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09/10/2024 4:00 am |
Inside the Factory |
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| 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. | |||||
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09/10/2024 5:05 am |
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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09/10/2024 6:05 am |
Life Below Zero |
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| 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. | |||||
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09/10/2024 7:00 am |
Where the Wild Men Are With Ben Fogle |
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| 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. | |||||
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09/10/2024 8:05 am |
The Mating Game |
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| 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. | |||||
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09/10/2024 9:15 am |
Inside the Factory |
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| 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. | |||||
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09/10/2024 10:25 am |
World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys |
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| Following the train route from Bergen to Oslo, through the extraordinary mountains of southern Norway in winter. This super-fast train travels daily to the country's capital, and the first stop is Dale. | |||||
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09/10/2024 11:25 am |
Life Below Zero |
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| Sue returns to Kavik after her injury. Glenn goes on a hunt. Jessie preps his fish wheel for summer. The Hailstones set up camp in a new location. | |||||
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09/10/2024 12:25 pm |
Where the Wild Men Are With Ben Fogle |
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| Ben Fogle ventures to the Greek island of Andros to visit Sandy, founder of a remote animal shelter perched on the slopes of the island's highest peak. Ben embraces sharing a home with 25 dogs, eight donkeys, a horse, a mule and more than 20 cats. | |||||
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09/10/2024 1:30 pm |
The Mating Game |
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| The ocean is where life first began, and where it first experimented with the mating game. All the creatures living here face the same challenge - how to find a partner in the largest and least-populated habitat on earth. To solve that challenge, marine animals have developed some of the most ingenious breeding strategies of all. The waters off Hawaii are witness to the largest courtship battles on the planet. | |||||
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09/10/2024 2:45 pm |
Inside the Factory |
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| Gregg Wallace is in South Shields at a clothing factory where they produce 650 waxed jackets a day. He follows the production of water-resistant jackets from the arrival of 500 metre long rolls of undyed cotton through to dispatch. Along the way he sees the fabric dipped into baths of wax heated to 95 degrees Celsius and learns how a 23 piece pattern is used to create a complex 3D jacket jigsaw. | |||||
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09/10/2024 3:50 pm |
Horizon |
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| According to the UN, it's predicted that the human population could reach 10 billion people by the year 2050. For broadcaster and naturalist Chris Packham, who's dedicated his life to championing the natural world, the subject of our growing population and the impact it's having on our planet is one of the most vital, and often overlooked, topics of discussion in an era of increasing environmental awareness. | |||||
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09/10/2024 5:00 pm |
Life Below Zero |
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| For Alaskans, utilizing the frozen trails to secure resources is a requirement for survival in dark winter. At the family hunting grounds in Kiwalik, Chip Hailstone follows a trail of wolves to find harvestable game. | |||||
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09/10/2024 6:00 pm |
Where the Wild Men Are With Ben Fogle |
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| Ben meets Micky and Trina Cofer, who along with their four children, left behind the comforts of America to become missionaries in the freezing tundra of Outer Mongolia. In temperatures of below minus 20, Ben builds his own ger to sleep in, uses a freezing outhouse, attempts ice-fishing, joins a wolf-hunt and learns how to wrestle. | |||||
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09/10/2024 7:00 pm |
Deadly Disasters |
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| El Niño is a complex weather phenomenon that occurs irregularly every two to seven years. An analysis of devastating floods in Peru, deadly drought in Africa, and torrential rain in the United Kingdom. | |||||
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09/10/2024 8:10 pm |
Iceland With Alexander Armstrong |
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| Alexander Armstrong heads to the south of the country, which has epic scenery. He leaves the boiling mud and lava flows of the volcanic island below as he ascends to the breathtaking, freezing roof of Europe's biggest glacier. | |||||
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09/10/2024 9:10 pm |
World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys |
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| Following the train route from Bergen to Oslo, through the extraordinary mountains of southern Norway in winter. This super-fast train travels daily to the country's capital, and the first stop is Dale. | |||||
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09/10/2024 10:05 pm |
Life Below Zero |
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| For Alaskans, utilizing the frozen trails to secure resources is a requirement for survival in dark winter. At the family hunting grounds in Kiwalik, Chip Hailstone follows a trail of wolves to find harvestable game. | |||||
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09/10/2024 11:10 pm |
Where the Wild Men Are With Ben Fogle |
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| Ben meets Micky and Trina Cofer, who along with their four children, left behind the comforts of America to become missionaries in the freezing tundra of Outer Mongolia. In temperatures of below minus 20, Ben builds his own ger to sleep in, uses a freezing outhouse, attempts ice-fishing, joins a wolf-hunt and learns how to wrestle. | |||||
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09/11/2024 12:05 am |
Horizon |
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| According to the UN, it's predicted that the human population could reach 10 billion people by the year 2050. For broadcaster and naturalist Chris Packham, who's dedicated his life to championing the natural world, the subject of our growing population and the impact it's having on our planet is one of the most vital, and often overlooked, topics of discussion in an era of increasing environmental awareness. | |||||
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09/11/2024 1:00 am |
Deadly Disasters |
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| El Niño is a complex weather phenomenon that occurs irregularly every two to seven years. An analysis of devastating floods in Peru, deadly drought in Africa, and torrential rain in the United Kingdom. | |||||
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09/11/2024 1:50 am |
Life Below Zero |
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| For Alaskans, utilizing the frozen trails to secure resources is a requirement for survival in dark winter. At the family hunting grounds in Kiwalik, Chip Hailstone follows a trail of wolves to find harvestable game. | |||||
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09/11/2024 2:35 am |
Deadly Mission Shark |
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| Steve Backshall is on a mission to create a new generation of shark saviours, but first he needs to find his team. Once assembled, the team undertake a boot camp at a shark sanctuary in the Bahamas where they learn how to interact with sharks. | |||||
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09/11/2024 3:05 am |
Horizon |
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| According to the UN, it's predicted that the human population could reach 10 billion people by the year 2050. For broadcaster and naturalist Chris Packham, who's dedicated his life to championing the natural world, the subject of our growing population and the impact it's having on our planet is one of the most vital, and often overlooked, topics of discussion in an era of increasing environmental awareness. | |||||