Discovery Science +1 Monday

How ugly root vegetables are transformed into sweet sugar. Plus, the manufacture of feather dusters and party balloons

How do they turn trees into billions of pencils? How do they make liquorice? And, how do they use traditional techniques to weave the world's most fashionable lace?

Buying goods from home

Buying goods from home

How champagne tops, pneumatic delivery systems, espresso machines and pizza ovens are made

The manufacturing processes behind the creation of stile and rail doors, steam cleaners, hand-held pizzas and power brushes

Scientists examine a huge black hole that lies at the heart of the galaxy, 26,000 lightyears away

The astronomical documentary turns attention to the surprisingly active surfaces of dwarf planets, from the oceans of Pluto to the vanishing volcanos of Ceres

The astronomical documentary explores binary star systems, which make around half of the Milky Way, and their potential to create habitats for alien life

Creative designer Adam Savage takes on a series of inventive builds and engineering challenges. This time, he makes his own Iron Man armour suit made from titanium

Adam Savage joins forces with a NASA engineer to rebuild a rocket-propelled super weapon, originally built to breach barbed wire in the Second World War

The construction of an ancient city lost in the Peruvian desert, where experts find signs of strange rituals

The construction of iconic megastructures created by bygone civilisations. This time, experts use the latest science and technology to reveal the secrets of the Statue of Liberty

New discoveries lead scientists to question if the Big Bang really happened, and whether it was the start of many multiverses

The science of astronomy. This edition explores new discoveries surrounding dark matter and energy

New discoveries reveal NASA's Cassini spacecraft's secrets, which explored Saturn and its moons until it vaporised in its atmosphere

The development, manufacturing and distribution of vibrating mining screens, whoopie pies, wood utility poles and roller conveyors

How exercise bikes, Cornish pasties, pasta makers and slate products are made

Documentary revealing how channel signs are created, wetsuits are manufactured and aluminium aircrafts are made

How skyline logging sources Vancouver's most elusive trees. Plus, how ordinary clay is transformed into intricate tiles in a Spanish workshop

A visit to Spain to see one of the most advanced and powerful planes in the world. Plus, the secret to making warm waterproof boots and how bananas get 'just ripe'

A look at how monorails are built above the world's most crowded streets, and how Copenhagen's famous Flora Danica porcelain is crafted

The stories of the men and women who pushed their curiosity beyond the limits to uncover some of the most groundbreaking findings in the history of space exploration

NASA and SpaceX launch the first crewed mission from US soil in almost ten years, and this programme offers behind the scenes coverage of the SpaceX Dragon Capsule water landing

New discoveries reveal the importance of black holes in creating stars, giving light, and building the universe itself

New discoveries reveal the secrets of nebulas, which are strange structures of cosmic gas and dust where stars are born and die in space

New discoveries surrounding interstellar space, the space between the universe's stars, which reveal it may not be as desolate as previous thought

A strange cave freezes in summer and melts in winter, and a huge sand dune swallows a small child in an instant. Rob and Stefan explore these mysteries