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- This day we are off to the zoo to meet up with youngsters from all walks of life in action. We take a hidden camera into the den of red pandas, and then see them take their first steps. Baby bears enthrall us with their playful behavior, and baby baboons enjoy time in the water.
- 2004TV EpisodeAfter testing their player skills in the wild of the Everglades through an obstacle course that culminates in a wrestling match with ferocious alligators, the winners get to spend a luxurious day at a spa with Dawn, but just as they are about to be whisked away by a helicopter, Dawn decides to leave one in the dust. Later, while Jinelle and Ananda organize a campfire for the guys, Dawn takes a romantic bubble bath with one of her suitors, but when another gets jealous, a huge argument erupts. The next day, the remaining players await elimination.
- Bear continues to explore the UK's natural history, abseiling at Malham Cove in the Yorkshire Dales and getting into danger in a flooding cave. Malham has long attracted tourists and geologists alike to wonder at its beauty and history, as well as walkers attracted to the limestone formation and its surrounding pathways, and Bear reveals a tropical past to one of North Yorkshire's finest features.
- Yellow (huang) corresponds with the element Earth. Think about late summer, when everything is glowing, like that yellow-orange Indian summer. In China, yellow is considered the most beautiful and prestigious color. It signifies neutrality and good looks. It stands for wealth and riches.
- Bill Wright and his son need to become a tight team on a remote job; a city-based crew heads north to fight a demolished tractor-trailer in rugged terrain; Kevin feels the pressure when a load of steel smashes onto the highway right before rush hour.
- Elizabeth is rushed to hospital where Jack confirms she has suffered a heart attack.
- The world's largest heavy-lift ship can carry entire cruise ships halfway across the globe without stopping, and to do this, experts use cutting-edge maritime engineering and the latest science for herculean strength and first-class maneuverability.
- Is Elvis still alive? Has extraterrestrial life really visited Earth? Is it possible that some people see religious statues move or bear the crucifixion wounds of Jesus? Experts and eyewitnesses explore some of the most-extraordinary happenings in recent history that science can't explain.
- Test pilots and engineers embark on the first flight of the largest aeroplane ever constructed, Stratolaunch, a one-of-a-kind carrier aircraft designed to transport rockets, spacecraft and experimental hypersonic planes into the stratosphere.
- The deepest-diving submersible vessel in the world is one of the most intricately designed craft that has ever been engineered for the sea, and having reached the bottom of each of the five oceans, this submarine's accomplishments are truly monumental.
- An historical look at the technological engineering of the World Trade Center. The special was completed and the interviews took place before the tragic events of September 11, 2001. This program stands as an historical record to the wonder it once was-from the construction of this technological feat to the daily working of its complex system. The program offers some of the last interior footage of the Twin Towers.
- Worcester proves to have an intriguing past and plenty of interesting antiques when Tim Wonnacott pitches up at a flea market and collectors fair. Local resident and antiques expert Philip Serrell drops in to show Tim some rare books about Worcester, while other locals bring such fascinating objects including a handwritten letter from Elgar and a Royal Worcester piece made especially for Winston Churchill. Tim views a collection of mechanical music machines that have never been filmed before and finds out about the antique bells that ring in Worcester Cathedral.
- Professor Brian Cox visits some of the most dramatic parts of the globe to explain the fundamental principles that govern the laws of nature - light, gravity, energy, matter and time. With the world's most profound science at its heart, Wonders Of The Universe reveals how the story of humanity is intimately entwined with that of the complex story of the origins of the universe.
- We go deep into the secretive world of wolverines - the largest and least known members of the weasel family. While legend paints them as solitary, bloodthirsty killers, a new image of the wolverine is just beginning to emerge, one that is far more complex than their reputation suggests. The little demons may be the gluttonous gluttons that their scientific name implies, but they are also much more family-oriented than anyone would have guessed.
- Bracing himself against the frozen wilds of Alaska and British Columbia, Casey Anderson is on a 'mission impossible' to capture never-before-seen footage of wolverines as they hunt and interact with other wildlife across the vast, untracked wilderness. Many of the world's foremost wolverine experts have gotten only brief glimpses of the creatures in their natural habitat, so Casey's work is cut out for him.
- The team make sure the banana plants don't break the ceiling in Palm House and conservatories manager Scott is busy preparing for the 25th Orchid Festival.
