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    09/04/2024 4:00 am

    The Secret Genius of Modern Life

    With over six billion of them across the planet, smartphones have changed the modern world. With rare access to electronics giant Samsung, Hannah uncovers the technological game changers that have made the smartphone a reality.

    09/04/2024 5:10 am

    Simon Reeve's South America

    Simon travels through three of the world's most extreme environments: the salt flats of Bolivia, the Brazilian Pantanal and Paraguay's Chaco Forest. In Bolivia, Simon meets a family who makes a living carving salt from the Uyuni salt flats.

    09/04/2024 6:20 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.

    09/04/2024 7:30 am

    The Green Planet

    Water plants create some of the most beautiful, bizarre and important habitats on earth. To hold on in torrents, plants use a kind of superglue. Some are armed with vicious weapons to fight titanic battles for space. Others form perfect spheres and escape from animal enemies by rolling. Where nutrients are washed away, plants turn into hunters of animals, laying traps and even counting to ensure their success.

    09/04/2024 8:50 am

    The Secret Genius of Modern Life

    With over six billion of them across the planet, smartphones have changed the modern world. With rare access to electronics giant Samsung, Hannah uncovers the technological game changers that have made the smartphone a reality.

    09/04/2024 10:00 am

    Simon Reeve's South America

    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.

    09/04/2024 11:10 am

    Life Below Zero

    Survival in an Alaskan winter depends on a gruelling amount of work. In Noorvik, Chip and Agnes Hailstone break trail to the Kiwalik River in preparation of their spring caribou hunt.

    09/04/2024 12:10 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. Ben finds out how Philip became a custodian of this coastal island and how he has embraced a new quality of life.

    09/04/2024 1:15 pm

    The Green Planet

    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.

    09/04/2024 2:40 pm

    The Secret Genius of Modern Life

    Hannah Fry discovers the hidden WWII radar technology that heats up baked beans, learns the legend of the melted candy bar in an engineer's pocket that kick-started a kitchen revolution, and puts her life on the line to demonstrate why microwaves zap food but not people!

    09/04/2024 3:50 pm

    Deadly Disasters

    We tend to think of disasters as inevitable - but often Mother Nature gives us vital clues which we foolishly ignore or overlook. This episode will take a close look at avalanches and what we can learn about how, where, and why they strike.

    09/04/2024 5:00 pm

    Life Below Zero

    Sue tries out a primitive hunting method while Andy adjusts the new puppies to his sled team, and the Hailstones take baby Wade to snare rabbits.

    09/04/2024 6:00 pm

    Where the Wild Men Are With Ben Fogle

    Yorkshire-born Moli and his Californian wife Noelle left city life behind to set up their own business as wildlife safari guides in the unexplored Ruaha National Park in Tanzania.

    09/04/2024 7:00 pm

    Joanna Lumley's Spice Trail Adventure

    Joanna returns to her birthplace of India in search of a kitchen cupboard staple once known as 'black gold' - starting in the majestic ancient city of Hampi.

    09/04/2024 8:00 pm

    Wonders of the Solar System

    Professor Brian Cox describes how the laws of nature have carved natural wonders across the solar system. Brian descends to the bottom of the Pacific in a submarine to witness the extraordinary life forms that survive in the cold, black waters. All life on Earth needs water so the search for aliens in the solar system has followed the search for water.

    09/04/2024 9:10 pm

    Simon Reeve's South America

    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.

    09/04/2024 10:30 pm

    Life Below Zero

    Sue tries out a primitive hunting method while Andy adjusts the new puppies to his sled team, and the Hailstones take baby Wade to snare rabbits.

    09/04/2024 11:30 pm

    Where the Wild Men Are With Ben Fogle

    Yorkshire-born Moli and his Californian wife Noelle left city life behind to set up their own business as wildlife safari guides in the unexplored Ruaha National Park in Tanzania.

    09/05/2024 12:30 am

    Joanna Lumley's Spice Trail Adventure

    Joanna returns to her birthplace of India in search of a kitchen cupboard staple once known as 'black gold' - starting in the majestic ancient city of Hampi.

    09/05/2024 1:20 am

    Wonders of the Solar System

    Professor Brian Cox describes how the laws of nature have carved natural wonders across the solar system. Brian descends to the bottom of the Pacific in a submarine to witness the extraordinary life forms that survive in the cold, black waters. All life on Earth needs water so the search for aliens in the solar system has followed the search for water.

    09/05/2024 2:15 am

    Simon Reeve's South America

    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.

    09/05/2024 3:10 am

    Life Below Zero

    Sue tries out a primitive hunting method while Andy adjusts the new puppies to his sled team, and the Hailstones take baby Wade to snare rabbits.

    BBC Earth

    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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