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		05/28/2022 4:00 am	Big Animal Surgery
	Liz Bonnin travels to a sanctuary in South Africa, to witness an extraordinary operation inside the jaws of Ricci, a nine-year-old rescued lion. Ricci has problems with his teeth so severe that they are preventing him from feeding.
Localized series title: Big Animal Surgery Localized description: Liz Bonnin travels to a sanctuary in South Africa, to witness an extraordinary operation inside the jaws of Ricci, a nine-year-old rescued lion. Ricci has problems with his teeth so severe that they are preventing him from feeding.
		05/28/2022 4:50 am	Big Animal Surgery
	Liz Bonnin travels to a sanctuary in Sierra Leone to witness a life-saving operation on a young chimpanzee. The chimp has a rapidly-growing lump on her abdomen, which her keepers are worried is a cancerous tumour. One of the world's leading wildlife vets uses advanced techniques from human medicine to diagnose and remove the lump.

		05/28/2022 5:45 am	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.

		05/28/2022 6:40 am	Attenborough and the Sea Dragon
	On the Jurassic coast of Britain a remarkable 200-million-year-old fossil is discovered: the bones of an ichthyosaur, a giant sea dragon. David Attenborough joins the hunt to bring this ancient creature's story to life. Using state-of-the-art imaging technology and CGI, the team reconstruct the skeleton and create the most detailed animation of an ichthyosaur ever made.

		05/28/2022 7:30 am	Big Animal Surgery
	Liz Bonnin travels to a sanctuary in South Africa, to witness an extraordinary operation inside the jaws of Ricci, a nine-year-old rescued lion. Ricci has problems with his teeth so severe that they are preventing him from feeding.

		05/28/2022 8:20 am	Big Animal Surgery
	Liz Bonnin travels to a sanctuary in Sierra Leone to witness a life-saving operation on a young chimpanzee. The chimp has a rapidly-growing lump on her abdomen, which her keepers are worried is a cancerous tumour. One of the world's leading wildlife vets uses advanced techniques from human medicine to diagnose and remove the lump.

		05/28/2022 9:15 am	Big Animal Surgery
	Liz Bonnin travels to Tbilisi in Georgia, to witness a life-saving operation on a magnificent Asian elephant named Grande. Having survived a catastrophic flood at the zoo where he lives, Grande has a badly infected tusk. One of the world's top wildlife vets attempts to remove it in a race against the clock, as every minute Grande is under anaesthetic, the weight of his own body risks damaging his vital organs.

		05/28/2022 10:10 am	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.

		05/28/2022 11:05 am	Attenborough and the Sea Dragon
	On the Jurassic coast of Britain a remarkable 200-million-year-old fossil is discovered: the bones of an ichthyosaur, a giant sea dragon. David Attenborough joins the hunt to bring this ancient creature's story to life. Using state-of-the-art imaging technology and CGI, the team reconstruct the skeleton and create the most detailed animation of an ichthyosaur ever made.

		05/28/2022 12:00 pm	Joanna Lumley's Home Sweet Home: Travels in My Own Land
	Starting at Tilbury Docks in Essex, Joanna Lumley heads north, making a nostalgic return to Coronation Street before ending the journey in Whitby.

		05/28/2022 12:50 pm	Joanna Lumley's Home Sweet Home: Travels in My Own Land
	Joanna travels through Scotland, the Outer Hebrides and Northern Ireland.

		05/28/2022 1:35 pm	Joanna Lumley's Home Sweet Home: Travels in My Own Land
	Joanna travels from North Wales down to St Michael's Mount and the beautiful West Country, ending in her own home town of London.

		05/28/2022 2:25 pm	Moon Landing
	Re-living the drama of the launch, and focusing on the nail-biting first landing on the moon. Also revealing how close the mission came to failing. Nasa footage and international broadcasts from the time bring history bursting back into life.

		05/28/2022 4:00 pm	Joanna Lumley's Great Cities of the World
	Joanna's first view of Paris is from a hot air balloon. She visits the damaged Notre-Dame, meets the heiress Daphne Guinness, buys a vintage Chanel suit and meets Ibrahim, a refugee turned inner-city beekeeper.

