This AAPI Heritage Month, celebrate the rich history of communities across Asia and the Pacific.

Temples, designed to honor the Gods, have been at the heart of cities since earliest times. Often they have been the biggest and most impressive buildings of their age. But mysterious ancient temples crop up across the ancient world. Why are so many of these monuments carefully aligned with the sun?

Temples, designed to honor the Gods, have been at the heart of cities since the earliest times

Secrets Of Angkor Wat

TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant is the site of one of history's worst nuclear disasters: the meltdown of three nuclear reactors. The decommissioning program in Japan learns from the Three Mile Island decommissioning in the US after the nuclear plant accident in 1976 in Pennsylvania.

Decommissioning Fukushima: The Battle to Contain Radioactivity

Most of southeast Asia's 2.3 billion residents live in large cities. How will we design and build future cities as the population grows?

Future Cities Asia

The culture of Japan is incredible, from bloom festivals to ultra-modern cities. But there are also more than 130 mammals and 600 bird species dwelling in Japan’s 6,852 islands. This island chain is long enough to span climate zones, providing a huge range of habitat.

The culture of Japan is incredible, from bloom festivals to ultra-modern cities. But there are also more than 130 mammals and 600 bird species dwelling in Japan.

Hidden Japan

Since the end of the 19th century, Indochina has been a flourishing colony, the gem of the French Empire. However, the Second World War turns everything upside down. At the end of the war, the Viet Minh movement announces its independence.

Since the end of the 19th century, Indochina has been a flourishing colony, the gem of the French Empire. However, the Second World War turns everything upside down.

Diên Biên Phu: A Losing Battle

The I-400 was one of the Imperial Japanese Navy's Sen Toku-class submarines, which were the largest submarines ever built before the age of nuclear-powered subs. These massive vessels were longer than a football field and were used as submarine aircraft carriers.

The I-400 was one of the Imperial Japanese Navy's Sen Toku-class submarines, which were the largest submarines ever built before the age of nuclear-powered subs.

Search for Japan's Lost Supersub

Pete Trego travels to cricket-obsessed Sri Lanka uncovering the secrets of spin-bowling and how cricket is helping to heal wounds left by the recent civil war.

Sri Lanka

Deep within the Javan jungle, an expedition has set out in search of the last stand of the world’s rarest rhino. Once prolific across Asia, the Javan Rhino now exists only in Java, where photographer Toby Nowlan is on a mission to photograph the species in hopes of protecting it from extinction.

Deep within the Javan jungle, an expedition has set out in search of the last stand of the world’s rarest rhino.

Last Stand Of The Javan Rhino

How did the events of his childhood shape the man who would become Genghis Khan? What impact did the Mongol invasions have on the history of Asia and on the psyche of Europe?

How did the events of his childhood shape the man who would become Genghis Khan?

Ghengis Khan

Awe-inspiring palaces are the legacy that demonstrates the brilliance of Islamic engineers, working centuries before Western Europe began its own engineering revolution. It’s a process that culminated in what is arguably the most beautiful building in the World – the Taj Mahal.

Awe-inspiring palaces are the legacy that demonstrates the brilliance of Islamic engineers, culminating arguably the most beautiful building in the World - the Taj Mahal.

The Taj Mahal And The Golden Age Of Islam

Since the earliest civilizations, humans have needed walls to protect them. From rudimentary walls around early towns and cities to vast fortresses and castles, culminating in one of the greatest engineering triumphs of all time – the Great Wall of China.

Since the earliest civilizations, humans have needed walls to protect them.

The Great Wall of China

China's emergence as an economic power and its communist/capitalist balancing act is part of its complex development as a nation.

Curious Minds: China

This three part series tells the story of the War in the Pacific.

WWII in the Pacific

He is revered in China as a Buddha, as the 'Schindler of Nanking'. But his deeds have barely been recognized in the West. The German John Rabe, a Siemens manager and fervent admirer of the 'Führer', saved the lives of more than 200,000 Chinese in 1937.

John Rabe is revered in China as a Buddha, as the 'Schindler of Nanking'. But his deeds have barely been recognized in the West.

John Rabe – The Schindler of Nanking

The sloth bear is the oddest and wildest looking of all bears. With his shaggy fur, long, gummy jaws and cavernous mouth he presents a strange figure shambling across the dry scrub of India. He was made famous as Baloo in The Jungle Book, and yet remains poorly known and rarely seen.

The sloth bear is the oddest and wildest looking of all bears. He was made famous as Baloo in The Jungle Book, and yet remains poorly known and rarely seen.

Sloth Bears: Birth of a Prince

In May 1893, a man is thrown out of a train, on the platforms of the train station of Pietermaritzburg, a little city of South Africa, for daring to sit in a first-class compartment. This young Indian lawyer is named Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi.

In May 1893, a man is thrown out of a train for daring to sit in a first-class compartment. This young Indian lawyer is named Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi.

Gandhi: The Force of Willpower

This is the mesmerizing odyssey of Holly Carroll, a passionate zoologist who explores the dense rainforests and remote jungles of Africa and Indonesia to study the lives of these intelligent and curious animals: the great apes.

Zoologist Holly Carroll explores the remote jungles of Africa and Indonesia to study the intelligent and curious great apes.

The Great Apes

A story, told through the lives of China’s billionaires, of a country transformed into a global powerhouse. Capitalism was once a dangerous word but now China creates a new billionaire almost every day.

China creates a new billionaire almost every day having transformed from dire poverty into an economic powerhouse.

China

Follow the epic trials of young men willing to pass amazing initiatory ordeals to achieve manhood.

GROWING UP

October 24, 1944, the world’s greatest battle at sea begins in the Philippines. Japan’s navy gambles on a decisive victory against the United States to turn the tide of World War II. Instead, Musashi, its top-secret super battleship, ends up at the bottom of the ocean.

Unsinkable: Japan’s Lost Battleship

In this new observational documentary series cricketer Pete Trego will be travelling around the world to meet passionate players.

Beyond the Boundary

The choices that Kong Qui, known in the West as Confucius, made during his career as a civil servant and administrator influenced an entire civilization. What if Kong Qui had been as opportunistic and corrupt as other officials? How might the fate of China and its worldview be changed?

What if Kong Qui, known in the West as Confucius, had been as opportunistic and corrupt as other officials? How might the fate of China and its worldview be changed?

Confucius and China

The shape of Japan's internal politics and the country's response to external influences for centuries can be traced back to the choices of two warlords and a decisive battle. What was the Edo Period and how did it mold Japanese society?

What was the Edo Period and how did it mold Japanese society?

Samurai

China has been at the forefront of engineering for centuries. From the Great Wall that defined and protected its borders, to crossbows, clocks, and gunpowder, its engineers left a legacy that still resonates today.

From the Great Wall to crossbows, clocks and gunpowder, ancient Chinese engineers left a legacy that still resonates today.

Ancient Engineering: China

Before decades of conflict, Korea was known for its natural beauty. Now, scientists are studying these hidden habitats and wildlife.

Wild Korea

Borneo is one of the most biodiverse places on Earth—the island home to an unparalleled abundance of life. From the world’s oldest tropical rainforests to enormous cave systems, the island’s varied and extreme habitats have fueled the evolution of the most bizarre, enigmatic wildlife on our planet.

Borneo is one of the most biodiverse places on Earth—from its extreme island habitats to an unparalleled abundance of bizarre, enigmatic wildlife.