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Year of Adventures with Ben Fogle
Take a sneak peek at Ben Fogle putting his endurance and stamina to the test while filming his new series.
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9/11 - State of Emergency
Terrifying scenes inside the World Trade Center in 2001 are recreated to explain the heroic acts that saved so many lives before the towers collapsed.
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Arctic with Bruce Parry
The Arctic is on the point of enormous, irreversible change, and this stunning series highlights what that means to those who make their lives there. It’s the story of the winners and losers in the last great wilderness.
Amazon
Join Bruce Parry on a breathtaking journey from the Amazon’s source deep in the Peruvian Andes to its vast mouth on Brazil’s Atlantic coast.
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Bionic Vet
At his state of the art centre in Surrey, vet Noel Fitzpatrick is pioneering revolutionary new surgical techniques to save and improve the lives of thousands of pets, from all over the country.
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Exploring Malaysia
Well known Malaysian actor, Joanna Bessey, offers firsthand experience and local insight into her country from high in the forest canopy to the sandy ocean floor.
Extreme Fishing with Robson Green
An epic adventure that takes actor and fishing enthusiast Robson Green from the edges of the oceans to the extremities of the continents; pitting himself against some of the rarest and most remarkable fish in the sea.
Extreme Fishing with Robson Green
Robson Green is back...and taking it one step further!
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Fake or Fortune?
Every picture tells a story, but none quite like this as paintings are about to be treated as crime scenes!
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Good Morning Kalimantan
The fascinating life of Chanee, as devoted to his Indonesian radio station as he is to the gibbon rescue and rehabilitation programme he runs.
Ganges
This sumptuous series tells the story of one of the most extraordinary rivers in the world – the Ganges. Follow its journey from mountain to sea, and discover how it touches the lives of every living thing in India.
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Heroes of World War II
How individuals from all walks of life and various nationalities emerged as unlikely heroes from the devastation, tragedy and destruction of WWII.
How To Build
Groundbreaking engineering projects, from building nuclear submarines and jumbo jet engines to secret fire-fighting robots and stealth wind turbines.
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Jack Osbourne – Mongol Rally
Three cars, six amigos, ten thousand miles and one hell of a roadtrip.
James May's Man Lab
James May sets out to help modern man relearn some of the vital skills that are now in danger of being lost forever.
Jimmy's Food Factory
Where does our food come from? What have scientists added? Or taken away? And does it matter? Farmer and TV personality Jimmy Doherty uncovers the science behind the food we eat.
Jimmy's Global Harvest
Jimmy Doherty sets out to discover how the world's farmers are going to keep us fed in the future.
Jack Osbourne - No Limits
Jack faces his toughest, most extreme, most arduous set of endurance challenges and adrenaline hits yet – and he’ll be taking a cast of his celebrity friends and the rest of the Osbourne family along with him.
Jack Osbourne
Jack Osbourne returns with another series of adrenaline pumping exploits - and this time he's not alone.
Joanna Lumley's Nile
Actress and campaigner, Joanna Lumley embarks on the trip of a lifetime; to follow the River Nile from sea to source.
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Kevin McCloud's Grand Tour
Kevin McCloud retraces the steps of the 18th-century trustafarians who drank – and slept – their way across Europe.
Kill Arman
Arman Alizad is an average man with no previous martial arts experience, but now has only six months to train before facing the ultimate challenge: battling ten warriors of ten different martial arts in ten different countries!
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Louis Theroux: America's Medicated Kids
An increasing number of children are being diagnosed with all sorts of psychiatric disorders. But how easy is it to distinguish between a distinctive personality, and a diagnosable condition?
Louis Theroux: Law & Disorder in Lagos
Lagos is one of the fastest growing cities in the world. Louis Theroux explores a city changing so rapidly that formal structures of law and order can’t keep pace with its population.
Life in Cold Blood
This series will overturn the myth that cold blooded life is slow, solitary and primitive and revealing these creatures to be as dramatic, social, sophisticated and passionate as warm blooded animals.
Lost: The Mystery Of Flight 447
How could one of the most advanced passenger jets in the world vanish in mid flight?
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Nature's Great Events
Witness the planet’s most spectacular natural events and follow the dramatic wildlife stories behind them.
