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Kevin McCloud follows 10 households as they embark on an epic five-year mission to construct their own homes, creating a brand-new street in Britain's biggest self-build project.

Series following a team of more than 10,000 engineers and construction workers as they race to build a brand new railway under London - Crossrail - London's new Underground.

When a project to build a thousand flats in Oslo is put out to tender, architect Julie has an idea: why not convert empty underground car parks into residential buildings? A pitch-black, keenly observed satire about an all-too-near future.

Weeks after Hurricane Florence ravaged the Carolinas, and on the sixth anniversary of Superstorm Sandy in New York, the four-part series examines how cities are preparing for the real-time effects of climate change.

A series which explores the skyscrapers of Chicago to London, Melbourne to Tokyo. Each episode gives viewers a never-before-seen look at these herculean structures.

Filmed at Claridge's over six years, this series follows work to dig out a five-storey mega-basement, add four new floors and create London's most exclusive penthouse.

Documentary revolves around the new LaGuardia Airport and its exciting transformation, adding of a new terminal and turning the airport into the superhub. The design of the dual skybridges brings much needed extra two miles of taxiway space to the busy airport, offering beautiful views of the Manhattan skyline. The airspace for aircraft is doubled, and there is much more space for passengers.

Drenched in sun, luxury and excess, what is it really like to live in the desert-paradise of Dubai, an ultra-modern tax haven for the super-rich.

With space at a premium in many towns and cities, every year hundreds of thousands of unwanted buildings are razed to the ground to make way for something new. Featuring video footage of some of the world's biggest and most infamous disasters.

Extraordinary structures, buildings and machines around the world have been transformed from their original function into something completely different. Experts reveal how.

Meet the people living and working in the eye of Manchester's remarkable housing boom.