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The car. The aeroplane. The smartphone. The rocket. The robot. The telescope. We take these devices for granted, yet each one is a pinnacle of human achievement - with a story that stretches far back in time. They're the result of years of accidents, breakthroughs, insights and wonders. Each was born out of a fundamental human need - to travel, to communicate, or to explore. This series is a voyage through our history, told through the lens of six technological icons. It reveals how science, invention, accident and discovery built on one another in interconnected ways to create not just the modern world, but the modern human being.

Now that Lu has passed her private investigator exams and Frank’s tidied himself up a bit, there’s no stopping them. But murder, kidnap, blackmail and infidelity still abound in the pretty tourist town of Stratford-upon-Avon. An ageing heavy metal star with a pact with the devil. A Shakespeare museum full of deadly secrets. A King Lear story set in a carpet warehouse. Welcome to the birthplace of the Bard, where low-life criminals get caught up in deliciously high drama.

Stephen Tompkinson returns as the tenacious and stubborn Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks in more gripping crime stories.

New forensic science sheds light on six of the world's ancient mysteries, helping to reveal their hidden secrets and so uncover their part in history. The mysteries explored include: The World's Greatest Pyramids, not as you might imagine in Egypt, but in Indiana, USA; the discovery of the remains of a ruined ancient city in Santorini that could possibly be the fabled Atlantis: the uncovering of evidence within Tutankhamun's tomb which seems to point towards it possibly also being the resting place of none other than Nefertiti. Stunning documentary sequences, arresting science and gripping drama reconstructions bring the remarkable stories behind these mysteries to life.