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    05/03/2023 3:50 am

    Blue Planet II

    Following on from the 2001 award-winning show `The Blue Planet', this natural history series is an exploration of the world's vast oceans, capturing footage of animals and other living organisms in their natural habitat.

    05/03/2023 4:00 am

    A Perfect Planet

    Spewing super-heated water up to 400oC, deep sea vents seem too hostile for life, but incredibly they are home to over 750 species found nowhere else on Earth.

    05/03/2023 4:05 am

    Inside the Factory

    Gregg Wallace visits a factory tucked away amongst thatched cottages in the village of Wollaston, Northamptonshire. It may be a tranquil setting, but this factory has been making boots for 120 years.

    05/03/2023 5:00 am

    Chris Packham's Animal Einsteins

    Chris Packham reveals the intelligent cons and deceitful behaviour that animals use to survive and prosper in the game of life, from disguising themselves to outwit predators to kidnapping babies to save their own offspring.

    05/03/2023 5:50 am

    Life Below Zero

    Spring is on the horizon for the Alaskans. Sue Aikens' snow machine crash leaves her with an uncertain future and she heads into town to get a diagnosis on her injury.

    05/03/2023 6:30 am

    The Ganges with Sue Perkins

    The Gangetic Plain is where the ancient and modern collide. From the sacred city of Varanasi to Patna, a city fast becoming India's Silicon Valley. It's here also that the Ganges faces its greatest threats from dams, pollution, industry and agriculture.

    05/03/2023 7:25 am

    World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys

    Bill Nighy narrates an epic train journey through stunning scenery with a 200-mile rail journey through a beautiful area of France.

    05/03/2023 8:10 am

    Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild

    Ben joins fellow Brit Lucy, her husband Tim and their two daughters, a family who traded in their comfortable South London home for a yurt on a woodland river on New Zealand's North Island.

    05/03/2023 8:55 am

    Coast

    Neil Oliver and the team journey around the British Isles as they investigate just what it means to be an island people.

    05/03/2023 9:45 am

    Inside the Factory

    Gregg Wallace visits a factory tucked away amongst thatched cottages in the village of Wollaston, Northamptonshire. It may be a tranquil setting, but this factory has been making boots for 120 years.

    05/03/2023 10:40 am

    A Perfect Planet

    From the frozen poles to the searing deserts, this is an exploration of how animals have come up with strategies to survive the uneven amounts of sunlight that fall on Earth.

    05/03/2023 10:50 am

    Chris Packham's Animal Einsteins

    Chris Packham reveals the intelligent cons and deceitful behaviour that animals use to survive and prosper in the game of life, from disguising themselves to outwit predators to kidnapping babies to save their own offspring.

    05/03/2023 11:40 am

    Life Below Zero

    Sue returns to Kavik after her injury. Glenn goes on a hunt. Jessie preps his fish wheel for summer. The Hailstones set up camp in a new location.

    05/03/2023 12:20 pm

    The Ganges with Sue Perkins

    Sue visits the beautiful mangroves of the Sundarbans, home of the Bengal tiger, and meets the villagers who live in fear of an attack. She discovers a world defined by water and the devastating impact of climate change.

    05/03/2023 1:15 pm

    World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys

    Jump aboard New Zealand's famous Northern Explorer, the longest running passenger service in the country. The train travels 423 miles along the historic North Island Main Trunk Line on a 12-hour voyage.

    05/03/2023 2:00 pm

    Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild

    Ben meets an ex national athletics coach who now lives a hermit life without basics in a remote forest in Croatia.

    05/03/2023 2:45 pm

    Coast

    Nick Crane explores the exotic Isles of Scilly and joins the locals to attempt one of the most bizarre walks in Britain, as they try to wade on foot through the surging seas from island to island. Nick also visits the last house on the very tip of the most westerly inhabited isle. On precipitous slopes, beyond the edge of Devon, Ruth Goodman follows in the footsteps of the remarkable Branscombe cliff farmers.

