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October 8th, 2005 - A peaceful morning in the Pakistan capital Islamabad is interrupted by a massive earthquake. The seismic shock rips through the Margala Towers - a series of high-rise apartment buildings in the city's wealthiest district - burying residents beneath a mammoth pile of rubble. A British disaster response team is one of the first international crews to arrive on the scene. With specialized training and high-tech equipment, they begin the painstaking work of unearthing survivors. The search area is as large as a football field - and 160 residents are missing. As 90 per cent of earthquake survivors are dug out in the first 24 hours, speed is crucial. Using the 'call and listen' technique, the team uncovers two survivors within a few hours. They find more survivors trapped in 'voids' within the rubble, and use a series of specialized tools including a vibra-phone and a fiber-optic camera probe to locate them. In a race against time, the team begins digging. With slow and laborious teamwork, they cut through heavily compressed debris and crawl towards the survivors. Over four days, the team save seven survivors from the rubble. While the earthquake claims a total of 87,000 lives and leaves another 3.5 million people homeless, the Margala Towers rescue mission inspires hope, courage and faith among the survivors.

In this programme we reveal some of Nature's most unexpected enemies, baffling battles, and surprising survivors! In the wild, conflict is inevitable. With so many creatures sharing the same space and resources, clashes are inevitable, but the opponents aren't always the animals we expect. Every now and then, circumstances take an unusual turn, transforming the tiniest critters into monsters, the fiercest predators' hapless victims, and plant-munching prey into deadly enemies. Watch as cheetah coalitions wage war, a warthog takes on two lionesses, a lion is tossed above the heads of a buffalo herd and a jackal and vulture go head to head. All this and more, as some unusual enemies get Caught in the Act!

Heathrow Airport in London is the busiest international airport in the world. This film reveals how seven ingenious technological breakthroughs enabled engineers to build the most modern terminal of this super-structure Terminal 5. With its enormous free span roof and fully automated baggage system to the robotic vehicles speeding passengers to its doors, T5 is designed to feed 30 million extra passengers through Heathrow. Using a mix of spectacular CGI animation and on-location filming, this film shows in stunning detail the innovations that changed airports forever and enabled them to grow…from BIG to BIGGER into Heathrow Airport the Worlds BIGGEST.

National Geographic Magazine photographer Joel Sartore shoots in some of the most exotic locales on earth, but often in wretched conditions for weeks on end, and always under pressure to produce pictures worthy of publication in a legendary magazine. A devoted husband and father of three, he often wonders if its the best job in the world, or the worst... At Close Range with National Geographic provides a rare glimpse of the havoc a tough, dangerous job can create for ones personal life, especially for someone like Joel Sartore. On the job, Sartore has been chased by bears and wolves. "You have to be really patient," says Sartore. "If I werent Type A and very obsessive compulsive, theres no way Id do this. I dont think you could stand it!" At Close Range is the story of a remarkable, funny, internationally-acclaimed photographer. Joel Sartore reminds us of where we fit in the cosmos, and what we owe to the next generation of all the earths inhabitants.