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    12/17/2022 5:00 am

    Deadly 60

    Steve gets strangled by a python on a night-time river expedition, climbs a 40-metre tree and finds out why our thirst for palm oil is threatening bears and orangutans.

    12/17/2022 5:25 am

    David Attenborough's Natural Curiosities

    Sir David Attenborough reveals nature's evolutionary anomalies. Here he looks at the platypus and the curious case of the male Midwife Toad.

    12/17/2022 5:50 am

    Earth's Tropical Islands

    In the heart of south east Asia lies the tropical island of Borneo. Twice the size of the British Isles, it is the third largest island on earth and home to possibly the greatest diversity of life of any island, from flying lizards sun bears to orangutans.

    12/17/2022 6:40 am

    Life Story

    Animals overcome their first great hurdle, surviving infancy. Flightless barnacle goose chicks face their greatest challenge at the start of their lives. In order to find food they must leap 400 feet down a cliff, from the ledge where they hatched.

    12/17/2022 7:40 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.

    12/17/2022 8:30 am

    Where the Wild Men Are With Ben Fogle

    Native Italian Annalisa is developing a forest hideaway on the fringes of society, so Ben travels to Sweden to investigate.

    12/17/2022 9:20 am

    Joanna Lumley's Hidden Caribbean: Havana to Haiti

    Joanna kicks off her adventure in Havana in a boxing gym, with one of Cuba's rising female boxing stars. She visits the stars of the cabaret at the National Hotel that pre-dates the revolution, and entertains the cigar workers while they roll cigars in their factory. She visits the small town of Hershey, built on the success of the sugar industry, and visits the tomb of Che Guevara before heading off to Hemingway's favourite beach that is being turned into a five-star luxury complex.

    12/17/2022 10:05 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.

    12/17/2022 10:50 am

    The Green Planet

    We rely on plants for almost everything, including the air we breathe and the food we eat. Two in five wild plants are threatened with extinction, but people are finding new ways to help them, from projects in Africa to reseed the landscape to the rebuilding of a tropical forest in Brazil, tree by tree.

    12/17/2022 11:50 am

    Earth's Tropical Islands

    In the heart of south east Asia lies the tropical island of Borneo. Twice the size of the British Isles, it is the third largest island on earth and home to possibly the greatest diversity of life of any island, from flying lizards sun bears to orangutans.

    12/17/2022 12:40 pm

    Life Story

    Animals overcome their first great hurdle, surviving infancy. Flightless barnacle goose chicks face their greatest challenge at the start of their lives. In order to find food they must leap 400 feet down a cliff, from the ledge where they hatched.

    12/17/2022 1:40 pm

    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.

    12/17/2022 2:30 pm

    Where the Wild Men Are With Ben Fogle

    Native Italian Annalisa is developing a forest hideaway on the fringes of society, so Ben travels to Sweden to investigate.

    12/17/2022 3:20 pm

    Joanna Lumley's Hidden Caribbean: Havana to Haiti

    Joanna kicks off her adventure in Havana in a boxing gym, with one of Cuba's rising female boxing stars. She visits the stars of the cabaret at the National Hotel that pre-dates the revolution, and entertains the cigar workers while they roll cigars in their factory. She visits the small town of Hershey, built on the success of the sugar industry, and visits the tomb of Che Guevara before heading off to Hemingway's favourite beach that is being turned into a five-star luxury complex.

    12/17/2022 4:05 pm

    Blue Planet II

    The big blue is the world's greatest wilderness, far from shore and many kilometres deep. It's a vast marine desert where there is little to eat and nowhere to hide. Yet it's home to some of the biggest and most spectacular creatures on earth.

    12/17/2022 5:05 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.

    12/17/2022 5:30 pm

    Ben Fogle: Return to the Wild

    Ben catches up with a former businessman named Dave who lives off the grid and was threatened with eviction from his paradise island off the coast of Australia.

    12/17/2022 6:20 pm

    Blue Planet II: The Making Of

    An exploration of how the crew behind the Blue Planet II series manage to capture their spectacular footage.

    12/17/2022 6:30 pm

    Life Below Zero

    Alaskans seek out vital resources amid a deep freeze in the heart of Dark Winter.

    12/17/2022 7:15 pm

    Joanna Lumley's Unseen Adventures

    Joanna travels the length of India, showing us delights like the flower-sellers of Madurai, before taking us back to Uzbekistan for gory tales and gem-making.

    12/17/2022 8:00 pm

    Trust Me, I'm a Doctor

    Michael Mosley investigates whether diet or exercise is a more effective way to keep calories in check, and Saleyha Ahsan runs an experiment to find out whether probiotic products really can improve health.

    12/17/2022 9:00 pm

    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.

    12/17/2022 9:55 pm

    Ben Fogle: Return to the Wild

    Ben catches up with a former businessman named Dave who lives off the grid and was threatened with eviction from his paradise island off the coast of Australia.

    12/17/2022 10:40 pm

    Life Below Zero

    Alaskans seek out vital resources amid a deep freeze in the heart of Dark Winter.

    12/17/2022 11:25 pm

    Joanna Lumley's Unseen Adventures

    Joanna travels the length of India, showing us delights like the flower-sellers of Madurai, before taking us back to Uzbekistan for gory tales and gem-making.

    12/18/2022 12:15 am

    Trust Me, I'm a Doctor

    Michael Mosley investigates whether diet or exercise is a more effective way to keep calories in check, and Saleyha Ahsan runs an experiment to find out whether probiotic products really can improve health.

    12/18/2022 1:20 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.

    12/18/2022 2:10 am

    Ben Fogle: Return to the Wild

    Ben catches up with a former businessman named Dave who lives off the grid and was threatened with eviction from his paradise island off the coast of Australia.

    12/18/2022 2:55 am

    Life Below Zero

    Alaskans seek out vital resources amid a deep freeze in the heart of Dark Winter.

    12/18/2022 3:45 am

    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.

    12/18/2022 4:10 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.

    BBC Earth

    Available schedules: 03/26/2022 - 12/28/2024 Time zone: Central European Time (CET) UTC +1 Country: United States Language: English

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