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		04/23/2022 4:00 am	Chris Packham's Animal Einsteins
	Chris Packham investigates how nature's masterminds measure up against human brain power. Looking at a variety of animals, such as ravens, crows, bees and starlings, Chris explores how different animals can use tools and solve complex puzzles.
Localized series title: Chris Packham's Animal Einsteins Localized description: Chris Packham investigates how nature's masterminds measure up against human brain power. Looking at a variety of animals, such as ravens, crows, bees and starlings, Chris explores how different animals can use tools and solve complex puzzles.
		04/23/2022 4:50 am	Chris Packham's Animal Einsteins
	Chris Packham reveals some of the cleverest animal communicators on the planet. For decades, people have longed to emulate Dr Doolittle and be able to understand what animals are communicating to one another.

		04/23/2022 5:45 am	Chris Packham's Animal Einsteins
	Chris reveals some of the best animal builders in the world, a group that is incredibly varied. Accomplished animal architects include everything from beavers to bees and prairie dogs to bowerbirds.

		04/23/2022 6:35 am	Chris Packham's Animal Einsteins
	Chris Packham looks at social intelligence in the animal kingdom, and finds out why it is that, for animals, being together means being clever. He looks at how lions hunt in teams, in which each holds a very specific position.

		04/23/2022 7:25 am	Chris Packham's Animal Einsteins
	Chris Packham reveals the intelligent cons and deceitful behaviour that animals use to survive and prosper in the game of life, from disguising themselves to outwit predators to kidnapping babies to save their own offspring.

		04/23/2022 8:20 am	Chris Packham's Animal Einsteins
	In this episode Chris Packham discovers the clever methods that animals use to travel from A to B and how they find their way. Whether it is a local trip to find food or an epic journey to reach a safe place to have young, every traveller must work out where to go and the most energy-efficient way to get there. Now, the latest scientific research is helping uncover just how they do it, from creating mental maps of their environment to planning their route with precision.

		04/23/2022 9:10 am	Frozen Planet
	David Attenborough travels to the ends of the earth on an extraordinary journey across the polar regions of our planet. The Arctic and Antarctic are the greatest and least known wildernesses of all - magical ice worlds inhabited by the most bizarre and hardy creatures on earth. At the North Pole, the sun returns after six months of darkness. A pair of courting polar bears reveal a surprisingly tender side.

		04/23/2022 10:00 am	Frozen Planet
	After months of darkness the sun returns. The landscape is dynamically transformed and millions of migrants join the hardy residents as they find mates and begin to breed.

		04/23/2022 10:50 am	Frozen Planet
	It is high summer in the polar regions, and the sun never sets. Vast hordes of summer visitors cram a lifetime of drama into one long, magical day; they must feed, fight and rear their young in this brief window of plenty. Summer is a tough time for the polar bear family, as their ice world melts away and the cubs take their first swimming lesson.

		04/23/2022 11:40 am	Frozen Planet
	Polar landscapes in autumn are transformed as the big freeze returns. Most animals leave on epic journeys, some now battle to breed, and for the hardy few it's a time of opportunity. In the Arctic, polar bears gather in large numbers on the coast to wait for the return of the ice. Tempers soon fray and violent contests break out. Off the coast 2,000 beluga whales head for a special estuary, a gigantic `whale spa'.

		04/23/2022 12:35 pm	Frozen Planet
	Winter is the greatest test for life in the polar regions, as temperatures plummet to 70 below and winds reach 200kph. Only a few remarkable survivors gamble on remaining in these extreme conditions. In the Arctic, a female polar bear treks into the mountains to give birth. Out on the frozen ocean, the entire population of the world's spectacled eider ducks braves the winter in a giant ice hole.

		04/23/2022 1:25 pm	Frozen Planet
	Revealing the extraordinary riches and wonders of the polar regions that have kept people visiting them for thousands of years. Today, their survival relies on a combination of ancient wisdom and cutting-edge science. Most Arctic people live in Siberia, either in cities like Norilsk - the coldest city on earth - or out on the tundra, where tribes like the Dogan survive by herding reindeer.

		04/23/2022 2:15 pm	Frozen Planet
	Revealing the extraordinary riches and wonders of the polar regions that have kept people visiting them for thousands of years. Today, their survival relies on a combination of ancient wisdom and cutting-edge science. Most Arctic people live in Siberia, either in cities like Norilsk - the coldest city on earth - or out on the tundra, where tribes like the Dogan survive by herding reindeer.

