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		07/23/2022 4:00 am	Sacred Wonders
	At Angkor Wat in Cambodia, a man who believes the temples are home to his ancestral spirits risks his life to save them from the jungle. At al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem, a young Muslim paramedic battles his own hunger and exhaustion to help other fasting worshippers during Ramadan. At the Shaolin Temple in China, a Buddhist warrior monk faces a test that will change the course of his life forever. Discover just what people do for faith in some of the most stunning sacred places on Earth.
Localized series title: Sacred Wonders Localized description: At Angkor Wat in Cambodia, a man who believes the temples are home to his ancestral spirits risks his life to save them from the jungle. At al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem, a young Muslim paramedic battles his own hunger and exhaustion to help other fasting worshippers during Ramadan. At the Shaolin Temple in China, a Buddhist warrior monk faces a test that will change the course of his life forever. Discover just what people do for faith in some of the most stunning sacred places on Earth.
		07/23/2022 4:50 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.

		07/23/2022 5:45 am	Sacred Wonders
	When a miracle happens at the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, an orthodox Christian must deliver the holy flame into the hands of his bishop. In Nepal, at the Buddanath, a Buddhist painter battles the elements in honour of Buddha's birthday. And in Lalish in Iraq a young Yazedi woman goes in search of salvation after being traumatised in the recent conflict. Discover what people do for faith in some of the most sacred places on the planet.

		07/23/2022 6:40 am	World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys
	The New Zealand South Island line scales the snow-capped Southern Alps, travels through Maori hunting grounds, and finally reaches Christchurch, a city sitting on a volcano.

		07/23/2022 7:25 am	Joanna Lumley's Great Cities of the World
	Joanna Lumley visits Berlin and heads for the Festival of Lights, meets an all-female motorcycle club and visits a replica of a western town. Her travels also take her to a famous photographer who documented life in Soviet-controlled East Berlin and finally she meets Holocaust survivor, Frau Friedlander.

		07/23/2022 8:10 am	Aliens: The Big Think
	Professor Martin Rees, the astronomer royal, takes up the search for extra-terrestrials. Looking for aliens is no longer science fiction,it is a question that's engaging some of the greatest minds in science. As our knowledge of the universe has increased, we're getting closer to answers.

		07/23/2022 9:00 am	Horizon
	The incredible story of how Pluto has been propelled from an unremarkable ball of ice on the edge of the solar system to a world of unimaginable complexity, where some form of alien life might exist.

		07/23/2022 9:55 am	Bermuda Triangle in Space
	There's a strange glitch in the Earth's magnetic field, which stretches from Southern Brazil to the West Coast of Africa. It's called the South Atlantic Anomaly.

		07/23/2022 10:45 am	Coast
	The team explores surprising stories on both sides of the shallow, narrow and busy seaway, the English Channel. Nick Crane is on the Channel's French coast to experience the secret life of Mont St Michel.

		07/23/2022 11:35 am	Coast
	Britain's last great wilderness, the stunning Cape Wrath, is the stomping ground for Nick Crane who must make his own path to his favourite beach, an isolated sandy treasure on which few have set foot.

		07/23/2022 12:30 pm	Coast
	In Cornwall, Nick Crane uncovers the most astonishing artistic exploration of Britain's coast. Two hundred years ago William Daniell embarked on a ten-year journey right around the edge of Britain to produce illustrations.

		07/23/2022 1:20 pm	Coast
	Nick Crane journeys over the Atlantic to Nova Scotia in Canada. Attending a gathering of descendants from the MacNeil clan, Nick discovers how centuries-old traditions, now forgotten even in Scotland, have been kept alive in Nova Scotia.

		07/23/2022 2:10 pm	Coast
	Nick Crane pays tribute to the unsung mega-port of Immingham, and Tessa Dunlop uncovers the astonishing story of how Hitler's bombers could have drowned London, and possibly won the Second World War.

		07/23/2022 3:05 pm	Coast
	The team explore Britain's coast in winter. Nick Crane visits Cornwall, the storm central of Britain's coastline, and Neil Oliver attends Shetland's Viking Fire Festival. Every January the islands throw one of the greatest outdoor parties in Europe, when massed ranks of Viking warriors parade, braving wild weather to carry flaming torches through streets thronging with visitors from around the world.

