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    05/23/2023 3:50 am

    Blue Planet II: The Making Of

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

    05/23/2023 4:00 am

    Big Animal Surgery

    Liz Bonnin travels to Tbilisi in Georgia, to witness a life-saving operation on a magnificent Asian elephant named Grande. Having survived a catastrophic flood at the zoo where he lives, Grande has a badly infected tusk. One of the world's top wildlife vets attempts to remove it in a race against the clock, as every minute Grande is under anaesthetic, the weight of his own body risks damaging his vital organs.

    05/23/2023 4:50 am

    Blue Planet II

    Corals build themselves homes of limestone in the warm, clear, shallow seas of the tropics. Their reefs occupy less than one tenth of one per cent of the ocean floor, yet they are home to a quarter of all known marine species.

    05/23/2023 5:50 am

    Life Below Zero

    At the apex of winter, a lack of snowfall in the Arctic makes basic tasks more difficult.

    05/23/2023 6:35 am

    Robson Green: Coastal Fishing

    Robson travels around the Welsh Pembrokeshire coast, where he goes in search of Seabass. In Saundersfoot harbour, Robson meets sustainable fisherman Berwyn, who is lucky enough to own one of the rare sea bass fishing licences.

    05/23/2023 7:20 am

    World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys

    The magnificent steam train Tornado is coupled with 13 luxury vintage carriages on a six-hour journey through Yorkshire to Northumbria and the Borders. Travelling in style from York to Edinburgh on a 200-mile historic trip.

    05/23/2023 8:05 am

    Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild

    Ben Fogle visits people who have chosen to live their life off-grid. He revisits Emma, who has embraced a truly organic life, hidden away in overgrown woodland in wildest Wales.

    05/23/2023 8:50 am

    Civilisations

    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.

    05/23/2023 9:40 am

    Big Animal Surgery

    Liz Bonnin travels to Tbilisi in Georgia, to witness a life-saving operation on a magnificent Asian elephant named Grande. Having survived a catastrophic flood at the zoo where he lives, Grande has a badly infected tusk. One of the world's top wildlife vets attempts to remove it in a race against the clock, as every minute Grande is under anaesthetic, the weight of his own body risks damaging his vital organs.

    05/23/2023 10:30 am

    Blue Planet II

    Corals build themselves homes of limestone in the warm, clear, shallow seas of the tropics. Their reefs occupy less than one tenth of one per cent of the ocean floor, yet they are home to a quarter of all known marine species.

    05/23/2023 11:30 am

    Life Below Zero

    Alaskans learn new survival skills as winter loses its grip on the Arctic landscape.

    05/23/2023 12:20 pm

    Robson Green: Coastal Fishing

    Robson is in his home county of Northumberland in search of the great British staple - scampi. He starts at Fish Quay in North Shields, the busiest prawn port in the UK. He meets skipper John and boards his boat, the Tori Allana.

    05/23/2023 1:00 pm

    World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys

    A magical mid-summer railway journey through central Sweden starts in Mora on the Inlandsbanan. This traditional town is in the county of Dalarna, the heart of Swedish traditional culture and often known as`Sweden in miniature'.

    05/23/2023 1:45 pm

    Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild

    Ben meets a family that has created a new home in the Devon countryside, but having had to fight to be allowed to build on the land, they now find peace hard to adjust to.

    05/23/2023 2:30 pm

    Civilisations

    Simon Schama goes both east and west, to Papal Rome but also to Ottoman Istanbul and Mughal Lahore and Agra, exploring their connections and rivalries, and examining how the role of artists from the different traditions of West and East developed in the years following the Renaissances. Their rivalry unfolded most spectacularly in the creation of domes: in Ottoman Istanbul Mimar Sinan builds the light-flooded Süleymaniye mosque, while in Rome Michelangelo designs the dome of St Peter's Basilica.

    05/23/2023 3:25 pm

    Climate Change: The Facts

    Intimate stories get inside the lives of the people affected by climate change, and those fighting it. And world-leading experts reveal the developments that are redefining our horizons.

    05/23/2023 4:15 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.

    05/23/2023 4:25 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.

    05/23/2023 5:25 pm

    The World's Deadliest Weather

    Raging in the state of Louisiana, Hurricane Ida destroyed thousands of homes and claimed dozens of lives. In Norway, rough seas forced a captain to abandon ship. And the scale of the fires in California horrified more than just the state's residents.

    05/23/2023 6:15 pm

    Trust Me, I'm a Vet

    Steve Leonard and his team of vets investigate the best way to help your pet lose weight, and witness a pioneering operation to improve the life of a paralysed dachshund. Also they decode the secret language of guinea pigs.

    05/23/2023 7:05 pm

    NASA's Mega Rocket

    NASA's SLS is the most powerful rocket ever built, capable of sending astronauts to Mars and beyond. The first un-crewed mission around the Moon, in March 2022, will be a giant leap forward for human deep-space exploration.

    05/23/2023 8:00 pm

    Deadly Disasters

    This episode focuses on three disastrous mudslides in California, Venezuela, and in the small Welsh mining village of Aberfan.

    05/23/2023 8:50 pm

    Life Story

    Animals attempt to rear their offspring. This takes extraordinary commitment, and a parent may even need to risk its own life for its offspring. A female turtle hauls herself up the beach to lay her eggs in a safe place above the tide line.

    05/23/2023 9:45 pm

    The Earthshot Prize: Repairing Our Planet

    A look at the global issue of air pollution and the toll it is taking on health. Led by Prince William, founder of the Earthshot Prize, and featuring members of the Earthshot Prize Council including Sir David Attenborough and Japanese astronaut Naoko Yamazaki, the episode uncovers the problems and personal stories of people who are directly affected by air pollution.

    05/23/2023 10:45 pm

    The World's Deadliest Weather

    Raging in the state of Louisiana, Hurricane Ida destroyed thousands of homes and claimed dozens of lives. In Norway, rough seas forced a captain to abandon ship. And the scale of the fires in California horrified more than just the state's residents.

    05/23/2023 11:35 pm

    Trust Me, I'm a Vet

    Steve Leonard and his team of vets investigate the best way to help your pet lose weight, and witness a pioneering operation to improve the life of a paralysed dachshund. Also they decode the secret language of guinea pigs.

    05/24/2023 12:30 am

    NASA's Mega Rocket

    NASA's SLS is the most powerful rocket ever built, capable of sending astronauts to Mars and beyond. The first un-crewed mission around the Moon, in March 2022, will be a giant leap forward for human deep-space exploration.

    05/24/2023 1:20 am

    Deadly Disasters

    This episode focuses on three disastrous mudslides in California, Venezuela, and in the small Welsh mining village of Aberfan.

    05/24/2023 2:10 am

    Life Story

    Animals attempt to rear their offspring. This takes extraordinary commitment, and a parent may even need to risk its own life for its offspring. A female turtle hauls herself up the beach to lay her eggs in a safe place above the tide line.

    05/24/2023 3:10 am

    Trust Me, I'm a Vet

    The team investigate which foods are best for pets, demonstrate what can be done to save an injured animal, and witness a pioneering operation that could save thousands of cats across the country.

    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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