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The vast majority of killers prey on their victims alone and undercover, but in a tiny number of cases, two people are drawn together to form a deadly duo. And when they do, they’re usually even more brutal and sadistic than those who murder alone. In Killer Couples, popular crime writer Mark Billingham examines four unique and mind-boggling cases.

Simon Reeve, author and TV traveller, leads a team of reporters in journeys of discovery to some of the most exotic and extreme locations on earth. Explore blends travel with current affairs to get under the skin of some fascinating countries. Don’t just visit…Explore!

Series in which conductor Charles Hazlewood explores the lives, times and music of great composers.

Jonathan Meades takes a quixotic tour of Scotland, a country which has intrigued him since he first encountered lists of towns only known from football coupons

Stephen Tompkinson and hot air balloon pilot Robin Batchelor embark on the journey of a lifetime across the African continent. They experience the amazing abundance and diversity of wildlife and explore the relationship between Africa's game and its people.

Comic Ross Noble travels more than 26,000 kilometres, criss-crossing Australia to perform 85 standup shows. Along the way he shares some of his travel adventures, mishaps, and run-ins with emus.

Ed and Oucho's Excellent Inventions was a children's TV show, presented by Ed Petrie and his cactus companion, Oucho. Before this program Ed and Oucho were CBBC office presenters and favoured by many children. The premise of the show was children sending in designs of inventions, with one each episode being created. The inventions in the show were created by Artem Ltd, a company that creates props and special effects for TV and film productions.

Alan Whicker travels the world on a journey reflecting his varied career. Celebrating a remarkable fifty years on our screens, broadcasting legend and undisputed travel king Alan Whicker dusts down his suitcase for a nostalgic journey around the globe. He revisits some of his most groundbreaking interviews, favourite destinations and reflects on his incredibly varied life and career. In this landmark series, Alan Whicker takes us on an autobiographical journey through the second half of the 20th century. Classic clips from Whicker's World are inter-cut with new material as the nation s best-known international reporter retraces his steps, catches up with past interviewees and reflects on how the world has changed for good and bad - over the last six decades.

Victorian Farm Christmas looks into the lives of 19th century farmers and shows you how to make traditional gifts, food, games and decorations.

Series in which intrepid presenter Kate Humble follows the ancient frankincense trade route of Arabia across the amazing modern world of the Middle East. Kate's journey along the 2,000-mile trail that first connected the Arab world with the West takes her on a quest that's steeped in history, searing with desert heat, and full of characters and adventure.

Skate Nation is a British children's television programme presented by Sam Nixon and Mark Rhodes broadcast by CBBC on BBC Two in 2009. It was an eleven-part series in which fourteen teams of roller skaters competed for a trip to the World Games in Taiwan. Each team consisted of three children aged 7 – 13 and an adult. The teams competed in one of two heats to reach the final ten, who attended a skate camp. From there eight team progressed to the studio shows, where each week one team was eliminated. Their performances in the stadium were judged by a panel consisting of Kevin Adams, Camilla Dallerup, and Asha Kirkby, as well as the studio audience. The two lowest-placed teams had to take part in the skate showdown, after which the judges voted to save one team. The eleventh show showed the series winners in Taiwan and also the Skate Nation "Oscars". This was broadcast some time after the original series in January 2010.

Documenting the rise of mass air travel, starting with a look at the advent of commercial air travel through to the dropping of prices and the rise of mass air tourism. The series looks at how the system of airports developed, and how they have transformed people's attitudes towards travel and made long distance travel more widely available.

Series telling the story of cricket from exploring the colonial links of the game to situations of sporting apartheid. There are interviews with famous cricketers such as Ian Botham, Graham Gooch, Nasser Hussain and Viv Richards.

A collection of Sarah Millican comedy appearances.

Historian Benjamin Woolley unravels the cultural and social significance of popular games in Britain from the Iron Age to the Information Age.

Join Ant and Dec in Santa's Cabin, complete with a roaring fire and a live studio audience, to help the celebrations along in what promises to be a barrel-load of fun and laughs. Some celebrity pals, including Robbie Williams, will be dropping in, and there will be surprises for a few unsuspecting audience members.

Who Wants to Be a Superhero? is a UK children's reality show hosted by Sam Nixon, Mark Rhodes and Stan Lee, based on the NBC Universal/Sci Fi Channel series of the same name. The show is a co-production between CBBC and NBC. Children aged 9 – 13 create and become their very own, unique, never before seen superhero characters for the series, taking part in missions and challenges and living away from home in ‘The Superhero Lair’ in London. Contestants responded to trails on the CBBC Channel and application forms on the CBBC website. It is unknown whether a second season will be made.

The search is on to find Britain's best young speaker. From across the UK, thousands of 14- to 18-year-olds applied in a bid to become The Speaker.

Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch - one of the world's leading historians - reveals the origins of Christianity and explores what it means to be a Christian.

Nine wildlife enthusiasts compete for the ultimate prize: a job at the BBC's prestigious Natural History Unit.

