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Wainwright Walks

An exploration of the work of Britain's greatest fell walker and author, Alfred Wainwright

Wainwright Walks: Series 2

Wainwright Walks: Series 2: Episode 1: Helvellyn

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Helvellyn

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Julia Bradbury sets off to the summit of Helvellyn via Striding Edge in the Lake District.

Series in which Julia Bradbury explores the work of fell walker and author Alfred Wainwright. She sets off to climb Helvellyn via the fearsome ridge of Striding Edge.

Julia Bradbury presents a series of classic walks and climbs in the Lake District. Armed with Wainwright's famous Pictorial Guides, Julia is setting out on some of the biggest and most popular fell walks in the country. Through sunshine and rain, Julia explores the stunning landscape that inspired the late Alfred Wainwright to produce his beautifully crafted guide books.

Nobody can call themselves a true fell walker until England's most popular mountain has been conquered. Julia Bradbury sets off to reach the summit of Helvellyn via the Lake District's most talked-about ridge - Striding Edge. And just like legendary fell walker Alfred Wainwright, Julia discovers herself reaching the Edge for the very first time, just as the cloud and the rain descend.

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Julia Bradbury sets off on more expeditions inspired by fell walker Alfred Wainwright.

Julia Bradbury sets off on more expeditions as she explores the work of the great British fell walker and author, Alfred Wainwright.

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1/6. Julia Bradbury sets off to reach the summit of Helvellyn via Striding 
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Life in the Freezer

Sir David Attenborough looks at the natural history of the Antarctic continent

Life in the Freezer: The Big Freeze

27/12/1997

The Big Freeze

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During the Antarctic winter conditions are so extreme that most animals desert the region.

A portrait of the wildlife which remains in Antarctica during the punishing winter, presented by Sir David Attenborough.

A natural history of Antarctica presented by Sir David Attenborough. During the Antarctic winter, conditions are so extreme that most animal life deserts the region. The few exceptions include emperor penguins, which huddle together as storms rage, and Weddell seals, which maintain holes in the ice for access to an underwater world in which fish survive by having natural antifreeze in their blood.

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5/6. The Antarctic winter. (5)

8.30 6/6. How life has changed for those living at the South Pole.

Life in the Freezer: Footsteps in the Snow

08/10/1998

Footsteps in the Snow

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A look at how today scientists manage to live at the Pole all year round.

David Attenborough's series on Antarctica focuses on the race for the South Pole and reveals how today's scientists live in this frozen world all year round.

David Attenborough's natural history of Antarctica focuses on man's struggle to survive in this frozen world. From Captain Scott's old hut, he describes the race to be the first to the South Pole, and he reveals how today scientists and support staff manage to live at the Pole all year round, despite temperatures of -70C and weeks of total darkness.

Ian Rankin's Hidden Edinburgh

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Crime writer Ian Rankin revisits the key locations from his Inspector Rebus books.

Crime writer Ian Rankin revisits the key locations from the Inspector Rebus books, the hidden Edinburgh into which tourists never venture.

Edinburgh is often described as the 'Athens of the North' but its most famous detective Inspector Rebus views Scotland's capital in quite a different light - it is a crime scene waiting to happen. 

As his creator Ian Rankin prepares to write the last ever Rebus case, the award-winning author re-visits the key locations from the books. From the city's 'pubic triangle' and the home of Scotland's most infamous madam to a police station where he was interviewed about a real murder, Rankin explores the hidden Edinburgh into which tourists never venture.

New. The author revisits locations that he used in his popular Rebus novels. 
See page 90.  What Ian Rankin 's watching: page

Reichenbach Falls

01/03/2007

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Drama based on a short story by Ian Rankin.

Drama about a cop whose investigation into the discovery of a 100-year-old body beneath the Edinburgh streets takes him on a dark journey into the capital's literary past.

Drama based on a short story by Ian Rankin. DI Jim Buchan is a cop on the edge. When a 100-year-old body is discovered beneath the streets of Edinburgh, his investigation takes him on a parallel journey into the dark Jekyll and Hyde underworld of the Scottish capital's literary past.

Burnt-out police detective Buchan and his new female partner investigate when a century-old corpse is found under the streets in Edinburgh and soon make a shattering discovery. See panel.

Kirsty Wark Talks To

Kirsty Wark in conversation with famous personalities.

Kirsty Wark in conversation with famous personalities as they reveal more about their lives and career.

Kirsty Wark Talks

Kirsty Wark Talks To: Tina Brown

12/07/2007

Tina Brown

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Kirsty Wark in conversation with magazine editor Tina Brown.

Tina Brown Talks to Kirsty Wark

The British writer who conquered the American magazine industry.

Ian Rankin Investigates: Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

16/06/2007

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Writer Ian Rankin looks into Stevenson's novel The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.

Writer Ian Rankin investigates The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, tracing Robert Louis Stevenson's story back to events in Stevenson's childhood.

Crime writer Ian Rankin investigates The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Starting with Robert Louis Stevenson's nightmare in September 1885, Rankin traces the roots of this story, which stretches back to Stevenson's childhood. Grave-robbers, hallucinatory drugs and prostitution all play their part in the disturbing account of Henry Jekyll's double-life, as Rankin's journey takes him into the yeasty draughts and unlit closes of the city that inspired the tale - Edinburgh.

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