Earth: The Power of the Planet

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Earth: Power of the Planet

Earth: The Power of the Planet: Episode 5: Rare Earth

Episode 5

Episode 5: Rare Earth

Rare Earth

BBC Two - Earth: The Power of the Planet, Rare Earth

Iain Stewart finds that life on Earth prospers because of the planet's unique conditions.

Geography series with Dr Iain Stewart. Life on Earth prospers because it enjoys the right amount of heat from the sun, and the atmosphere prevents meteorite bombardment.

Geography series with Dr Iain Stewart. Our planet is unique within the solar system. Four-and-a-half billion years ago it had a twin named Theia which was absorbed into the Earth, increasing its gravity and allowing it to form an atmosphere. Iain travels to Meteor Crater in Arizona to explore the atmosphere's role in protecting us from bombardment by meteorites. Life on earth only prospers because it is provided with right amount of heat from the sun.

BBC Two

Knowledge, drama, comedy and the arts for a broad adult audience.

BBC Two is a lively channel of depth and substance, carrying a range of knowledge-building programming complemented by great drama, comedy and arts.

Documentary series looking at geology of the planet Earth.

Tiger - Spy in the Jungle

Tiger - Spy in the Jungle: Episode 1

Episode 1

BBC One - Tiger - Spy in the Jungle, Episode 1

The tigress has her paws full with the four 10-day-old cubs, her first litter.

Wildlife documentary. David Attenborough narrates the lives of four growing tiger cubs using footage collected by hidden-camera-carrying elephants. The cubs learn to hunt.

Elephants carrying Trunkcam, Tuskcam and other spy cameras tell the story of four cubs growing up in the Indian jungle.

From the day their eyes open and they tumble out of the den, Tiger - Spy in the Jungle captures the lives of four tiger cubs as they grow up alongside their devoted mother. The elephants continue to film the young stars as they grow into adult hunters. Over two years, the elephants help capture the most intimate portrayal of tigers ever filmed. They also reveal the secret life of the other extraordinary creatures of the Indian jungle.

In the first programme, the elephants come upon the four 10-day-old tiger cubs. This is their mother's first litter and she has her paws full as they tumble from the den, only to be carried back to safety in her massive jaws. 

As they grow they move from her milk onto meat. Fortunately the tigress is a skilled hunter. Charger, their imposing father, keeps his distance but helps to protect his vulnerable offspring from rogue male tigers and leopards. As they grow, they face encounters with sloth bears, pythons and pangolins. Their mother keeps them safe, until one day the cubs are left home alone and their arch rival, an Indian leopard, is about.

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Elephants carrying spy cameras tell the story of cubs growing up in the Indian Jungle.

Elephants carrying spy cameras tell the story of four tiger cubs growing up in the Indian Jungle. Over two years the cameras track their development from young cubs into adult hunters.

Tiger - Spy in the Jungle: Episode 2

Episode 2

BBC One - Tiger - Spy in the Jungle, Episode 2

The cubs are now half-grown and very playful, learning the skills they'll need as adults.

David Attenborough narrates the lives of four growing tiger cubs. The cubs are now half-grown and very playful, learning the hunting and fighting skills they will need as adults.

Wildlife documentary. David Attenborough narrates the lives of four growing tiger cubs using footage collected by hidden-camera-carrying elephants. 

The half-grown cubs are learning the hunting and fighting skills they will need as adults. Play-fighting erupts between them - it looks nasty, but their claws are never drawn. These bouts of boxing, caught on ele-cams, create an extraordinary spectacle. 

Other jungle characters are filmed with logcams. Leopards are a real threat to the growing cubs while the deer make good hunting practice. The young tigers have huge appetites and their mother must hunt every day if she is to keep them fit. 

When they are not eating, playing or fighting, the cubs sleep - and tigers love water, so a water hole is the perfect spot to cool off on a steaming day. The spy-cams also show that the jungle pools are a magnet for a whole array of forest animals, including wild boars and sloth bears. 

The cubs are starting to behave as individuals and take personal hunting tuition from their mother. Then disaster strikes when both their parents are injured and a rogue male tiger puts in an appearance. They still have a lot to learn.

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Tiger - Spy in the Jungle: Episode 3

Episode 3

BBC One - Tiger - Spy in the Jungle, Episode 3

The cubs are now a year-and-a-half old and learning to hunt for themselves.

David Attenborough narrates the lives of four growing tiger cubs. The cubs, now a year-and-a-half old, must learn to hunt for themselves. Their mother soon loses patience.

The cubs are now a year and a half old and learning to be kings and queens of the jungle. Play is becoming increasingly aggressive as they edge towards independence. But the biggest challenge is learning to hunt for themselves - and their mother soon loses patience with her overgrown family and their hapless attempts at hunting.

