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Wild China

Wild China: Episode 2: Shangri-La

Episode 2

Episode 2: Shangri-La

Shangri-La

BBC Two - Wild China, Shangri-La

Capturing the dazzling array of creatures that live in China's most beautiful landscapes.

In China's far south west, rich jungles nestle below towering peaks. Jewel-coloured birds and ancient tribes share forested valleys where wild elephants still roam.

Documentary that showcases pioneering images capturing the dazzling array of mysterious creatures that live in China's most beautiful landscapes. Beneath billowing clouds, in China's far south west, rich jungles nestle below towering peaks. Jewel-coloured birds and ancient tribes share forested valleys where wild elephants still roam. How do these forests exist? Perhaps the rugged landscape holds the key.

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 exposing the wonderful creatures that live in China's beautiful landscapes

Documentary featuring pioneering images that capture the dazzling array of mysterious and wonderful creatures that live in China's most beautiful landscapes

Clay

30/03/2008

CBBC - Clay

Two fourteen-year-old boys magically team up against Mouldy, the town bully.

Adaptation of the book by David Almond, set in 1960s Tyneside. After discovering a workshop where creations come to life, two teenage boys set a monster on the town bully.

Adaptation of the book by David Almond, set in 1960s Tyneside. Two 14-year-old boys team up against Mouldy, the town bully. Turning Crazy Mary’s garden shed into a workshop, they discover that the sculptures they create come to life. Together they raise a golem, a creature fashioned from clay, capable of dispatching anyone, even Martin Mould. But when Mouldy winds up dead, the boys have to deal with the awful power they may have unleashed and the perils of getting what you wish for.

CBBC

The BBC's multiplatform offering bringing the very best programmes to 6-12 year olds.

CBBC is the BBC's multiplatform offering for 6-12 year olds bringing the very best drama, entertainment and factual programmes to its young viewers.

Folk America at the Barbican: Carolyn Hester

15/03/2009

Carolyn Hester

Folk America at the Barbican

BBC Four - Folk America at the Barbican, Carolyn Hester

A special Greenwich Village Revisited concert with 'Texas Songbird' Carolyn Hester.

At a special concert, 'Texas Songbird' Carolyn Hester performs songs penned by Bob Dylan, Tom Paxton and Ed McCurdy. Plus her take on the classic House of the Rising Sun.

'Texas Songbird' Carolyn Hester performs at a special Greenwich Village Revisited concert with songs penned by Bob Dylan, Tom Paxton and Ed McCurdy and her take on the classic House of the Rising Sun.

BBC Four

Knowledge, arts, music and culture from the UK and the world.

BBC Four reflects arts, music and culture with an ambitious range of intellectually and culturally enriching programmes, taking an expert and in-depth approach to its subjects.

London concerts centring on American folk music from the 1920s to the 1960s

Gardeners' World

Gardening show packed with ideas and timely reminders to get the most out of your garden

Gardening show packed with good ideas, tips, advice from experts and timely reminders to get the most out of your garden, whatever its size or type

Gardeners' World: 2009/2010

Gardeners' World: 2009: Episode 22

Episode 22

2009

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Toby Buckland explains which plants need wrapping up for the winter.

Toby Buckland discusses which plants need wrapping up for winter, and Carol explains why trees and plants go dormant over winter.

Despite a glorious autumn, it is now too cold for some of the tender plants in the garden to stay outdoors, so Toby Buckland explains which plants need wrapping up and which plants need to be brought under cover. Joe joins in to demonstrate what materials to use to protect plants, as well as coming up with a few innovative methods of plant protection.

In the vegetable garden, it is the season of the pumpkin, and Toby harvests and gives his top tips for storing them.

For Carol at Glebe Cottage, autumn is a feast for the senses as she explores the richness of autumn colour and explains why trees and plants go dormant over winter.

Gardeners' World: 2009

BBC Two is a TV channel that started broadcasting on the 20th April 1964.

Gardening show packed with tips, advice and timely reminders from the experts

Folk America at the Barbican: Finales

21/04/2009

Finales

BBC Four - Folk America at the Barbican, Finales

With Seasick Steve, The Wiyos, Cedric Watson, Bijoux Creole, CW Stoneking and Diana Jones.

Seasick Steve, The Wiyos, Allison Williams and Chance McCoy, Diana Jones, CW Stoneking and Cedric Watson and Bijoux Creole perform songs on instruments including a water cooler.

