Focusing on five disparate characters who each toil and/or party well into the night (hence the title), this latenight entry takes the “city that never sleeps” line and runs with it. The result is visually provocative but only mildly entertaining, and never for a moment truly convincing.
Master carpenter Simon Parfett and his team help families, couples and retirees cash in on untapped, income-generating potential in their unused or underused spaces by creating their own unique B&B.
From the moment the news broke that 12 young Thai soccer players and their 25-year-old coach were stuck in a cave complex near the Myanmar border, the world was glued to the rescue and recovery details. All the trapped people were rescued after an 18-day ordeal in which courageous cave divers battled rains and flooding waters to undertake the dangerous mission.
January 1943: Admiral Karl Dönitz, head of the Nazis’ U-boat fleet, has brought Britain to the brink of starvation by ruthlessly destroying close to a thousand of their merchant ships. If the transatlantic shipping route is cut off, the Allies will lose their last foothold in Western Europe. The Royal Navy turns to retired war gamer Gilbert Roberts. Roberts is to use war gaming to try to decipher and combat Dönitz’s tactics. To do this, he needs a team, but the Navy can’t spare any men. Instead, he risks the ridicule of high command by turning to the Women’s Royal Navy Service (WRNS) to war game the U-boats’ tactics. In partnership with Jean Laidlaw, one of Britain’s first female chartered accountants, and a small team of resourceful female mathematicians, Roberts acts out naval battles and games the U-boats’ moves on a linoleum floor, using chalk and wooden model ships.
Besties Amanda Holden and Alan Carr say 'Hola España!' as they bring some much-needed TLC to a crumbling casa in southern Spain. It's scaffolding by day, and sangria by night.
In the 1950s, fish began dying near the Cheminova chemical factory by Thyborøn. At the time, fisherman Aage Hansen raised the alarm, but few listened. More than 70 years later, Aage’s son, Bjarne, is still fighting his father’s battle, fearing a potential environmental catastrophe.
The Mercedes-AMG ONE: A car that made history, before it was even built. What started with big promises from the AMG Management and highest expectations from not only a handpicked crowd of 275 customers but the automotive industry and beyond soon turned into a project that put the image of the entire Mercedes group at stake: misfires, problems, delays, frustrations, tensions within the management and the teams, and the rising pressure from all sides. Failure was not an option.
10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America is a ten-hour, ten-part television miniseries that aired on the History Channel from April 9 through April 14, 2006. The material was later adapted and published as a book by the same title.