		04/23/2022 3:05 pm	Penguins: Meet the Family
	A unique celebration of one of Earth's most iconic birds. For the first time, we meet the entire penguin family, all 18 species. This colourful cast of characters may seem familiar, but their incredible diversity won't fail to surprise. New Zealand's lush green forests might not be the first place you would expect to find penguins, but it was here the penguin family first evolved 60 million years ago, and there are now more species living here than anywhere else on earth.

		04/23/2022 4:00 pm	World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys
	Beginning in the coastal city of Colombo, the train soon leaves the bustling metropolis far behind as it heads high into the heart of Sri Lanka, to one of the most spectacular viaducts in the world - the Nine Arch Bridge.

		04/23/2022 4:45 pm	World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys
	Bill Nighy narrates an epic train journey through stunning scenery with a 200-mile rail journey through a beautiful area of France.

		04/23/2022 5:30 pm	David Attenborough's Natural Curiosities
	Sir David Attenborough looks at some amazing quirks of evolution. David encounters two examples where nature has tinkered with the ageing process.

		04/23/2022 5:50 pm	Iceland With Alexander Armstrong
	Alexander Armstrong heads to the south of the country, which has epic scenery. He leaves the boiling mud and lava flows of the volcanic island below as he ascends to the breathtaking, freezing roof of Europe's biggest glacier.

		04/23/2022 6:35 pm	Horizon
	Hannah Fry investigates the questions the British public want answered about the future. Hannah will try to discover whether we could ever live forever or if there will ever be a cure for cancer.

		04/23/2022 7:30 pm	Waterhole: Africa's Animal Oasis
	The waterhole is built in the middle of an open patch of savannah, to enable wildlife to approach it from all directions. The team excavate one hundred tonnes of soil and lay eight kilometres of fibre optic cable and piping. Sixty thousand litres of sustainable groundwater is pumped in, filling two pools, thus giving more water edges for thirsty animals to access.

		04/23/2022 8:20 pm	World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys
	Beginning in the coastal city of Colombo, the train soon leaves the bustling metropolis far behind as it heads high into the heart of Sri Lanka, to one of the most spectacular viaducts in the world - the Nine Arch Bridge.

		04/23/2022 9:05 pm	World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys
	Bill Nighy narrates an epic train journey through stunning scenery with a 200-mile rail journey through a beautiful area of France.

		04/23/2022 9:50 pm	David Attenborough's Natural Curiosities
	Sir David Attenborough looks at some amazing quirks of evolution. David encounters two examples where nature has tinkered with the ageing process.

		04/23/2022 10:15 pm	Iceland With Alexander Armstrong
	Alexander Armstrong heads to the south of the country, which has epic scenery. He leaves the boiling mud and lava flows of the volcanic island below as he ascends to the breathtaking, freezing roof of Europe's biggest glacier.

		04/23/2022 11:00 pm	Horizon
	Hannah Fry investigates the questions the British public want answered about the future. Hannah will try to discover whether we could ever live forever or if there will ever be a cure for cancer.

		04/23/2022 11:55 pm	Waterhole: Africa's Animal Oasis
	The waterhole is built in the middle of an open patch of savannah, to enable wildlife to approach it from all directions. The team excavate one hundred tonnes of soil and lay eight kilometres of fibre optic cable and piping. Sixty thousand litres of sustainable groundwater is pumped in, filling two pools, thus giving more water edges for thirsty animals to access.

		04/24/2022 12:45 am	World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys
	Beginning in the coastal city of Colombo, the train soon leaves the bustling metropolis far behind as it heads high into the heart of Sri Lanka, to one of the most spectacular viaducts in the world - the Nine Arch Bridge.

		04/24/2022 1:30 am	World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys
	Bill Nighy narrates an epic train journey through stunning scenery with a 200-mile rail journey through a beautiful area of France.

		04/24/2022 2:20 am	Iceland With Alexander Armstrong
	Alexander Armstrong heads to the south of the country, which has epic scenery. He leaves the boiling mud and lava flows of the volcanic island below as he ascends to the breathtaking, freezing roof of Europe's biggest glacier.

		04/24/2022 3:05 am	Horizon
	Hannah Fry investigates the questions the British public want answered about the future. Hannah will try to discover whether we could ever live forever or if there will ever be a cure for cancer.

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Available schedules: 03/26/2022 - 12/28/2024 •Time zone: Central European Summer Time (CEST) UTC +2 • Country: •Language: English

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