- Starting on New Year's Day, Britain is in the grip of winter. Time-lapses show a magical country shrouded in frost and mist swirling in hollows. Water becomes the enemy as it freezes, and the wildlife must cope. Red squirrels resort to subterfuge, and kites track a farmer ploughing to get at the worms beneath the frost. As winter fades, adders bask in the sun and the woodland floor erupts with snowdrops. On a lake in Wiltshire, new hope is captured in the evocative dance of the great crested grebe.
- We meet black bear cubs faced with a daunting climb down from their tree den and a mother sea otter nursing her fluff-ball baby through the chilly days of early spring. Stealthy 50-tonne sperm whales steal fish from the end of fishermen's lines in an extraordinary marine 'heist', grizzly bears grow big on a sudden wealth of salmon, and a huge male moose finds unlikely ways to impress a female. Thousands of bald eagles gather for a winter feast, and arctic foxes risk everything to find food in the alien world of an oil boomtown. People, too, must go with the flow of the extreme seasons, facing winter storms at sea to catch snow crabs, rushing across ice rivers with teams of huskies and taking advantage of Alaska's endless summer daylight to grow world-class giant vegetables. Surviving the bone-chilling cold, deadly blizzards and darkness of an Alaskan winter takes courage, cunning and remarkable endurance. In the raw beauty of windswept mountain peaks, icy tundra and snowbound forests, this is the story of the tough and resourceful characters that face up to the ultimate challenges of this untameable land.
- Windsor is renowned for its royal links, and the castle is the oldest and largest occupied castle in the world, looming high above the Thames since Norman times. In the castle grounds, Tim Wonnacott visits the Royal Windsor Horse Show in search of antiques and collectibles that bring the history of Windsor to life, including cuff-links presented by a grateful king and a very unusual oar. Tim also learns about the origins of Windsor chairs and the history of boating on the River Thames.
- Donal explores the journey the winds take from their birth at the equator where he finds himself adrift in the doldrums to the North pole where he witnesses arguably the most beautiful vision on earth, a space rainbow, better known as Aurora Borealis. Along the way he revisits the devastating events that were unleashed by Hurricane Andrew in the USA.
- Through beautiful photography and the extraordinary stories of the animals and people that live there, this series celebrates Latin America's most iconic and dramatic locations. Trek across the mountainous peaks and volcanic slopes of the Andes; explore the windswept plains of the Patagonian wilderness; journey into the teeming forests of the Amazon, and wade through the giant swamps of Venezuela, as this beautiful five- part series celebrates the region's most iconic and dramatic locations.
- To truly understand the world's most beloved purring pets, there needs to be an understanding of their wild relatives. The humble moggy is compared with their big cat cousins, gaining surprising insights into the entire cat family. In Africa, lion whisperer Kevin Richardson proves how similar domestic pets are to the fearsome big cats and why there's more to feline communication than meets the eye. In the thick jungles of South East Asia, the series discovers which sabre-tooth wild cat has given tabbies their gravity defying climbing skills and in Namibia, shows how a strange looking cat called a caracal has given them the ability to jump over three metres and catch birds in flight, inspiring the phrase "put the cat among the pigeons".
- Craig visits the most ancient forest on earth; explains Punakaiki's sculpted limestone formations; checks out dinosaur footprints at the Whanganui Inlet; and explores the huge rolling sand dunes at Farewell Spit. The West Coast of the South Island stretches 600km along some of the most untamed and sparsely populated coast in the New Zealand. Craig begins at Arnott Point on the South Westland coast, where ancient basalt boulders rise dramatically from the sea. He then heads around the coast to Ship Creek with old friend, botanist Gerry McSweeney.
- A few hundred kilometres after leaving Lake Victoria, the Nile plunges noisily over massive waterfalls and into the new territory of Murchison Falls National Park. Thousands of hippos enjoy the water. Inthe afternoons, elephant herds leave the savannah to drink and bathe. At the river banks, you can witness a curious partnership. Female crocodiles and tiny birds defend their eggs together against a thief, the Nile Monitor. The Nile's greatest wilderness is situated in the crisis-torn South Sudan, where the river turns into the Sudd, Africa's largest swamp. This is the perfect habitat for a fantastic variety of bird species, among them the extremely rare Shoebill. Giants, too, can make a living here. Some four hundred elephants live among the papyrus.
