Category: Movies » Documentary → Mark Williams' Big Bangs

This series traces the history of all things explosive – from ancient fire crackers to today's nuclear weapons.

During the season, Mark will learn about the history of explosives by creating some impressive blasts of his own. His chronological journey to track the development of the big bang takes him among other places to China, Denmark, Germany, Istanbul and Belgium. Each location is host to a recreation of an almighty bang demonstrating the big sparks of that time.

His exploration of the world of explosions leads Mark to create a firecracker from bamboo sticks, climb Mount Etna to find sulphur, build a musket and use a machine gun. Not to mention blowing up a huge building, the destruction of a Ford Escort by cannon, explosions to clear potential avalanches and the destruction of a railway line.