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Join BBC Knowledge Wednesdays from 7.30pm. Lonely Planet on BBC Knowledge features the best of travel and inspirational programming, including Lonely Planet’s Best in China and Making Tracks.
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Nigel follows the fortunes of polar bears, reindeer, walruses, belugas, Arctic foxes and great grey owls.
Ancient Worlds is a voyage of discovery from the birth of the first cities through the development of trade, warfare and religion.
The Arctic is on the point of enormous, irreversible change, and this stunning series highlights what that means to those who make their lives there. It’s the story of the winners and losers in the last great wilderness.
This epic eight–part series will span across nearly two millennia of bloody and turbulent battles fought on British soil.
The first television event to explore the truth behind the world’s most impossible journey – the epic race to reach the South Pole.
Content-rich, current and authoritative, yet full of high energy, irreverence and humour, this is the series that explains the world we live in, and what’s going to change it.
Harvard historian Niall Ferguson takes on a big subject: why has the West dominated the rest of the world – and are the days of Western ascendancy coming to an end?
Humans have built roads in the most unlikely, remote and dangerous places on the planet. But what is it like to travel along these routes? Six celebrities find out.
Renowned psychological illusionist Derren Brown hits the road to investigate extraordinary paranormal claims from around the world.
A mysterious process is underway inside every cell of our bodies. It began before we were born and will ultimately lead to death and scientists don’t understand why or how it happens. Horizon investigates ageing.
Dr Alice Roberts continues her user’s guide to the body, revealing how to take care of ourselves with the appliance of science.
Who is the Deadliest Warrior of all time? Each week this series examines two groups of the world's most lethal men in a historical and action-packed battle.
Hot on the heels of the headline-hitting first series, Digging for Britain rejoins the teams in the field for more pioneering archeological adventures.
Talented young journalist Dawn Porter aims to discover what she actually wants from a relationship and whether her perfect man even exists.
Journalist Dawn Porter completely forgoes men and moves in with three lesbians for a month in a bid to determine what makes her sexuality tick and whether she has the potential for homosexuality.
Follow engineer Steve Burrows, as he leads a team investigating the greatest buildings of Rome and Egypt.
Join the first ever expedition to venture high into the Himalayas in search of big cats.
Archaeologists Alex and Peter and historian Ruth attempt to bring Morwellham Quay in Devon back to life as it was in its Edwardian heyday.
From the frontline of war to the frontline of research, this programme meets the inspirational men and women behind the latest medical breakthroughs that will save thousands of lives – both on and off the battlefield.
Dan Snow presents an immersive series, going back in time to medieval London, revolutionary Paris and 19th century New York, to bring these cities’ stinking histories vividly to life.
TV and film legends Bryan Brown and Rachel Ward go in search of the spirit of Australia on the ultimate horseback adventure across the Outback’s last frontier.
Imagine a world where gym equipment is hooked up to the national grid and every pavement has pedestrian fast and slow lanes! From the daft and down-right ridiculous to the hilariously inventive, each show sees Dave and his celebrity guest decide whether the idea is pure genius, or perfectly ludicrous.
Esteemed naturalist and broadcaster Sir David Attenborough takes a look at the problems we face as a continuously growing species.
Three ordinary workers – experienced, qualified and looking for a challenge – find out what it’s like to do their job under some of the toughest conditions on the planet.
Motoring journalist James May discovers how inventors and their inventions changed the way we live our lives in the 20th century, from the creation of the teenager to modern warfare.
Jimmy Doherty has given up the rat race to realise his dream of renovating a crumbling farm and breeding rare pigs.
One of the UK’s best-loved personalities and most successful comedy exports, Joanna Lumley, pursues a life-long dream to track down the elusive and beautiful Northern Lights.
James May is a man on a mission to prove why traditional, old fashioned toys are still relevant today as he pushes them to the limit in spectacular, supersize challenges.
Where does our food come from? What have scientists added? Or taken away? And does it matter? Farmer and TV personality Jimmy Doherty uncovers the science behind the food we eat.
Kevin McCloud discovers a world of curious juxtapositions in one of the most extreme urban environments on earth: Dharavi, Mumbai.
Kevin McCloud follows in the footsteps of the most notorious aristocrats, artists and architects of the Grand Tour.
David Attenborough explores the world of amphibians and reptiles, a group of animals that have been around for millions of years and easily outnumber mammals and birds.
An exciting, interactive travel show designed to inspire debate and showcase the best that China has to offer.