One cub turns underwater cameraman when he discovers log-cam on the edge of a lake. Another tries tightrope walking across a flimsy branch. They're even starting to consider the elephants as possible playmates - especially as an elephant's tail to a tiger is like a piece of string to a kitten. There's a new arrival among the camera elephants and many new animal stars make their appearance - including an irresistible jackal family that has to cope when the tiger family invades their backyard, and a flock of peacocks that tease the tigers by playing a game of dare. 

As the family of four mature into independent hunters their hidden power is revealed. Discovered by the elephant crew when they were just 10 days old, these cubs are now reaching the end of an incredible journey.
 
As David Attenborough says, this is "the most extraordinary portrait of tigers yet seen".

Ian Fleming: Where Bond Began

19/10/2008

BBC One - Ian Fleming: Where Bond Began

Joanna Lumley investigates the life of James Bond author Ian Fleming.

On the centenary of his birth, Joanna Lumley investigates the life of James Bond creator Ian Fleming, and discovers how his experiences influenced his most famous creation.

Former Bond girl Joanna Lumley investigates the life of Ian Fleming to coincide with the centenary of his birth and the UK release of the 22nd Bond movie, Quantum of Solace. 

On a journey which takes her from London to Jamaica, driving Aston Martins, firing Berettas and being surrounded by 24 million pounds' worth of diamonds, Joanna discovers how Fleming poured his personal experiences of war-time espionage, love, luxury and death into his most alluring literary creation, James Bond.

Joanna Lumley in the Land of the Northern Lights

07/09/2008

BBC One - Joanna Lumley in the Land of the Northern Lights

Joanna Lumley travels across Norway in an attempt to see the Northern Lights.

Documentary in which Joanna Lumley travels across the Arctic Circle and through Norway to pursue a lifelong dream of seeing the Northern Lights.

An amazing journey in Norway's far North as Joanna Lumley pursues a lifelong dream to track down the elusive, stunningly beautiful Northern Lights - 'the true wonder of the world,' as she puts it.

Joanna grew up in tropical Malaysia, and as a little girl never saw snow or felt cold. Inspired by fairytales and picture books, she always longed to make the journey north. At last she travels north across the Arctic Circle, up through Norway to Svalbard, the most northerly permanently inhabited place on Earth, where she has to cope with temperatures approaching minus 30 degrees centigrade.

With a box of crayons in hand, her journey takes her from train to boat, to husky-sled, to snowmobile, as she is pulled ever northwards by what she calls 'the strongest point of the compass'. She explores the romantic fjords of Lofoten and learns to ride a snowmobile, speeding across endless expanses of Lapland tundra with a Sami herdsman in search of his reindeer. As she reaches the Arctic Ocean, she prepares for bed in a hotel made entirely of ice. Everywhere she goes, she asks about the mysterious Northern Lights.

Strictly Come Dancing

Celebrities take to the dance floor to perform a dazzling display of ballroom routines.

Dazzling routines, outrageous sets, flamboyant costumes and the occasional dance dis-aaa-ster.

Strictly Come Dancing: Series 6

Strictly Come Dancing: Series 6: Christmas Special 2008

25/12/2008

Christmas Special 2008

Series 6

BBC One - Strictly Come Dancing, Series 6, Christmas Special 2008

Former contestants join this year's top three in a bid to become Christmas champion 2008.

A seasonal edition of the dancing contest, in which former contestants join this year's top three in a battle to be crowned Christmas champion 2008.

Gather round the television for a Christmas treat as Bruce Forsyth and Tess Daly host this seasonal special.

Former Strictly celebrities Alesha Dixon, Kelly Brook and Jill Halfpenny are back to dance and they join this year's top three couples as they compete to be crowned Christmas champion 2008.

Plus, Russell Watson will perform.

The show in which celebrities compete in a ballroom dancing contest.

Antiques Roadshow

Fiona Bruce and the team uncover the fascinating stories behind valuable personal items.

Amazing items, poignant stories, beautiful locations. Fiona Bruce and the experts uncover fascinating family and social history embodied in priceless, personal and peculiar items.

Antiques Roadshow: Series 31

Antiques Roadshow: Series 31: Episode 16: Bridlington

Episode 16

Episode 16: Bridlington

Series 31

Bridlington

BBC One - Antiques Roadshow, Series 31, Bridlington

At Bridlington's Spa Royal Hall, the team nominate their ideal age of elegance.

Fiona Bruce and the team head to the seaside resort of Bridlington. Objects examined include a valuable ceramic bathing beauty and a rare Nativity painting.

Fiona Bruce and the team head to the seaside resort of Bridlington for a special edition from the splendid art deco jewel of the Spa Royal Hall. Such gracious surroundings make the perfect backdrop to ask the experts to nominate their ideal age of elegance. Was it the flamboyant days of the flapper, the fop or the 1950s?