Two stomping old-timey ensemble numbers featuring the combined talents of Seasick Steve, The Wiyos, Allison Williams and Chance McCoy, Diana Jones, CW Stoneking and Cedric Watson and Bijoux Creole, playing everything from fiddles, banjos and horns to washboards and a water cooler.

Countryfile

New. Matt Baker and Jules Hudson are on Dartmoor

The people, places and stories making news in the British countryside

The people, places and stories making news in the British countryside.

Countryfile: 18/10/2009

18/10/2009

BBC One - Countryfile, 18/10/2009

John Craven investigates whether it is getting harder to educate children about food.

Matt Baker and Jules Hudson are on Dartmoor, Adam introduces a bull to the cows on the farm, and John investigates whether it is getting harder to educate children about food.

Matt Baker and Jules Hudson are on Dartmoor, where Matt is training with Devon's Cave Rescue team, and Jules is getting up-close to rutting stags. 

On Adam's farm, it is time to introduce a neighbour's Belted Galloway bull to his cows in order to ensure a new blood line for the future, and, in the aftermath of the e-coli outbreaks in petting zoos and farms, John Craven investigates whether it is getting harder to teach children about where their food comes from.

There is also some autumn colour, as Katie Knapman goes in search of spectacular leaf displays.

BBC One

Nature's Great Events

Nature's Great Events: Episode 5: The Great Flood

Episode 5

Episode 5: The Great Flood

The Great Flood

BBC One - Nature's Great Events, The Great Flood

The great flood in the Okavango turns 4,000 square miles of arid plains into a wetland.

Documentary series. The great flood in the Okavango turns 4,000 square miles of arid plains into a beautiful wetland, attracting elephants, buffalo and birds.

The great flood in the Okavango turns 4,000 square miles of arid plains into a beautiful wetland. Elephant mothers guide their families on an epic trek across the harsh Kalahari Desert towards it, siphoning fresh water from stagnant pools and facing hungry lions. Hippos battle for territory, as the magical water draws in thousands of buffalo and birds, and vast clouds of dragonflies. Will the young elephant calves survive to reach this grassland paradise?

The experienced mother elephants time their arrival at the delta to coincide with the lush grass produced by the great flood. In a TV first, the programme shows the way they use their trunks to siphon clean water from the surface layers of a stagnant pool, while avoiding stirring up the muddy sediment on the bottom with their feet.

Bull hippos also converge on prime territories formed by the rising floodwater. Two big bulls do bloody battle, at times being lifted out of the water by their rival.

Lechwe swamp deer, zebras, giraffes, crocodiles and numerous fish and thousands of birds arrive in the delta. And, in a phenomenon never before filmed in the Okavango, thousands of dragonflies appear - seemingly from nowhere - within minutes of the flood arrival, mating and laying eggs.

As the flood finally reaches its peak, elephants and buffalo, near the end of their epic trek across the desert, face the final gauntlet of a hungry pride of lions.

In a heartrending sequence, a baby elephant is brought down by a lion in broad daylight.

The diary section - Mission Impassible - shows how the versatility and persistence of cameraman Mike Holding results is some amazing sequences of the flood advancing.

BBC One is a TV channel that started broadcasting on the 20th April 1964. It replaced BBC Television.

Documentary series looking at the most dramatic wildlife spectacles on our planet.

Documentary series looking at the most dramatic wildlife spectacles on our planet, showing how life responds to natural events which can dramatically transform entire landscapes.

Nature's Great Events: 5/6

Elephant herds migrate across the Kalahari Desert

Harper's Island

As a week-long wedding gets underway, the guests are unaware a killer is targeting them.

As a lavish, week-long wedding celebration gets underway, the gathering guests are unaware a killer is targeting them - may even be one of them. The venue is on a quiet island rocked by a murderous rampage seven years earlier - and for some the emotional scars of those events are still painfully fresh.

Harper's Island: Series 1: Episode 12: Gasp

Episode 12

Episode 12: Gasp

Series 1

Gasp

BBC Three - Harper's Island, Series 1, Gasp

While Wakefield stalks his would-be captors in the woods, another survivor disappears.

Murder mystery serial. While Wakefield stalks his would-be captors in the woods, another survivor disappears. Madison has a final revelation about her time in the tunnels.

Glossy, grisly murder mystery serial. While Wakefield stalks his would-be captors in the woods, another survivor suspiciously disappears. Madison has a final revelation about her time in the tunnels.