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Planet Earth
From the highest mountains to the deepest rivers, Planet Earth combines unimaginable scale, impossible locations and intimate moments with our planet's wildest, most elusive creatures.
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Richard Hammond's Invisible Worlds
Just beyond our naked eyes lies an invisible world of secret forces that touches every aspect of life on Earth and shapes it in unseen ways. Now, for the first time, this hidden world is revealed – in action.
Ross Kemp - Middle East & Battle For The Amazon
Ross Kemp travels to the Middle East to explore a conflict which shapes our world yet remains largely misunderstood.
He also looks into the socio-economic and environmental pressures facing the Amazon regions in Battle For The Amazon.
Royal Inquest
From Great Britain’s House of Windsor to Norway’s House of Glucksborg to the Saudi House of Al-Saud, Royal Inquest takes a look at the most fascinating royal mysteries in the world.
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Secret Millionaire Australia
CEOs from some of Australia’s biggest companies go on the ultimate undercover mission within their own organizations to find out how things really work.
South Pacific
Explore the sheer scale and majesty of the largest ocean on Earth, the isolation of its islands, the extraordinary journeys wildlife and humans have gone through to reach these specks of land, and what happened to both after their arrival.
Shark Tank
This series stars five "Sharks"—multi-millionaire business tycoons—who hear investment proposals from entrepreneurs and consider whether to invest in the businesses.
Stephen Tompkinson’s Great Balloon Adventure
Actor Stephen Tompkinson takes in the fascinating splendor of Africa & Australia in style, by travelling aboard a hot air balloon.
Secret Millionaire USA
American version of the award-winning philanthropic documentary series.
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Tiger - Spy in the Jungle
Bouldercam and a host of new spycams are on their most exciting mission yet – to film the story of tiger cubs growing up deep inside the Indian jungle.
Top Gear USA
Join Adam Ferrera, Tanner Foust and Rutledge Wood as they unleash Top Gear USA. With all the familiar segments from the multi-award winning UK show, expect thrills, spills and mayhem, American style!
The Spice Trail
The story of the trade in spices – and how the search for spices drove the creation of new trade routes from Europe into the East.
The Blue Planet
The ultimate guide to the oceans, revealing species, behaviours and habitats never seen before.
The Secret Millionaire
Back for a new series, the critically-acclaimed and award-winning The Secret Millionaire returns with a new batch of wealthy benefactors seeking to change the lives of others for the better.
True Stories
True Stories looks behind the gloss and glamour of cinema legends to discover the truth behind some of the world’s most famous films.
The Incredible Human Journey
Unravel our origins, following the journey taken by the first Homosapiens as they set out from East Africa on a mission to populate the world, and discover how it changed us in the process.
Twins
Are we born or are we made? This series shows how identical twins are a vital tool for scientists trying to work out how much of who we become and the conditions we suffer from are a result of our genes, and how much is down to our environment.
The Apprentice
Sir Alan Sugar tests the nerves and brains of the hungriest hopefuls in the business world as they compete to win a six-figure salary job as his apprentice.
Top Gear
The Top Gear boys return in this brand new series to embark on another set of adventures in some of the world‟s most exciting cars.
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Undercover Boss Australia
How would you react if someone you had just met offered you a life-changing sum of money?
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Wonders of the Solar System
Prepare to immerse yourself in an alien world as if you were standing there yourself.
Witness: Katrina
On 29th August 2005, New Orleans changed forever, hit by a cataclysmic storm followed by a catastrophic flood, and an apocalyptic human tragedy.
Wild Indonesia
Strung out along 5,000 kilometres of the Equator, Indonesia's 17,000 islands make up the largest and most varied archipelago on earth.
Wild Africa
This mesmerising series examines each of Africa's stunning natural realms in turn, revealing little-known facts and showing how humans and creatures co-exist within this vast area.
William & Kate: A Royal Love Story
Unveiling their intriguing royal courtship and discovering the real Kate Middleton with captivating insight, this exclusive programme reveals where it all began.
Who Do You Think You Are?
Who Do You Think You Are? tells the story of Britain through the extraordinary family histories of popular celebrities.
Wild China
Wild China lifts the century-old veil on the little-known natural treasures and secret wildlife havens of the world’s most mysterious and magnificent country.