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		08/31/2023 4:00 am	The Secret Genius of Modern Life
	Hannah Fry finds out how 1970s car crashes helped us to count our steps, why WWII dog-fights led to a crucial health monitor and how fitness trackers are even being used to catch killers.
Localized series title: The Secret Genius of Modern Life Localized description: Hannah Fry finds out how 1970s car crashes helped us to count our steps, why WWII dog-fights led to a crucial health monitor and how fitness trackers are even being used to catch killers.
		08/31/2023 5:00 am	Deadly Predators
	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.

		08/31/2023 5:25 am	Deadly Predators
	Steve goes in search of some of the most powerful predators on the planet. At historic Warwick Castle, meet the stellar sea eagle, world's heaviest eagle. Eagle Nikita is an expert at lifting fish up to one third of her body weight out of the ocean to eat. To demonstrate this ability up close, Steve has a time slice rig.

		08/31/2023 5:50 am	The Lakes with Simon Reeve
	Simon explores the wild and rugged coast of Cumbria and learns how central the county is to many of the challenges facing Britain. The Lake District National Park includes a beautiful stretch of Cumbria's coast, where rare Natterjack Toads inhabit a spectacular sand dune landscape.

		08/31/2023 6:45 am	Life Below Zero
	As winter's grip in the Arctic strengthens, Alaskans are forced to react to avoid an icy demise.

		08/31/2023 7:30 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.

		08/31/2023 8:15 am	Where the Wild Men Are With Ben Fogle
	Ben Fogle journeys to the Suffolk countryside and a secretive patch of woodland, to spend the week with the unique character Will Lord, a true British caveman. Ben embraces Will's Stone Age-style existence in the forest.

		08/31/2023 9:00 am	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.

		08/31/2023 9:45 am	The Secret Genius of Modern Life
	Hannah Fry finds out how 1970s car crashes helped us to count our steps, why WWII dog-fights led to a crucial health monitor and how fitness trackers are even being used to catch killers.

		08/31/2023 10:45 am	Deadly Predators
	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.

		08/31/2023 11:10 am	Deadly Predators
	Steve goes in search of some of the most powerful predators on the planet. At historic Warwick Castle, meet the stellar sea eagle, world's heaviest eagle. Eagle Nikita is an expert at lifting fish up to one third of her body weight out of the ocean to eat. To demonstrate this ability up close, Steve has a time slice rig.

		08/31/2023 11:35 am	Life Below Zero
	As the deep freeze sets in, Alaskans brave cruel temperatures to complete vital tasks.

		08/31/2023 12:20 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.

		08/31/2023 1:05 pm	Joanna Lumley's Unseen Adventures
	Starting in the Far East on the frozen Japanese sea of Okhotsk, Joanna travels across China and Mongolia and ends at Lake Baikal in Siberia, where she meets some amazing seals.

		08/31/2023 1:55 pm	Where the Wild Men Are With Ben Fogle
	Ben is on a unique and tiny island in the Scottish Hebrides, with his host,ex-social care worker Philip, 46. Ben finds out how Philip became a custodian of this coastal island and how he has embraced a new quality of life.

		08/31/2023 2:40 pm	Exploration Volcano
	After the Icelandic fishing village of Grindavik is rocked by earthquakes, the volcano of Fagradasfjall is born. Chris Horsley's mission is to help predict the path it may take in the future.

		08/31/2023 3:25 pm	The Secret Genius of Modern Life
	Hannah Fry visits eBay's authentication centre, where they are waging war against fake trainers. She discovers how American breakfast waffles transformed trainer soles and how an 18th-century tea set led to the use of celebrity endorsement.

		08/31/2023 4:25 pm	Deadly Predators
	Steve goes in search of Deadly Predators with the greatest super-senses on earth. From echolocating bats to supersonic whales, and a snake that sees its prey in complete darkness.

		08/31/2023 4:50 pm	Deadly Predators
	Steve goes in search of the fastest Deadly Predators on earth. Using the latest CGI, Steve high-dives off a rugged cliff in Wales next to a gannet, tests the speed and accuracy of a gannet dive in a sky-high experiment in his deadly junkyard using a crane and an old caravan, and takes to the kayak for an amazing animal encounter with thousands of wild gannets.

		08/31/2023 5:15 pm	Deadly Disasters
	An examination of two of the most blistering heatwaves in recent history, discovering why this extreme weather event is one of Mother Nature's most unrelenting killers.

		08/31/2023 6:10 pm	Life Story
	Animals overcome their first great hurdle, surviving infancy. Flightless barnacle goose chicks face their greatest challenge at the start of their lives. In order to find food they must leap 400 feet down a cliff, from the ledge where they hatched.

		08/31/2023 7:05 pm	Deadly Disasters
	Through a confluence of violence, crop failure, extreme heat, surges in population, and disastrous governmental policy making, famine is one Mother Nature's disasters whose complex causes are near impossible to tackle.

		08/31/2023 8:00 pm	Wonders of the Solar System
	Professor Brian Cox visits some of the most stunning locations on Earth to describe how the laws of nature have carved natural wonders across the solar system. Brian explores the powerhouse of them all, the sun. In India he witnesses a total solar eclipse, and in Norway he watches the battle between the sun's wind and Earth, as the night sky glows with the Northern Lights.

		08/31/2023 8:50 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.

		08/31/2023 9:40 pm	The Secrets of Your Food
	James heads off to Peru to reveal the surprising link that fat-rich, indulgent chocolate has with breast milk. Sometimes these cravings almost become an addiction, like coffee, for example.

		08/31/2023 10:35 pm	Deadly Disasters
	An examination of two of the most blistering heatwaves in recent history, discovering why this extreme weather event is one of Mother Nature's most unrelenting killers.

		08/31/2023 11:25 pm	Life Story
	Animals overcome their first great hurdle, surviving infancy. Flightless barnacle goose chicks face their greatest challenge at the start of their lives. In order to find food they must leap 400 feet down a cliff, from the ledge where they hatched.

		09/01/2023 12:25 am	Deadly Disasters
	Through a confluence of violence, crop failure, extreme heat, surges in population, and disastrous governmental policy making, famine is one Mother Nature's disasters whose complex causes are near impossible to tackle.

		09/01/2023 1:20 am	Wonders of the Solar System
	Professor Brian Cox visits some of the most stunning locations on Earth to describe how the laws of nature have carved natural wonders across the solar system. Brian explores the powerhouse of them all, the sun. In India he witnesses a total solar eclipse, and in Norway he watches the battle between the sun's wind and Earth, as the night sky glows with the Northern Lights.

		09/01/2023 2:10 am	Deadly Disasters
	An examination of two of the most blistering heatwaves in recent history, discovering why this extreme weather event is one of Mother Nature's most unrelenting killers.

		09/01/2023 3:05 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.

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