Lonely Planet’s Year of Adventures

Saturdays at 8.30pm, from February 18

British adventurer and TV presenter Ben Fogle stars in the 5-part series Year of Adventures, based on the Lonely Planet book of the same name.

Featured Programmes

  1. Lonely Planet’s Year of Adventures

    Saturdays at 8.30pm, from February 18

    British adventurer and TV presenter Ben Fogle stars in the 5-part series Year of Adventures, based on the Lonely Planet book of the same name.

  2. Louis Theroux: Miami Mega Jail

    Wednesday February 1 at 9.30pm

    Louis Theroux spends some time locked up with the inmates of one of the largest jails in the world – Miami’s mega jail.

  3. Dragons’ Den – Series 7

    Wednesdays at 7.30pm, from February 8

    Entrepreneurs pitch for investment in the Den from our Dragons, five venture capitalists willing to invest their own money in exchange for equity.

  4. The Science of Walking with Beasts

    Sundays at 8.30pm, from February 19

    Two films which trace the evidence that allowed scientists to recreate previously lost worlds.

  5. Museum Secrets

    Thursdays at 8.30pm, from February 23

    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.

  6. Louis Theroux: Addicted to Crystal Meth

    Wednesday February 29 at 9.30pm

    Louis Theroux visits Central Valley, California – home to some of the most impoverished rural towns in America, where crystal-meth addiction is among the most prolific in the USA.

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Louis Theroux Daily Fix!

Join BBC Knowledge for a whole month of Louis Theroux! Every night at 9.30pm we’ll be playing documentaries from the award-winning journalist throughout February.

Leap Year will kick off with the New Zealand premiere of Miami Mega Jail and end the month with other New Zealand first, Addicted to Crystal Meth.

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New Zealand Young Producer Shorts 2012

Young producers under 30 are invited to submit concepts for five short-form grants of AU$5,000 each, with the five successful films to screen on BBC Knowledge in New Zealand & Australia. For your 2012 entry click here.

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BBC Earth

Join BBC Earth on BBC Knowledge Sundays from 7.30pm. BBC Earth on BBC Knowledge features iconic BBC Natural History programming such as Planet Earth.

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BBC Knowledge Presenters

Big ideas are nothing unless they’re shared. Hear what has blown the BBC Knowledge presenters minds...