Programme de Cottage Life

Uncovering the fallout from a terrifying nuclear missile program and a failed living weapon; learning how abandoned military experiments created unexpected breakthroughs, from the materials used in modern computers to new ways of sensing the world.

Coming face to face with a superpod of dolphins in New Zealand and examining swirling spirals beneath the surface of the Pacific; learning why the turquoise Strait of Georgia suddenly turns white; spotting a structure that sneaks around the ocean.

Using cutting-edge CGI, archive footage and expert interviews, examine mysterious curiosities that have been uncovered by extreme weather and calamitous incidents.

Elevated highways fall, a bridge collapses, and houses plunge into the ocean.

Racing the clock with cops trying to save a woman in a sinking car; cheering on a marine who pulls a young woman from a burning car; running into an unexpected gatecrasher at a family meal and swimming with some extremely curious locals in Thailand.

Coming face to face with a superpod of dolphins in New Zealand and examining swirling spirals beneath the surface of the Pacific; learning why the turquoise Strait of Georgia suddenly turns white; spotting a structure that sneaks around the ocean.

Uncovering the fallout from a terrifying nuclear missile program and a failed living weapon; learning how abandoned military experiments created unexpected breakthroughs, from the materials used in modern computers to new ways of sensing the world.

Volunteers unearth tunnel systems, and a sealed burial tomb is found.

Using cutting-edge CGI, archive footage and expert interviews, examine mysterious curiosities that have been uncovered by extreme weather and calamitous incidents.

On a September morning in 1994, students at a Zimbabwe school witness a silver craft land in a nearby field; numerous adults corroborate the UFO sighting, but the children are silenced; many maintain their account of the incident is true.

Racing the clock with cops trying to save a woman in a sinking car; cheering on a marine who pulls a young woman from a burning car; running into an unexpected gatecrasher at a family meal and swimming with some extremely curious locals in Thailand.

Alaskans must adapt to new obstacles to survive in deep winter.

Elevated highways fall, a bridge collapses, and houses plunge into the ocean.

Figure out what obliterated a lakeside town in Argentina and why a 2023 earthquake unleashed hell on the Turkey-Syria border. See what looks like snow sprinkled over tropical towns in the Philippines, then investigate a blood-red ocean volcano.

Test the theory that a notorious pirate faked his own death so he could live in anonymity in North Carolina. Examine a cryptic sword, then attend a spooky seance to see if the deceased buccaneer can be summoned from beyond the grave.

The homesteaders race to finish their pre-season tasks before winter sets in.

Figure out what obliterated a lakeside town in Argentina and why a 2023 earthquake unleashed hell on the Turkey-Syria border. See what looks like snow sprinkled over tropical towns in the Philippines, then investigate a blood-red ocean volcano.

Test the theory that a notorious pirate faked his own death so he could live in anonymity in North Carolina. Examine a cryptic sword, then attend a spooky seance to see if the deceased buccaneer can be summoned from beyond the grave.

The homesteaders race to finish their pre-season tasks before winter sets in.

Seeing if the theory that animals can sense tsunamis is true in Sri Lanka; chasing a radioactive California wildfire; witnessing a runaway train's descent in Canada; unraveling the design flaws that caused a cataclysmic bridge collapse in Italy.

Re-evaluating what we know about evolution, extinction, and animals' sacred roles. Dig up a Canadian dinosaur that sparks questions about fossilization, meet a prehistoric survivor in China, and see the religious parts crocodiles played in Egypt.

Test the theory that a notorious pirate faked his own death so he could live in anonymity in North Carolina. Examine a cryptic sword, then attend a spooky seance to see if the deceased buccaneer can be summoned from beyond the grave.

Alaskans must adapt to new obstacles to survive in deep winter.