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Captain Cook with Sam Neill ep. 5

The Pacific In The Wake of Captain Cook with Sam Neill ep. 5

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Swapping a potentially easy life of retirement for a third voyage around the Pacific, the relationship between Captain and crew is severely tested as Cook leads his men on an expedition that if successful would dwarf everything he had so far achieved – discover and navigate the Northwest Passage.     Sam Neill continues to follow the path of the Resolution, again via through New Zealand and Tonga onto Canada and Alaska, experiencing the Pacific as never before.   The Pacific In The Wake of Captain Cook with Sam Neill ep. 5   250 YEARS AFTER Captain James Cook began […]

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Captain Cook with Sam Neill ep. 4

The Pacific In The Wake of Captain Cook with Sam Neill ep. 4

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This episode deals with Cook’s second voyage aboard the Resolution in search of the Great Southern Continent. He circumnavigates the Antarctic, without ever sighting land – an extraordinary achievement in a flimsy ship at such latitudes. During this feat he begins the painstaking process of filling in vast unknown areas on the Pacific map.     Sam visits New Zealand, Tonga, Vanuatu, and Norfolk Island before completing one of Cook’s unfinished ambitions by touching down on Antarctica. For Sam this episode, in a much more intimate way, mirrors what many consider Cook’s greatest achievement, the breadth and extent of the

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Captain Cook with Sam Neill

The Pacific In The Wake of Captain Cook with Sam Neill ep. 3

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The Pacific: In the Wake of Captain Cook with Sam Neill – Episode 3 In the third episode of “The Pacific: In the Wake of Captain Cook,” Sam Neill takes us on an evocative journey back in time, uncovering the layered history of Captain Cook’s voyages. This episode focuses on Cook’s expedition along the eastern coast of Australia—a route he decided to take as a long detour on his way back to Britain after completing his Admiralty mission. Instead of heading directly home, Cook’s curiosity compelled him to explore further, leading to a fateful encounter with the mysterious land we

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The Pacific In The Wake of Captain Cook with Sam Neill ep. 2

The Pacific In The Wake of Captain Cook with Sam Neill ep. 2

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The second of six episodes following Sam Neill travelling in the wake of Captain Cook around the Pacific, 250 years on from when Cook made his first voyage. This episode sees Sam in New Zealand, a country he calls home. Sam considers not only the cultural ramifications of Cook’s first interactions with the Maori people but also the continuous social and political impact Western settlers had on the land and people.     Speaking with historians, activists, artists and locals, Sam delves into a deep history of trade, tradition and turbulent conflict. To his surprise Maori oral memories of Tupaia

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The Pacific In The Wake of Captain Cook with Sam Neill

The Pacific In The Wake of Captain Cook with Sam Neill ep. 1

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250 YEARS AFTER Captain James Cook began his epic exploration of the Pacific, Sam Neill journeys in the wake, uncovering stories that resonate from those times on both sides of the beach. Visiting the islands and lands where Cook went and meeting the descendants of the people Cook met, Sam hears their stories from oral tradition. What did Cook’s arrival mean to Pacific island cultures then and now?     Across six stunning episodes without a re-enactment or fake quill in sight, Sam takes an epic and thoroughly modern look at 250 years of Pacific history. Sam begins with a

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Hairy Bikers’ Mediterranean Adventure ep.3

Hairy Bikers’ Mediterranean Adventure ep.3

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In Hairy Bikers’ Mediterranean Adventure ep.3: the bikers’ Corsican adventure begins in Bonifacio in the south of the island. They head straight for one of the best delis in town to scope out the local cuisine, including the legendary sausage figatelli. Tony, the owner, tells them that there is a holy trinity of ingredients that makes up the basics of Corsican food – meat, cheese and chestnuts. He suggests that the best way for the bikers to understand what makes Corsicans tick is to meet the producers.     This gives them a clear mission for their trip across the

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Turkish cuisine

Rick Stein: From Venice to Istanbul ep.7

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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, and kapuska, a hearty traditional Turkish cuisine stew from the Black Sea region, whose name is derived from the Russian word for cabbage. Rick Stein embarks on a new gastronomic road trip from Venice to Istanbul through the countries of

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moussaka

Rick Stein: From Venice to Istanbul ep.5

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Continuing his journey from Venice to Istanbul, Rick Stein arrives in the Greek Peloponnese and samples some memorable dishes and the best home-made moussaka he’s ever had. Back in his Symi island kitchen he cooks Galaktoboureko, Greece’s all-time favourite dessert.     Rick Stein embarks on a new gastronomic road trip from Venice to Istanbul through the countries of the former Byzantine Empire – a melting pot of East and West.

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gastronomic road trip

Rick Stein: From Venice to Istanbul ep.2

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Rick Stein embarks on a new gastronomic road trip from Venice to Istanbul through the countries of the former Byzantine Empire – a melting pot of east and west.     The chef continues his gastronomic road trip from Venice to Istanbul taking in the countries of the former Byzantine Empire – a renowned melting pot of East and West. This instalment finds the gastronome in the city of Ravenna, where he discovers Piadinas, a thin Italian flatbread street food dating back to Roman times. He then crosses the Adriatic Sea to Croatia – a first for Rick – and

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Guantanamo Bay 

Extreme Railway Journeys – Guantanamo Bay ep.4

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Part 4: Guantanamo Bay     Documentary series in which Chris Tarrant explores the world’s most extreme railway lines. Chris attempts to cross the length of Cuba, the only island in the Caribbean to boast an extensive railway network, from Havana in the west to the far east of the island. Part 3 : Ticket to Siberia Chris continues his exploration of the world’s most extreme railway lines. Chris sets out to reach the northernmost railway station on Earth in an epic 2000-mile adventure from Moscow into Arctic Siberia. TV and radio presenter Chris Tarrant journeys by rail through some

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