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09/11/2023 4:00 am |
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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09/11/2023 4:50 am |
Dynasties |
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| A colony of emperor penguins gather in Atka Bay, on the coast of Antarctica, after three months feeding at sea. They arrive as the sea freezes over and all the other Antarctic animals have left the continent for the relative safety of the sea. The penguins have come here to raise the next generation in their emperor's dynasty, but to do so they will have to work together to keep themselves and their chicks alive through the coming winter: the coldest and cruellest on earth. | |||||
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09/11/2023 5:50 am |
The Ganges with Sue Perkins |
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| Sue travels from the sacred summit of Shivling, source of the Ganges, to the beautiful mountain town of Rishikesh. Along the way, she meets some Hindu holy men known as sadhus, wealthy tycoons, as well as local families to find out what the future holds for this great river. | |||||
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09/11/2023 6:40 am |
Life Below Zero |
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| As the cold season wanes in the Arctic, winter does not go quietly into the night. | |||||
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09/11/2023 7:25 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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09/11/2023 8:10 am |
Where the Wild Men Are With Ben Fogle |
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| Ben journeys to one of Britain's furthest outposts, the Shetland Islands, to meet Helen and Jason - a couple just a few years into their new life on the edge of the weather-beaten island of Yell. | |||||
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09/11/2023 8:55 am |
Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild |
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| 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. | |||||
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09/11/2023 9:40 am |
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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09/11/2023 10:35 am |
Dynasties |
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| A colony of emperor penguins gather in Atka Bay, on the coast of Antarctica, after three months feeding at sea. They arrive as the sea freezes over and all the other Antarctic animals have left the continent for the relative safety of the sea. The penguins have come here to raise the next generation in their emperor's dynasty, but to do so they will have to work together to keep themselves and their chicks alive through the coming winter: the coldest and cruellest on earth. | |||||
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09/11/2023 11:30 am |
Life Below Zero |
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| Alaskans are faced with adversity as they confront the unknown in the dead of winter. | |||||
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09/11/2023 12:15 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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09/11/2023 1:00 pm |
The Ganges with Sue Perkins |
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| 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. | |||||
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09/11/2023 1:50 pm |
Where the Wild Men Are With Ben Fogle |
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| Ben is much closer to home than usual - he's in rural Oxfordshire with a multi-generational family. Ben learns about the obstacles the family have overcome and how they've spent two decades honing their skills and living off the land. | |||||
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09/11/2023 2:35 pm |
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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09/11/2023 3:20 pm |
Inside the Factory |
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| Gregg Wallace visits a Yorkshire team that churn out up to 90,000 vegan sausages a day. Meanwhile, Cherry Healey discovers how Canadian soy beans are transformed into protein-packed tofu. | |||||
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09/11/2023 4:15 pm |
Dynasties |
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| The Marsh Pride of Kenya's Masai Mara is in a unique situation in their history. They have been abandoned by all of the adult males, and just two adult females are left to feed and protect their eight youngsters. The future of the whole family rests entirely on the shoulders of these two mothers, Charm and her cousin Sienna. They need to raise their cubs to adulthood if this great dynasty is to continue, and they all face the great perils of the African savannah. | |||||
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09/11/2023 5:15 pm |
Deadly Disasters |
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| Killing more people a year than hurricanes, tornadoes and lightning, floods are one of the most feared disasters with the most traumatic effects. Even when below your knees, you can still be swept off your feet by the torrent of water. | |||||
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09/11/2023 6:05 pm |
The Earthshot Prize: Repairing Our Planet |
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| Prince William, Sir David Attenborough and Christiana Figueres, the inspirational diplomat who led negotiations for the Paris Agreement on climate change, highlight inspiring and often unexpected solutions to the climate challenge. Looking at ideas like creating diamonds from the air and protecting the great whales, the programme examines the causes of climate change. | |||||
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09/11/2023 7:05 pm |
Blue Planet II |
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| Uncovering the impact that modern lives are having on ocean creatures, from albatross parents feeding their chicks discarded plastic, to mother dolphins potentially exposing their calves to pollutants through contaminated milk. | |||||
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09/11/2023 8:00 pm |
Spectacular Earth |
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| Volcan del Fuego in Guatemala is one of the most `explosive' volcanoes of them all. To reveal what's happening within the volcano, visit the 'new' Island of Surtsey, flamingos flocking in Kenya, and a boiling geyser in Iceland. | |||||
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09/11/2023 8:55 pm |
Joanna Lumley's Great Cities of the World |
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| Joanna's visit to Rome includes the Trevi Fountain, a meeting with a famous paparazzo, the privilege of unlocking the Sistine Chapel with its single key, and meeting famous movie star Gina Lollobrigida at Bulgari's flagship store. | |||||
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09/11/2023 9:40 pm |
Ancient Egypt's Darkest Hour |
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| The discovery of a mass grave near Luxor with the bones of nearly 60 people sends archaeologists on a quest into ancient Egypt to who the remains belong to, why they were buried the way they were and what could have led to this mass burial. | |||||
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09/11/2023 10:25 pm |
Deadly Disasters |
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| Killing more people a year than hurricanes, tornadoes and lightning, floods are one of the most feared disasters with the most traumatic effects. Even when below your knees, you can still be swept off your feet by the torrent of water. | |||||
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09/11/2023 11:15 pm |
The Earthshot Prize: Repairing Our Planet |
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| Prince William, Sir David Attenborough and Christiana Figueres, the inspirational diplomat who led negotiations for the Paris Agreement on climate change, highlight inspiring and often unexpected solutions to the climate challenge. Looking at ideas like creating diamonds from the air and protecting the great whales, the programme examines the causes of climate change. | |||||
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09/12/2023 12:15 am |
Blue Planet II |
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| Uncovering the impact that modern lives are having on ocean creatures, from albatross parents feeding their chicks discarded plastic, to mother dolphins potentially exposing their calves to pollutants through contaminated milk. | |||||
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09/12/2023 1:15 am |
Spectacular Earth |
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| Volcan del Fuego in Guatemala is one of the most `explosive' volcanoes of them all. To reveal what's happening within the volcano, visit the 'new' Island of Surtsey, flamingos flocking in Kenya, and a boiling geyser in Iceland. | |||||
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09/12/2023 2:05 am |
Joanna Lumley's Great Cities of the World |
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| Joanna's visit to Rome includes the Trevi Fountain, a meeting with a famous paparazzo, the privilege of unlocking the Sistine Chapel with its single key, and meeting famous movie star Gina Lollobrigida at Bulgari's flagship store. | |||||
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09/12/2023 2:50 am |
Ancient Egypt's Darkest Hour |
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| The discovery of a mass grave near Luxor with the bones of nearly 60 people sends archaeologists on a quest into ancient Egypt to who the remains belong to, why they were buried the way they were and what could have led to this mass burial. | |||||
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09/12/2023 3:35 am |
Deadly Predators |
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| 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. | |||||