Million Pound Pawn pulls back the curtain on the world of pawnbroking in the midst of the current economic crisis, telling the story of both the pawnbrokers and the people looking to part with their prized possessions. With over a million pounds worth of assets passing through Britain's pawnbrokers hands each day, there's no way of knowing who will be walking through the pawnbroker's door next or what their valuables will be.
In the 20th century, oceans become battlegrounds as nations built powerful warships; this series, co-produced with World of Warships, uses 3D CGI to explore naval battles and their engineering feats.
Fresh Market Dinners is a travelling cooking series that takes us on a Canadian culinary journey from market to plate. In each half-hour episode, host Amanda Herrera brings us to local farmers markets, where she discovers local produce and artisanal products and learns more about the people who harvest the ingredients.
Following her market adventure, Amanda drives her retro teardrop trailer to her fabulously cozy outdoor kitchen, where she cooks up inspiring recipes using the fresh food bounty she found that day. Nestled amongst nature’s best views, the Fresh Market Dinners cooking site is a picturesque outdoor setting perfect for preparing unique and easy seasonal dishes.
Fresh Market Dinners is all about the love of fresh, local produce and craft products which inspire us to transform wholesome ingredients into a simple chic dinner. Ditch the grocery cart and join Amanda on her great gastronomic adventure.
Guy Martin investigates autonomous vehicles, attempts to build a robotic Ford Transit, and takes on an artificially intelligent race car. What's fastest, man or machine?
Willie's Wonky Chocolate Factory is a United Kingdom television documentary series broadcast on Channel 4 in March 2008. Filmed in "fly-on-the-wall" style, it shows the efforts of Willie Harcourt-Cooze to establish a brand of 100% cacao chocolate in the UK.
The series centres around "Willie" Harcourt-Cooze, assisted by his wife Tania Harcourt-Cooze née Coleridge, who aims to grow high quality cacao beans on his farm in Venezuela, and then process them in the UK into luxury chocolate products.
A follow-up series, Willie's Chocolate Revolution: Raising the Bar, aired on Channel 4 over three consecutive nights, 7–9 April 2009. This followed Willie's attempt to introduce a high-cacao chocolate bar, "Delectable", in the British market.
For centuries, the 350 species of sharks have fascinated, horrified, and populated our nightmares. Now renowned filmmakers and scientists delve into the deepest mysteries of these magnificent creatures, separating truth from myth.
70 year after partition, journalists Adnan Sarwar and Babita Sharma travel the still volatile border of Pakistan and India, discovering the lives of those who live there.