Schedules
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11/08/2022 5:00 am |
Japan with Sue Perkins |
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| Sue Perkins spends an enjoyable evening in Kyoto. There she meets Japan's geishas, goes free diving with ama divers, visits Hiroshima, and explores how the Japanese are tackling the future in Tokyo. | |||||
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11/08/2022 5:50 am |
Deadly 60 |
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| Steve and his trusty team head to the frozen north of Norway. He follows the tracks of Europe's largest cat, the elusive lynx, up into the hills in the hope of seeing one, and gets a little nervous when he meets some in captivity. Arctic foxes and musk oxen are also on the menu in this deadly snowy episode. | |||||
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11/08/2022 6:15 am |
The Blue Planet |
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| Although 70 per cent of the planet is covered by water, the oceans and many of their inhabitants, such as the blue whale, remain an unexplored mystery. Travelling to the very depths of the seas reveals a spectacular variety of life, from alien monsters of the deep to pack-hunting killer whales attacking a grey whale calf. | |||||
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11/08/2022 7:05 am |
The Truth About... |
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| Due to the coronavirus, the health market has exploded with products promising to boost, support or supercharge flagging natural defences. Find out which of these products, superfoods and supplements have the science to back up their claims. | |||||
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11/08/2022 7:55 am |
Life Below Zero |
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| As winter's grip in the Arctic strengthens, Alaskans are forced to react to avoid an icy demise. | |||||
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11/08/2022 8:40 am |
Inside the Factory |
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| Gregg Wallace explores the Manchester factory that produces 700,000 toilet rolls a day. He begins 940 miles away in Sweden where the raw material, wood, is harvested from a sustainable forest of one billion spruce trees. Most of the wood is used for timber, but the off cuts are turned into sheets of wood pulp. Gregg follows this pulp to Manchester where he learns that two types of wood fibre, long and short, are required for loo roll, to give it strength but also softness. | |||||
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11/08/2022 9:25 am |
Japan with Sue Perkins |
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| Sue Perkins spends an enjoyable evening in Kyoto. There she meets Japan's geishas, goes free diving with ama divers, visits Hiroshima, and explores how the Japanese are tackling the future in Tokyo. | |||||
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11/08/2022 10:15 am |
The Blue Planet |
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| Although 70 per cent of the planet is covered by water, the oceans and many of their inhabitants, such as the blue whale, remain an unexplored mystery. Travelling to the very depths of the seas reveals a spectacular variety of life, from alien monsters of the deep to pack-hunting killer whales attacking a grey whale calf. | |||||
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11/08/2022 11:05 am |
The Truth About... |
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| Due to the coronavirus, the health market has exploded with products promising to boost, support or supercharge flagging natural defences. Find out which of these products, superfoods and supplements have the science to back up their claims. | |||||
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11/08/2022 11:55 am |
Life Below Zero |
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| As winter's grip in the Arctic strengthens, Alaskans are forced to react to avoid an icy demise. | |||||
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11/08/2022 12:40 pm |
Inside the Factory |
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| Gregg Wallace explores the Manchester factory that produces 700,000 toilet rolls a day. He begins 940 miles away in Sweden where the raw material, wood, is harvested from a sustainable forest of one billion spruce trees. Most of the wood is used for timber, but the off cuts are turned into sheets of wood pulp. Gregg follows this pulp to Manchester where he learns that two types of wood fibre, long and short, are required for loo roll, to give it strength but also softness. | |||||
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11/08/2022 1:30 pm |
Japan with Sue Perkins |
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| Sue Perkins spends an enjoyable evening in Kyoto. There she meets Japan's geishas, goes free diving with ama divers, visits Hiroshima, and explores how the Japanese are tackling the future in Tokyo. | |||||
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11/08/2022 2:20 pm |
The Blue Planet |
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| David Attenborough journeys into the abyss to explore the strange creatures that live there. From terrifying fish with massive teeth that eat prey twice their size, to weird jellyfish that flash in the darkness. | |||||
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11/08/2022 3:10 pm |
The Truth About... |
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| Mehreen finds out what a surgery-free nose job involves, and if it really works. She also follows an experiment that pits three skin-tightening treatments against each other: microneedling, CO2 laser and collagen supplements, and she meets a woman undergoing a cutting-edge stem cell facelift. | |||||
