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Who Do You Think You Are? Emilia Fox, who was heavily pregnant while filming this episode, was intrigued to find out what family traits her baby might inherit. Part of the Fox theatrical dynasty, Emilia wants to find out just how far back the family's acting roots go. Emilia also discovers, in an extraordinary tale of rags to riches, that her great great grandfather, Samson Fox, made one of the most important inventions of the 19th century. Born into an impoverished family, Samson started work in a Leeds textile mill when he was just eight years old, but ended up becoming one of the richest men in Victorian Britain. As Emilia investigates further, she discovers how her illustrious ancestor was later touched by scandal. |
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Digging for Britain The Anglo-Saxons - they divided our land and heralded the arrival of the Dark Ages. But were they really just barbarians? Dr Alice Roberts visits the royal seat of power at Bamburgh, Northumbria and sees how the skeletons tell tales of violent death, but also of tenderness. There's a remarkable community project in a shopping centre in Sittingbourne where people are curating the grave goods of their own ancestors. And there are treasures that make her wonder just how dark the Dark Ages really were. |
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Story of India Sixty years on from Indian independence, historian and acclaimed writer Michael Wood sets out on a fascinating quest around the contemporary subcontinent to uncover the tale of the world's oldest and most diverse civilisation. |
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India With Sanjeev Bhaskar Sanjeev makes an emotional journey across the border to his father's former home, now in Pakistan. Has India been able to overcome the trauma of events 60 years ago which shaped the country's relations with its neighbours? |
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Who Do You Think You Are? Equipped with a family tale that his great grandmother, Emma Stafford, was the illegitimate daughter of the Earl of Sligo, John sets out on the trail of his Irish roots - and to see if this story is true. |
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Tribe Bruce Parry treks into the jungles of Sarawak in search of the last nomadic Penan, a tribe of hunter-gatherers whose forest home is in the process of being cut down around them. |
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Cooking in the Danger Zone Sampling dishes such as fat-tailed sheep's testicles and picking up recipes from Dr Dogmeat, food writer Stefan Gates explores some of the most controversial food issues in the world. Tell me what you eat, and I'll tell you who you are - or in more modern terms, you are what you eat. After all, food is about much more than just nutrition it's the social glue that holds us together. Nothing says more about a culture than its food. Full on Food presenter Stefan Gates goes on a culinary tour of five very different cultures. |
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Picture Perfect Homes Ptolemy Dean goes in search of Britain's finest period homes and explores the settings in which they sit. See different period buildings representing different styles, from fine Georgian squares to Victorian semis. |
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Mastermind Four new contestants take a seat in the famous Mastermind chair, but only one can go through to the next round. It's a fierce battle of brains and ultimately, the winner of the final is crowned Mastermind. |
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India With Sanjeev Bhaskar Sanjeev visits Calcutta, Darjeeling and Rishikesh to find out how India's ancient religious traditions are still shaping the country today, and how ongoing cultural assimilation has given India its unique identity. |
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Edge of Existence Donal MacIntyre puts his life on the line as he tries to live at the limits of human habitation. In this episode, Donal travels to the high mountains of the Andes to follow Quechuan Indians in their native environment. |
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From Sydney to Tokyo By Any Me Charley is reeling from the disappointment of having to catch yet another commercial flight in orderto reach the Philippines. He touches down on the island of Manado and embarks on an epic journey across the Philippine Archipelago. He then tries his hand at anchovy fishing off the island of Camiguin, before hitching a ride with the Filipino Navy to the town of Cebu. On his travels, he witnesses the national pastime of cockfighting, jumps in a coco biodiesel bamboo car and sees the impact of World War II first hand. |
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Lonely Planet: Best in China Gathering together the top travel experiences in the Middle Kingdom, the Lonely Planet writers offer an exciting, interactive travel show designed to showcase the best that China has to offer. |
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Dangerous Roads Adventurer Ben Fogle and comedian Hugh Dennis drive a historic route from the Peruvian Andes to the depths of the Amazon, along roads built for those intending to conquer and exploit the natural wealth of Peru's rainforest. It's a rollercoaster ride of 2,000 foot drops and hairpin bends on one-lane dirt roads, stretching from mountains high above the clouds to the muddy, humid trails of the jungle. At the end of this epic journey they hope to find the lost city of Constitucion. To get there, they will have to endure some of the most remote and dangerous roads in South America. It's a journey that will test them both to the limit and beyond. |
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Top Gear Jeremy tests the new Brooklands Bentley Super Coupe on the Top Gear test track. The Producers set the Presenters a challenge: each is to buy an old Alpha Romeo for 1000 pounds or less and put them through a series of feared Top Gear tests, including a track day, featuring them in calendars and showing them at a concourse day where the motto is - a passion for perfection. Actor-comedians Rob Brydon and James Corden are the Stars in a Reasonably Priced Car. |
