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    07/31/2022 4:00 am

    Coast

    Nick Crane follows a centuries-old tourist trail out of London and heads for Margate, via Southend-on-Sea. At Southend, he asks why Britain's longest pier was built here. As he makes his way to Margate, Nick discovers why this resort once literally saved lives and how it has reinvented itself for the modern tourist by relying on some old traditions.

    07/31/2022 4:50 am

    Coast

    Nick Crane is on an island odyssey in the Faroes on a mission to gather all manner of bounty to take to a traditional feast. He starts by diving for 50-year-old mussels before discovering how the Faroese like to eat their sheep.

    07/31/2022 5:45 am

    Coast

    Nick Crane follows the Welsh Coastal Path around Anglesey and takes in 700 years of inspired thinking and ingenious isles. At South Stack, he investigates how an innovative lighthouse was constructed on a precarious piece of rock.

    07/31/2022 6:40 am

    Coast

    Nick Crane hops on a ferry across the Irish Sea and washes into Dublin on her tumultuous tides. Mark Horton is at Maryport, where archaeologists have discovered two Roman temples and one of the earliest Christian churches in Britain.

    07/31/2022 7:35 am

    Coast

    Nick Crane travels to the north east coast, one of Britain's most hazardous with 780 shipwrecks along a 65-mile stretch. Mark Horton takes the helm of a roll-on roll-off ferry to explore how these beasts of the maritime highway cope with stormy seas.

    07/31/2022 8:30 am

    Coast

    Nick Crane travels to Jersey in search of some of the most spectacular caves and coves in Europe. Ian McMillan turns storytelling sleuth on Scotland's Ayrshire coast as he delves into the story of Sawney Bean. Andy Torbet travels to the sea cave capital of Britain: the Shetland Isles.

    07/31/2022 9:25 am

    Dynasties

    In Senegal, west Africa, lives a group of chimpanzees led by an alpha male named David. He has already been alpha for three years, a time when leaders here are usually overthrown, and he finds himself surrounded by rivals who all want his crown.

    07/31/2022 10:25 am

    Dynasties

    A colony of emperor penguins gather in Atka Bay, on the coast of Antarctica, after three months feeding at sea. They arrive as the sea freezes over and all the other Antarctic animals have left the continent for the relative safety of the sea. The penguins have come here to raise the next generation in their emperor's dynasty, but to do so they will have to work together to keep themselves and their chicks alive through the coming winter: the coldest and cruellest on earth.

    07/31/2022 11:25 am

    Dynasties

    The Marsh Pride of Kenya's Masai Mara is in a unique situation in their history. They have been abandoned by all of the adult males, and just two adult females are left to feed and protect their eight youngsters. The future of the whole family rests entirely on the shoulders of these two mothers, Charm and her cousin Sienna. They need to raise their cubs to adulthood if this great dynasty is to continue, and they all face the great perils of the African savannah.

    07/31/2022 12:25 pm

    Dynasties

    The leader of a great painted wolf family is growing old, and her power to keep the peace is waning. Tensions are rising, and a feud with her ambitious daughter whose own pack is running out of space threatens to bring the dynasty down.

    07/31/2022 1:25 pm

    Dynasties

    Tigress Raj Bhera lives in Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve in India. She holds the perfect territory, with dense jungle, spring-fed ponds and rich grasslands teeming with prey, and now has four tiny newborn cubs to care for. They are the future of her dynasty, but the idyllic world that she inhabits is changing.

    07/31/2022 2:25 pm

    World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys

    Exploring the remarkable railway line that reaches the far north tip of mainland Britain. The Far North Line travels from Inverness in the Highlands of Scotland to Wick in Caithness county, with a daily ScotRail service.

    07/31/2022 3:10 pm

    Dinosaurs: The Final Day with David Attenborough

    Sir David Attenborough presents this landmark documentary which brings to life, in unprecedented detail, the lost world of the very last days of the dinosaurs. Searching in the hills of North Dakota, paleontologist Robert DePalma makes an incredible discovery in a prehistoric graveyard known as Tanis - fossilised creatures, astonishingly well-preserved like the bodies found at Pompeii.

    07/31/2022 4:35 pm

    The Mating Game

    The grasslands of our planet are some of the most challenging habitats for playing the mating game. They are an open stage where potential partners and jealous rivals can witness your every move and every failure. To win here, a player must give everything. Strategies used by animals here are as plentiful as they are unique, there are show-offs, fighters, scoundrels and cheats, and all are competing for their chance to mate.

    07/31/2022 5:35 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.

    07/31/2022 6:30 pm

    Life Below Zero

    Sue continues to restore her cabin. Ricko travels with his son to the family cabin. Jessie gathers firewood. The Hailstones go muskox hunting.

    07/31/2022 7:15 pm

    Where the Wild Men Are With Ben Fogle

    Ben Fogle journeys to the Suffolk countryside and a secretive patch of woodland, to spend the week with the unique character Will Lord, a true British caveman. Ben embraces Will's Stone Age-style existence in the forest.

    07/31/2022 8:00 pm

    Dinosaurs: The Final Day with David Attenborough

    Sir David Attenborough presents this landmark documentary which brings to life, in unprecedented detail, the lost world of the very last days of the dinosaurs. Searching in the hills of North Dakota, paleontologist Robert DePalma makes an incredible discovery in a prehistoric graveyard known as Tanis - fossilised creatures, astonishingly well-preserved like the bodies found at Pompeii.

    07/31/2022 9:30 pm

    The Mating Game

    The grasslands of our planet are some of the most challenging habitats for playing the mating game. They are an open stage where potential partners and jealous rivals can witness your every move and every failure. To win here, a player must give everything. Strategies used by animals here are as plentiful as they are unique, there are show-offs, fighters, scoundrels and cheats, and all are competing for their chance to mate.

    07/31/2022 10:30 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.

    07/31/2022 11:25 pm

    Life Below Zero

    Sue continues to restore her cabin. Ricko travels with his son to the family cabin. Jessie gathers firewood. The Hailstones go muskox hunting.

    08/01/2022 12:10 am

    Where the Wild Men Are With Ben Fogle

    Ben Fogle journeys to the Suffolk countryside and a secretive patch of woodland, to spend the week with the unique character Will Lord, a true British caveman. Ben embraces Will's Stone Age-style existence in the forest.

    08/01/2022 12:55 am

    The Mating Game

    The grasslands of our planet are some of the most challenging habitats for playing the mating game. They are an open stage where potential partners and jealous rivals can witness your every move and every failure. To win here, a player must give everything. Strategies used by animals here are as plentiful as they are unique, there are show-offs, fighters, scoundrels and cheats, and all are competing for their chance to mate.

    08/01/2022 1:55 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.

    08/01/2022 2:50 am

    Life Below Zero

    Sue continues to restore her cabin. Ricko travels with his son to the family cabin. Jessie gathers firewood. The Hailstones go muskox hunting.

    08/01/2022 3:35 am

    David Attenborough's Natural Curiosities

    Some animals appear to have stretched their natural gifts to the limits. Sir David Attenborough looks at the giraffe, who must reach the tallest branches to find food, and the chameleon, who must use their camouflage to hide from predators.

    BBC Earth

    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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