The six-member crew of the International Space Station is on the cutting edge of one of the most important discoveries in human history: the first evidence of extraterrestrial life on Mars. As the crew begins to conduct research, their methods end up having unintended consequences and the life form proves more intelligent than anyone ever expected.

In this episode of Lifestories: Families in Crisis, viewers learn the true story of a minor who, believing nothing would ever happen to him, chose to drive after a night of drinking with friends. On his way home he crashed into an oncoming vehicle and killed the young woman driver. He was convicted and given a unique sentence of writing a weekly 1 dollar check to the victim's parents to ensure he always remembered the life he took. This is the story...

Autobiography of the guitarist, songwriter, singer, and founding member of the Rolling Stones, Keith Richards. With the Rolling Stones, Keith Richards lived the original rock and roll life. He tells his story of life in the crossfire hurricane; his listening obsessively to Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters records, learning guitar and forming a band with Mick Jagger and Brian Jones, the Rolling Stones' first fame and the notorious drug busts that led to...

The world underground undergoes devastating changes in a post-apocalyptic world. This documentary examines how man-made and natural caverns will evolve over millennia. Geothermal power plants will buckle under the strain of superheated steam. NORAD, America's former nuclear command center, will come under attack from a leaking reservoir. The Naica Crystal Caves in Mexico will grow giant gypsum crystals, while New Mexico’s Carlsbad Caverns will fill...

In this episode we meet Lynn Scott, the sister of death row inmate Jack Jones - the next prisoner in line to die. Jones has severe medical problems including diabetes, which led to him having a leg amputated in prison. Jones and his sister are worried that the number of medications he is on could mean the lethal injection drugs don't work properly, resulting in an agonising death. However, the family of Jones's victim Mary Phillips say they have waited...

This program theorizes about what would happen if people disappeared from Earth. We consider what will happen to Manhattan's Empire State Building, Chrysler Building, Brooklyn Bridge, and Roosevelt Island Tramway, all created of steel and concrete. The fates of Gateway Arch in St. Louis, the Federal Reserve's gold, and domesticated animals, such as horses, are also examined. The ghost town of Rhyolite, Nevada, abandoned 90 years ago, is also discussed....

When determining a child's health and well-being, a major factor to take into account is stress. This program explores the causes and effects of the chronic stress that children experience as they learn and grow. Viewers will follow a group of one-year-olds as they take part in a large-scale, longitudinal child development study-which, in this installment, measures levels of cortisol at specific points in each subject's daily routine. Shine's parents...

The approach of the wet season brings an explosion of life on the reef as corals spawn, sea birds nest and turtle hatchlings erupt over the beaches in the thousands. Like a great alien spaceship, the manta ray comes swooping in, a gentle plankton feeding giant up to seven meters wide and weighing as much as two tons. Soon torrential rain and severe storms will close in, bringing change and upheaval to the delicate ecosystem.

Concerned the horsemeat scandal has tarnished the company's image and cost millions in sales, CEO Malcolm Walker needs a game-changing TV advert. Elderly ad veteran Tom-the mastermind behind Iceland's successful Kerry Katona ads-pitches against a trendy London advertising agency. Meanwhile, Iceland's head of security Duncan is working on an instructional video to stop shoplifters. Tooting store manager Sandra is on the hunt to find the thief who's...