Planet Earth Live

Mondays and Fridays at 5.00am, Encore screening at 7.30pm

Hosted by Richard Hammond and Julia Bradbury, Planet Earth Live is an epic live story following the critical life stages of some of the earth's most charismatic animals.

Featured Programmes

  1. Planet Earth Live

    Mondays and Fridays at 5.00am, Encore screening at 7.30pm

    Hosted by Richard Hammond and Julia Bradbury, Planet Earth Live is an epic live story following the critical life stages of some of the earth's most charismatic animals.

  2. Horizon Specials

    Mondays at 8.30pm, from May 7

    Specials in May include Nine Months That Made You, Science Under Attack, Do You See What I See? And Predators in Our Backyard.

  3. World of Stonehenge

    Tuesdays at 8.30pm, from May 8

    Popular author and broadcaster Neil Oliver discovers how our ancestors emerged from the last ice age; how agriculture really came to Britain; and the tipping points that changed the course of history.

  4. The Story of Luxury

    Saturdays at 7.30pm, from May 19

    Dr Scott shows how the most curious and revealing luxuries are the ones you would least expect, but they are the items that allow us to unlock extraordinary cultures and civilizations.

  5. An Idiot Abroad

    Sundays at 9.40pm, from April 1

    Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant send their idiotic friend Karl Pilkington on a journey around the world to see the Seven Wonders.

  6. Making Tracks – Series 2

    Wednesdays at 8.30pm, from May 9

    Making Tracks follows musically obsessed Kiwi Nick Dwyer on an entertaining, globe-trotting journey of musical discovery as he exchanges the sounds of New Zealand for the sounds of the world!

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