Hairy Bikers’ Mediterranean Adventure ep.2: The bikers begin their Sardinian adventure in the small town of Cagliari, where everyone is in high spirits for the feast of St Efisio. The locals are dressed in traditional garb to parade through the town on decorated bullock carts. The bikers join in the fun by cooking a local speciality – almond […]
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In Beechgrove Garden episode 7 2016: Carole creates a chef’s windowsill as she grows a range of micro salads, while Chris takes on the job of revamping the old heather garden and turns it into our own piece of an ancient Scottish hill top in miniature. George and Jim are off on a bulb-lover’s busman’s holiday and indulging
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In October 2017, astronomers made a spectacular discovery – they spotted the first ever object to visit our solar system from outer space. They gave it a suitably exotic name… ‘Oumuamua. Its discovery set off a hurricane of press speculation and a major scientific investigation. To investigate this spectacular astronomical detective story, The Sky at Night goes to
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The Hidden Empire: Ancient Astronaut theorists suggest that evidence of extraterrestrial visitation exists in every corner of the Earth, but some say the most compelling can be found in one of the world’s least accessible places – China. China is the cradle to one of mankind’s earliest and most influential civilizations. The advents of gunpowder, paper, the compass,
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In Beechgrove Garden episode 6 2016: Carole continues with her windowsill gardening and sows herbs and salad leaves, which can be used to produce tasty, foodie salads for weeks. In Garden on a Budget, Carole is with Mieke Guijt in rural Kennethmont, helping to mould a garden out of almost nothing. Carole takes Mieke on a budget shopping
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Julius Caesar is the most famous Roman of them all: brutal conqueror, dictator and victim of a gruesome assassination on the Ides of March 44 BC. 2,000 years on, he still shapes the world. He has given us some political slogans we still use today (Crossing the Rubicon), his name lives on in the month of July, and there is
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The Hairy Bikers seek out the authentic flavours of the Mediterranean. The Hairy Bikers go off the beaten track in search of authentic flavours of Italy, from simple, local ingredients to spicy ‘nduja pate and some of the best gelato to be found. Hairy Bikers’ Mediterranean Adventure ep.1 dishes:  1. Calabrian pork ribs This flavoursome pork
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In 2013, former Canadian Minister of Defense, Paul Hellyer, made a shocking claim–that there is a federation of extraterrestrial beings monitoring and guiding humanity. But why would such an esteemed politician make such a controversial announcement? Ancient Astronaut theorists believe evidence can be found throughout history to prove his claims are true. Stories of emperors, kings and pharaohs
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In the Beechgrove Garden episode 5 2016, Jim is hoping that the soil is now warm enough to plant tatties in the main veggie plot, while on the decking garden Carole is also planting tatties on a tiny scale. Chris and Carole are going on very different fungal forays in Beechgrove this year. Chris is creating a whole
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Rick’s road trip reaches a conclusion as he arrives in Istanbul, just in time for the bluefish season, which allows him the chance to enjoy a fishing expedition on the Bosphorus, one of the world’s most strategic waterways, which divides the city into two continents. Rick also cooks two much-loved local dishes – lavish kofte kebabs with pistachios,
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In Beechgrove Garden episode 26 2015: although this is the last in the present series, gardening is a year round activity and so Jim, Carole, George and Chris have a long list of jobs that we could and should be doing that will keep us all busy for the foreseeable. This is also a perfect time to be
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Planets that orbit two suns instead of one might be deadly hell worlds, but new discoveries reveal that sci-fi star systems with binary stars might be optimal places for alien life. How the Universe Works is a users guide to the cosmos from the big bang to galaxies, stars, planets and moons. Where did it all come from
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