Britain's Great Rivers : Tues 7 May 2024

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World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys

Season 2 Episode 1 of 7

Channel 5
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Thurs 24 Aug 2023
(7:00pm-7:55pm) Spain 8:00pm-8:55pm

Scotland: A Magical Journey Through the Highlands Bill Nighy narrates the stories of epic train journeys through stunning scenery and natural beauty, beginning with a trip from
Inverness to Edinburgh. Not long after setting out, the route passes Culloden, the site of the last pitched battle on British soil. It then enters the Cairngorms National Park, home to some
of Europe's finest landscapes as well as valleys steeped in Gaelic folklore. The park's station at Aviemore is home to the Strathspey Railway, where Victorian steam locomotives come to life.
There is then a climb to the highest point on Britain's railway network before the train winds its way through Fife. Eventually the route crosses the Forth Bridge before arriving
in Scottish capital Edinburgh, admired for its architecture and annual arts festival. Narrated by Bill Nighy

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Countryfile
Category: Education/Science/Factual

Season 2023 Episode 35 of 52

BBC ONE
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Sun 27 Aug 2023
(5:30pm-6:30pm) Spain 6:30pm-7:30pm

Bannau Brycheiniog Sean Fletcher and Matt Baker head to the Usk Valley within Bannau Brycheiniog, and look at a series of projects which aim to lead the National Park into a more sustainable future.
However, not everyone has welcomed this change. Plus, Charlotte Smith investigates if the race to protect land for nature could threaten livestock farms,
and Adam Henson introduces the first two competitors for this year's one man and his dog competition

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World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys
Category: Education/Science/Factual

Season 3 Episode 1 of 6

Channel 5
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Wed 30 Aug 2023
(7:00pm-7:55pm) Spain 8:00pm-8:55pm

Cornwall's Most Scenic Railway Journeys A trip through Devon to the tip of Cornwall, going back in time to recapture the golden age of luxury train travel.
Travelling in the elegantly restored Statesman, passengers relax in its vintage carriages and enjoy the exquisite service. The first stop is on the stunning Devon coast,
which suffered devastating destruction during the heavy winter storms of 2014. From Dawlish, it heads to Cornwall and across the Royal Albert Bridge, a masterpiece of railway engineering

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World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys
Category: Education/Science/Factual

Season 5 Episode 3 of 6

Channel 5
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Thurs 31 Aug 2023
(7:00pm-7:55pm) Spain 8:00pm-8:55pm

Wales' Most Scenic Railway Journeys Cameras focus on a railway that weaves in and out of England and Wales aboard the grande dame of luxury heritage trains, the Northern Belle.
This historic adventure charts the story of two ancient nations from Norman times to the industrial revolution. Viewers meet the Fron Choir by Cefn Mawr viaduct and swap wheels
for water to travel across the Pontcysyllte aqueduct, a huge stream in the sky. Bill Nighy narrates

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World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys
Category: Education/Science/Factual

Season 3 Episode 2 of 6

Channel 5
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Frid 1 Sep 2023
(7:00pm-7:55pm) Spain 8:00pm-8:55pm

Scotland's Most Scenic Railway Journeys The West Highland Line is one of the world's truly legendary train routes, crossing spectacular Scottish moors and mountains as it heads towards Skye.
Starting in Glasgow, it glides towards Loch Lomond, the world's largest inland stretch of water. It then sweeps north to enter the wild and windswept landscape of Rannoch Moor. After ascending to Corrour,
Britain's highest station, the journey passes Ben Nevis, the UK's tallest mountain and then across the famous Glenfinnan viaduct. The coastal town of Mallaig is gateway to the Isle of Skye with its world-famous Highland cuisine and many breathtaking views

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Countryfile
Category: Education/Science/Factual

Season 2023

BBC One
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Sun 3 Sep 2023
(7:00pm-8:00pm) Spain 8:00pm-9:00pm

Dame Judi Dench Countryfile Special Judi Dench joins Charlotte Smith in the grounds of Inveraray Castle to reflect on the impact the countryside has had on her and her family.
She's also joined by her grandson Sam to check in on a tartan that's being created for her in which every thread tells a personal story. Adam Henson meets her partner David Mills, who
gave up dairying to create the British Wildlife Centre on his Surrey farm, while wildlife film-maker Hamza Yassin helps her fulfil a lifetime ambition to see golden eagles in the wild

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This Farming Life
Category: Education/Science/Factual

Season 6 Episode 2 of 12

BBC Two
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Tue 5 Sep 2023
(8:00pm-9:00pm) Spain 9:00pm-10:00pm

The Barclays are finding their feet with their new business, which involves buying lambs to fatten up for the butcher. Rachel and Camy,
who are one year into their tenancy, set off to market at Lairg to buy more ewes, while Nikki and Ollie find out if their favourite buffalo is pregnant

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Into the Grand Canyon with Nick Knowles

Channel 5

Season: 1 Episode 1 of 2

Wed 6th Sep 2023

(8:00pm-8:55pm) Spain 9:00pm-9:55pm

Part one of two. The presenter adventures through the perilous Grand Canyon, zip-lining over it and battling vertigo to examine the mile-deep chasm from every vantage point.
Nick exchanges gifts with the Hualapai tribe whose ancestors used to roam the Canyon, explores the caves 21 storeys below the surface,
and takes part in a project to restore the region's endangered condor population

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Our Lives

BBC ONE

Series 7

Our Sea Forest

Frid 8 Sep 2023
(7:30pm - 8:00pm) Spain 8:30pm-9:00pm

The destruction of an underwater forest and its remarkable return to life, seen through the eyes of 74-year-old freediver Eric Smith.