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Who Do You Think You Are? Famous gardener Monty Don comes from a well-known dynasty of architects on his mother's side of the family, but knows little about his other relatives. He starts his investigation with a visit to his older brother David. Amongst the family memorabilia they find a photograph of their great grandmother, Charlotte Wyatt, whose maiden name was Hodge. Monty is intrigued as no-one in the family has spoken much of the Hodges. Monty's efforts lead him to a port near Anglesey where he learns of extraordinary colonial travels and a national disaster that ended in a family tragedy. On his father's side, Monty has heard that his ancestors were part of the famous Keiller marmalade dynasty, based in Dundee. Following their invention of chip marmalade, the Keillers became immensely rich but Monty's immediate family saw none of the fortune. So where did the missing marmalade millions go? Monty travels to Scotland to discover how his great grandfather was involved in the business. He unearths a bitter family feud that finally answers his questions about the Keiller fortune. |
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Amazon with Bruce Parry This first leg of Bruce's epic journey takes him to the High Andes and through Peru's dangerous cocaine producing valleys. High up on the Peruvian mountain, Nevado Mismi, he spends some time living with a family of alpaca farmers. |
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Life in Cold Blood David Attenborough explores the extraordinary success of a group of animals that has survived ice ages and mass extinctions, has been around for millions of years, and outnumbers mammals and birds. |
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Big Cat Diary Simon King manages to film the cheetahs as they kill a male impala. "Moments like these are always somewhat harrowing, but these cheetahs haven't eaten for over two days," he says. "A kill this size is a real prize for Amber and her cubs, if they can keep it." And the idyllic life of the lions is short-lived. Much to Jonathan Scott's surprise, three new cubs have joined the rest of the pride and there are now 11 of them, all under five months. The lions had a run-in with a herd of buffalo two weeks ago and the buffalo have returned with a vengeance. Although the whole pride are there to defend them, the cubs panic and head into the open. One of the buffalo is on to them in a flash - beating his head on the ground in an attempt to kill the cubs. Jonathan is upset. "I've never seen anything like this in my life and having watched this group with these tiny cubs, it's incredibly distressing. The lionesses are moving around calling, calling, calling, desperately looking for their little cubs, but the way those buffalo were just hammering into the grass, I'd be amazed if there are not some dead cubs around here." |
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India With Sanjeev Bhaskar Sanjeev visits Calcutta, Darjeeling and Rishikesh to find out how India's ancient religious traditions are still shaping the country today, and how ongoing cultural assimilation has given India its unique identity. |
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Cooking in the Danger Zone Food writer Stefan Gates takes a culinary tour around some of the world's most dangerous places. He visits Chernobyl, site of the worst ever nuclear disaster, to discover how people have survived in its aftermath. Inside the exclusion zone, deemed too dangerous to live in, he finds a handful of people who have moved back in illegally and live on contaminated land. When a woman prepares a meal from produce grown in her own garden, will Stefan tuck in to a potentially radioactive dinner? |
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Top Gear Jeremy tries out the BMW 535d, James tests the Bentley Flying Spur, Hammond races a snowmobile and everyone gets very muddy trying some outdoor toys. Guests: Mark Webber & Davina McCall. Presented by: Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond. |
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Engineering the Impossible Follow engineer Steve Burrows, the mastermind behind Beijing's Olympic Stadium and Dubai Towers, as he leads a team investigating the greatest buildings of Egypt. The team uses modern expertise and a series of experiments to decode iconic constructions including the Great Pyramid and Karnak temple complex, bringing an uniquely 21st century perspective to the civilisation's masterpieces. Discover how the design of pyramids was perfected and investigate the complexity of cutting and transporting an obelisk. |
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Our War: 10 Years in Afganista The final part starts in 2009 and tells the story of 2nd Battalion Princess of Wales regiment as it comes to terms with new rules of fighting brought in to protect civilians. Private Mike McCabe is filmed being shot in the leg during a Taliban ambush. By 2010, the Scots Guards find themselves fighting a very different war - a battle for hearts and minds. They struggle to train a local force, the Afghan National Police, who fight in a reckless and dangerous way. The risks are hammered home when Guardsman Daniel Clarke films a three-year-old girl who has been seriously injured by a rocket-propelled grenade fired by the ANP. The Scots Guards tour ends in tragedy when six members of the ANP are massacred in their sleep. |
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Top Gear In an action packed Top Gear, Jeremy tests the Ford F-Series, James announces the greatest driving song ever and Hammond nearly dies in Spain. Guest: Timothy Spall. Presented by: Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond. |
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Dangerous Roads Adventurer Ben Fogle and comedian Hugh Dennis drive a historic route from the Peruvian Andes to the depths of the Amazon, along roads built for those intending to conquer and exploit the natural wealth of Peru's rainforest. It's a rollercoaster ride of 2,000 foot drops and hairpin bends on one-lane dirt roads, stretching from mountains high above the clouds to the muddy, humid trails of the jungle. At the end of this epic journey they hope to find the lost city of Constitucion. To get there, they will have to endure some of the most remote and dangerous roads in South America. It's a journey that will test them both to the limit and beyond. |
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