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    11/22/2023 5:00 am

    Inside the Factory

    Gregg Wallace visits the biggest cider factory in the world, which produces more than 350 million litres each year. The scale of production blows his mind, as at each turn he's confronted with huge machinery and incredible processes. Meanwhile, Cherry Healey explores how the factory is creating new orchards of a sweet apple variety called Scrumptious, and historian Ruth Goodman traces a Victorian apple-breeding boom.

    11/22/2023 5:50 am

    Blue Planet II

    Corals build themselves homes of limestone in the warm, clear, shallow seas of the tropics. Their reefs occupy less than one tenth of one per cent of the ocean floor, yet they are home to a quarter of all known marine species.

    11/22/2023 6:50 am

    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.

    11/22/2023 7:40 am

    Life Below Zero

    A brief window of opportunity opens for Alaskans to make their lives easier when winter returns, and these pioneers take full advantage of the endless daylight to survive and thrive during the Arctic summer.

    11/22/2023 8:25 am

    The World's Deadliest Weather

    A volcano eruption in Hawaii destroys a neighbourhood, and good Samaritans rescue residents trapped in Hurricane Harvey's deadly flood waters.

    11/22/2023 9:15 am

    Ben Fogle & The Lost City

    Ben Fogle spends 10 days in an off-the-grid community, Slab City, an isolated commune in the California desert, whose residents are nearly completely cut-off from events in the outside world.

    11/22/2023 10:00 am

    Animal Impossible

    Incredible facts and myths about the animal kingdom are put to the test. This time, is it true that piranhas can strip you to the bone in seconds?

    11/22/2023 10:55 am

    Inside the Factory

    Gregg Wallace visits the biggest cider factory in the world, which produces more than 350 million litres each year. The scale of production blows his mind, as at each turn he's confronted with huge machinery and incredible processes. Meanwhile, Cherry Healey explores how the factory is creating new orchards of a sweet apple variety called Scrumptious, and historian Ruth Goodman traces a Victorian apple-breeding boom.

    11/22/2023 11:50 am

    Blue Planet II

    Corals build themselves homes of limestone in the warm, clear, shallow seas of the tropics. Their reefs occupy less than one tenth of one per cent of the ocean floor, yet they are home to a quarter of all known marine species.

    11/22/2023 12:50 pm

    Life Below Zero

    In the Arctic, Alaskans rely on the surrounding waterways to provide quick transportation and valuable resources throughout the warm summer months, when Alaskans work tirelessly to prepare for the long winter ahead.

    11/22/2023 1:35 pm

    The World's Deadliest Weather

    The Bahamas gets pounded by 200mph winds during category 5 Hurricane Dorian, the most intense cyclone the country has ever seen. A mother and her baby are forced to swim through shark infested waters to survive and a couple hunker down at home.

    11/22/2023 2:30 pm

    World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys

    A journey through Sicily that takes in seven Unesco World Heritage sites, with the first stop being a visit to a castle whose baron was inspired by Hampton Court. There's a meeting in Modica with Sicily's most famous chocolatier, and more.

    11/22/2023 3:15 pm

    Ben Fogle's Lost Worlds

    Ben journeys from Stroma, inhabited 1,000 years ago, to Swona, its first inhabitants being the Vikings and then to the towering prehistoric cliffs of St Kilda, the most remote of Scotland's Lost Worlds.

    11/22/2023 4:00 pm

    Animal Impossible

    Incredible facts and myths about the animal kingdom are put to the test. This time, is it true that an electric eel can kill you?

    11/22/2023 4:50 pm

    Inside the Factory

    To keep their feet nice and warm, the British spend almost 723 million pounds a year on socks. Gregg Wallace visits a sock factory in Leicester that produces one and a half million socks annually. Cherry Healey finds out what causes smelly feet, and Ruth Goodman steps back into the 1980s, when socks were at the height of fashion.

    11/22/2023 5:40 pm

    Blue Planet II

    The big blue is the world's greatest wilderness, far from shore and many kilometres deep. It's a vast marine desert where there is little to eat and nowhere to hide. Yet it's home to some of the biggest and most spectacular creatures on earth.

    11/22/2023 6:40 pm

    Life Below Zero

    Chip and Carol Hailstone combat brutal conditions on a critical hunt to replenish the family's food supply. Sue Aikens utilizes her time in Chena to upkeep and maintain the property's structures.

    11/22/2023 7:25 pm

    Ben Fogle: Return to the Wild

    Ben Fogle revisits people living off-grid to see how their lives have progressed. Ben catches up with Bill and Bob, cave-dwelling doomsday-prepping twin brothers in an isolated home deep inside some of the world's wildest terrain.

    11/22/2023 8:15 pm

    Tutankhamun: Life, Death and Legacy

    Picking up the story in 1323BC, the pharaoh sustains the injury that would eventually kill him. On a scan of Tutankhamun's skeleton, Dan sees a break to his thigh bone which could have been a battle injury. John visits Howard Carter's house and probes the 1920s craze of `Tutmania', when the Western world went crazy for all things Egyptian.

    11/22/2023 9:00 pm

    The Ganges with Sue Perkins

    Sue visits the beautiful mangroves of the Sundarbans, home of the Bengal tiger, and meets the villagers who live in fear of an attack. She discovers a world defined by water and the devastating impact of climate change.

    11/22/2023 9:55 pm

    Brian Cox's Adventures in Space and Time

    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.

    11/22/2023 10:45 pm

    World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys

    A journey through Sicily that takes in seven Unesco World Heritage sites, with the first stop being a visit to a castle whose baron was inspired by Hampton Court. There's a meeting in Modica with Sicily's most famous chocolatier, and more.

    11/22/2023 11:30 pm

    Life Below Zero

    Chip and Carol Hailstone combat brutal conditions on a critical hunt to replenish the family's food supply. Sue Aikens utilizes her time in Chena to upkeep and maintain the property's structures.

    11/23/2023 12:15 am

    Ben Fogle: Return to the Wild

    Ben Fogle revisits people living off-grid to see how their lives have progressed. Ben catches up with Bill and Bob, cave-dwelling doomsday-prepping twin brothers in an isolated home deep inside some of the world's wildest terrain.

    11/23/2023 1:00 am

    Tutankhamun: Life, Death and Legacy

    Picking up the story in 1323BC, the pharaoh sustains the injury that would eventually kill him. On a scan of Tutankhamun's skeleton, Dan sees a break to his thigh bone which could have been a battle injury. John visits Howard Carter's house and probes the 1920s craze of `Tutmania', when the Western world went crazy for all things Egyptian.

    11/23/2023 1:45 am

    The Ganges with Sue Perkins

    Sue visits the beautiful mangroves of the Sundarbans, home of the Bengal tiger, and meets the villagers who live in fear of an attack. She discovers a world defined by water and the devastating impact of climate change.

    11/23/2023 2:40 am

    Brian Cox's Adventures in Space and Time

    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.

    11/23/2023 3:30 am

    Life Below Zero

    Chip and Carol Hailstone combat brutal conditions on a critical hunt to replenish the family's food supply. Sue Aikens utilizes her time in Chena to upkeep and maintain the property's structures.

    11/23/2023 4:15 am

    Ben Fogle: Return to the Wild

    Ben Fogle revisits people living off-grid to see how their lives have progressed. Ben catches up with Bill and Bob, cave-dwelling doomsday-prepping twin brothers in an isolated home deep inside some of the world's wildest terrain.

    BBC Earth

    Available schedules: 03/26/2022 - 12/28/2024 Time zone: Central European Time (CET) UTC +1 Country: United States Language: English

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