- Uganda is still what travellers consider an 'insider tip'. Off the tourist map, a place still in the shadows of its past. Visitors, including scientists and conservationists, had a difficult time in the civil war-stricken country. Poaching had endangered many of Uganda's most iconic animals including Mountain gorillas, cave elephants, the chimpanzees and even the tree-dwelling lions. But now the national parks have been restored and Uganda's wildlife is once again thriving. This is a celebration of their survival.
- Stuck between a herd of elephants charging straight for him and the shark-infested waters on the other side, Cyril has nowhere to hide. He is in the dangerous jungle of Gabon, West Africa, on a mission to catch a fanged predatory fish with a deadly bite and a brutally strong pull.
- On the north-east coast of Baffin Island, in Canada's Arctic, lies Ninginganiq, a blustery wilderness where only the intrepid travel. The Inuit have lived here for thousands of years navigating around the dangerous sea ice for hunting and fishing in their umiaks and kayaks. As winter nears, one of nature's great spectacles unfolds here, rarely witnessed by humans. Giant bowhead whales gather to feed and socialize. This area is also impacted by El Nino. With climate change, the wild seas of Ninginganiq grow more savage every year.
- Witness the rarely seen magic of the longest river system in the United States and the drama of the creatures that are drawn to the Mississippi for survival including bears, wolves, wild boar, bull sharks and alligators. The exploration of North America's greatest waterway is a roller-coaster ride of drama with visuals sure to take your breath away.
- We're deep into autumn and the harvest has been hearty for Hugh and his faithful River Cottage crew. As a reward for their hard work, Hugh's planning a slap up meal and, to show that you don't need piles of cash to dine like a king, he'll be foraging for all his food.
- The most extreme and wild parts of New Zealand are in the South Island, which lie towards Antarctica, in the path of the tempestuous 'roaring forties'. This is home to some of the most rapidly rising mountains in the world, the Southern Alps. From hyper-intelligent parrots to sinister snails with teeth and magical constellations of glow-worms, this is the story of New Zealand's wildest places and its most resilient pioneers, all of whom must embrace radical solutions to survive.
- A journey through space and time to reveal Australasia's natural wonders. Each episode is a detective story, delving into Australasia's hidden secrets to explain why its wildlife is so special. Its wildlife is an astonishing mix of the surprising, the strange and the deadly. It's one of the world's great melting pots for both people and wildlife.
- Colombia is a naturalist's paradise, with more vertebrate species than any other country on Earth, including over 160 species of hummingbird and more than 800 types of frog. From the Andes to the Amazon, the Pacific to the Caribbean, wildlife adventurer Nigel Marven journeys to the country's major habitats to meet rare and unusual creatures, many filmed for the very first time.
- Wild Coasts with Craig Potton follows celebrated landscape photographer and conservationist Craig Potton as he explores New Zealand's extraordinarily rich and varied coastline. Throughout Wild Coasts, Craig spends time with people who live by and love New Zealand's coasts, including scientists, sailors, swimmers, artists, iwi, boaties and bach owners. Craig examines the amazing biodiversity of our coastal world and investigates the threats to habitats; and the impressive efforts of New Zealanders to protect our coast and its natural treasures.
- For the first time in over 50 years, a team of wildlife film-makers from the BBC's Natural History Unit and scientists from the world-renowned Smithsonian Institution has been granted access to venture deep into Burma's impenetrable jungles. Their mission is to discover whether these forests are home to iconic animals, rapidly disappearing from the rest of the world - this expedition has come not a moment too soon.
- Wild Africa is a nature documentary series exploring the natural history of the African continent. The series comprises six episodes. Each concentrates on a particular environment. The producers use aerial photography and wildlife footage to show how natural phenomena such as seasonal changes influence the patterns of life.
- Join an in-depth investigation into the great divide between dog lovers and cat lovers. Animal behaviorists, psychologists, trainers and devoted owners all weigh in.
- White (bai) is the color of the element Metal. On one side it symbolizes brightness, purity, intuition, and fulfillment. On the other side, it is also the color of mourning and ghosts. Thus if you go to a Chinese funeral expect a lot of people wearing white clothes.
- The first storm of the season forces OPP Sgt. Kerry Schmidt to take hands-on action; Collin leads the crew to recover a tanker with a highly toxic payload; the Ross crew faces a trailer on its head that demands a double roll to wrangle it upright.