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The Lion Queen

London Live

Sat 9 Sept 2023

(8:00pm-9:00pm) Spain 9:00pm - 10:00pm

The Lion Queen follows lion expert Andi Rive as she establishes a beautiful new
lion orphanage and sanctuary in South Africa despite the odds being stacked against her.

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Countryfile

BBC ONE

Sun 10 Sep 2023

(7:00pm-8:00pm) Spain 8:00pm-9:00pm

Young Shepherdess Sammi Kinghorn returns to Cumbria to find out how young shepherdess Katie is doing now that she’s finished school for the year. The summer holidays are no time to rest,
as Katie is hard at work tending to her livestock and catching up with maintenance jobs around the farm. They also visit a part of the farm where she has been working with the Woodland Trust
on best practice for increasing biodiversity. Sammi also visits Lowther Castle, located just up the road, where a major project is underway to reconnect the estate with its natural environment,
long since disrupted by Victorian engineering. It’s a project that involves large scale landscaping and the reintroduction of keystone wetlands species.Land management is also on the minds of the staff
at nearby RSPB Leighton Moss where they are cutting back the extensive reed beds, part of the annual maintenance work to encourage a thriving habitat for the birds that draw people to the reserve.Tom Heap looks
at why a record number of salmon are dying prematurely in fish farms, and questions what that means for the future of the industry, whilst Adam meets the last two finalists appearing in this year’s One Man and His Dog.

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Countryfile

BBC One

Series 2023 Episode 37 of 52


Sun 17 Sept 2023
(7:00-8:00) Spain 8:00pm-9:00pm

Coverage of One Man and His Dog from The Goodwood Estate in West Sussex, with Jane Drinkwater judging the efforts of four of the UK's top sheepdog handlers to navigate a challenging course.
Willie Welsh and Cap represent Scotland, Carol Mellin and Pentrabet compete for England, and Rob Ellis and Todd take part for Wales, while Northern Ireland is represented by the youngest competitor,
21-year-old Shannon Conn and her dog Yellow Hill Chip

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Norfolk and Suffolk: Country & Coast

Channel 5

Season 1 Episode 3 of 6

Wed 20 Sept 2023
(8:00pm-8:58pm) Spain 9:00pm-9:58pm

On the Norfolk coast, cameras following surfing instructor Duncan Borretton on Cromer Beach as he leads a group of beginners into the wild North Sea.
Elsewhere on West Runton Beach, paleontologist Dr David Waterhouse unearths fossils dating back millions of years, and painter Ed Cooper
hopes to capture the special Suffolk light that so captivated Gainsborough and Constable long ago

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Hidden Wales with Will Millard

BBC Four

Season 1 Episode 1 of 3

Thurs 21 Sept 2023
(8:00pm-9:00pm) Spain 9:00pm-10:00pm

The writer and adventurer examines the history of Wales by exploring forgotten, secret and usually inaccessible locations. Will begins in
the north of the country, visiting an abandoned slate mine, a mansion concealed in a wood and a decommissioned nuclear power station

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Hamza: Strictly Birds of Prey

BBC One

Sun 24 Sept 2023
(7:00pm-8:00pm) Spain 8:00pm-9:00pm

Wildlife cameraman Hamza Yassin goes in search of his favourite birds of prey. His journey takes him from the wilds of Scotland to the heart of Ealing Borough in Greater London,
and along the way he meets a host of old friends, dedicated conservationists, and fellow filmmakers. He starts his journey on the remote Ardnamurchan Peninsula
on the west coast of Scotland, home to the largest birds of prey in the British Isles

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Life

BBC FOUR

Series 1 Episode 2 of 10
Reptiles and Amphibians

Tues 26 Sept 2023
(7:00pm-8:00pm) Spain 8:00pm-9:00pm

David Attenborough reveals how reptiles and amphibians, including the pebble toad and Jesus Christ lizard, conquer their shortcomings by using tricks and strategies to avoid predators.
He also explores how chameleons can achieve a high level of accuracy with their muscle-propelled, extendible tongues, and finds out how a 9ft-long Komodo dragon can bring down a huge water buffalo

