Wednesday, October 21st TV listings for Cottage Life
River Monsters Flesh Ripper
Jeremy Wade searches for a two-hundred year old legend.
Contestants compete across the series, scoring points by answering questions correctly; they must avoid the impossible answers, otherwise they will be eliminated until the next day.
Paid programming.
QI Public and Private
Sandi Toksvig delves into the public and the private with Alan Davies, Victoria Coren Mitchell, Phill Jupitus and Bridget Christie.
Violent Earth Tornado
Tornadoes are among the most powerful and destructive natural hazards in the world, with the U.S. experiencing the most globally; experts explain their formation, while residents of Kentucky and Missouri share harrowing survival stories.
Mysteries of the Abandoned: Hidden America Banished From Bisbee
A labor strike in an Arizona mining town ends in a mass kidnapping and deportation; a unique homesteading community gets its start in the Old West; a leaning Carolina lighthouse becomes part of Civil War history.
Mysteries of the Abandoned: Hidden America
Look at a secret desert outpost in Utah where men unleashed hell; entering a forgotten Jacksonville church that became a haven; explore third-hand Japanese buildings in New York and the lair of a birdlike beast that tormented a West Virginia town.
Secrets in the Sand Singing Sands & Saudi Howling Cave
Unveil the legacy of a prehistoric Peruvian hunter and dig up what may be the ruins of a fabled Roman seaside city in Tunisia. Listen to a haunting sand-dune symphony in Mongolia, then catalogue a trove of human and animal bones in Saudi Arabia.
The World's Deadliest Weather Fearsome Flooding
Queensland, Australia is shaken by the most devastating flood in its history; in Kansas, two storm chasers track a terrifying twister; a base jumper gets stranded in freezing temperatures in Iceland; a destructive hail storm pummels Texas.
Violent Earth Tornado
Tornadoes are among the most powerful and destructive natural hazards in the world, with the U.S. experiencing the most globally; experts explain their formation, while residents of Kentucky and Missouri share harrowing survival stories.
River Monsters Flesh Ripper
Jeremy Wade searches for a two-hundred year old legend.
Mysteries From Above Accidental Discoveries
A vanished Neolithic structure in an Irish farmer's field, an ancient oasis in the remote reaches of a Chinese desert, a centuries-old buried treasure in the U.K. and a dreaded predator in the Pacific Ocean are discovered by accident using drones.
Abandoned Inventions The Interceptor, the Missile and the Nuclear Bazooka
Examining extreme Cold War weapons and daring experiments with pressure and propulsion; discovering how these thrilling but dangerous innovations led to medical-imaging advances and unexpected consumer products, including 1991's hottest toy.
Building Up Giants Mountain Sky Train New
Scale near-vertical cliffs in the Swiss Alps, where engineers are building a steep cableway; catch a lift on a helicopter as teams transport heavy steel towers and panoramic cabins to a mountain summit overlooking a 600-metre drop.
Weird Earth Mud Monster and a Jungle Swarm New
A giant mound of muck emerges from a field, fueling fears of a subterranean disaster; a weird substance morphs into a horde of mystery arachnids; a shape-shifting black mass appears over a city.
Abandoned Inventions The Interceptor, the Missile and the Nuclear Bazooka
Examining extreme Cold War weapons and daring experiments with pressure and propulsion; discovering how these thrilling but dangerous innovations led to medical-imaging advances and unexpected consumer products, including 1991's hottest toy.
Building Up Giants Mountain Sky Train
Scale near-vertical cliffs in the Swiss Alps, where engineers are building a steep cableway; catch a lift on a helicopter as teams transport heavy steel towers and panoramic cabins to a mountain summit overlooking a 600-metre drop.
Weird Earth Mud Monster and a Jungle Swarm
A giant mound of muck emerges from a field, fueling fears of a subterranean disaster; a weird substance morphs into a horde of mystery arachnids; a shape-shifting black mass appears over a city.
The World's Deadliest Weather Fearsome Flooding
Queensland, Australia is shaken by the most devastating flood in its history; in Kansas, two storm chasers track a terrifying twister; a base jumper gets stranded in freezing temperatures in Iceland; a destructive hail storm pummels Texas.
Mysteries of the Abandoned: Hidden America Banished From Bisbee
A labor strike in an Arizona mining town ends in a mass kidnapping and deportation; a unique homesteading community gets its start in the Old West; a leaning Carolina lighthouse becomes part of Civil War history.
Mysteries of the Abandoned: Hidden America
Look at a secret desert outpost in Utah where men unleashed hell; entering a forgotten Jacksonville church that became a haven; explore third-hand Japanese buildings in New York and the lair of a birdlike beast that tormented a West Virginia town.
River Monsters Flesh Ripper
Jeremy Wade searches for a two-hundred year old legend.
Mysteries of the Abandoned: Hidden America
Flee to an aviator's secluded Wyoming retreat away from the limelight and feel the weight of history in a famous Southern barbershop. Pop into a Connecticut building founded on regional rivalry and scratch your head at the Coney Island of the South.
Buried Evidence Supernatural
Explore three discoveries that change what we know about magic and superstition; delve into a Polish vampire grave, open a UK witch bottle used to ward off evil, and see if alien-like skulls in Mexico were shaped by humans or otherworldly beings.
Mysteries From Above Military Mysteries
Unlock military secrets from the air; spot a Nazi weapon designed to turn the tides of war in France; a covert Russian military tower in Chernobyl's shadow; a rumored nuclear lab buried in Australia; a hush-hush surprise underneath Alcatraz.