Extraordinary Stories Behind Everyday Things - Season 1

Season 1
Episodes

Vinyl Record and Airstream
Discover how vinyl records are pressed and how Airstreams are built.

Pencil, Pan, Baseball Bat
Learn how pencils, Bundt pans and baseball bats are made across the US.

Wool Blanket, Baseball Gloves
The stories behind Faribault blankets and Nokona ball gloves are revealed.

Banjo, Tile, Baby Shoe
The stories behind Faribault blankets and Nokona ball gloves are revealed.

Slinky and Cast Iron Skillet
Learn how the Slinky and cast iron skillet have endured for generations.

Rocking Chair, Skates, Pitcher
Discover how rocking chairs, roller skates and pitchers are made.
Recently Updated Shows

Dept. Q
DCI Carl Morck is a brilliant cop but a terrible colleague. His razor-sharp sarcasm has made him no friends in Edinburgh police. After a shooting that leaves a young PC dead, and his partner paralysed, he finds himself exiled to the basement and the sole member of Department Q; a newly formed cold case unit. The department is a PR stunt, there to distract the public from the failures of an under-resourced, failing police force that is glad to see the back of him. But more by accident than design, Carl starts to build a gang of waifs and strays who have everything to prove. So, when the stone-cold trail of a prominent civil servant who disappeared several years ago starts to heat up, Carl is back doing what he does best - rattling cages and refusing to take no for an answer.

Ancient Aliens
Ancient Aliens explores the controversial theory that extraterrestrials have visited Earth for millions of years. From the age of the dinosaurs to ancient Egypt, from early cave drawings to continued mass sightings in the US, each episode in this hit History series gives historic depth to the questions, speculations, provocative controversies, first-hand accounts and grounded theories surrounding this age old debate. Did intelligent beings from outer space visit Earth thousands of years ago?

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
On Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, John Oliver presents a satirical look at the week in news, politics and current events.

Hudson & Rex
Detective Charlie Hudson, a cunning Major Crimes detective for the St. John's Police Department, teams up with an unusual partner – Rex, a former-K9 German Shepherd, whose heightened senses keep Charlie hot on the trail of his suspects. Together, they investigate puzzling crimes, from a kidnapping which reveals a much larger conspiracy at play to an art theft murder which runs deep into the world of high society. With Charlie's deft detective work and Rex's keen canine senses, this crime-fighting pair is unstoppable.
