Schedules
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08/01/2023 3:50 am |
Universe: The Making Of |
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| The making of `Universe'. | |||||
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08/01/2023 4:00 am |
Mindful Escapes: Breathe, Release, Restore |
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| How does connecting with the images and sounds of the natural world help us gain a greater sense of ease, perspective and connection? This first episode is about breathing. By immersing ourselves in images of jellyfish floating, elephants swimming and lemurs swinging through the rainforest, we learn to focus on our breathing and are reminded that we are not separate from the world around us. What is the relationship between each breath and mindfulness, and why is breathing so important. | |||||
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08/01/2023 4:25 am |
Inside the Factory |
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| Gregg Wallace is in Stoke on Trent, at an enormous cherry bakewell factory where they produce 250,000 little tarts every day. He follows the production of cherry bakewells, from the arrival of 27 tonnes of flour right through to dispatch. Along the way he learns what makes a shortcrust pastry `short' and discovers the simple way they ensure every cherry is precisely placed. | |||||
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08/01/2023 5:15 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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08/01/2023 6:10 am |
Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild |
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| Robert left behind an urban life for a stark existence deep in the woodlands of Arkansas. Ben learns how a lapse of concentration nearly cost Robert everything. | |||||
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08/01/2023 6:55 am |
Life Below Zero |
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| Sue builds a drainage system under her runway. Ricko explores old family land. Jessie sets up camp in Brushkana. The Hailstones go boating. | |||||
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08/01/2023 7:45 am |
World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys |
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| All aboard the luxury heritage train The Northern Belle as it makes a grand tour of England's glorious rural northwest. Beginning in Preston, its passengers are soon travelling through Cumbria and the landscapes of the Lake District. | |||||
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08/01/2023 8:30 am |
Where the Wild Men Are With Ben Fogle |
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| Ben journeys to the Scottish Cairngorms and the edge of the mystical Clashindarroch Forest to spend a week with 70-year-old Jake Williams, reputedly one of Britain's only hermits. | |||||
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08/01/2023 9:15 am |
Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild |
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| 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. | |||||
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08/01/2023 10:00 am |
Inside the Factory |
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| Gregg Wallace is in Stoke on Trent, at an enormous cherry bakewell factory where they produce 250,000 little tarts every day. He follows the production of cherry bakewells, from the arrival of 27 tonnes of flour right through to dispatch. Along the way he learns what makes a shortcrust pastry `short' and discovers the simple way they ensure every cherry is precisely placed. | |||||
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08/01/2023 10:45 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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08/01/2023 11:45 am |
Life Below Zero |
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| Sue travels to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Ricko hunts moose. Jessie builds a cabin in Brushkana. The Hailstones all gather in Kiwalik. | |||||
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08/01/2023 12:30 pm |
World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys |
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| Cameras focus on the island of Taiwan, and three extraordinary railways. The journey begins in the eastern port city of Hualien, from where it travels north along the rugged Pacific coast. | |||||
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08/01/2023 1:15 pm |
Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild |
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| Ben Fogle is reunited with seafarer Rick, who has moved on to pastures new since their original encounter. When Rick last appeared on the series, he was living off the coast of French Polynesia, but he has since made a fresh start on Fiji. | |||||
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08/01/2023 2:05 pm |
Where the Wild Men Are With Ben Fogle |
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| Ben travels to Galway in Ireland to meet Mark, an author who is documenting his experiences as he tries to live a 'money-free' life. Ben embraces Mark's frugal lifestyle: collecting water, sparse winter foraging, fishing, sheep-wrangling and more. | |||||
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08/01/2023 2:50 pm |
Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild |
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| Ben journeys to the most remote inhabited island in the UK - Fair Isle. The Island's only inhabitant is Tommy, originally from America he has resided on Fair Isle for 15 years in an off-grid stone cottage. | |||||
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08/01/2023 3:35 pm |
Inside the Factory |
