Richard Hammond reveals secret animal abilities from the natural world, and discovers how those same animals have inspired a series of unlikely human inventions at the very frontiers of science. Unfortunately for Hammond, that journey will involve diving to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, driving a car pursued by geese, and leaping 500 metres off a South African cliff. In this first episode, he discovers how the Cape vulture has inspired a flying submarine; how a giraffe's neck can stop a jet pilot losing consciousness; how a woodpecker's skull can safely protect a light bulb dropped from space; and how a South American butterfly holds the secret to making any mobile phone waterproof.
This week the main ingredient is vegetables. Guest chefs are Gill Meller , River Cottage chef, and Florence Knight from London's Polpetto. The judge for the week is Charlie Hicks, greengrocer. The star ingredient this time is beetroot and the additional ingredients are hardboiled egg and anchovy, blue cheese and poppy seeds, and walnut and yogurt.
In 1989, Jeni Gray inexplicably vanished while on a morning walk in Boone. Police were perplexed when no trace of Jeni could be found in town or the surrounding area. But that confusion gave way to horror when a second woman disappeared.
NeNe looks at a possible reconciliation with Gregg, and Kandi and her new man are moving in together.
Steven Rinella continues his hunt in New Zealand working towards his ultimate goal. Featured meals will be rock-grilled Chamois, Tahr Tartar, and a mountaintop Tahr-B-Q.
Fredde offers a new colleague, who is temporarily homeless, to move in with him and Mickan. Anna and Alex have realized that Jonas will never get ready with their kitchen and decide to hire a new craftsman. The girl longs for a child but Fredde thinks it is enough for two.
Guy visits Llandudno to help get this Queen of Victorian resorts up to scratch in time for the summer season. The great British seaside holiday was a largely Victorian invention. Once it had caught on, tiny fishing villages up and down the country were transformed into giant pleasure parks complete with all the latest attractions. Over the course of the winter, Guy gets stuck into essential and dangerous restoration work on the town's magnificent pier, rebuilds a towering original helter-skelter ride and gets up to his elbows in grease servicing the town's funicular tramway. He learns how our appetite for sea-bathing began when word began to spread that it was good for the glands. He finds out how the engineering developments taking place in the great factories also led to a revolution in musical instruments. And he joins a brass band to play his part in a special promenade concert - with mixed results...
Ming gets to run the store when Walt and Mike take sick; and a customer has first issues of "Iron Man" and "Daredevil" to sell. Ming convinces "Clerks" star Brian "Dante Hicks" O'Halloran to help out.
Host Chris Hardwick discusses The Walking Dead episode “Killer Within” with guests IronE Singleton and Gale Anne Hurd.
Ken and Elaine's church scam is making progress and Fitz tries to join in. However, when he is denied, he decides that he can beat them by starting his own religion.
Teams endure a steamy detour in Istanbul to keep their race from getting scrubbed. Meanwhile, after finishing last on the previous leg, Josh and Brent must overcome a tasty Speed Bump in order to keep their hopes of racing alive.
The team mixes it up with a medley of viewer requested myths and hit a home run with baseball legend Matt Cain. The guys test an underwater bike ride, if you really can "know it like the back of your hand," and the potty dance.
The battle against the Kree Empire continues, with Captain Mar-Vell facing an agonizing moral decision in the conflict.
The ties that bind Victoria and Conrad are tested as they reaffirm their loyalties and commitment to each other. Meanwhile the all-too-knowing Mason Treadwell digs deeper as Emily and Amanda struggle to keep their pasts a secret.
As fall gives way to winter, we all know what that means ... tis the season! And we're not talking holidays -- we're talking flu season. Ever wonder what's going on inside your body when it's under attack? Just how does your body fight back to stop a virus from advancing. Every day, trillions of cells inside your body engage in a life and death struggle with viruses and a variety of enemy intruders. This episode of Curiosity presents that battle in all its surprisingly stunning glory as it explores the once invisible world of the human cell. Based on the latest scientific research -- combined with new imaging and CGI technologies -- we expose this world like never before by revealing a human cell's 48-hour battle to the death with a virus.
How Britain's Industrial Revolution created the modern world.
Cleveland confronts Kenny West about not sharing credit on the hit song they created together and discovers a secret hip-hop society; Cleveland Jr. starts a polka band.
Marcus asks David to help him recruit a young actor to star in his next project.
Now with Rocky in a funk without Shake It Up, Chicago!, CeCe tries helping her out. When they are out of choices, they witness how horrible and emotionless the spirit squad is, so they decide to join. Later on, the squad promotes Cece as president and they want her to kick Rocky out when they realize how bossy and demanding she is. Meanwhile, Deuce feels bad for Tinka since Gunther left. He persuades Dina into letting her hang out with them. However, Deuce gets annoyed when Dina and Tinka spend every minute together and he feels like the third wheel. Elsewhere, Flynn is offended when is known for having a bad friend reputation.