Their choices make for some surprising and revealing answers about what makes the team tick. Amidst the excitement there is still plenty of time for some surprising finds from the people in the East Riding of Yorkshire, including a valuable ceramic bathing beauty who once lived in a fairground caravan and a rare Nativity painting. The team also meets a woman with an obsession for collecting vintage prams.

Experts invite members of the public to bring along their antiques for examination

Experts invite members of the public to bring along their antiques for examination. Hosted by Fiona Bruce.

The 39 Steps

28/12/2008

BBC One - The 39 Steps

A man finds himself accused of murder after an undercover British spy is killed.

Drama based on John Buchan's novel, starring Rupert Penry-Jones. When an undercover British spy is killed, a man finds himself caught up in a deadly conspiracy.

Drama based on John Buchan's classic novel, set in the lead-up to the First World War. When an undercover British spy is killed in his flat, a man finds himself accused of murder and caught up in a deadly conspiracy which threatens not only his life, but the safety of the nation.

Pursued by spies and the police, he reluctantly joins forces with a feisty suffragette as he attempts to uncover the truth and save Great Britain from invasion.

The Real Italian Job: James Martin's Mille Miglia

BBC Two - The Real Italian Job: James Martin's Mille Miglia

James Martin competes in the gruelling Mille Miglia, a 1000-mile car race through Italy.

James Martin takes part in the gruelling Mille Miglia, the annual 1000-mile car race through Italy. The race has tested legends such as Fangio, Nuvolari and Sir Stirling Moss.

James Martin sets his sights on the gruelling Mille Miglia, the annual 1000-mile race through Italy in which over 300 classic cars compete. In its infamous history, the race has tested the talents and endurance of such legends as Fangio, Nuvolari and Sir Stirling Moss

Ever since he was kid in Yorkshire, James Martin has been mad about cars. Now a successful chef, he has put his money where his dreams are and has a garage full of Formula One cars, American classics and oddball delights - from hand-painted Harleys to bubble cars, fibreglass cross-country rough riders and a newly restored Mustang with all the trimmings.

Having the power has not been enough - he wants the glory too. So he sets his sights on the Mille Miglia. Taking part has always been a dream for James. He searches for the right car and the right co-driver, and the costs mount as the day of his dreams draws near. In Italy, the support crew, girlfriend Sally and his real pride and joy assemble. The 1948 Maserati has left a 800-thousand-pound hole in the Martin finances - a lot of omelettes.

Will the car stay the course? Will Sarah measure up? Is James as tough as he thinks he is? Can a non-Italian actually win? Can he beat the three other competitors with whom he bets on the race? Do the Italians always drive on the right? Should he have bought an English car instead? Crucially, what makes 700 grown men and women drive headlong through the elements for three days with little sleep and less comfort than offered by a sit-on lawn mower?

The Best of the Beijing Olympics 2008

BBC HD - The Best of the Beijing Olympics 2008

Highlights from 2008's Olympic Games including Team GB's greatest ever medal haul.

Highlights from 2008's Olympic Games including Team GB's greatest ever medal haul as well as Usain Bolt's record wins and Michael Phelps becoming the most decorated Olympian ever.

Olympics 2008 Review

The Royle Family

Sitcom about a working-class family from Manchester, whose lives revolve around the TV

The drama and ridiculousness of family life served up with a side of tea, toast and telly. The relatable Manchester family that excels at banter.

The Royle Family: The New Sofa

The New Sofa

BBC One - The Royle Family, The New Sofa

Denise decides to cook Christmas dinner, and Jim struggles to cope with Dave's parents.

Festive special edition of the hit sitcom. Inspired by Nigella, Denise decides to cook Christmas dinner for the family. To Jim's dismay, Dave's mum and dad are invited.

Festive special edition of the hit family sitcom. Inspired by Nigella Lawson, Denise decides to cook Christmas dinner for the family. Jim provides the yuletide log and, much to his dismay, Dave's mum and dad are invited to join the festivities. What could possibly go wrong?

the Christmas special. See Choice, page 144

Electric Proms

A festival of music featuring a series of concerts with rock's most established names

A festival of music featuring a series of concerts, including some of rock's most established names, as well as new and experimental musicians making waves

Electric Proms: 2008

Electric Proms: 2008: The Streets

09/11/2008

The Streets

2008

BBC - Electric Proms, 2008, The Streets

Mike Skinner brings his trademark witty meditations on life and culture to the Roundhouse.

Stuart Maconie introduces extended highlights of a five-day festival bringing together the best established and upcoming live rock acts.

Mike Skinner brings his trademark witty and wry meditations on life and culture to the Roundhouse stage in Camden Town, London. With special accompaniment from The Heritage Orchestra and a gospel choir, The Streets perform a set of oldies mixed with songs from latest album Everything is Borrowed.

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Coverage from the 2008 edition of the festival.

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