1. MythBusters
MythBusters is a science entertainment television program created and produced by Australia's Beyond Television Productions for the Discovery Channel. The show's hosts, special effects experts Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman, use elements of the scientific method to test the validity of rumors, myths, movie scenes, adages, Internet videos, and news stories.
It has an average vote of 7.833 on TMDB.
2. World's Most Epic
The history and technology behind a fleet of remarkable machines from around the world.
3. Engineering Catastrophes
From the hilarious to the mind-boggling, from the deadly to the bank-busting, witness some of the most outrageous structural disasters and the genius resolutions to get things back on track.
It has an average vote of 6.2 on TMDB.
4. Survival in the Skies
(Survival in the Skies)
5. The Secret Life of Components
Coinciding with the release of the remastered original episodes of The Secret Life Of Machines, Tim Hunkin began a self-produced spiritual successor called The Secret Life of Components.</p><p></p><p>It explores some of the individual parts that so often make up the appliances and machines that were the focus of the original series.</p><p></p><p>The weekly episodes included what Hunkin has learned through his experience with the component, along with many models for demonstration and examples from his amusement machines and other works.
It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.
6. The Search for Solutions
A nine part television series, produced by J.C. Crimmins for PBS. Music composed, arranged and performed by Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays. The stated purpose of “The Search for Solutions” is to stimulate interest in science and technology, primarily among the young. The film comprises nine 18-minute sections touching on various aspects of scientific inquiry that its makers say can be shown as a whole, as it is in this engagement, or in any combination of its parts.
It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.
7. Mega Machines
Unlock the secrets of iconic machines, such as roller coasters, bullet trains, and cargo planes. Transforming our understanding of the machines around us, the series goes inside, under, over, and through them, revealing how they were built, how they work, and more.
8. Shannons Club TV
This series presents a number of unique vehicles that helped to shape Australia's automotive history. We briefly look at some of the most iconic cars to hit the Australian highways and why we loved or hated them and how they faired on our roads and race tracks.</p><p></p><p>Some of these cars are unique to Australia, while other cars will be instantly recognised in other parts of the world. Some international models were renamed and rebadged for the Australian market, but you may still recognise them just the same.</p><p></p><p>We've asked automotive journalists Mark Oastler, John Wright & Joe Kenwright to present their exclusive articles for the Shannons Club in a television format.
It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.
9. Shannons Legends of Motorsport
Relive the biggest events of Australian Motorsport history in 'Shannons Legends of Motorsport', hosted by Neil Crompton.</p><p></p><p>In an entertaining 12 part series, Neil Crompton, Australia's premier motoring commentator, brings to life the history of Australian Motorsport with rarely seen historical footage from Seven's extensive archives dating from the '60's to the '90'.</p><p></p><p>In the he second 12 part series, hosted by Bill Woods and Aaron Noonan, they interview many of our Australian motorsport legends and reveal even more historical footage taken from the Network Seven archives.</p><p></p><p>The third 15 part series includes a number of short clips outlining some of the most iconic people, cars and race events in our Australian automotive history.
It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.
10. The Engineering That Built the World
The stories behind the iconic structures and engineering feats that have shaped and defined our nation and our world.
It has an average vote of 5.7 on TMDB.
11. Shipping the World
International trade has been ferried around the world via boat for centuries. If the business of shipping stopped tomorrow, half the world would starve, and the other half would freeze. A testament of humanity's will to tame the elements and expand our reach; shipping has pioneered new technologies, revolutionized the global economy and reshaped the world as we know it.
12. The Secret Life of Machines
The Secret Life of Machines is an educational television series presented by Tim Hunkin and Rex Garrod, in which the two explain the inner workings and history of common household and office machinery. According to Hunkin, the show's creator, the programme was developed from his comic strip The Rudiments of Wisdom, which he researched and drew for the Observer newspaper over a period of 14 years. Three separate groupings of the broadcast were produced and originally shown between 1988 and 1993 on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom, with the production subsequently airing on The Learning Channel and the Discovery Channel.
It has an average vote of 7.6 on TMDB.
13. World's Greatest Bridges
Discover how and why the world’s most iconic bridges were built.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
14. The Hairy Bikers' Restoration Road Trip
Swapping spatulas for spanners, the Hairy Bikers restore amazing relics of Britain's past.
15. Dreaming The Impossible: Unbuilt Britain
The fascinating and dramatic stories behind some of the grandest designs never built.
16. Don't Look Down
Design expert Kevin McCloud secures breathtaking vantage points from which to view impressive feats of architecture as he scales some of Britain's highest structures.
17. Sydney's Super Tunnel
Filmed over 5 years, this series will trace the enormous engineering challenges faced by what is the greatest public transport project in Australia's history: a brand new, state-of-the-art metro system through, beneath and above the streets of this iconic city of five million people.
18. Richard Hammond's Engineering Connections
Richard Hammond looks at the connections behind the greatest feats of engineering.
It has an average vote of 5 on TMDB.
19. Ultimate Vehicles
The most spectacular vehicles in the world are milestones of engineering that have changed land, water, and air transport for good. Each episode features a different class of vehicle, from the breathtakingly fast to the impressively powerful.
20. The Tube: Going Underground
Carrying nearly five million passengers per day, the London Tube is one of the world's oldest and busiest metro systems in the world. Today the Tube is undergoing a complete overhaul that is long overdue. Take a behind the scenes look into the daily lives of drivers, emergency personnel, operations managers, and many others among the near twenty thousand employees of this massive rail system, as they navigate the evolution of the London Tube.
It has an average vote of 8.3 on TMDB.