Plot: A look at some of the most beautiful cities in the world. These majestic cities share much in common: artistic history, stunning architecture and a rich historic, cultural and literary heritage.
Plot: It stinks to be Dan Snow in `Filthy Cities', a three-part documentary in which the historian sniffs out the murky pasts of London, Paris and New York. With the help of hands-on demonstrations, stunts and state-of-the-art CGI, Snow gets down and dirty as a medieval muckraker, tans leather by 18th-cen...
Plot: Urban designer and mobility expert Mikael Colville-Andersen travels around the world to meet people with ideas on bettering their cities and communities.
Plot: Ever wonder how the Roman Colosseum was constructed? How about the Egyptian pyramids? `Time Scanners' uses 3-D laser-scanning technology to reveal the secrets of how these and other engineering marvels were built. Dallas Campbell presents the programme, which uses the latest research tools and visual...
Plot: Rome, Egypt and Greece are some of the topics covered in this series that explores architectural and engineering feats that were characteristic of some of history's greatest societies. Computer renderings help illustrate the methods used in building such structures as the Parthenon. Actor Peter Weller...