BBC Earth
fredag den 21 januari
En TV-kanal från BBC som visar vetenskap, historia, teknik och äventyr i en salig blandning.
Gregg Wallace is in Germany, at a historic factory which produces 600,000 pencils a day. At materials intake he is astonished that the main material in a pencil is not lead, but graphite. He helps mix this with clay to produce a 250-kilo batch, enough for 200,000 pencils.
Steve heads to the incredible Loango National Park on the western coast of Gabon and home to some awesome Deadly predators. First up, Steve heads out onto the waterways in search of the small but deadly dwarf crocodile.
Yorkshire-born Moli and his Californian wife Noelle left city life behind to set up their own business as wildlife safari guides in the unexplored Ruaha National Park in Tanzania.
Chris Packham weighs up the 20th century's greatest scientists, including Marie Curie, Albert Einstein, Alan Turing and Tu You You. He explores some of their most famous discoveries, as well as the lesser known human stories behind them, so often overshadowed by the scale and impact of their work.
Britain's last great wilderness, the stunning Cape Wrath, is the stomping ground for Nick Crane who must make his own path to his favourite beach, an isolated sandy treasure on which few have set foot.
Gregg Wallace is in Germany, at a historic factory which produces 600,000 pencils a day. At materials intake he is astonished that the main material in a pencil is not lead, but graphite. He helps mix this with clay to produce a 250-kilo batch, enough for 200,000 pencils.
Sue Aikens returns to find a dangerous predator lurking just outside of camp. Meanwhile, the lake outside of Glenn's cabin is frozen, so the conditions are perfect for finding goose grass.
We follow the story of Amazon parcels, POSCO steel, Tabasco hot sauce and Kia cars, discerning the cutting edge science and engineering utilised in these superfactories.
Chris Packham weighs up the 20th century's greatest scientists, including Marie Curie, Albert Einstein, Alan Turing and Tu You You. He explores some of their most famous discoveries, as well as the lesser known human stories behind them, so often overshadowed by the scale and impact of their work.
Britain's last great wilderness, the stunning Cape Wrath, is the stomping ground for Nick Crane who must make his own path to his favourite beach, an isolated sandy treasure on which few have set foot.
Gregg Wallace is in Gateshead, at a cheese factory where they produce 3,000 tonnes of spreadable cheese every year. He follows the production of jalapeno chilli flavoured cheese, from a 28,000 litre delivery of milk to 5,400 squeezy tubes.
The Arctic's late freeze presents unique challenges for Alaskans as they attempt to gather food and resources for survival.
Ben joins a couple at the start of their new lives in the wild in a two-room derelict farmhouse in rural Hungary that they bought from the internet without ever having visited the country before.
Kathleen Turner weighs up the 20th century's greatest entertainers, including Charlie Chaplin, Billie Holiday, Marilyn Monroe and David Bowie. She uncovers their greatest achievements and explores their legacies.
In Cornwall, Nick Crane uncovers the most astonishing artistic exploration of Britain's coast. Two hundred years ago William Daniell embarked on a ten-year journey right around the edge of Britain to produce illustrations.
We follow the story of Amazon parcels, POSCO steel, Tabasco hot sauce and Kia cars, discerning the cutting edge science and engineering utilised in these superfactories.
Tourists in Thailand are totally unprepared when a tsunami crashes into 14 countries in the Indian Ocean, killing 250,000 people on Boxing Day 2004.
Looking at the pioneering work of Soviet cosmonauts during the Space Race, featuring rare archive footage and interviews.
A twister rips through the US city of Tuscaloosa in Alabama, and in Durban, South Africa, a storm with near-hurricane winds breaks the mooring lines of super-tankers.
Chris Packham continues his exploration of nature's most bizarre happenings. He looks at bears that have turned criminal, fish that have learned to attack birds, a possum that fakes its own death, a snake with two heads, and seriously clever crows.
Josh attempts to get inside Super Typhoon Yutu, the strongest storm of 2018, arriving in the Philippines just as the typhoon starts to bring down power lines.
Yorkshire-born Moli and his Californian wife Noelle left city life behind to set up their own business as wildlife safari guides in the unexplored Ruaha National Park in Tanzania.
Tourists in Thailand are totally unprepared when a tsunami crashes into 14 countries in the Indian Ocean, killing 250,000 people on Boxing Day 2004.
Looking at the pioneering work of Soviet cosmonauts during the Space Race, featuring rare archive footage and interviews.
A twister rips through the US city of Tuscaloosa in Alabama, and in Durban, South Africa, a storm with near-hurricane winds breaks the mooring lines of super-tankers.
Chris Packham continues his exploration of nature's most bizarre happenings. He looks at bears that have turned criminal, fish that have learned to attack birds, a possum that fakes its own death, a snake with two heads, and seriously clever crows.
We follow the story of Amazon parcels, POSCO steel, Tabasco hot sauce and Kia cars, discerning the cutting edge science and engineering utilised in these superfactories.
Josh attempts to get inside Super Typhoon Yutu, the strongest storm of 2018, arriving in the Philippines just as the typhoon starts to bring down power lines.