Harper's Island: Series 1

BBC Three

A multi-platform service for 16-34s, featuring comedy, entertainment and factual content.

The BBC’s multi-platform service for 16 to 34s, innovating with breakthrough comedy, stand-out entertainment, brave documentary and intellectual factual content.

A small group gather on an island to attend a wedding but things are not as they seem.

A group of family and friends gather on a secluded island for a wedding celebration, but the island's murderous past threatens the joyous event, setting the stage for a new mystery.

Harper's Island: 12&13/13

New. Double bill. The eight survivors try to stay alive, and answers are revealed about the murders. See panel (S)

Harper's Island: Series 1: Episode 13: Sigh

Episode 13

Episode 13: Sigh

Sigh

BBC Three - Harper's Island, Series 1, Sigh

The final twist traps Abby as the true extent of the killer's cunning is revealed.

Glossy, grisly murder mystery serial. The tragic plot's final twist traps Abby as the true extent of the killer's cunning is revealed.

Crash

Drama about a group of young doctors working in their first jobs at a Cardiff hospital.

Drama about a group of young doctors who are working in their first jobs at a Cardiff hospital.

Crash: Series 1

Crash: Series 1: Episode 6

Episode 6

BBC One - Crash, Series 1, Episode 6

Cath is suspended from work and her father is admitted to hospital.

Drama following four young doctors as they start their careers. Cath is suspended from work and her father is admitted to hospital. Everything she holds dear is in the balance.

Drama following a group of four young doctors as they start their careers at Cardiff City Hospital and face the steepest learning curves of their lives.

Cath faces the most challenging day of her life when she is suspended from work and her father is admitted to hospital. Everything she holds dear is in the balance.

BBC One Wales

A group of doctors embark on their first jobs at a hospital and face steep learning curves

A group of young doctors embark on their first jobs at a Cardiff hospital. The demands on them are immense, but the pressures they face will shape the type of doctors, people and friends they become.

Crash: 6/6

Life

Life: Episode 1: Challenges of Life

Episode 1

Episode 1: Challenges of Life

Challenges of Life

BBC One - Life, Challenges of Life

A look at how some animals and plants go to extremes to give themselves a chance to breed.

David Attenborough examines how living long enough to breed is a monumental struggle, and how many animals and plants go to extremes to give themselves a chance.

In nature, living long enough to breed is a monumental struggle. Many animals and plants go to extremes to give themselves a chance. 

Uniquely, three brother cheetahs band together to bring down a huge ostrich. Aerial photography reveals how bottle-nosed dolphins trap fish in a ring of mud, and time-lapse cameras show how the Venus flytrap ensnares insect victims. 

The strawberry frog carries a tadpole high into a tree and drops it in a water-filled bromeliad. The frog must climb back from the ground every day to feed it. 

Fledgling chinstrap penguins undertake a heroic and tragic journey through the broken ice to get out to sea. Many can barely swim and the formidable leopard seal lies in wait.

A look at the extraordinary ends to which animals and plants go in order to survive.

David Attenborough looks at the extraordinary ends to which animals and plants go in order to survive. Featuring epic spectacles, amazing TV firsts and examples of new wildlife behaviour.

Life: 1/10

The Narnia Code

16/04/2009

BBC One - The Narnia Code

CS Lewis expert Dr Michael Ward explains the hidden meaning behind the Narnia Chronicles.

Documentary examining CS Lewis's Narnia Chronicles, first published over 50 years ago. Dr Michael Ward, a Lewis expert, claims he has found a hidden meaning: the Narnia Code.

Documentary examining claims that CS Lewis's Narnia Chronicles contain a hidden meaning.

CS Lewis wrote the Narnia Chronicles over 50 years ago, yet they are more popular today than ever. When they were first published, many critics thought them little more than childish scribblings, replete with random characters and unexplained events. Even Lewis's good friend JRR Tolkien thought them confused and misconceived.

Other scholars were sure there was something more, something hidden beneath the stories. Although many tried, none could find this secret key of Narnia - until now. Dr Michael Ward, a young academic and expert in all things Lewisian, claims he has found the answer at last: he has discovered the Narnia Code.
 
Using dramatisations of Lewis's early life and career, the programme travels the world, from the Mid-West of modern America to the battlefields of the First World War, meeting experts, testing evidence and uncovering surprising questions and ideas that still challenge readers today.

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