- 2016– 43m8.3 (10)TV EpisodeTroubled teens , why some go bad and others come right. What happens when young people run off the rails? Youth offending is very common, almost everyone does dumb things and many of us break the law. However youth offenders consist of two core groups; life present offenders (people who are going to continue offending regardless), and people who given the right conditions will return to become mainstream citizens.
- On a cold night in Atlanta, the Hi-Tech crew goes from towing cars to rescuing pets when they discover a dog in an impounded car. In Chicago, Rich and Early of W&W Towing help a new truck driver when he gets his big rig stuck under a bridge.
- 2016– 44m8.9 (11)TV EpisodeThe Dunedin Study has identified a fundamental developmental mechanism that completely rewrites the nature versus nurture argument. It is a genetic switch which is thrown by life events , nature loads the gun but nurture pulls the trigger. This chapter tracks the hunt for the mechanism using three specific examples - violence in men, depression, and cannabis induced schizophrenia.
- When large man-made machines and structures fail, teams of experts examine the aftermath and try to determine what went wrong. Join in as the History Channel reveals the answers in When Big Things Go Wrong.
- 2012–TV EpisodeJanina shows how medieval manuscripts gave power to the king and united the kingdom in an age of plague, warfare and rebellion. She discovers that Edward III used the manuscripts he read as a boy to prepare him for his great victory at the battle of Crecy and reveals how a vigorous new national identity bloomed during the 100 Years War with France. In the British Library's Royal Manuscripts collection Dr Ramirez finds out that magnificent manuscripts like the Bedford Hours, taken as war booty from the French royal family, were adapted for the education of English princes. She also explores how knowledge spread through a new form of book - the encyclopedia.
- Heavy squalls launch a surprise attack on the Ross crew; Sonny handles huge rolls of paper that threaten to tear through a trailer; Eric faces the end of the winter with a muddy battle and a major decision about how much more heavy recovery his battered body can stand.
- Apparently, there is nothing a male will not do for the right to mate with a female - dance, sing, fight, change body colors, illuminate, even agree to be eaten alive. There is often a surplus of males, and they are instinctively driven to compete in order to pass their genes to the next generation. But it takes two to tango. Now, scientists are learning to what extremes males will go in order to find that dance partner.
- Whanganui - Bordering the Whanganui River, it incorporates areas of Crown land, former state forest and a number of former reserves. Tongariro - New Zealand's first national park, recognised as one of the 27 World Heritage Sites that are of both outstanding natural and cultural value. Gifted to the Crown by Te Heuheu Tukino IV, the park includes several sacred Maori sites and three active volcanoes, Ruapehu, Ngauruhoe and Tongariro.
- From tangled mangroves, and raging rivers, to dark waterholes and vast floodplains, Australia's waterways are complex, competitive, deadly. The riverbeds are battlefields where the vicious thrive. The marshy grasses are alleyways from where the cunning strike. A web of organized crime winds through Australia's deadly wetlands.
- In the Amazon forest, the largest rainforest on Earth, animals must deal with high rainfall and periodic flooding. They have to find clever ways to survive. When ponds in Sri Lanka dry out at the height of summer they expose the last remaining fish to hungry crocodiles and storks. But when the banquet is over, predators must find food elsewhere ¬. In the desert of Namibia, rivers are mostly desiccated beds of sand. But sand grouse, Oryx and giraffes find the last remaining pools of water. Drought can also be live-giving: along the sand banks of the fast evaporating Amur River, terns build their nests. Here, their offspring are safe from predators such as foxes or boars; but ironically, not from their own kind.
- Donal takes a ride with the rains from the wettest place in Europe, the little known Norwegian town of Bergen where it rains 265 days of the year, and onto the wettest place in the world - India, where 25 billion tons of water falls each day during the monsoon period.
- Stretching for a thousand miles along India's west coast, the Western Ghats are a spine of mountains that lay claim to being one of the most bio-diverse places in the world. Mountains rear their heads into the path of monsoon clouds, intercepting rains and making the western slopes some of the wettest places in India. Tropical rainforests thrives, and explode with life. The Western Ghats hold the key to life across southern India. Rainwater harvested by the mountains washes down to the coast, feeding Kerala's backwaters; huge rivers flow east across India's dry interior, a lifeline to animals and people.