SciShow
5 More Strange Flying Machines
In our last list of strange aircraft, we stuck to covering the weirdest jets to take to the sky, but there are plenty of other types of bizarre flying machines out there! In this episode, Hank will tell you about five other unlikely...
TED Talks
Bhakti Sharma: What open water swimming taught me about resilience
Dive into the deep with open water swimmer Bhakti Sharma, as she shares what she learned about resilience during her personal journey from the scorching heat of Rajasthan, India to the bone-chilling waters of her record-breaking swim in...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: How the world's longest underwater tunnel was built
Flanked by two powerful nations, the English Channel has long been one of the world’s most important maritime passages. Yet for most of its history, crossing was a dangerous prospect. Engineers proposed numerous plans for spanning the...
SciShow
5 More Strange Flying Machines
In our last list of strange aircraft, we stuck to covering the weirdest jets to take to the sky, but there are plenty of other types of bizarre flying machines out there! In this episode, Hank will tell you about five other unlikely...
TED Talks
TED: Two nameless bodies washed up on the beach. Here are their stories | Anders Fjellberg
When two bodies wearing identical wetsuits washed ashore in Norway and the Netherlands, journalist Anders Fjellberg and photographer Tomm Christiansen started a search to answer the question: who were these people? What they found and...
Crash Course
World War II: Crash Course European History
Only a couple of decades after the end of the First World War--which was supposed to be the War that Ended All Wars--another, bigger, farther-flung, more destructive, and deadlier war began. Today, you'll learn about how the war in...
SciShow
Learning About Lightning from Superbolts
If you ask someone to picture a thunderstorm, chances are they will have no problem slipping into a memory of dark clouds and bright flashes screaming out from them. But, incredibly, they’re probably picturing the tame version of...
Curated Video
Channel Tunnel (Chunnel) History for Kids | Bedtime History
Learn about the construction of the tunnel between England and France below the English Channel.
Curated Video
Evolution of the Hovercraft
In 1959 the SRN1 crossed the English Channel. The hovercraft floated on a cushion of air and could travel over land, water or ice. Soon commercial machines were taking passengers at speeds far greater than could be achieved by...
Curated Video
Siege of Harfleur, 1415 AD Battle of Agincourt (Part 1 / 2) A Baptism of Fire
Siege of Harfleur, 1415 AD Battle of Agincourt (Part 1 / 2) A Baptism of Fire
Curated Video
Battle of Agincourt: Henry V's Triumph and Legacy
This video describes the events leading up to and during the Battle of Agincourt, where King Henry V of England led his outnumbered and weary army to a stunning victory over the French forces. Despite facing challenges and being cut off...
Mr. Beat
London and Paris Compared
Mr. Beat compares and contrasts London and Paris, two cities that have dominated the world for hundreds of years.
Financial Times
Sark: how electricity sparked Channel island crisis
The FT's Jemima Kelly goes to the small Channel island to find out why it faces an electricity crisis.
TLDR News
English Channel Migrant Crisis: Genuine Problem or Manufactured Hysteria? - TLDR News
Over the last few months, Nigel Farage has made it his personal mission to document migrants crossing the English Channel into the UK. This seems to have been successful, with his videos garnering wider media and government attention. So...
Curated Video
D-Day From the German Perspective | Animated History
The story of D-Day and its accompanying airborne and partisan operations is well known… from the Allied perspective. But seldom is this critical juncture of the Second World War looked at through the eyes of those defending the Atlantic...
Ancient Lights Media
France: Geographical Highlights
This clip looks at the physical features, climate and culture of France.
Press Association
Migrant Channel crossings top 29,000 for year so far
More than 29,000 migrants have arrived in the UK so far this year after crossing the Channel, including 500 in a single day. Home Office figures show 509 people made the journey on Thursday in 11 boats, taking the provisional total for...
Press Association
More than 600 people cross Channel day after baby died off French coast
More than 600 people crossed the Channel in small boats on Friday, the day after a baby died on the journey. Home Office figures show 647 people made the crossing in 10 boats, pushing the total for the year above 28,000.
Press Association
Migrants brought to shore after crossing English Channel
Migrants have been brought to shore after crossing the English Channel, the first arrivals following a spell of bad weather. Pictures show people wearing life jackets arriving in Dover on a Border Force vessel on Friday, after a period...
Press Association
Home Secretary insists progress is being made on small boat arrivals
People smugglers “should not be able to get away with” putting lives at risk, the Home Secretary has said ahead of a summit aimed at destroying the gangs involved in the trade. Yvette Cooper said crossings were down in July and August...
Press Association
People believed to be migrants brought ashore in Dover
People believed to be migrants are brought ashore by a Border Force vessel in Dover on Saturday.
Press Association
Nigel Farage campaigns in Maidstone - Full Speech
Nigel Farage has hit back at Boris Johnson after the former prime minister accused the Reform UK leader of a “morally repugnant” repetition of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s justification for the invasion of Ukraine. The Reform...
Press Association
Record arrivals see migrant Channel crossings top 12,000 for year so far
More than 800 migrants arrived in the UK after crossing the Channel in a single day – a new record for the year so far. The Home Office said 882 people made the journey in 15 boats on Tuesday, suggesting an average of 59 people per boat....