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Jersey and Guernsey

Channel 5

Series 1 Episode 2 of 6

Sat 30 Sept 2023
(7:35pm-8:35pm) Spain 8:35pm-9:35pm

On Guernsey's Cobo beach, caterer Mim Sarre hopes to fire up the pizza van ovens for the first time. On Jersey's west coast, foraging fanatic
Kazz has a special request from a Michelin chef. And in St Mary on Jersey, record-breaking metal detectors Rich and Reg target a new location

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Countryfile

BBC One

Season 2023 Episode 39 of 52

Sun 1 Oct 2023
(6:15pm-7:15pm) Spain 7:15pm-8:15pm

The second of two special harvest-themed episodes. The grain testing results are in and arable farmer Tom Martin finally learns if this year's harvest has been a success.
Adam Henson visits the megastructures designed to house vast volumes of wheat, and explores the tech keeping pests and moisture from destroying high value stored crops.
Sean Fletcher gets involved with a blueberry harvest and joins farmer Zoe Mee on her family farm to learn the trials and tribulations of growing the berries in the UK

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Life

BBC Four

Series 1 Episode 6 of 10

Tues 3 Oct 2023
(7:00pm-8:00pm) Spain 8:00pm-9:00pm

Insects
The focus turns to insects, whose key to success is an armoured covering that takes on almost any shape. Bombardier beetles fire boiling liquid at enemies through a rotating nozzle,
while a honey bee army stings a raiding bear into submission. Grass-cutter ants march like a Roman army and cultivate a fungus to break down the grass they have harvested. Narrated by David Attenborough

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Life

BBC Four

Season 1 Episode 8 of 10

Thurs 5 Oct 2023
(7:00pm-8:00pm) Spain 8:00pm-9:00pm

David Attenborough turns his attention to marine invertebrates - bizarre and beautiful animals that thrive in the toughest parts of the ocean.
Divers swim into a shoal of predatory Humboldt squid emerging from the depths to hunt in packs, and timelapse photography reveals starfish
gathering under the Arctic ice to devour a seal carcass. A camera also follows a female octopus into a cave,
where she hides to protect her eggs until she starves to death

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Julia Bradbury's Irish Journey

Channel 4

Season 1 Episode 1 of 4

Sat 7 Oct 2023
(8:35pm-9:35pm) Spain 9:35pm-10:35pm

The presenter journeys through Ireland's stunning natural landscape and vibrant cities. In the first episode, Julia explores the south of Ireland,
from the green fields of Tipperary to the dramatic coastline of West Cork. At Cashel, she visits the spectacular medieval abbeys, while in Kinsale,
she tastes her way around Ireland's new gourmet capital. Julia ends her journey at Ireland's most south-westerly point, the dramatic Mizen Head

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Countryfile

BBC One

Season 2023 Episode 40 of 52

Sun 8 Oct 2023
(6:15pm-7:15pm) Spain 7:15pm-8:15pm

Hamza Yassin attends the Braemar Highland Gathering in Royal Deeside, and learns about the 1000-year history of clan gatherings. He also discovers the
origins of tossing the caper and meets a 13-year-old dancer hoping to be crowned Highland dancing champion. Featuring classic reports from the archives

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Life

BBC Four

Season 1 Episode 10 of 10

Tues 10 Oct 2023
(7:00pm-8:00pm) Spain 8:00pm-9:00pm

The focus turns to apes and monkeys, revealing their similarities to humans. Large armies of hamadryas baboons battle on the plains of Ethiopia to steal females and settle old scores,
while Japanese macaques beat the cold by lounging in thermal springs. An orang-utan baby fails in its struggle to make an umbrella out of leaves,
and capuchins try to smash nuts with a large rock. Narrated by David Attenborough

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Jay Blades: The Midlands Through Time

Channel 5

Season 1 Episode 1 of 3

Wed 11 Oct 2023
(9:00pm-10:00pm) Spain 10:00pm-11:00pm

The presenter explores the extraordinary history of the West Midlands, and sheds a light on how much the country owes this often-overlooked part of England.
He uncovers incredible truths of the region as the birthplace of the industrial revolution, the Olympic Games, the theory of Evolution, and even the Balti. In the first episode,
Jay gets up close and personal with the Staffordshire Hoard; £3.3 million worth of Anglo-Saxon treasure that was unearthed in a farmer's field near Lichfield thanks to a local metal detectorist.
Later, he discovers the truth behind the legend of Lady Godiva who supposedly rode a horse naked through 11th century Coventry, before he pays a visit to the Wedgwood factory to learn about Josiah Wedgwood

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All Creatures Great and Small

Channel 5

Thurs 12 Oct 2023
(9:00pm-10:00pm) Spain 10:00pm-11:00pm

Siegfried has the bright idea of bringing in an experienced bookkeeper, Miss Harbottle, to bring method to the madness of the practice. She's certainly efficient,
but the cracks soon start to show - and a sick ferret only makes matters worse. Farmer Dakin is very attached to his injured, elderly cow, but Siegfried advises letting
the animal go, while James and Helen arrive at a long-awaited decision