    05/03/2023 3:40 pm

    Inside the Factory

    Gregg Wallace visits a huge vacuum cleaner factory in the heart of Somerset. This 32-acre site is a hive of activity where 1.2 million vacuums are made every year. Gregg is following their biggest seller, the Henry vacuum cleaner in bright red.

    05/03/2023 4:30 pm

    A Perfect Planet

    A look at how the planet's limited fresh water is distributed around the globe thanks to storms, and how animals manage in the driest habitats on Earth.

    05/03/2023 4:40 pm

    Chris Packham's Animal Einsteins

    In this episode Chris Packham discovers the clever methods that animals use to travel from A to B and how they find their way. Whether it is a local trip to find food or an epic journey to reach a safe place to have young, every traveller must work out where to go and the most energy-efficient way to get there. Now, the latest scientific research is helping uncover just how they do it, from creating mental maps of their environment to planning their route with precision.

    05/03/2023 5:30 pm

    The World's Deadliest Weather

    A volcano eruption in Hawaii destroys a neighbourhood, and good Samaritans rescue residents trapped in Hurricane Harvey's deadly flood waters.

    05/03/2023 6:20 pm

    Exploration Volcano

    Chris Horsley heads to Mount Etna, Europe's largest and most active volcano, as it experiences a period of heightened activity and examines the events that led up to the eruptions.

    05/03/2023 7:05 pm

    Civilisations

    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.

    05/03/2023 8:00 pm

    Simon Reeve's South America

    Simon visits Peru and Bolivia, travelling through the Andes mountains. Simon starts his journey at the world-famous ruins of Machu Pichu, one of the glories of the ancient Inca civilization.

    05/03/2023 8:55 pm

    Brian Cox's Adventures in Space and Time

    Brian takes a fresh look at the concept of gravity, revealing it to be far more than just the force that makes things fall to the ground. Recent scientific breakthroughs are challenging physicists' ideas of the very nature of reality. He recalls some of his most iconic TV moments: being first on the scene to meet a space capsule returning three astronauts from the International Space Station, and demonstrating how a bowling ball and feather fall at the same speed.

    05/03/2023 9:45 pm

    The Mating Game

    Jungles and rainforests are home to 80 per cent of all species on earth, but they cover just 2 per cent of our planet's surface. To win the mating game here, you need to be able to stand out from the crowd. For some it's all about putting on a show, whereas others must fight for their chance of victory. And for a few creatures, working together is the key. Chimpanzees are notorious for their brutality and violence, and for most this is the simplest way to secure a mate.

    05/03/2023 10:45 pm

    The World's Deadliest Weather

    A volcano eruption in Hawaii destroys a neighbourhood, and good Samaritans rescue residents trapped in Hurricane Harvey's deadly flood waters.

    05/03/2023 11:30 pm

    Exploration Volcano

    Chris Horsley heads to Mount Etna, Europe's largest and most active volcano, as it experiences a period of heightened activity and examines the events that led up to the eruptions.

    05/04/2023 12:20 am

    Civilisations

    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.

    05/04/2023 1:15 am

    Simon Reeve's South America

    Simon visits Peru and Bolivia, travelling through the Andes mountains. Simon starts his journey at the world-famous ruins of Machu Pichu, one of the glories of the ancient Inca civilization.

    05/04/2023 2:05 am

    Brian Cox's Adventures in Space and Time

    Brian takes a fresh look at the concept of gravity, revealing it to be far more than just the force that makes things fall to the ground. Recent scientific breakthroughs are challenging physicists' ideas of the very nature of reality. He recalls some of his most iconic TV moments: being first on the scene to meet a space capsule returning three astronauts from the International Space Station, and demonstrating how a bowling ball and feather fall at the same speed.

    05/04/2023 3:00 am

    The Mating Game

    Jungles and rainforests are home to 80 per cent of all species on earth, but they cover just 2 per cent of our planet's surface. To win the mating game here, you need to be able to stand out from the crowd. For some it's all about putting on a show, whereas others must fight for their chance of victory. And for a few creatures, working together is the key. Chimpanzees are notorious for their brutality and violence, and for most this is the simplest way to secure a mate.

    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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