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Equator from the Air episode 4 - SE Asia

Equator from the Air episode 4 – SE Asia

Equator from the Air episode 4 – SE Asia: Gordon Buchanan completes his equatorial journey in south east Asia, where booming economies put increasing pressure on the natural world.     Flying over Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta, Gordon discovers this mega-city is sinking. In Sumatra, drones help to manage a dangerous conflict between elephants and farmers. In Borneo, which has lost […]

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Seven Worlds - One Planet episode 6

Seven Worlds – One Planet episode 6

Seven Worlds – One Planet episode 6: North America – a land of change where pioneering animals make the most of surprising opportunities.     Alternative stream and download     More than any other continent, North America is defined by extreme weather and seasonal change. For animals that live here this poses great challenges, but for those with a

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Equator from the Air episode 3 - Pacific

Equator from the Air episode 3 – Pacific

Equator from the Air episode 3 – Pacific: Continuing his equatorial journey, Gordon Buchanan crosses the Pacific. This rich source of life is under pressure from rising temperatures, pollution and overfishing.     In the Galapagos Islands, Gordon sees how drones are helping protect baby hammerhead sharks, and the iconic giant tortoise. On the other side of the Pacific, an

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Equator from the Air episode 2 - South America

Equator from the Air episode 2 – South America

Equator from the Air episode 2 – South America: Gordon Buchanan continues his journey around the equator, witnessing the fight to preserve the Amazon rainforest.     In Brazil, he joins an aerial police patrol hunting for illegal loggers, while a local tribe map their territory from the air in a bid to prevent its destruction. Crossing the Andes, Gordon

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Seven Worlds - One Planet episode 5

Seven Worlds – One Planet episode 5

Seven Worlds – One Planet episode 5: Europe – a continent transformed by mankind, where extraordinary animals are found in surprising places.     Europe, a crowded continent transformed by mankind where extraordinary animals are found in surprising places. High above the city of Gibraltar, Barbary macaques – Europe’s only primate, live a life full of kidnappings and high drama

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Seven Worlds - One Planet episode 3

Seven Worlds – One Planet episode 3

Seven Worlds – One Planet episode 3: South America – the most species-rich continent on earth. From the bone-dry deserts of the Atacama, where penguins weave their way through a minefield of snapping sea lions, to the lush cloud forests of the Andes, where Andean bears scale 30-metre trees in search of elusive fruits, South America is full of the

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Grand Tours of Scotland's Lochs episode 3

Grand Tours of Scotland’s Lochs episode 3

Grand Tours of Scotland’s Lochs episode 3: Paul Murton begins his Grand Tour with a chilly swim across Loch Ba, high on Rannoch Moor, struggles against the elements while trainspotting and meets some veteran Tunnel Tigers – men who tunnelled deep inside the Grampians, diverting water to hydroelectric schemes.     Grand Tours of Scotland’s Lochs episode 3   Loch

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Seven Worlds One Planet episode 2

Seven Worlds – One Planet episode 2

Seven Worlds – One Planet episode 2: Asia is the largest and most extreme continent on our planet, stretching from the Arctic Circle in the north to the tropical forests on the equator. The animals here face the hottest deserts, tallest jungles and highest mountains found anywhere on Earth. But the continent has not always looked like this.    

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Autumnwatch episode 4 2019

Autumnwatch episode 4 2019

Autumnwatch episode 4 2019: Chris Packham, Michaela Strachan, Gillian Burke and Iolo Williams end their week-long adventure in the Cairngorms. Tonight they look at the autumns of the future and discover encouraging news about Scottish wildcats.     Gillian shares her amazing encounter with an 8ft blue shark, and we update on Cairngorms Connect – Britain’s Great Landscape restoration project.

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Autumnwatch episode 3 2019

Autumnwatch episode 3 2019

Autumnwatch episode 3 2019: Chris Packham, Michaela Strachan, Gillian Burke and Iolo Williams return with another hour-long live programme, live from the Cairngorms National Park.     It is Halloween so time to reveal the wild secrets of Troll Mountain on the Island of Rum. Chris reveals the surprising science inside an antler and the team go hunting for Britain’s

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Metamorphosis

Metamorphosis – The Science of Change

Metamorphosis – The Science of Change: Metamorphosis seems like the ultimate evolutionary magic trick, the amazing transformation of one creature into a totally different being: one life, two bodies.     From Ovid and Kafka to X-Men, tales of metamorphosis richly permeate human culture. The myth of transformation is so common that it seems almost preprogrammed into our imagination. But

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