		05/28/2022 4:50 pm	Iceland With Alexander Armstrong
	The host begins his Icelandic adventure in a helicopter, hovering just yards above the rim of an erupting and lethal volcano close to the capital of Reykjavik, before heading east to Iceland's Golden Circle.

		05/28/2022 5:35 pm	Mindful Escapes: Breathe, Release, Restore
	The natural world offers a constant source of calm and comfort. How do images of hypnotic starling murmurations or macaques relaxing in hot springs in Japan encourage us to slow down? How can we experience more being and less doing?

		05/28/2022 6:00 pm	Sacred Wonders
	In Mali, a young Muslim helps to renovate Djenne's Great Mosque, in the hope of earning a place in paradise. At the sacred Natchi waterfalls in Japan, a Shinto devotee undertakes a gruelling challenge to ensure the wellbeing of his country for another year. And at the Cathedral of St John the Divine in New York, an Anglican priest performs an astonishing ceremony to bring people, and their animals, closer to God.

		05/28/2022 6:55 pm	North America with Simon Reeve
	In Belize, Simon dives on a coral reef off, visits a rescue centre for orphaned manatees and witnesses a gun battle between armed park rangers and intruders from neighbouring Guatemala intent on clearing the rainforest for farming.

		05/28/2022 7:45 pm	The World's Deadliest Weather
	A record-breaking cyclone wrecks South Pacific islands, a cruise ship becomes stranded in a storm, and two friends get caught in a deadly avalanche.

		05/28/2022 8:35 pm	The World's Deadliest Weather
	Hurricane Florence brings biblical flooding to North Carolina, a magnitude 7 earthquake rocks Alaska, and a surfer crashes in Nazare's colossal waves.

		05/28/2022 9:25 pm	The World's Deadliest Weather
	Horrific wildfires devastate Greece, hikers in Turkey are stranded by a flash flood and a tornado rips off roofs and catapults cars in Canada.

		05/28/2022 10:15 pm	The World's Deadliest Weather
	Hurricane Michael hits Florida, a group of fishermen capsize in rough seas and a police officer is hurt by a car careering out of control in the snow.

		05/28/2022 11:00 pm	The World's Deadliest Weather
	A wildfire tears across California, a mother runs from a tornado, and a rescue team try to reach a canoeist trapped in a tree during a fatal flood.

		05/28/2022 11:50 pm	The World's Deadliest Weather
	A tornado traps teachers in America, wildfires rip across England, a landslide hits hikers in Argentina, and a man descends into a deadly volcano.

		05/29/2022 12:40 am	Joanna Lumley's Great Cities of the World
	Joanna's first view of Paris is from a hot air balloon. She visits the damaged Notre-Dame, meets the heiress Daphne Guinness, buys a vintage Chanel suit and meets Ibrahim, a refugee turned inner-city beekeeper.

		05/29/2022 1:25 am	Iceland With Alexander Armstrong
	The host begins his Icelandic adventure in a helicopter, hovering just yards above the rim of an erupting and lethal volcano close to the capital of Reykjavik, before heading east to Iceland's Golden Circle.

		05/29/2022 2:10 am	Mindful Escapes: Breathe, Release, Restore
	The natural world offers a constant source of calm and comfort. How do images of hypnotic starling murmurations or macaques relaxing in hot springs in Japan encourage us to slow down? How can we experience more being and less doing?

		05/29/2022 2:40 am	Sacred Wonders
	In Mali, a young Muslim helps to renovate Djenne's Great Mosque, in the hope of earning a place in paradise. At the sacred Natchi waterfalls in Japan, a Shinto devotee undertakes a gruelling challenge to ensure the wellbeing of his country for another year. And at the Cathedral of St John the Divine in New York, an Anglican priest performs an astonishing ceremony to bring people, and their animals, closer to God.

		05/29/2022 3:30 am	Deadly 60
	Steve is in South Africa, home to a huge number of animals on the Deadly 60. However, big predators aren't what Steve is here for, as he's exploring the plight of the rhino.

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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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