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The first eight cantos of Dante's Inferno (up to the entrance to the city of Dis). The text is read entirely in "talking head" fashion, and punctuated with a kaleidoscopic blend of both newly shot and archival footage.

Tim Hunkin explains the inner workings of those machines that we all take for granted... in his own unique way.

Greenaway's documentary short shows us...well, 26 bathrooms, some in use by their owners while we visit. Whee!

A commissioned project, made for TV in honor the the 200th anniversary of Mozart's death, this is a highly avant-garde piece of music, theater and dance, set to an original score by the controversial Dutch composer Louis Andriessen (who would later collaborate with Greenaway on the operas "Rosa" and "Writing to Vermeer"). Four nude, powder-white dancers (representing the Gods) appear on a stage designed in the style of an 18th century anatomy theater. A woman sings a list of objects beginning with various letters of the alphabet up to "M"; the Gods then decide to create Man, assembling him from body parts listed as onscreen text. Having created Man, the Gods then give him Movement; so as to give him a reason to move, they create Music; finally, so as to have Perfect Music, they create Mozart.

A loose and fantastical story dealing with the relationship between Mozart and his father, and at one point, also pokes fun at the charges of plagiarism leveled against him by some of his critics.

Experimental psychologist Dr Nicholas Humphrey travels to Tahiti in the footsteps of Gauguin and Charles Darwin in the first episode of his exploration of the riddle of how human consciousness evolved.

The mystery of human consciousness. The brilliant experimental psychologist NICHOLAS HUMPHREY has been exploring it for most of his life and this is what he was thinking in the early 1980's.

An insight into how central heating has transformed the ways to keeping many houses warm as well as the history of it all.

A look into the history and changes of the refrigerator as well as how the refrigerator has changed so many lives and indeed how a vast majority of homes and business keep food fresher for longer periods of time.

A look into the history of the television set and many of the changes that it has gone through and how it became a world wide communication tool.

This is a very informative look at how the vacuum cleaner started out and how it came to be such a well known appliance. It also has a look into how it works.

A look into the way the sewing machine started out and how it has developed into one of the world's most popular inventions. There is also a little bit on how it works as well.

A look into the history of the washing machine and how it has changed over the years as well as how it has become a very innovative invention.