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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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Autumnwatch episode 2 2019: Chris Packham, Michaela Strachan, Gillian Burke and Iolo Williams are live from the Cairngorms National Park, where overnight events have already created dramas. Tonight the team look at how this year’s seasonal changes have shaped autumn 2019. Michaela embarks on a wild goose chase and the camera team are on a mission to find
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Autumnwatch episode 1 2019: It’s Halloween week and Autumnwatch is back – launching a week of special 60-minute programmes celebrating all the very best of our UK wildlife. Broadcasting live from the Dell of Abernethy in the heart of the Cairngorms, Chris Packham, Michaela Strachan, Gillian Burke and Iolo Williams profile this stunning wilderness in its most technicolour
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Seven Worlds – One Planet episode 1 : Antarctica – a land of survivors enduring the most hostile conditions on earth. 98 per cent of the mainland is covered by ice on which virtually nothing can live. Even the sea freezes over, but the Weddell seal manages to survive here by keeping its breathing holes open by using its teeth
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Grand Tours of Scotland’s Lochs episode 2: Paul travels from Loch Gairloch to Loch Maree, a grand tour that includes meeting the king and queen of Islonia, matching a medieval feat of archery, diving on a wartime wreck in Loch Ewe and finding himself short-changed at the money tree on an island in Loch Maree. Grand Tours of
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Uncharted Amazon: deep in the jungles of Peru, a silky anteater is fighting to stay awake and a mother hummingbird is struggling to raise her chick. As this documentary reveals, life in his incredible part of the planet faces changing conditions. The Amazon rainforest, also known in English as Amazonia or the Amazon Jungle, is a moist broadleaf
Great Parks of Africa episode 9 : The Orange River travels almost two-thirds the length of South Africa to reach its most scenic checkpoint: The mighty Augrabies Falls. Widely regarded as one of the six great waterfalls on Earth, it is also an interminable source of hydration and food for the wildlife that live near its waters. Scattered
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Great Parks of Africa episode 8: Sandwiched between the Limpopo and Luvuvhu rivers in South Africa lies Krugers Pafuri, a multi-habitat area with astonishingly biodiverse animal and plant life–including the famous fever tree, rumored to cause illness to anyone who lives near it. Dive into this secret corner of Kruger National Park. Scattered throughout the wild lands of
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Great Parks of Africa episode 7: Garden Route National Park is a patchwork of protected areas that safeguard a range of land and marine habitats in southern Africa. Take a tour of this conservationist paradise offering hope for creatures as varied as the humpback whale, the blue duiker antelope, and the Knysna seahorse–the only endangered seahorse in the world.
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Great Parks of Africa episode 6: Chobe is Botswana’s first national park, as well as the name of the mighty river that runs through it. Explore how its iconic species, like elephants, baboons, and lions, pass on their secrets of survival to the youngest members of their families. Scattered throughout the wild lands of Africa are a number
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Great Parks of Africa episode 5: The riverbeds that carve their way through the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park offer a tantalizing promise of life, as well as a fierce test of survival. Explore the hidden lifelines that create a fragile link for the creatures that inhabit this unwelcoming wilderness. Scattered throughout the wild lands of Africa are a number
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Great Parks of Africa episode 4: from mountain zebras to shy and secretive caracals, Karoo National Park showcases a diversity of creatures who have adapted to demanding environmental conditions. Scale the varying altitudes of this nature reserve’s vast landscape. Scattered throughout the wild lands of Africa are a number of protected havens that shelter some of the continent’s
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