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Cornwall and Devon Walks with Julia Bradbury episode 4: Julia heads to Isles of Scilly, an enchanting archipelago of wild islands in the Atlantic Ocean. Walking a five-mile circular loop around St Martin’s, an island renowned for its white sand beaches and azure seas, Julia discovers what is believed to be the oldest beacon in Britain, visits a rum distillery […]
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Cornwall and Devon Walks with Julia Bradbury episode 3: Julia is walking in Dartmoor National Park, one of the last great wildernesses in the UK on a seven-mile circular walk from the iconic Hay Tor. In this uplifting travel series, Julia Bradbury heads off the beaten track as she explores Cornwall and Devon by foot, meeting the people
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Cornwall and Devon Walks with Julia Bradbury episode 2: Julia walks five miles of the stunning north Cornish coast, from popular picturesque Padstow to the surfing hotspot of Trevone Bay. In this uplifting travel series, Julia Bradbury heads off the beaten track as she explores Cornwall and Devon by foot, meeting the people who live and work in
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Cornwall and Devon Walks with Julia Bradbury episode 1: Julia takes on a stunning six-and-a-half-mile route on Cornwall’s most westerly point. She’ll experience the iconic landmark of Land’s End. In this uplifting travel series, Julia Bradbury heads off the beaten track as she explores Cornwall and Devon by foot, meeting the people who live and work in these
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Incredible Journeys with Simon Reeve episode 4: In the final programme, Simon looks at his journeys through some of the world’s most spectacular and unspoilt wildernesses, and reflects on the huge challenges faced when trying to protect them. From the vast, icy expanses of Siberia to the tropical forests of Central and South America, Simon’s films have repeatedly
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Incredible Journeys with Simon Reeve episode 3: In this third programme, Simon focuses on some of the incredible wildlife stories he’s encountered – from the eccentric Yorkshireman who founded a giant tortoise sanctuary on his island in the Seychelles to the armed conservationists defending a forest in Belize. These journeys reveal threats to the natural world from human
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Incredible Journeys with Simon Reeve episode 2: In this second programme, Simon focuses on some of the dodgiest and most dangerous situations he has found himself in while travelling the globe – from coming under fire in war-torn Mogadishu to squaring off with a female wrestler in Mexico City. These journeys take him from a police cell in
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Incredible Journeys with Simon Reeve episode 1: During a career spanning more than 15 years, Simon has visited over 100 countries on six different continents, experiencing epic landscapes and uncovering moving and dramatic human stories. Now, he catches up with some of the memorable characters he’s met along the way, as well as revealing behind-the-scenes moments and exploring some of
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Greek Island Odyssey with Bettany Hughes episode 6: Bettany travels through the Corinth Canal – a feat of engineering that required the removal of 12 million cubic metres of earth – before heading for her penultimate stop of Corfu, where Count Flamburiari reveals the island’s close connections to Britain. From there, Bettany sails to Ithaca, Odysseus’s home island,
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Greek Island Odyssey with Bettany Hughes episode 5: Bettany arrives in the Peloponnese, a peninsula regarded as home to some of ancient Greece’s most legendary kings and vicious warriors. To understand the violent world in which the myths and legends are set, Bettany visits the bones of a 19-year-old-warrior who died more than 3,500 years ago. Healed sword
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Greek Island Odyssey with Bettany Hughes episode 4: Arriving in Crete just as a storm hits, the historian is lucky to reach `the big island” before the seas become impassable and the annual Christian Epiphany festivities are hampered. She travels to the ruins of the ancient city of Knossos, synonymous with English archaeologist Arthur Evans who unearthed much
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Greek Island Odyssey with Bettany Hughes episode 2: Bettany visits the sacred isle of Delos, where it has been forbidden for anyone to permanently reside since ancient times. Wandering the ruins, Bettany discovers a dark history to this incredible site as she explores how the Romans turned Delos into a marketplace for their slave trade. She then moves
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