Backstage gives viewers a tantalising taste of some of CBBC's big series and lets them into the behind-the-scenes secrets of the shows, combining key interviews with the main cast and crew, with exclusive behind-the-scenes footage and clips, and narrated by Mackenzie Crook.

Ed Wardle is dropped into the unforgiving Yukon wilderness with just basic provisions and cameras to film himself as he attempts to survive completely alone in the wild.

Rick Stein takes an epic culinary journey by sea, down rivers and overland to explore the Far East's diverse food cultures.

The Colour of Money was a British game show, broadcast on ITV between 21 February and 11 April 2009. The programme was produced by 12 Yard, and hosted by Millie Clode and Chris Tarrant. The format was originally devised by Paul Brassey and Daniel Moody in 2006, and developed by Jim Cannon, Andy Culpin, Samuel Pollard and David Young. A total of eight episodes were produced but only seven of these were broadcast, due to poor viewing figures. Subsequently, the programme was axed by ITV on 12 June 2009. The game-show later survived as a board game manufactured by games-giant Drummond Park.

Former professional footballer and young offender Ian Wright is on a personal mission to help young offenders at Portland Young Offenders Institution create and participate in their own football academy.

Survival expert Ray Mears takes an epic adventure into Canada’s unforgiving yet stunning wilderness, covering over 1,000 miles

Newswipe with Charlie Brooker was a British news review programme broadcast on BBC Four written and presented by Charlie Brooker. It is similar to Brooker's Screenwipe series which is also shown on BBC Four. A first series of six episodes ran between 25 March 2009 and 29 April 2009. A second series began on 19 January 2010 and concluded on 23 February 2010.

I've Never Seen Star Wars is a comedy chat show broadcast on BBC Four and BBC Two, first broadcast on 12 March 2009. Created and produced by Bill Dare and hosted by Marcus Brigstocke for the 2009 episodes & Jo Brand for the 2011 special episode, each episode features a celebrity guest trying out new experiences. Based on the original radio version broadcast on BBC Radio 4, the title comes from the fact that Dare has never seen the Star Wars films. An eight part series was recorded in March 2009, with guests including John Humphrys, Esther Rantzen, Rory McGrath and Hugh Dennis. A new host, Jo Brand, presented a December 2011 episode.

Documentary series revealing the awe-inspiring world of animal swarms.

Among The Apes gets up close and personal to four of the best known primate species. It features three apes -mountain gorillas, orang-utans and chimpanzees - and baboons, a monkey species living in the woody and grassy African habitats similar to the home of early man.

A teenage girl named Nina gets a new phone equipped with a secret digital genie who can make her wishes come true. However, it's not long before her wishes go wrong and things get out of control.

The Big Art Project is a UK-wide public art initiative funded by the Channel 4 and Arts Council England. The four part TV series was first broadcast on Sunday 10 May 2009 on Channel 4. The project also comprises a website centred on The Big Art Mob - designed to create the first comprehensive map of public art across the UK using photographs from people's mobile phones - and significant public art works such as Jaume Plensa's Dream in St Helens, Merseyside. The TV series was narrated by Bill Nighy.

Half Moon Investigations is a children's crime/comedy drama television series created by the BBC and based upon the novel of the same name by the author Eoin Colfer. It concerns a schoolboy, Fletcher Moon, who spends much of his spare time solving petty crimes around his school, St Jerome's. 13 episodes were first broadcast between January and March 2009. The series was filmed in and around a disused secondary school, located in Bellshill, North Lanarkshire.

Documentary following the staff working at the highest hospital in the world as they treat the many climbers who suffer injuries while climbing Mount Everest.

The Detonators was a reality series documentary that aired on the Discovery Channel. The program featured the thought process and procedures in performing demolition through the use of explosives. The show was hosted by two demolition experts: Dr. Braden Lusk, an assistant professor at the University of Kentucky College of Engineering, and Dr. Paul Worsey, professor and director of explosives engineering education at the Missouri University of Science and Technology. Lusk and Worsey gave the viewers a behind-the-scenes look at the science of destroying large structures without damaging the surrounding buildings and landscapes. The Detonators consisted of a single season with 13 episodes airing between January and July of 2009. No additional episodes have been produced since then, and the Discovery Channel's official website no longer carries information about the program.

Some of Northern Ireland's most haunted buildings come under the spotlight of paranormal investigators

Tarrant Lets the Kids Loose is a television programme shown in 2009 on the UKTV channel Watch. It was produced by UKTV along with North One and All3Media, and hosted by Chris Tarrant. It gave children aged three to six the chance to fulfil an ambition, by undertaking a task or challenge, such as shopping in a supermarket or running a sweet shop. The children believe they were completing the task by themselves, when in reality they are closely watched by their parents and filmed on hidden camera. The series began filming in front of a live studio audience in July 2009 and debuted on Watch on 4 October 2009.

Fern Britton Meets... is a British television talk show presented by Fern Britton which was first aired on BBC One during the four Sundays of Advent from 29 November to 20 December 2009. Each episode featured Britton interviewing a high profile person about their life, career and religious beliefs. The programme attracted particular attention following an interview with former British Prime Minister Tony Blair in which he discussed his thoughts about the 2003 invasion of Iraq.