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10/24/2023 4:00 am |
Deadly Predators |
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| Steve finds out which Deadly Predators have the best weapons on earth. Using the latest CGI, we bring the colossal squid to life, test the strength of its tentacles, and show how its mighty beak could slice through a car like butter. When it comes to weapons, snakes have some of the best on earth. Steve goes in search of the adder, the UK's only venomous snake and an endangered species. | |||||
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10/24/2023 4:25 am |
Universe: The Making Of |
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| The making of `Universe'. | |||||
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10/24/2023 4:30 am |
The Green Planet |
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| Between the tropics and the frozen poles lies a region dominated by relentless change in the form of the four seasons: spring, summer, autumn and winter. Each one presents plants with huge challenges, from ice and snow to raging fires, from intense competition to surprising enemies. This is a world of astonishing variety and vibrant colour. To survive here plants must use strategy, deception and remarkable feats of engineering. Most importantly, they must get their timing right. | |||||
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10/24/2023 5:30 am |
Simon Reeve's South America |
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| Simon travels from Chile's Atacama Desert right down to Tierra Del Fuego, the most southerly inhabited place on Earth. The Atacama, one of the driest places on the planet, has as little as 1mm of rain per year. | |||||
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10/24/2023 6:25 am |
Life Below Zero |
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| The entire Hailstone family goes caribou hunting in Noorvik, hoping to find enough meat for the winter. Meanwhile in Kavik, a bear threatens Sue's clients. | |||||
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10/24/2023 7:10 am |
World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys |
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| Cameras focus on Austria's stunning Transalpine railway, which crosses the snowy peaks of the Tirol. The journey begins in the historic city of Graz and heads west through famous alpine beauty spots, including Zell am Zee. | |||||
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10/24/2023 7:55 am |
Where the Wild Men Are With Ben Fogle |
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| Lifestyle series in which Adventurer Ben Fogle journeys to the Pembrokeshire coast to live with Matthew (43) and Charis (35) Watkinson. | |||||
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10/24/2023 8:40 am |
Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild |
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| Ben heads back to the stunning Saharan landscape of Morocco, where he first met Karen, an extraordinary artist who had turned her back on urban life to live in the middle of the desert. Ben learned how Karen had transformed her arid plot of desert into a stunning artist's retreat. They trekked into the sand dunes, built bamboo shelters and embraced Karen's life in her local Berber village. | |||||
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10/24/2023 9:25 am |
What Are We Feeding Our Kids? |
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| Asking whether ultra-processed food is causing obesity in children, and if could it even be addictive. Dr Chris van Tulleken investigates as he undergoes a gruelling self-experiment that even shocks the scientists. Across the world, childhood obesity rates have risen tenfold in 50 years. In the UK, 21 per cent of children are living with obesity when they leave primary school, which is the highest it has ever been. | |||||
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10/24/2023 10:20 am |
The Green Planet |
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| Between the tropics and the frozen poles lies a region dominated by relentless change in the form of the four seasons: spring, summer, autumn and winter. Each one presents plants with huge challenges, from ice and snow to raging fires, from intense competition to surprising enemies. This is a world of astonishing variety and vibrant colour. To survive here plants must use strategy, deception and remarkable feats of engineering. Most importantly, they must get their timing right. | |||||
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10/24/2023 11:15 am |
Life Below Zero |
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| The Alaskans are preparing for the transition to winter. Andy hunts for moose in Eagle, as he and Kate need to restock on meat for the winter. | |||||
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10/24/2023 12:00 pm |
World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys |
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| 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. | |||||
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10/24/2023 12:45 pm |
The Lakes with Simon Reeve |
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| 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. | |||||
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10/24/2023 1:40 pm |
Where the Wild Men Are With Ben Fogle |
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| 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. | |||||
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10/24/2023 2:25 pm |
Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild |
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| Joining Ben as he revisits the Watkinson family, who gave up their careers as vets to live a greener existence on a rugged mountainside on the Pembrokeshire coast. On his previous visit, Ben got stuck into catching and foraging food. | |||||
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10/24/2023 3:10 pm |
Trust Me, I'm a Doctor |
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| Dr Chris van Tulleken teams up with Nottingham University to see whether high intensity exercise is as good for us as is claimed, guest presenter Dr Zoe Williams gets a group of volunteers to help put some home fitness monitors to the test and Michael Mosley investigates whether acupuncture really does have a scientific basis. | |||||
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10/24/2023 4:10 pm |
The Green Planet |
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| Deserts are hostile: temperatures soar, and water is rare. Desert plants spend decades in suspended animation waiting for rain, or they travel to find it. They survive using weapons, camouflage, and surprising alliances with animals. | |||||
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10/24/2023 5:10 pm |
The World's Deadliest Weather |
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| Easter Sunday brings a dangerous tornado spree to the southern states of the USA as a total of 140 tornados touch down across 10 states, inflicting catastrophic damage. Major flooding in Indonesia leads to dramatic fast-water rescues. | |||||
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10/24/2023 6:00 pm |
Earth |
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| Today, Earth is a human world. Humans now have a greater effect in shaping Earth's surface than many natural processes. Chris Packham explores how dramatic twists in Earth's story enabled humans to go from being part of nature to controlling it. | |||||
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10/24/2023 7:00 pm |
Universe |
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| Humans have long gazed up at the night sky, wondering whether other lifeforms and intelligences could be thriving on worlds far beyond our own. Answering that question seemed fated to remain pure speculation. | |||||
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10/24/2023 8:00 pm |
Fatal Forecast |
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| Despite their exhilarating beauty, thunderstorms can be deadly. Given the right conditions, these storms can easily evolve into supercells which can then produce hurricanes and tornadoes. | |||||
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10/24/2023 8:50 pm |
Spy in the Ocean |
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| The spy creatures reveal the extraordinary relationships that exist among the ocean's animals. Spider crabs rise up from the abyss in their thousands to shed their shells, but as Spy Crab discovers, this makes them a target for hunting stingrays. | |||||
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10/24/2023 9:45 pm |
Climate Change: Ade on the Frontline |
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| 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. | |||||
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10/24/2023 10:35 pm |
The World's Deadliest Weather |
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| Easter Sunday brings a dangerous tornado spree to the southern states of the USA as a total of 140 tornados touch down across 10 states, inflicting catastrophic damage. Major flooding in Indonesia leads to dramatic fast-water rescues. | |||||
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10/24/2023 11:25 pm |
Earth |
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| Today, Earth is a human world. Humans now have a greater effect in shaping Earth's surface than many natural processes. Chris Packham explores how dramatic twists in Earth's story enabled humans to go from being part of nature to controlling it. | |||||
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10/25/2023 12:25 am |
Universe |
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| Humans have long gazed up at the night sky, wondering whether other lifeforms and intelligences could be thriving on worlds far beyond our own. Answering that question seemed fated to remain pure speculation. | |||||
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10/25/2023 1:20 am |
Fatal Forecast |
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| Despite their exhilarating beauty, thunderstorms can be deadly. Given the right conditions, these storms can easily evolve into supercells which can then produce hurricanes and tornadoes. | |||||
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10/25/2023 2:15 am |
Spy in the Ocean |
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| The spy creatures reveal the extraordinary relationships that exist among the ocean's animals. Spider crabs rise up from the abyss in their thousands to shed their shells, but as Spy Crab discovers, this makes them a target for hunting stingrays. | |||||
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10/25/2023 3:05 am |
Climate Change: Ade on the Frontline |
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| 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. | |||||