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		08/28/2023 4:00 am	The Secret Genius of Modern Life
	Hannah Fry tucks into the tech behind food delivery apps like Deliveroo and Just Eat, which are now used by 24 million people in the UK. Hannah meets the R&D team behind food delivery titan Deliveroo, finds out how pensioners ordering Greggs revolutionised food delivery, and discovers how pizza made us fall in love with the internet in the 1990s.
Localized series title: The Secret Genius of Modern Life Localized description: Hannah Fry tucks into the tech behind food delivery apps like Deliveroo and Just Eat, which are now used by 24 million people in the UK. Hannah meets the R&D team behind food delivery titan Deliveroo, finds out how pensioners ordering Greggs revolutionised food delivery, and discovers how pizza made us fall in love with the internet in the 1990s.
		08/28/2023 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.

		08/28/2023 5:25 am	Deadly 60
	Sharks are a mainstay of Steve's Deadly 60, slicing through his ratings with their size, speed and power. They are among the most spectacular predators on the planet - but they're in trouble.

		08/28/2023 5:50 am	Joanna Lumley's Silk Road Adventure
	As Joanna's Silk Road Adventure draws to a close, she travels across the stunning yet little-known Central Asian states of Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan. Starting in the Kyzl-Kum desert she explores the Silk Road citadel of Khiva, a town infamous for its history of slavery. In the capital, Tashkent, she marvels at the splendid Soviet-built Metro system and attends a high society wedding as the guest of a famous pop star.

		08/28/2023 6:40 am	Life Below Zero
	Jessie Holmes heads to the high country on the quest for food. Ricko DeWilde takes his children out on the open waters for a vital lesson in bush survival.

		08/28/2023 7:20 am	World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys
	Bill Nighy narrates the stories of train journeys through stunning scenery and natural beauty. A 600-mile journey through Finland from Helsinki to Lapland and the Northern Lights.

		08/28/2023 8:05 am	Where the Wild Men Are With Ben Fogle
	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.

		08/28/2023 8:50 am	Operation Wild
	A vet attempts to treat a moonbear using keyhole brain surgery. Vets try to remove an elephant's massive tusk after he develops an infection, and will a prosthetic tail help a dolphin called Fuji swim again?

		08/28/2023 9:40 am	The Secret Genius of Modern Life
	Hannah Fry tucks into the tech behind food delivery apps like Deliveroo and Just Eat, which are now used by 24 million people in the UK. Hannah meets the R&D team behind food delivery titan Deliveroo, finds out how pensioners ordering Greggs revolutionised food delivery, and discovers how pizza made us fall in love with the internet in the 1990s.

		08/28/2023 10:40 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.

		08/28/2023 11:10 am	Deadly 60
	Sharks are a mainstay of Steve's Deadly 60, slicing through his ratings with their size, speed and power. They are among the most spectacular predators on the planet - but they're in trouble.

		08/28/2023 11:35 am	Life Below Zero
	Now in the midst of the fall season, Alaskans work tirelessly to prepare for winter's return. Andy Bassich and Denise Becker set out for a key harvest.

		08/28/2023 12:20 pm	World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys
	A trip on board the countryside route from Inverness to Edinburgh.

		08/28/2023 1:05 pm	The Lakes with Simon Reeve
	Simon meets some of the Cumbrian characters with different visions for the future of England's biggest National Park, including a campaign group trying to protect the remaining red squirrel populations.

		08/28/2023 1:55 pm	Where the Wild Men Are With Ben Fogle
	Ben ventures deep into the Scottish Highlands, home to Iona and her young family, on their near 10,000-acre wilderness estate.

		08/28/2023 2:40 pm	Exploration Volcano
	An inconspicuous hill on the Spanish Island of La Palma bursts open, releasing an avalanche of lava. In its path are the homes of seven thousand residents and the emergency services rush to evacuate.

		08/28/2023 3:25 pm	The Secret Genius of Modern Life
	Hannah Fry delves into the inner workings of virtual assistants, such as Google Assistant and Siri, which are now found in almost half of all UK homes. Hannah goes behind the scenes with Alexa's chief scientist, reveals how secret technology invented to hunt U-boats led to their targeted hearing, and discovers modern wireless networks' debt to a 1940s Hollywood star.

		08/28/2023 4:25 pm	Deadly 60
	The rainforests of Ecuador are some of the most diverse on earth. Brimming with all kinds of unique and weird species that are found nowhere else, and some of the most deadly animals on earth lurking in the shadows.

		08/28/2023 4:50 pm	Deadly 60
	Steve and the crew travel 4,000 miles to the Loango National Park in Gabon. Steve heads out into Loango's maze of rivers on a mission to try and find an animal that is critically endangered but packs a mighty punch, the western lowland gorilla.

		08/28/2023 5:20 pm	Deadly Disasters
	A look at blizzards all over the world, including a pair of historic blizzards that hit the mid-Atlantic coast of America in 2010, and a shocking storm that struck Central Europe in 2017.

		08/28/2023 6:10 pm	Climate Change: Ade on the Frontline
	For the final leg of his journey, Ade heads to Scandinavia. Starting in the frozen islands of Svalbard and heading through Sweden and Denmark, he sees how winter temperatures have risen by an astonishing amount in the Arctic.

		08/28/2023 7:00 pm	Blue Planet II
	It is the green of the sea that brings life to oceans. Here, sunlight powers the growth of kelp, mangroves and sea grass. The green seas teem with life, where cuttlefish do battle for a mate and an octopus outwits deadly sharks.

		08/28/2023 8:00 pm	Spectacular Earth
	In Arizona, lightning strikes from so high above the ground, through such clear air, that it creates the perfect conditions for the most electrifying show on Earth.

		08/28/2023 8:55 pm	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.

		08/28/2023 9:40 pm	Egyptian Tomb Hunting
	Tony enters tombs that have been sealed shut for thousands of years, meets mummies, holds an Ancient Egyptian prime minister's heart and discovers hieroglyphs only ever seen by the ancient Egyptians who created them.

		08/28/2023 10:25 pm	Deadly Disasters
	A look at blizzards all over the world, including a pair of historic blizzards that hit the mid-Atlantic coast of America in 2010, and a shocking storm that struck Central Europe in 2017.

		08/28/2023 11:15 pm	Climate Change: Ade on the Frontline
	For the final leg of his journey, Ade heads to Scandinavia. Starting in the frozen islands of Svalbard and heading through Sweden and Denmark, he sees how winter temperatures have risen by an astonishing amount in the Arctic.

		08/29/2023 12:05 am	Blue Planet II
	It is the green of the sea that brings life to oceans. Here, sunlight powers the growth of kelp, mangroves and sea grass. The green seas teem with life, where cuttlefish do battle for a mate and an octopus outwits deadly sharks.

		08/29/2023 1:05 am	Spectacular Earth
	In Arizona, lightning strikes from so high above the ground, through such clear air, that it creates the perfect conditions for the most electrifying show on Earth.

		08/29/2023 1:55 am	Mindful Escapes: Breathe, Release, Restore
	The natural world offers a constant source of calm and comfort. How do images of hypnotic starling murmurations or macaques relaxing in hot springs in Japan encourage us to slow down? How can we experience more being and less doing?

		08/29/2023 2:25 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.

		08/29/2023 3:10 am	Egyptian Tomb Hunting
	Tony enters tombs that have been sealed shut for thousands of years, meets mummies, holds an Ancient Egyptian prime minister's heart and discovers hieroglyphs only ever seen by the ancient Egyptians who created them.

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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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