from antique furniture to forgotten family heirlooms. Hear the stories behind every piece, plus get insight into the value, too. (It might just inspire you to clean out your garage.)

Legends vs Modern Icons

The world’s latest engineering achievements, high-tech vehicles and superlative constructions compete against their legendary equivalents that are world famous and milestones in their own field. Can a modern luxury cruise ship outperform the Titanic? Is Wembley Stadium superior to the Colosseum? Each episode showcases one battle between a legend and its modern equivalent through a mix of high-quality authentic imagery, re-enactment footage, point-of-views and 3D-CGI paired with uncovered statistics, facts and dimensions.

Engineering By Catastrophe

ENGINEERING BY CATASTROPHE explores how today’s most advanced structures are shaped by the disasters of the past. From spacecraft and skyscrapers to tunnels and flood barriers, each episode unpacks the engineering innovations behind modern marvels - and the catastrophic failures that inspired them. Using expert analysis, CGI, archival footage, and real-world simulations, the series reveals how tragedies like the Apollo 1 fire, the Morandi Bridge collapse, and the Mont Blanc tunnel disaster exposed fatal flaws - and led to life-saving breakthroughs. It’s a gripping journey through the science of failure, resilience, and progress in engineering.