Journey beneath the ground to look at the remarkable history behind the biggest metro system in the Western world пїЅ and its plan for a new era.

Born to be loved. Born to be free.

The Piccadilly Line
Rayners Lane to Cockfosters + Acton Town to Heathrow
Because the Uxbridge branch is covered by our Metropolitan Main Line production, this Piccadilly Driver's eye view begins at Rayners Lane - in the reversing siding.
Our 1973 stock train, recently refurbished to look like new, takes you right through the centre of the capital and out into the North London suburbs. Emerging from tunnel at Arnos Grove our train continues to Cockfosters in Hertfordshire.
The section between ActonTown and Hammersmith is unique in being the only tube line to feature express running - leaving the parallel District line to provide the stopping service.

Around the World in 80 Days with Michael Palin
Not until dawn on the day of departure did a full-blown, gut-tightening panic set in. I had volunteered to deliver these documentaries, (having only done one in my life before), against the clock, with absolutely no script at all, on a route that might change without warning. Nothing like it had been attempted before. Michael Palin

Every newborn baby is a miracle. But for some, the journey to birth is the most dangerous they'll ever endure. Follow four extraordinary pregnancies that faced seemingly insurmountable obstacles.

Jeremy Wade returns to Australia's croc-infested Fitzroy River for one of his toughest quests yet пїЅ to catch one of the world's rarest fish. This shark is so elusive it was only discovered ten years ago, and so rare only a handful of people have ever seen it. Almost nothing is known about this endangered beast. Could it be a man-eater? The expedition turns Wade's knowledge of freshwater killers upside down as these animals seem to break all the rules.

What do you get when you ask the people of the world to chronicle a single day in their lives? You get 80,000 submissions, 4500 hours of footage, from 192 countries. Kevin Macdonald has taken this raw material, all shot on July 24, 2010, and created a 90-minute paean to what it means to be human in the world today.

Part 1: Death on the Rio Grande
A young man drowns trying to cross the Rio Grande, and agents must now identify him and return his body to his family. Next, agents and officers target a human smuggling operation and raid a safe house containing more than 20 illegal immigrants living in cramped, unsuitable conditions. And inspection of a bell pepper shipment finds tiny invasive snails that could destroy thousands of acres of cropland if introduced into the U.S

A fragment of a pinky bone and a tooth twice the size of todayпїЅs average molar are the only remnants of a species we now know lived at the same time and place as modern humansпїЅand interbred with them. They are a part of us we never knew existed. What did these "people" look like? And how do they fit into what we thought we knew about our biological development as a species?

Holocaust had not yet penetrated everywhere. Using ultra-secret networks they knew to flee Europe. Adolf Eichmann, Klaus Barbie and Josef Mengele were a few Nazis in the blood of thousands managed to escape on their hands. But how far they went, how long they the hands of their pursuers managed to stay, they were not safe anywhere. In this series of documentaries based on witness statements examined where these Nazis were guilty of, how they escaped and how the hunt was opened on themпїЅ

Casey Anderson finds himself on пїЅmission impossibleпїЅ пїЅ a quest to film an elusive animal whose legend is almost larger than life, the Wolverine.

Storyline: In At Night I Fly: Images from New Folsom, inmates at one of California's most maximum security prisons let us see their world. This world is less about dangerous drama and more, as one of them describes, 'about isolation. About closure of both the mind and the heart. And the spirit.' The documentary shows prisoners, most serving a life sentence, who refuse such closure and instead work to uncover and express themselves. Their primary tool is making art and the film takes us to New Folsom's Arts in Corrections' room, to prison poetry readings, gospel choirs, blues guitar on the yard, and to many more scenes of creation.

Episode 7 Live Update Kenya
Richard Hammond and Julia Bradbury are reaching the end of the epic three week global wildlife event. They are following a cast of wild animal characters, and present the latest updates on them as they try to survive the toughest month of the year. In Kenya, Richard updates on Moja the lion cub and the baby elephants. Over in Minnesota, North America, Julia has more news of the black bear cubs. Plus reports on the meerkats in South Africa and the monkeys in Sri Lanka.

Part 6: The Surprise Salmon
In Alaska, the fresh water that feeds the rivers is snowmelt from North AmericaпїЅs highest mountains and most active volcanoes. Time and again, they erupt and poison the rivers. Scientists have only just begun to piece together what might have happened nearly 2,000 years ago, when one race of salmon faced the death of their natal river and were forced back to the open ocean - on an extraordinary adventure...