Exploring how we have been redesigning the planet as we build ever more astonishing places to live. In Dubai, we climb to the very top of the world's tallest building--over half a mile above the desert sand--to help clean the highest windows in the world. In China, the rate of change is accelerating as millions move into the cities; to keep pace, they have learned to erect 30-storey buildings in under three weeks. The world is changing underneath...

Never before in the history of human civilization are so many people living alone--either by choice or not--and nowhere is this more evident than with our senior citizens. Time stretches in front of them, and they are well aware of this. They are more physically fit, better off financially, and better educated than past generations. Their bodies are more flexible, their minds are sharper, and technology in all its forms is out there to help them live...

This video clips shows four year olds Russell and Taylor who have a little squabble over who will carry the wooden sign that the class has made. Taylor gets slightly physical, but Russell declares, "I'm never letting go." The teacher shifts into "we have a problem" mode, using phrases the children recognize from similar situations.

Host David Holt drops by a historic general store to visit with “American Songster” Dom Flemons, a founder of the Carolina Chocolate Drops.

From the end of the 19th century, the women of the European countries energetically demand the right to vote, better working conditions, and education, just like the Suffragette movement in England. Despite some progress, results are slow to come when the year 1914 dawns. But with the lack of a male workforce, gone off to the war, factories are forced to employ women in positions traditionally occupied by men. The image of the world of work has changed...

Stockbroker Mark Finch and his wife Jo swap the world of finance for the joys of campsites, caravans, and canoes in France. Their big plan is to upgrade a 2 star site to 4 stars, and develop an adventure center to include canoeing on the beautiful lake they have on their land. But there are more pressing problems as they quickly discover the importance of having the right toilets, power showers and fresh croissants.

Allergies are on the riseand reaching epidemic proportions, but curiously only in the western world. Professor Graham Rook believes that the changes we have made to our environment are impacting our microbiome--the bacteria that live in and on every one of us--and that this is having a knock-on effect on our immune system. BBC Horizon puts the lives of two ordinary families under the microscope to see if the theory plays out in the real world. From...

Only the Bible has sold more than the roughly four billion copies of Agatha Christie's novels. Her books have been translated into over 100 languages, and her creations are some of the most recognized literary characters.This program documents Christie's life, from her time working as a nurse during World War I, to the 11-day disappearance in 1926, to the strained relationships she shared with her creations.

This program presents a look at Victorian society from the cream to the dregs, from the law enforcers to the law breakers, and from the rich and complacent self-made man to the discarded poor and needy. Dickens' firsthand experience of the legal profession certainly qualified him to write with moving poignancy on a subject which created a main thrust behind many of his works and the effects that these real-life experiences had on the innocent.