From the Washington Monument to the Vietnam War Memorial, this program highlights America's most prominent and magnificent national monuments. It is full of new insights and quirky facts.

Animal Icons celebrates extraordinary and unforgettable characters from both fact and fiction. Each episode focuses on a different animal figure or phenomenon, ranging from Garfield to King Kong to ‘political animals’ like the Democrats’ donkey, to explore that figure’s surprising history and to us answer the question: why have these characters become pop culture icons around the globe?

Enter the bizarre world of Animal Imitators and learn what drives seemingly normal humans to undergo extensive body modifications to transform themselves into their favourite animals. Some are content just adopting the behaviour of their chosen creatures, while others endure animal-skin tattoos, having their ears pointed, teeth filed and metal studs implanted into their faces to anchor whiskers.

What do the flying aces of World War I, the stunt pilot who filmed “Top Gun” and thousands of other explorers of the sky have in common? They all chose animals as their copilots! See the amazing stories of Gilmore the flying lion, Ham the space chimp and Kiddo, who was the first cat to cross the Atlantic by airship.

Aperture explores the work of great living masters in the field of photography and features a notable celebrity paired with them as they experience the magnificent art first hand. We catch a rare behind-the-scenes glimpse of what it takes to get a timeless shot. Beautiful, tragic, humorous and haunting, these photographers produce undeniably powerful photographs.

This original series follows the world’s leading contemporary artists, attempting to capture a moment in an artist’s career, allowing viewers to witness the confusion and clarity, frustration and triumph that are an inherent part of the process. Artists include: Robert Wilson, Vanessa Beecroft, Tom Otterness, Tim Noble & Sue Webster, Sister Gertrude, Patricia Cronin, Eric Fischl, Julian Schnabel and more.

Part road movie, part treasure hunt, our vibrant hosts, British architect Charlie Luxton and American travel writer Mame McCutchin, skipper a customized RV – journeying across America proving that American art is perhaps the most vital, free-wheeling and diverse on the planet as the series showcases renowned museums, rarely-seen private collections, soaring public sculpture, architecture and intriguing folk art.

To create an even more compelling second season, the joint US/UK production crew charted a far more ambitious three-month trek – from Miami, Contemporary Art’s current hotbed, to Anchorage, Alaska. The series’ intrepid duo of hosts, New Yorker Mame McCutchin and Londoner Toby Amies, take “the ultimate art road trip.”

Jeffrey Deitch, a gallerist known world-wide for his ability to spot up-and-coming talent, chooses a group of hopeful artists all hoping to become the next big thing in the art world. Follow their work and artistic growth as they prepare for the show's climax - the final exhibition and the prestigious prize of becoming an ARTSTAR.