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
UK and France agree on need for new migration boat crossing ‘deterrent’
Britain has proposed a ‘one-in, one out’ arrangement for asylum seekers on English Channel crossings – a deal France has refused to sign.
Great Big Story
Lizzie Carr, paddleboarding for cleaner waterways
Follow Lizzie Carr's inspiring journey as an adventurer and environmentalist, paddleboarding across England and the Channel to combat plastic pollution in our waterways.
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
Ambulance seen at Port of Dover as trolley wheeled away from boat carrying people believed to be migrants
New ReviewAn ambulance was seen at the Port of Dover on Tuesday while a medical trolley was wheeled away from a vessel carrying people belived to be migrants. The Government continues to face pressure over migrants crossing the English Channel in...
Press Association
Suspected migrants brought in to Dover on Border Force vessel
A group of people thought to be migrants are brought in to the Border Force compound in Dover, Kent, from a Border Force vessel following a small boat incident in the Channel. The number of English Channel small boat crossings since...
Press Association
Suspected migrants brought in to Dover by Border Force
A group of people thought to be migrants are brought in to the Border Force compound in Dover, Kent, from a Border Force vessel following a small boat incident in the Channel. The number of English Channel small boat crossings since...
Press Association
Suspected migrants brought in on Border Force vessel in Dover
A group of people thought to be migrants are brought in to the Border Force compound in Dover, Kent, from a Border Force vessel following a small boat incident in the Channel. The number of English Channel small boat crossings since...
Curated Video
Conservationist pilots paraglider over English Channel
Becomes 1st woman to achieve feat in this aircraft