Sunday, July 19th TV listings for Cottage Life
The science behind some of the most incredible engineering accidents ever filmed is revealed; a look at the physics involved as well as forensic details to explain the slip-ups that turned construction into destruction.
The failed controlled demolition of The Clarion hotel in Las Vegas; substandard soil conditions and reclaimed land are among the reasons for construction site collapses; how construction, urbanization and heavy equipment contribute to sinkholes.
QI Quintessential
Sandi Toksvig delves into a bit of quintessential "QI" with Alan Davies, Cariad Lloyd, Holly Walsh and Josh Widdicombe.
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Construction Fails Columbia's Fatal Flaw
Fails include a disastrous shuttle mission, and an unwanted and very expensive airport.
QI Pain and Punishment
Sandi Toksvig considers pain and punishment with Jimmy Carr, Lee Mack, Alice Levine and Alan Davies.
QI Potpourri
Sandi Toksvig looks at a potpourri of topics with Phill Jupitus, Cally Beaton, Rhod Gilbert and Alan Davies.
QI Procrastination
Sandi Toksvig finally gets around to a bit of procrastination with Aisling Bea, Holly Walsh, Nikki Bedi and Alan Davies.
QI Phenomena
Sandi Toksvig considers various phenomena with Alan Davies, Josh Widdicombe, Cariad Lloyd and Paul Sinha.
Twenty Twenty Six Semi-Finals
It's Ian's first day as director of integrity, and his first challenge is to decide which cities should host the semi-finals; it's also Miami Day, which may or may not be a Thing.
Twenty Twenty Six Heat
A new environmental report on global heating causes temperatures to rise in the Oversight Team as they try to find ways to combat not only the report but global heating itself.
Twenty Twenty Six Ambassador
With the announcement of the new tournament ambassador imminent, the Oversight Team finalizes their logistics for the unveiling, but it seems Zurich may have plans of their own.
Twenty Twenty Six Mattheas Sivori/Wooden Condoms
Sarah's wooden condoms gaffe has gone viral at the same time as rumors about a high-profile footballer demand an immediate response; can the team rise to both challenges?
Twenty Twenty Six Balls
The official unveiling of the new tournament football hits trouble when an online conspiracist makes incendiary claims about the dangers of the ball's advanced new technology.
Twenty Twenty Six Opening Ceremony
A boycott and politics threaten the opening ceremony after a visit from its creative director; it's time for Ian to think about life after football.
The World Pup Quarterfinals
Game 1 features Mexico taking on South Korea, followed by Game 2 with the USA versus England.
A World Cup-style tournament featuring 48 adoptable rescue puppies representing eight national teams competing for the World Pup Trophy. With "Rufferee" Jimmy Conrad and commentary from dog influencers Chili and Lumi.
The most captivating tournament in puppy sports continues as we get ready for Games 3 and 4 of the quarter-finals; seeing which team gets one cuddle closer to becoming top dog and winning the prestigious World Pup Cup.
The most captivating tournament in puppy sports continues as we get ready for Games 3 and 4 of the quarter-finals; seeing which team gets one cuddle closer to becoming top dog and winning the prestigious World Pup Cup.
Twenty Twenty Six Semi-Finals
It's Ian's first day as director of integrity, and his first challenge is to decide which cities should host the semi-finals; it's also Miami Day, which may or may not be a Thing.
Twenty Twenty Six Heat
A new environmental report on global heating causes temperatures to rise in the Oversight Team as they try to find ways to combat not only the report but global heating itself.
Twenty Twenty Six Ambassador
With the announcement of the new tournament ambassador imminent, the Oversight Team finalizes their logistics for the unveiling, but it seems Zurich may have plans of their own.
Twenty Twenty Six Mattheas Sivori/Wooden Condoms
Sarah's wooden condoms gaffe has gone viral at the same time as rumors about a high-profile footballer demand an immediate response; can the team rise to both challenges?
Twenty Twenty Six Balls
The official unveiling of the new tournament football hits trouble when an online conspiracist makes incendiary claims about the dangers of the ball's advanced new technology.
Twenty Twenty Six Opening Ceremony
A boycott and politics threaten the opening ceremony after a visit from its creative director; it's time for Ian to think about life after football.
QI Pain and Punishment
Sandi Toksvig considers pain and punishment with Jimmy Carr, Lee Mack, Alice Levine and Alan Davies.
Sign off.
QI Procrastination
Sandi Toksvig finally gets around to a bit of procrastination with Aisling Bea, Holly Walsh, Nikki Bedi and Alan Davies.
QI Phenomena
Sandi Toksvig considers various phenomena with Alan Davies, Josh Widdicombe, Cariad Lloyd and Paul Sinha.
Mysteries From Above Mysteries of the Misplaced
Peek at landmarks in places where they shouldn't be; wing your way over an imperial pyramid in the Netherlands, a metal sphere in remote Russia, a lion shape carved into an English hillside and a bare swath cut through an Austrian forest.
Mysteries From Above Ancient Mysteries
Examine strange relics forgotten by time; visit a perturbing circle of stone in the Golan Heights; a mountain of headless statues in Turkey; a castle left to crumble in the Saudi Arabian desert; a time-worn secret in the wilds of Peru.
Mysteries From Above Extraordinarily Out of the Ordinary
Confront objects that make no sense; spot a spinning island in an Argentinian marsh, a colossal triangle stuck in the Arizona desert, mysterious multicolored pools across northern Ethiopia and a huge human figure hidden in the Australian outback.
QI Pain and Punishment
Sandi Toksvig considers pain and punishment with Jimmy Carr, Lee Mack, Alice Levine and Alan Davies.
QI Potpourri
Sandi Toksvig looks at a potpourri of topics with Phill Jupitus, Cally Beaton, Rhod Gilbert and Alan Davies.
QI Procrastination
Sandi Toksvig finally gets around to a bit of procrastination with Aisling Bea, Holly Walsh, Nikki Bedi and Alan Davies.
QI Phenomena
Sandi Toksvig considers various phenomena with Alan Davies, Josh Widdicombe, Cariad Lloyd and Paul Sinha.
Pick through a dizzying array of questions and answers as Rick tries to separate the winners from the rest of the pack; cheer as one lucky contestant gets a chance to unleash a spectacular torrent of 10,000 one-pound coins.
Abandoned Inventions Lost Knowledge
Tracking down forgotten ideas that have consequences in the modern world; looking at a medieval steel formula that was accidentally rediscovered during the space race; seeing what a lost nuclear formula had to do with an oil rig disaster.
Mysteries From Above In Plain Sight
Over a hundred big concrete arrows scattered across the U.S.; a giant chalk figure with an oversized phallus on an English hillside; a mysterious hole in the middle of a lake in Southern California.