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    09/09/2024 4:00 am

    The Secret Genius of Modern Life

    Hannah goes behind the scenes to look at the technology behind the lift. Along the way, she finds out how coal mines made lifts safer, gets to grips with a piece of medieval siege technology, and discovers how a PR stunt changed the modern skyline.

    09/09/2024 5:05 am

    World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys

    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.

    09/09/2024 6:05 am

    Life Below Zero

    The Alaskans look to the coming spring months as the Winter finally fades. In Kiwalik, the Hailstones begin their annual fur trapping expedition.

    09/09/2024 7:05 am

    Where the Wild Men Are With Ben Fogle

    Adventurer Ben Fogle journeys to the mountains of central Portugal, to live with Alex, a British man who traded in his lucrative retail career for his own mountainside hideaway. Later, Ben lollipops trees to protect them from forest fires.

    09/09/2024 8:05 am

    The Green Planet

    We rely on plants for almost everything, including the air we breathe and the food we eat. Two in five wild plants are threatened with extinction, but people are finding new ways to help them, from projects in Africa to reseed the landscape to the rebuilding of a tropical forest in Brazil, tree by tree.

    09/09/2024 9:20 am

    The Secret Genius of Modern Life

    Hannah goes behind the scenes to look at the technology behind the lift. Along the way, she finds out how coal mines made lifts safer, gets to grips with a piece of medieval siege technology, and discovers how a PR stunt changed the modern skyline.

    09/09/2024 10:30 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.

    09/09/2024 11:30 am

    Life Below Zero

    Spring is on the horizon for the Alaskans. Sue Aikens' snow machine crash leaves her with an uncertain future and she heads into town to get a diagnosis on her injury.

    09/09/2024 12:30 pm

    Where the Wild Men Are With Ben Fogle

    Ben travels to Galway in Ireland to meet Mark, an author who is documenting his experiences as he tries to live a 'money-free' life. Ben embraces Mark's frugal lifestyle: collecting water, sparse winter foraging, fishing, sheep-wrangling and more.

    09/09/2024 1:30 pm

    The Mating Game

    The grasslands of our planet are some of the most challenging habitats for playing the mating game. They are an open stage where potential partners and jealous rivals can witness your every move and every failure. To win here, a player must give everything. Strategies used by animals here are as plentiful as they are unique, there are show-offs, fighters, scoundrels and cheats, and all are competing for their chance to mate.

    09/09/2024 2:50 pm

    Inside the Factory

    Gregg Wallace is in Stoke on Trent, at an enormous cherry bakewell factory where they produce 250,000 little tarts every day. He follows the production of cherry bakewells, from the arrival of 27 tonnes of flour right through to dispatch. Along the way he learns what makes a shortcrust pastry `short' and discovers the simple way they ensure every cherry is precisely placed.

    09/09/2024 4:00 pm

    Exploration Volcano

    Chris Horsley journeys to another volcanic hotspot when he joins a large scientific effort to inspect the island of Stromboli off the coast of Italy and install monitoring systems near its explosive craters.

    09/09/2024 5:00 pm

    Life Below Zero

    As the weather changes across the Arctic, Alaska's inhabitants cope with severe conditions while searching for essential resources.

    09/09/2024 6:00 pm

    Where the Wild Men Are With Ben Fogle

    Away from the busy resorts of Ibiza is a side of this popular Mediterranean island that the partying holidaymakers have no idea exists. Ben travels into the wild, untamed interior to live in an ecological commune founded by a former merchant sailor.

    09/09/2024 7:00 pm

    Super Surgeons: A Chance at Life

    Behind the scenes at the world-leading Royal Marsden Hospital, as surgeons attempt pioneering cancer treatments, including a high-risk bid to save a woman's voice box and a complex procedure to save a patient's arm.

    09/09/2024 8:00 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.

    09/09/2024 9:10 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.

    09/09/2024 10:10 pm

    Life Below Zero

    As the weather changes across the Arctic, Alaska's inhabitants cope with severe conditions while searching for essential resources.

    09/09/2024 11:15 pm

    Where the Wild Men Are With Ben Fogle

    Away from the busy resorts of Ibiza is a side of this popular Mediterranean island that the partying holidaymakers have no idea exists. Ben travels into the wild, untamed interior to live in an ecological commune founded by a former merchant sailor.

    09/10/2024 12:10 am

    Super Surgeons: A Chance at Life

    Behind the scenes at the world-leading Royal Marsden Hospital, as surgeons attempt pioneering cancer treatments, including a high-risk bid to save a woman's voice box and a complex procedure to save a patient's arm.

    09/10/2024 1:00 am

    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.

    09/10/2024 1:50 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.

    09/10/2024 2:40 am

    Deadly Mission Shark

    Steve takes 12 young UK hopefuls to boot camp with the challenge of choosing just six from the group. To earn their ticket to swim with sharks in a designated shark sanctuary in the Bahamas, the 12 have to complete a series of challenges.

    09/10/2024 3:10 am

    Life Below Zero

    As the weather changes across the Arctic, Alaska's inhabitants cope with severe conditions while searching for essential resources.

    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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