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| Gregg Wallace is in South Shields at a clothing factory where they produce 650 waxed jackets a day. He follows the production of water-resistant jackets from the arrival of 500 metre long rolls of undyed cotton through to dispatch. Along the way he sees the fabric dipped into baths of wax heated to 95 degrees Celsius and learns how a 23 piece pattern is used to create a complex 3D jacket jigsaw. | |||||
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08/01/2023 4:25 pm |
The Mating Game |
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| The ocean is where life first began, and where it first experimented with the mating game. All the creatures living here face the same challenge - how to find a partner in the largest and least-populated habitat on earth. To solve that challenge, marine animals have developed some of the most ingenious breeding strategies of all. The waters off Hawaii are witness to the largest courtship battles on the planet. | |||||
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08/01/2023 5:25 pm |
The World's Deadliest Weather |
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| A violent tornado outbreak unleashes carnage on Oklahoma, Texas and Louisiana. A Swedish snow mobile rider gets lost in the mountains during a night-time adventure. And a record breaking super typhoon brings down the roof on a wedding in the Philippines, making it a memorable day for the bewildered bride for all the wrong reasons. | |||||
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08/01/2023 6:15 pm |
Inside the Factory |
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| Gregg Wallace visits the factory making 432 million crumpets every year. Crumpets are a British classic made from a precise combination of ingredients, using some clever chemistry to create their famous `holey' texture. Cherry Healey is learning the science of how to make the perfect batter for pancakes, and Ruth Goodman reveals the long journey of how crumpets got their rise and eventually their bubbles. | |||||
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08/01/2023 7:10 pm |
Brian Cox's Adventures in Space and Time |
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| 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. | |||||
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08/01/2023 8:00 pm |
Deadly Disasters |
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| Volcanoes are put into three categories: extinct, dormant and active. But in this episode we show how even unexpected eruptions can happen, and when they do, they are both spectacular and terrifying. | |||||
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08/01/2023 8:50 pm |
Africa |
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| In Africa's ancient south-west corner, two extraordinary deserts sit side by side. Water is in short supply, yet these deserts are somehow full of life because the creatures that live here have turned the rules of survival on their head. This film celebrates nature's ingenuity, no matter how tough it gets. | |||||
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08/01/2023 9:40 pm |
Earth's Great Rivers |
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| Remote and wild, the Yukon is a river of haunting beauty and dangerous extremes, a place where the `call of the wild' is still strong. In summer, it is a relentless giant, carving its way 2,000 miles across Canada and Alaska. | |||||
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08/01/2023 10:40 pm |
The World's Deadliest Weather |
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| A violent tornado outbreak unleashes carnage on Oklahoma, Texas and Louisiana. A Swedish snow mobile rider gets lost in the mountains during a night-time adventure. And a record breaking super typhoon brings down the roof on a wedding in the Philippines, making it a memorable day for the bewildered bride for all the wrong reasons. | |||||
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08/01/2023 11:30 pm |
Inside the Factory |
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| Gregg Wallace visits the factory making 432 million crumpets every year. Crumpets are a British classic made from a precise combination of ingredients, using some clever chemistry to create their famous `holey' texture. Cherry Healey is learning the science of how to make the perfect batter for pancakes, and Ruth Goodman reveals the long journey of how crumpets got their rise and eventually their bubbles. | |||||
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08/02/2023 12:20 am |
Brian Cox's Adventures in Space and Time |
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| 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. | |||||
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08/02/2023 1:15 am |
Universe: The Making Of |
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| The making of `Universe'. | |||||
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08/02/2023 1:20 am |
Deadly Disasters |
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| Volcanoes are put into three categories: extinct, dormant and active. But in this episode we show how even unexpected eruptions can happen, and when they do, they are both spectacular and terrifying. | |||||
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08/02/2023 2:10 am |
Africa |
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| In Africa's ancient south-west corner, two extraordinary deserts sit side by side. Water is in short supply, yet these deserts are somehow full of life because the creatures that live here have turned the rules of survival on their head. This film celebrates nature's ingenuity, no matter how tough it gets. | |||||
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08/02/2023 3:00 am |
Earth's Great Rivers |
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| Remote and wild, the Yukon is a river of haunting beauty and dangerous extremes, a place where the `call of the wild' is still strong. In summer, it is a relentless giant, carving its way 2,000 miles across Canada and Alaska. | |||||