The history of the numeral 1 includes its effect on civilizations, the derivation of modern numbers and the impact of the use of zero on Roman numerals. Terry Jones hosts.
The series features Dick Strawbridge and Jem Stansfield – two eco-engineers who use ingenuity, resourcefulness and humour to confront ecological challenges head on. Travelling around the U.K. and Europe to help people lower their energy consumption with the environmentally-friendly technology of the future.
A profile of Lynndie England, the young Army Reservist who found herself at the center of an international scandal because of the infamous pictures of her smiling with abused Iraqi detainees at Abu Ghraib prison. Included: an interview with England; comments by journalist Seymour Hersh and former Brig. Gen. Janis Karpinski.
The continuing story of Echo the elephant and her family includes a lame calf who struggles to walk and an overenthusiastic suitor who pursues Echo's granddaughter.