Following on from his stay at Beachcomber Cottage, Monty Halls returns to Scotland. This time on the Hebridean island of North Uist where he takes on the role of a volunteer wildlife ranger.
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Following on from his stay at Beachcomber Cottage, Monty Halls returns to Scotland. This time on the Hebridean island of North Uist where he takes on the role of a volunteer wildlife ranger.
David Biello, energy and environment editor at Scientific American magazine, walks viewers through a series of scenarios that outline what the nation’s energy future might look like. What if America invests in carbon capture? Could we see a nuclear power renaissance? Is wind power possible? What is a super grid, anyway?
The Bionic Vet is a BBC documentary television series following the work of vet Noel Fitzpatrick. The show details the work of Noel Fitzpatrick at his revolutionary veterinary practice in Surrey. The clinic, called Fitzpatrick Referrals, contains state of the art equipment and dedicated team of over 100 Vets, Nurse and Support Staff. Within his surgery and along with fellow surgeons and nurses he finds new methods and techniques to help pets within more unique problems that would often leave the only option to be put to sleep. Many of these techniques had not even been attempted before. Many pets that are brought to the practice are from all over the country. One such example being Oscar the Cat that was flown over from Jersey featured in the first episode.
Gloriously and comprehensively, England won the 2010/11 Ashes Series in Australia. It’s been 24 years since England were on top, down under, but it was well worth the wait.
Blonde and bubbly Bex Upton is too heavy to be weighed on normal scales and 23-year-old Essex girl Anne Odeke is twice the size she should be, despite a family history of diabetes. These girls aren't making any attempts to slim down, so will living with 38-stone Deloris and her 23-stone sister Diane in Mississippi finally make them want to fight their flab?
A filmmaker teams up with a scientist and an angler to boat the entire length of the Mississippi, a feat few have achieved, while also documenting the river's history, wildlife and future.
Top forensic experts take us behind the scenes as they tackle the most earthshaking crime cases delving deep into the hotbed of crime and the world of forensic investigations Set against the hustle and bustle of Asian cities watch how experts work handinhand with law enforcers to dig for the truth and provide missing pieces to mindboggling crime cases
Examining conditions in prisons.
"From Moscow to Murmansk is a documentary about a journey through Russia. Jelle Brandt Corstius speaks to Russian citizens during this journey to find answers about the Russian soul."
Relive the glory days of Britain's railways
Joe English learned to fly a Lancaster bomber before he could drive a car. During World War Two, RAF Bomber Command called upon young men barely out of their teens to fly some of the most dangerous missions of the entire war. In 1943, the life expectancy of an air gunner was just three minutes in combat. For every 100 Bomber Command aircrew, only 24 would survive their tour... Now, Joe English is reunited with the five other surviving aircrew from RAF 625 Squadron Lancaster 'The Lucky H' to tell their stories for the very first time. Joined by other surviving Bomber Command veterans, they provide a powerful and moving insight into life - and death - as one of the 'Bomber Boys'.
Dragon's Den star Theo Paphitis follows the fortunes of brave and bold British companies trying to expand in three of the world's most dynamic emerging markets - India, Brazil and Vietnam.
Kirsty Young presents a history of how British families have changed since the Second World War.
This well made documentary sees the outbreak of WW II (from the invasion of Poland 1939 till the fall of France 1940) as the contemporaries have perceived it in movie theaters. The news reels, made by the Germans, the French and the British, are presented in the historical context, in a chronological order. Sometimes, the narrator commentates on misleading, propagandistic images, such as pictures of German military exercises which are later presented as real combat footage.
Challenging and provocative series exploring British traditions of satire, bawdy and lewd humour and the nation's taste for ridicule and mockery.
Greek myths - from Hercules to Adonis - have seeped into our lives, providing inspiration and sources for plots from Hamlet to Happy Days.
Undercover Princesses is a BBC Three reality TV show which took three royal claimants from foreign cultures and placed them in Ingatestone where they had to 'live and date' like normal people. The idea for the programme came from the 1988 Eddie Murphy film Coming to America. The contestants are Xenia Gabriela Florence Sophie Iris, Princess of Saxony and Duchess to Saxony, Germany, b. 1986; HRH Princess Sheillah Cinderella Nvannungi of Buganda, Uganda, b. 1982 although this claim by her is disputed; and HH Princess Aaliya Sultana Babi of Balasinor, India, b. 1974. The three women lived in a house together in Essex and the primary focus is on their search to find love in the UK whilst at the same time getting used to doing things for themselves. Only one of the princesses, Sheillah Cinderella Nvannungi, was able to find a long lasting relationship, with former Tobagan basketball player Paul David as her candidate.
If there is one genre of art that seems to have played a greater role than any other, it is the nude. For at least 30,000 years, humans have represented the naked form in a variety of ways. From the ideal to the real, the Romantic to the Surrealist, there have been almost no end of works devoted to the unclothed human body. This series - presented by writer and broadcaster Tim Marlow - will examine those artworks, the societies that produced them and the artists that made them.
Walk the paths Jesus walked in the Holy Land with master teacher and scholar, Truman G. Madsen. Answer the call, "Come, follow me. " Beautiful film footage transports you from Bethlehem to Nazareth to the Garden Tomb. Dr. Madsen's penetrating insights and witness illuminate the life of Christ in a unique and personal way. Seeing the Savior's ministry in it's original setting, with added perspective from the heart and mind of a true disciple, will enhance your knowledge and understanding of the Eternal Christ.
In 1995 cameraman Dave Houghton went to the Okonjima game reserve in Namibia to film footage of the majestic cheetahs, and he never left. Now he leads a team whose work rescuing, rehabilitating and releasing cheetahs, could prove crucial to the survival of one of the fastest mammals on earth. From the daring rescues, through to the emotional release, these stories come straight from the frontline of animal conservation.
A documentary series examining such matters as the planet's extreme locations, phenomena and species.
Series looking at how WW2 was documented by German and British amateur home movie makers.
Over thirty years ago, on a plain in the eastern suburbs of Changsha, Hunan Province, stood two peculiar mounds rising from the fields like horse saddles. Locals called them "Mawangdui," rumored to be the tombs of a noble family from the 9th century. In the 1970s, an accidental discovery revealed a miraculously preserved female corpse dating back over a thousand years to the world.
Covers in 2 parts the history of the origin of the peoples of Europe during Prehistory, from -1.8 million years B.C. to -2,500 B.C.