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11/08/2022 4:00 pm |
Life Below Zero |
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| As the deep freeze sets in, Alaskans brave cruel temperatures to complete vital tasks. | |||||
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11/08/2022 4:45 pm |
Inside the Factory |
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| Gregg Wallace explores the North Yorkshire factory that produces 625,000 sausages a day. Meanwhile Cherry is at the University of Chester getting the scientific lowdown on getting the best from a banger. Historian Ruth Goodman is investigating how a German bratwurst became top dog in America. | |||||
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11/08/2022 5:40 pm |
Joanna Lumley's Home Sweet Home: Travels in My Own Land |
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| Starting at Tilbury Docks in Essex, Joanna Lumley heads north, making a nostalgic return to Coronation Street before ending the journey in Whitby. | |||||
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11/08/2022 6:25 pm |
Civilisations |
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| Simon discovers that landscape painting is seldom a straightforward description of observed nature, rather it's a projection of dreams and idylls, as well as of escapes and refuges from human turmoil, the elusive paradise on earth. He begins his exploration in the 10th century, in Song dynasty China. | |||||
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11/08/2022 7:20 pm |
Civilisations |
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| 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. | |||||
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11/08/2022 8:15 pm |
Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild |
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| Ben revisits Julius Strauss and his wife Kristin in British Columbia. Their home is in the middle of a mountainous region that is home to grizzly bears, and on his first visit, Ben was shocked to discover the impact hunting had on the animals. | |||||
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11/08/2022 9:00 pm |
Life Below Zero |
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| Alaskans brave the dangers of the Arctic to prepare for Dark Winters return. | |||||
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11/08/2022 9:45 pm |
The World's Deadliest Weather |
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| Witness some of our planet's most disastrous and deadly natural catastrophes that can happen right on your own doorstep. | |||||
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11/08/2022 10:35 pm |
Civilisations |
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| Simon discovers that landscape painting is seldom a straightforward description of observed nature, rather it's a projection of dreams and idylls, as well as of escapes and refuges from human turmoil, the elusive paradise on earth. He begins his exploration in the 10th century, in Song dynasty China. | |||||
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11/08/2022 11:30 pm |
Civilisations |
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| 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. | |||||
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11/09/2022 12:25 am |
Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild |
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| Ben revisits Julius Strauss and his wife Kristin in British Columbia. Their home is in the middle of a mountainous region that is home to grizzly bears, and on his first visit, Ben was shocked to discover the impact hunting had on the animals. | |||||
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11/09/2022 1:15 am |
Life Below Zero |
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| Alaskans brave the dangers of the Arctic to prepare for Dark Winters return. | |||||
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11/09/2022 2:00 am |
Deadly 60 |
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| Steve and his trusty team head to the frozen north of Norway. He follows the tracks of Europe's largest cat, the elusive lynx, up into the hills in the hope of seeing one, and gets a little nervous when he meets some in captivity. Arctic foxes and musk oxen are also on the menu in this deadly snowy episode. | |||||
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11/09/2022 2:25 am |
Civilisations |
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| Simon discovers that landscape painting is seldom a straightforward description of observed nature, rather it's a projection of dreams and idylls, as well as of escapes and refuges from human turmoil, the elusive paradise on earth. He begins his exploration in the 10th century, in Song dynasty China. | |||||
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11/09/2022 3:20 am |
Civilisations |
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| 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. | |||||
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11/09/2022 4:15 am |
Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild |
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| Ben revisits Julius Strauss and his wife Kristin in British Columbia. Their home is in the middle of a mountainous region that is home to grizzly bears, and on his first visit, Ben was shocked to discover the impact hunting had on the animals. | |||||