Schedules
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04/23/2023 4:00 am |
David Attenborough's Natural Curiosities |
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| 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. | |||||
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04/23/2023 4:25 am |
Where the Wild Men Are With Ben Fogle |
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| Former festival director Karen has set up an artists' retreat in the heart of the Sahara. The impressive project required she learn centuries-old techniques - and the art of patience. | |||||
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04/23/2023 5:15 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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04/23/2023 6:05 am |
Mummies Unwrapped |
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| The horrifying remains of the 3,000-year-old Screaming Mummy have haunted Egyptologists for decades; a team of experts reexamines the evidence, revealing an epic conspiracy to murder a king and a punishment intended to curse a soul for eternity. | |||||
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04/23/2023 6:55 am |
Animal Impossible |
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| Incredible facts and myths about the animal kingdom are put to the test, including whether an eagle can lift a child. | |||||
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04/23/2023 7:45 am |
Inside the Factory |
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| Gregg Wallace is in Essex at an enormous cereal bar factory, which produces 400,000 fruit- and nut-packed treats a day. Gregg follows production from the arrival of two tonnes of macadamia nuts all the way through to dispatch. | |||||
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04/23/2023 8:35 am |
The World's Deadliest Weather |
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| Hurricane Florence brings biblical flooding to North Carolina, a magnitude 7 earthquake rocks Alaska, and a surfer crashes in Nazare's colossal waves. | |||||
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04/23/2023 9:30 am |
Where the Wild Men Are With Ben Fogle |
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| Former festival director Karen has set up an artists' retreat in the heart of the Sahara. The impressive project required she learn centuries-old techniques - and the art of patience. | |||||
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04/23/2023 10:15 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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04/23/2023 11:05 am |
Mummies Unwrapped |
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| The horrifying remains of the 3,000-year-old Screaming Mummy have haunted Egyptologists for decades; a team of experts reexamines the evidence, revealing an epic conspiracy to murder a king and a punishment intended to curse a soul for eternity. | |||||
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04/23/2023 11:50 am |
Animal Impossible |
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| Incredible facts and myths about the animal kingdom are put to the test, including whether an eagle can lift a child. | |||||
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04/23/2023 12:40 pm |
Inside the Factory |
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| Gregg Wallace is in Essex at an enormous cereal bar factory, which produces 400,000 fruit- and nut-packed treats a day. Gregg follows production from the arrival of two tonnes of macadamia nuts all the way through to dispatch. | |||||
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04/23/2023 1:35 pm |
The World's Deadliest Weather |
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| Hurricane Florence brings biblical flooding to North Carolina, a magnitude 7 earthquake rocks Alaska, and a surfer crashes in Nazare's colossal waves. | |||||
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04/23/2023 2:25 pm |
Where the Wild Men Are With Ben Fogle |
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| Former festival director Karen has set up an artists' retreat in the heart of the Sahara. The impressive project required she learn centuries-old techniques - and the art of patience. | |||||
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04/23/2023 3:10 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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04/23/2023 4:00 pm |
Serengeti |
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| All animal families make the most of the good times when a new oasis brings untold riches, but they face devastation when a towering inferno takes over. | |||||
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04/23/2023 5:00 pm |
Deadly Predators |
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| Steve finds out which Deadly Predators have the best weapons on earth. Using the latest CGI, we bring the colossal squid to life, test the strength of its tentacles, and show how its mighty beak could slice through a car like butter. When it comes to weapons, snakes have some of the best on earth. Steve goes in search of the adder, the UK's only venomous snake and an endangered species. | |||||
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04/23/2023 5:25 pm |
Deadly Predators |
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| Steve uncovers the secrets of sharks, the world's most infamous predators. He heads out into the Atlantic ocean to dive with blue sharks, a beautiful but deadly species which can travel up to 10,000km per year looking for food. He finds out how their big pectoral fins allow them to glide gracefully through the water, and how they are now threatened by overfishing for their fins. | |||||
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04/23/2023 5:50 pm |
Ben Fogle: Return to the Wild |
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| 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. | |||||
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04/23/2023 6:35 pm |
Robson Green: Coastal Fishing |
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| Robson Green begins by travelling around the southwest of England as he goes on a mission to find the conger eel. | |||||
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04/23/2023 7:20 pm |
Civilisations |
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| Simon Schama explores the remote origins of human creativity with the first known marks made some 80,000 years ago in South African caves, marks which were not dictated merely by humanity's physical needs. He marvels at the later caveworks, shapes of hands, in red stencils on the walls of caves, and at the paintings of bison and bulls, and Stone Age carvings. | |||||
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04/23/2023 8:15 pm |
Fatal Forecast |
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| Tornadoes are among the most powerful forces on earth. With swirling winds of more than 300 miles per hour, and the strength to destroy nearly everything in their path, they account for an average of 60 deaths every year. | |||||
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04/23/2023 9:05 pm |
The Mating Game |
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| 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. | |||||
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04/23/2023 10:05 pm |
Deadly Predators |
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| Steve finds out which Deadly Predators have the best weapons on earth. Using the latest CGI, we bring the colossal squid to life, test the strength of its tentacles, and show how its mighty beak could slice through a car like butter. When it comes to weapons, snakes have some of the best on earth. Steve goes in search of the adder, the UK's only venomous snake and an endangered species. | |||||
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04/23/2023 10:30 pm |
Deadly Predators |
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| Steve uncovers the secrets of sharks, the world's most infamous predators. He heads out into the Atlantic ocean to dive with blue sharks, a beautiful but deadly species which can travel up to 10,000km per year looking for food. He finds out how their big pectoral fins allow them to glide gracefully through the water, and how they are now threatened by overfishing for their fins. | |||||
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04/23/2023 10:55 pm |
Ben Fogle: Return to the Wild |
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| 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. | |||||
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04/23/2023 11:45 pm |
Robson Green: Coastal Fishing |
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| Robson Green begins by travelling around the southwest of England as he goes on a mission to find the conger eel. | |||||
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04/24/2023 12:25 am |
Civilisations |
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| Simon Schama explores the remote origins of human creativity with the first known marks made some 80,000 years ago in South African caves, marks which were not dictated merely by humanity's physical needs. He marvels at the later caveworks, shapes of hands, in red stencils on the walls of caves, and at the paintings of bison and bulls, and Stone Age carvings. | |||||
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04/24/2023 1:20 am |
Fatal Forecast |
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| Tornadoes are among the most powerful forces on earth. With swirling winds of more than 300 miles per hour, and the strength to destroy nearly everything in their path, they account for an average of 60 deaths every year. | |||||
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04/24/2023 2:15 am |
The Mating Game |
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| 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. | |||||
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04/24/2023 3:15 am |
Ben Fogle: Return to the Wild |
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| 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. | |||||