		07/23/2022 4:00 pm	Deadly Predators
	Steve goes in search of some of the most powerful predators on the planet. At historic Warwick Castle, meet the stellar sea eagle, world's heaviest eagle. Eagle Nikita is an expert at lifting fish up to one third of her body weight out of the ocean to eat. To demonstrate this ability up close, Steve has a time slice rig.

		07/23/2022 4:30 pm	Our Changing Planet
	Another three presenters visit people fighting to rebalance vulnerable habitats around the world. Liz Bonnin travels to California to learn about the increasingly invasive wildfires hitting the headlines. Scientists can see clear links between the fires, climate change, raised temperatures and an extended drought season. There is one crucial element that is key to a sustainable future in California: biodiversity.

		07/23/2022 5:25 pm	Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World
	Greta travels through North America on her way to a UN climate conference in Chile. To understand the impact of climate change, she stops at three key locations that reveal how the planet is changing.

		07/23/2022 6:25 pm	The Green Planet
	Between the tropics and the frozen poles lies a region dominated by relentless change in the form of the four seasons: spring, summer, autumn and winter. Each one presents plants with huge challenges, from ice and snow to raging fires, from intense competition to surprising enemies. This is a world of astonishing variety and vibrant colour. To survive here plants must use strategy, deception and remarkable feats of engineering. Most importantly, they must get their timing right.

		07/23/2022 7:25 pm	Civilisations
	Professor Mary Beard broaches the controversial, sometimes dangerous, topic of religion and art. For millennia, art has inspired religion as much as religion has inspired art. Yet there are fundamental problems, which all religions share, in making god or gods visible in the human world. Mary Beard visits sacred sites across the world to examine the contested boundaries between religion and art.

		07/23/2022 8:15 pm	Art of Scandinavia
	Andrew looks at the extraordinary art to come out of the dark Norwegian soul, most famous for producing The Scream by Edvard Munch.

		07/23/2022 9:05 pm	Deadly Predators
	Steve goes in search of some of the most powerful predators on the planet. At historic Warwick Castle, meet the stellar sea eagle, world's heaviest eagle. Eagle Nikita is an expert at lifting fish up to one third of her body weight out of the ocean to eat. To demonstrate this ability up close, Steve has a time slice rig.

		07/23/2022 9:30 pm	Our Changing Planet
	Another three presenters visit people fighting to rebalance vulnerable habitats around the world. Liz Bonnin travels to California to learn about the increasingly invasive wildfires hitting the headlines. Scientists can see clear links between the fires, climate change, raised temperatures and an extended drought season. There is one crucial element that is key to a sustainable future in California: biodiversity.

		07/23/2022 10:30 pm	Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World
	Greta travels through North America on her way to a UN climate conference in Chile. To understand the impact of climate change, she stops at three key locations that reveal how the planet is changing.

		07/23/2022 11:30 pm	The Green Planet
	Between the tropics and the frozen poles lies a region dominated by relentless change in the form of the four seasons: spring, summer, autumn and winter. Each one presents plants with huge challenges, from ice and snow to raging fires, from intense competition to surprising enemies. This is a world of astonishing variety and vibrant colour. To survive here plants must use strategy, deception and remarkable feats of engineering. Most importantly, they must get their timing right.

		07/24/2022 12:30 am	Civilisations
	Professor Mary Beard broaches the controversial, sometimes dangerous, topic of religion and art. For millennia, art has inspired religion as much as religion has inspired art. Yet there are fundamental problems, which all religions share, in making god or gods visible in the human world. Mary Beard visits sacred sites across the world to examine the contested boundaries between religion and art.

		07/24/2022 1:25 am	Art of Scandinavia
	Andrew looks at the extraordinary art to come out of the dark Norwegian soul, most famous for producing The Scream by Edvard Munch.

		07/24/2022 2:15 am	Our Changing Planet
	Another three presenters visit people fighting to rebalance vulnerable habitats around the world. Liz Bonnin travels to California to learn about the increasingly invasive wildfires hitting the headlines. Scientists can see clear links between the fires, climate change, raised temperatures and an extended drought season. There is one crucial element that is key to a sustainable future in California: biodiversity.

		07/24/2022 3:15 am	World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys
	The New Zealand South Island line scales the snow-capped Southern Alps, travels through Maori hunting grounds, and finally reaches Christchurch, a city sitting on a volcano.

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

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