Packed with excitement, revelation and entertainment – with stunning screen ‘firsts’ – this breathtaking ten-part blockbuster brings you 130 incredible stories from the frontiers of the natural world.
Join Sir David Attenborough on his ground-breaking exploration into a spectacular miniature universe never normally seen, but teeming all around us.
Louis Theroux returns for two new specials tackling risqué subject matter with his award-winning and praised investigative flair.
A retrospective of David Attenborough’s 50 years at the BBC – presented by Michael Palin.
Museum Secrets travels to the world’s most famous museums in search of weird, wonderful, amazing and fascinating stories connected with both the well-known and the more obscure exhibits held in their collections.
Moguls And Movie Stars: A History Of Hollywood is a series of seven one-hour documentaries. The heart of our story is the lives and work of the men and women who created more than one hundred years of American movie history.
Making History is a fun, fast and fascinating CGI history series that answers the questions you’d love to ask about the past.
In this groundbreaking series Michael Wood tells the story of one place – the village of Kibworth, Leicestershire – throughout the whole of English history.
World-famous gardener Monty Don takes us on a trip around Italy's most beautiful gardens.
2011 marks the 10th Anniversary of the war in Afghanistan. This is the war you haven’t seen: filmed by the soldiers, told by the soldiers.
A unique perspective to a land of startling contradictions in a series that provides a fresh and engaging glimpse of a vast and diverse country.
Just beyond our naked eyes lies an invisible world of secret forces that touches every aspect of life on Earth and shapes it in unseen ways. Now, for the first time, this hidden world is revealed – in action.
Ross Kemp risks life and limb yet again as he seeks to both expose and understand gang culture around the world.
Cherry Healy gets to know 16 year old Gemma, who believes that she’s already met the love of her life…
Explore the sheer scale and majesty of the largest ocean on Earth, the isolation of its islands, the extraordinary journeys wildlife and humans have gone through to reach these specks of land, and what happened to both after their arrival.
Professor Brian Cox and Dara O Briain host three days of live stargazing featuring epic images from observatories around the globe.
Speed attempts to discover why some people continuously strive to push the limits – of their bodies and their incredible machines.
Ben Fogle joins an expedition across Antarctica; he joins a project hoping to preserve Captain Robert Falcon Scott's Hut, frozen in time for a century.
Simon Reeve circumnavigates the globe around the 22,835 mile long Tropic of Cancer visiting 18 countries on his journey of discovery.
The Banker, The Escorts and The $18 Million tells the story of Stephen Versalko – the ASB fraudster who stole almost $18m of his clients’ money to lead an audacious double life of sex, lies and betrayal, including spending around $3.4m on prostitutes.
With unprecedented and unvarnished access to a UK police force, this three-part series follows the investigation of major crimes.
A classic wildlife series which tells in-depth stories of incredible animals, featuring award-winning photography in some of the most extraordinary places in the world.
Jeremy Paxman investigates The Victorians, the people who made the UK the richest and most powerful nation on Earth.
For the third series of The Choir, Gareth Malone goes to South Oxhey and makes it his mission to make this Hertfordshire town a centre of true choral excellence.
It’s older than time, bigger than the universe and stranger than fiction. By accepting infinity, are we admitting the possibility of a parallel universe?
From thrillers to horror stories, spy movies and conspiracies, films captivate and entertain. But where does the inspiration come from? Are these stories purely fiction, or are they based on fact? True Stories uncovers the truth.
Over the course of a year wildlife cameraman Gordon Buchanan and biologist Lynn Rogers get up close and personal to a family of bears.
Bruce Parry sheds the trappings of a Western existence and lives alongside tribes adopting their methods and practices.
Skipper George Anderson takes to the high seas in his multimillion pound pelagic trawler but mechanical failures, twisted nets and severe storms make it the trip from hell .
Get ready for more thrills, spills and mayhem as television’s most daring trio return for a new series of the world’s biggest car show.
Seven celebrities trace their family trees to explore the lives of their ancestors and uncover major themes in American social history. Featuring Sarah Jessica Parker, Matthew Broderick & Spike Lee.
Using leading-edge computer technology and animatronics, this epic series shows dinosaurs as never before.
Prepare to immerse yourself in an alien world as if you were standing there yourself.
Yellowstone is no ordinary wilderness – a lost world of vast plains and endless forests defended on all sides by towering mountains, home to America’s last great Bison herds and realm of the wolf.