A look at how without volcanoes, there would be no life on Earth.With David Attenborough. Although destructive, magma from the planet’s molten core builds land, and mineral-rich ash from eruptions fertilises the surface.
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Unsealed: Alien Files – Top 10 Alien Plots episode 15: Aliens’ plans for the human race may be peaceful or not. After a review of conspiracy theories concerning extraterrestrial visitors, various ufologists speculate about aliens’ possible good or bad motives. In April 2011 the FBI declassified decades’ worth of secret government documents that contain thousands of reports of UFO sightings and alien activity. Each episode of this half-hour series tackles one alien case by investigating the previously off-limits government files. The program re-examines key evidence and follows developing leads based on newly released information. Mass UFO sightings, personal
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Rick Stein’s Cornwall episode 2: Deep in the Cornish countryside, Rick Stein takes us to meet an extraordinary family who are making some of the best Gouda cheese in Britain, from which he cooks a tortilla dish with caramelised apples, onions and Cornish Gouda. In the fishing village of Mevagissey, he discovers the origins of the sea shanty and the history of the pilchard fishing industry, when shoals of pilchards were so large they would attract killer whales. In this new series Rick Stein reveals the Cornwall that he knows and loves: a unique part of the British
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Unsealed: Alien Files – Alien Gods of Egypt episode 14: Ancient Egypt, a civilization millennia ahead of its time, may have had extraterrestrial help in building its masterpieces. In April 2011 the FBI declassified decades’ worth of secret government documents that contain thousands of reports of UFO sightings and alien activity. Each episode of this half-hour series tackles one alien case by investigating the previously off-limits government files. The program re-examines key evidence and follows developing leads based on newly released information. Mass UFO sightings, personal abductions, government cover-ups, and alien news from around the world are some
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The Story of Science episode 6 – Who Are We? -We now know that the brain – the organ that more than any other makes us human – is one of the wonders of the universe, and yet until the 17th century it was barely studied. The twin sciences of brain anatomy and psychology have offered different visions of who we are. Now these sciences are coming together and in the process have revealed some surprising and uncomfortable truths about what really shapes our thoughts, feelings and desires. And the search to understand how our brains work has
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Rick Stein’s Cornwall episode 1: In this episode, Rick takes us to the place where his passion for Cornwall began – his family home at Trevose Head on the north Cornish coast, where as a child he would go fishing with his father. He explores the wild yet beautiful landscape of the Land’s End peninsula with the artist Kurt Jackson before heading to the tranquillity of an heritage apple orchard preserved by head gardener John Harris. Here Rick picks some apples to make his mother’s Apple Charlotte pudding. In this new series Rick Stein reveals the Cornwall that
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The Story of Science episode 5 – What Is the Secret of Life? – The story of how the secret of life has been examined through the prism of the most complex organism known – the human body. It begins with attempts to save the lives of gladiators in Ancient Rome, unfolds with the macabre work and near-perfect drawings of Leonardo in the Renaissance, through the idea of the ‘life force’ of electricity, to the microscopic world of the cell. It reveals how a moral crisis unleashed by work on the nuclear bomb helped trigger a great breakthrough
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Unsealed: Alien Files – Aliens and Presidents episode 13: Could history’s most powerful men know more about extra-terrestrials than us? Experts explore the complex relationship between presidents and aliens. In April 2011 the FBI declassified decades’ worth of secret government documents that contain thousands of reports of UFO sightings and alien activity. Each episode of this half-hour series tackles one alien case by investigating the previously off-limits government files. The program re-examines key evidence and follows developing leads based on newly released information. Mass UFO sightings, personal abductions, government cover-ups, and alien news from around the world are
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The Story of Science episode 4 – Can We Have Unlimited Power? – We are the most power-hungry generation that has ever lived. This film tells the story of how that power has been harnessed – from wind, steam and from inside the atom. In the early years the drive for new sources of power was led by practical men who wanted to make money. Their inventions and ideas created fortunes and changed the course of history, but it took centuries for science to catch up, to explain what power is, rather than simply what it does. This
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The Magic of Mushrooms: Professor Richard Fortey delves into the fascinating and normally hidden kingdom of fungi. From their spectacular birth, through their secretive underground life to their final explosive death, Richard reveals a remarkable world that few of us understand or even realise exists – yet all life on earth depends on it. In a specially built mushroom lab, with the help of mycologist Dr Patrick Hickey and some state-of-the-art technology, Richard brings to life the secret world of mushrooms as never seen before and reveals the spectacular abilities of fungi to break down waste and sustain
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The Great New Year Bake Off 2021: Noel Fielding, Matt Lucas, Prue Leith and Paul Hollywood get the New Year celebrations started in the tent. Joining them are Helena and Henry from 2019, Nancy from 2014, and 2018 winner Rahul, all hoping to impress the judges with their skills and creativity and take home the coveted Festive Star Baker title. This will really perk you up if 2020 has left you feeling low. Former Bake Off-ers Helena, Henry, Rahul and Nancy return to the tent for serious cooking and light-hearted fun in equal measures. They’re great characters: you
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Unsealed: Alien Files – The Solway Firth Spaceman episode 12: The Solway Firth Spaceman: Experts investigate the mystery of the Solway Firth Spacemana, a spacesuit-clad figure who strangely appeared in a photograph taken in Cumbria. In April 2011 the FBI declassified decades’ worth of secret government documents that contain thousands of reports of UFO sightings and alien activity. Each episode of this half-hour series tackles one alien case by investigating the previously off-limits government files. The program re-examines key evidence and follows developing leads based on newly released information. Mass UFO sightings, personal abductions, government cover-ups, and alien
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