Gregg Wallace and Cherry Healey get exclusive access to some of the largest factories in Britain to reveal the secrets behind production on an epic scale.
Explore the intriguing world of manufacturing, construction, and science in this captivating documentary series. From the inner workings of factories to the intricacies of production processes, witness how everyday objects are made.
Lucy Hill is a high-powered executive working in Miami who is sent to a small-town in Minnesota to oversee the restructuring of a manufacturing plant. As she adapts to the cold and slower-paced lifestyle, Lucy finds unexpected friendships and romance in the community.
A journalist investigates corruption and crimes in a border town in Mexico, uncovering a web of brutality and violence. As he digs deeper, he puts his life at risk and uncovers dark secrets about the town's power players.
Extract follows the story of Joel, a small business owner who is faced with a series of misfortunes including a cheating wife, a nosy neighbor, and an industrial accident. Joel tries to extract himself from these bizarre situations while dealing with a variety of eccentric characters.
Envy is a comedy movie released in 2004. It tells the story of a man who becomes jealous after his best friend becomes incredibly wealthy. In an attempt to achieve the same level of success, he embarks on a series of ridiculous and hilarious schemes. The movie explores themes of envy, friendship, and the consequences of obsession. With a star-studded cast and plenty of comedic moments, Envy is an entertaining film that will keep you laughing throughout.
Period. End of Sentence. is a documentary that sheds light on the social stigma surrounding menstruation in India, emphasizing the challenges faced by women due to religious discrimination, social taboos, and lack of access to feminine hygiene products. The film also explores the impact of this stigma on girls' education, female independence, and overall public health.
Ultimate Factories also known as Megafactories is an American documentary television series that premiered in 2006 on the National Geographic Channel. The program explores the inner workings of factories worldwide. Each episode profiles the machinery and manpower behind each factory's main product, featuring close-ups, breakdowns, interviews, and side stories to show the sequence of events to produce the product in the factory. Hoff Productions was one of the principal producers of this highly successful series. It also airs in non-US markets as Megafactories.
A nun leaves the convent temporarily to help save her family knitting mill from bankruptcy following the death of her brother. Outside the convent she becomes a fairly shrewd businesswoman and feels attracted to one of the men who work at the mill, and thus begins to feel conflict about her religious vows.
MAN is an animated movie that explores the consequences of unchecked consumerism and environmental exploitation. It portrays a world where profit motives and indifference to nature lead to the destruction of the environment, resulting in ecological disasters and the extinction of various species. The movie serves as a social critique on capitalism and mass production, using metaphor and allegory to address issues such as pollution, waste, and animal cruelty.
John Ratzenberger's Made in America is an American documentary television series hosted by John Ratzenberger. The series premiered January 6, 2004, on the Travel Channel. Ratzenberger visits various American manufacturers, taking the show's viewers along on the tours and showing how various everyday items are made. The show has visited a variety of factories, including Crayola, Airstream, Yankee Candle, Samuel Adams Brewery, Ruger, Delta Faucet Company, and Rodgers Instruments.
Manufactured Landscapes is a documentary that explores the environmental consequences of industrialization and consumerism through the lens of landscape photography. The film follows photographer Edward Burtynsky as he travels to China to capture the vast and surreal landscapes created by massive factories, waste dumps, and industrial developments. Through stunning visuals and interviews with workers and residents, the film highlights the scale of industrial production, the impact on local communities, and the global consequences of our consumer-driven society.
A behind-the-scenes look at IKEA, one of the world's most successful, enigmatic and recognisable global brands.
Today's high-end high-performance Supercars are an amazing combination of art and science. Super Car Build finds out how they do it and goes behind the scenes at some of the most legendary automotive marques to discover the hidden engineering secrets and keys to each machine's success.
From the mass produced to the hand crafted, Made in Britain is a behind the scenes look at how Britain's most iconic brands are made.
Detropia is a documentary film that explores the economic decline and urban decay of Detroit, focusing on the lives of its residents and the impact of deindustrialization on the city. It follows various individuals, including artists, protesters, workers, and business owners, as they navigate the challenges of unemployment, corporate downsizing, and civic pride. The film captures the stark contrast between the city's past as a thriving industrial center and its present state of economic crisis.
Some Assembly Required is a Discovery Channel TV series which premiered in the United States on December 27, 2007 and originally aired in 2007 and 2008. Hosts Brian Unger and physicist Lou Bloomfield explain how various things are manufactured and participate in the manufacturing process. The show is also titled as How Stuff's Made in the UK.
The Goal Is To Live is an infinitely-looping assemblage constructed out of repurposed content from the popular show How It’s Made, which chronicles the factories that create everyday objects. The film takes Dina Kelberman’s practice of accumulation and recontextualization into a large-scale time-based work for the first time. Reorganizing short clips into a long Rube-Goldberg-like narrative, and featuring a hypnotic minimalist soundtrack by Rod Hamilton and Tiffany Seal, the film portrays a mesmerizing and surreal process in which materials are transformed in myriad ways.
Evan Davis looks at the British economy and asks what our country is good at and how it can pay its way in the world,