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The Auditorio de Tenerife in Santa Cruz, Spain, in front of a sunset.

SUNDAYS 9/8c Host Jay Ellis explores masterpieces of modern architecture with help from industry experts.

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Gregg visits Aunt Bessie's factory to learn how they make over 500 million Yorkshire puddings per year, Ruth explores Tudor-era cookware cleaning, and Cherry gets a lesson in gravy cooking.

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Tiny errors can lead to catastrophe, and three crews experience the same devastating event with radically different outcomes when engines fall off their commercial airplanes mid-flight.