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A mother falls for a younger man while her daughter falls in love for the first time. Mother Nature messes with their fates.

Elephants have long been a source of wonder and mystery with their rich emotional lives and almost supernatural ways of navigating the world.

Big and Small are opposites who encounter adventures and misadventures due to their differences, teaching friendship and tolerance through humor and meaningful stories.

Examines the diversity of human sexual and gender variance around the globe, with commentary by scientific experts and first-hand accounts of people who do not conform to a simple male/female binary.

A drama-documentary telling the story of the celebrated gathering in Geneva, 1816 which led to the creation of both Frankenstein and the first modern vampire story.

A brief account of the Earth's geological progression, from its creation 4.6 billion years ago to scientists' predictions of its demise more than 2.5 billion years in the future.

Dinosaurs were the ultimate prehistoric survival machines, ruling the earth for 120 Million years. Until now we've seen them as skeletons and robotic models. Dino Body takes a new look at dinosaurs -- from the inside out. Combining cinematic photo-real 3D graphics and leading-edge anatomy and paleontology, we peel back their skin, their muscles, even their brains to reveal the unique inner workings of the greatest beasts that ever lived. Hidden inside dino bodies are the anatomical secrets to surviving prehistoric Planet Earth for millions of years.

Year 2060. Climate predictions made at the beginning of the 21st century have turned out to be dramatically true: global warming of the Earth's atmosphere now has serious consequences on the every day lives of our grandchildren.

Animal Olympians examines the extraordinary athletic prowess of the animal kingdom, comparing and contrasting the beauty, endurance and sheer power of a variety of creatures with that of human sportsmen.

The efforts by the New Zealand authorities to solve the case of who bombed the Rainbow Warrior ship in 1985, which resulted in the death of one of the crew.

Stephen Fry chooses and presents his 100 all-time favourite gadgets that have revolutionised our individual and collective lives, from hi-tech to historical, the domestic to the downright dumb. From curling tongs to the corkscrew, the typewriter to the trouser press, the iron to the iPod, the show is an entertaining mix of cutting-edge technology, misty-eyed nostalgia and the fascinating insights for which Stephen Fry is renowned.

It seems the speculation wasn't absurd enough. Parallel universes really do exist and they are much stranger than even the science fiction writers dared to imagine.

Former Conservative MP, Michael Portillo pushes his body to the brink of death in an investigation into the science of execution. As the American Supreme Court examines whether the lethal injection is causing prisoners to die in unnecessary pain Michael sets out to find a solution which is fundamentally humane. To do so he examines the key methods of execution available today: he discovers why convicts can catch on fire in the electric chair, learns how easy it is to botch a hanging and inhales a noxious gas to experience first hand the terror of the gas chamber. Armed with some startling evidence Michael considers a completely new approach. Will it be the answer? There is only one way of finding out - to experience it himself.

This episode looks at the work of the metropolitan police dog unit - 300 dogs with their police handlers tackling crime in the capital. From daytime drug searches through the streets of Camden with sniffer Spaniels to a search for suspected armed criminals in the dead night with 'track and attack' German Shepherds, we follow these canine cops and their human partners.

Big wakes up one morning and thinks: something is missing from my house. While he is looking for this something there's a knock at the door. And in walks Small. Big's first ever visitor; looking to have fun. Big, excited to have a guest, shows Small the garden swing that's hanging from the apple tree. But zooming through the air on a big swing isn't a lot of fun for a Small, especially when he ends up with a smooshed nose. What is fun, however, is a small model car that Big brings out of his tool shed. Fun, you see, comes in different sizes. And watching Small race around the room makes Big realise that's what is missing from the house. A Small - and a friend. A best friend. And Small, too, has found his best friend and a home. When Small knocks on Big's front door, Big's life will never be the same again!

30 million years after Earth's birth a cataclysmic collision almost destroyed the planet completely. Instead this chance collision formed the moon, triggering an extraordinary sequence of events that formed this unique planet teaming with life.