Deadliest Day on Everest

Two brothers arrange a day trip to the Isle of Wight, off England’s south coast. Keen to experience a novel form of transport, they travel by hovercraft. But on the return journey across the sea, the bad weather rolls in. With the hovercraft overwhelmed, Andy and Tim Benford will ...  Show more

An Air Force captain, George Burk, boards a plane bound for a base in Washington State. It’s a Monday morning like any other. Or at least, it should be. A structural failure will lead to a horror scenario in the sky. As the windows are blown out, this aluminium tube will hurtle t ...  Show more

In this episode of The All About Everest Podcast, host Pauline Reynolds Nuttall takes listeners deep into the Death Zone — the deadly region above 8,000 meters where oxygen levels plummet and every breath is a fight for survival. Discover what really happens to the human body at ...  Show more

After Joe Simpson fractures his leg, his climbing partner Simon Yates begins lowering him down the mountain, 300 feet at a time. But near the bottom, Simon unknowingly lowers Joe over the edge of a sheer cliff. Joe is left dangling in midair, unable to take his weight off the ...

How did the SS units fight back against the Italian partisan brigades? When was the Marzabotto massacre? What happened to the leaders of the Stella Rossa, and their families? Join James Holland and Al Murray for part 2 as they explore the story of the largest mass killing of civi ...  Show more

British viewers need no introduction to Andrew ‘Freddie’ Flintoff, the undisputed sporting legend. And even more around the world will know him as the lovable northern rogue from Top Gear. The former England cricket player’s life was changed dramatically in December 2022 when the ...  Show more