[font=Arial, sans-serif]Stands for repeat programme
T Stands for Subtitled Programme
Video Plus+ Nos.[/font]
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Monday 9th
[/font][font=Arial, sans-serif]*T BBC1 9.00 – 9.45 am Animal 24:7[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 9915460[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]*T BBC2 12.45 – 1.00 pm Wildlife on One No details given[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 77585286[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]*T BBC2 1.00 – 2.00 pm Animal Park[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 83712[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]*T Channel 5 12.30 – 1.00 pm – Built for the Kill: Ice Predators – Cold, Polar Bears, Killer Whales and Eagles.[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 6707625[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]T BBC1 7.00 – 7.30 pm Mission Africa[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 8373[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]The following programme is not being shown in Northern Ireland and in Scotland at 7.30 – 8.00 pm VP 422[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]*T BBC2 7.00 – 7.30 pm The Trees that Made Britain – The Scots Pine[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 6915[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]T BBC2 7.30 – 8.00 pm Johnny's Kingdom – My Grand Design – Building a new hide to film badgers from.[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 422[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]*T Channel 5 8.00 – 9.00 am Fire Storm - The Perfect Disaster [/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 5429422[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]The following programme is being shown in Northern Ireland at 9.15 – 9.45 pm VP 999489[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]T BBC2 8.30 - 9.00 pm Return to Lullingstone Castle – Poles Apart[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 4170[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]Tuesday 10th[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]*T Channel 4 4.50 – 5.35 am Wild Things[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 1833958[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]*T Channel 4 5.35 – 5.40 am Supporting Acts – Nick Gordon wildlife cameraman who talks about his time in the Amazon jungle.[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 3893687[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]*T BBC1 9.15 – 10.00 am Animal 24:7 – Appleby Horse Fair and the Owl Trust in Muncaster[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 9987687[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]*T BBC2 1.00 – 2.00 pm Animal Park[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 66213[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]T Channel 5 7.15 – 8.00 pm Big Ideas that Changed the World – Consumerism – This programme sees Jonathon Porritt, co-founder of the Green Party and former chairman of Friends of the Earth, examine consumerism. Porritt argues that consumerism a subject that is never far from the headlines today, has a dark and destructive side and is in danger of destroying the planet.[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 247584[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]T BBC2 9.00 – 9.50 pm Horizon – Moon for Sale – After 40 long years, man is preparing to return to the Moon. Across the globe, astronauts are gearing up for what has been dubbed the second Moon race. But this time the astronauts won't just land on the Moon, they plan to stay there. Some of the scientists and entrepeneurs who are ready to exploit this much anticipated colonization of the Moon are featured in this programme.[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 934039[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]*T BBC2 9.50 – 10.00 pm One Man and His Honey Bees[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 571107[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]Wednesday 11th[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]*T BBC1 3.25 – 3.55 am Sign Zone: An Island Parish [/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 83906184[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]*T BBC1 9.15 – 10.00 am Animal 24:7 – Wildlife Crime Officers are on the trail of specialist egg collectors, as they protect the raw Peregrine Falcon. Tom Heap is in Muncaster where the team at the World Owl Trust discover if their nest box programme has been a success[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 9881459[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]*T BBC2 1.00 – 2.00 pm Animal Park[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 29904[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]*T BBC2 7.00 – 7.30 pm Wild Mallorca – Midwife Toads, Black Vultures, lizards, loggerhead turtles, Balearic Shearwaters, Purple Swamp Hens and Egrets.[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 9091 [/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]T Channel 7.15 – 8.00 pm Lemur Island 5/10 Wildlife series following the lives of two warring troops of ring tailed lemurs in Madagascar. [/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 2445256[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]T BBC2 9.00 – 9.50 pm Natural World – Battle to Save the Tiger – film about mismanagement and poaching in India: beautiful photography, tragic story.[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 971362[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]*T BBC2 9.50 – 10.00 pm Dancing Cranes of Sweden[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 501140[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]T BBC2 11.20 – 12.20 am BBC Four on BBC2: Adventure for Boys: The Lost Worlds of Rider Haggard[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 169966[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]Thursday 12th[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]*T Channel 3.55 – 4.55 am Wild Things[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 5170299[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]*T BBC1 9.15 – 10.00 am Animal 24:7 – A house full of neglected cats. In the heart of the Pennines, Steve Downing abse3ils down a cliff to protect a Peregrine Falcon's nest and the Dangerous Wildlife Facility in Southend welcomes Tom Heap as they take a delivery of a collection of exotic and potentially life-threatening animals.[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 984831[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]*T BBC2 1.00 – 2.00 pm Animal Park[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 977218[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]T Channel 5 3.30 – 5.30 pm Triumph over Disaster: The Hurricane Andrew Story[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 1786812[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]T BBC2 8.30 – 9.00 pm It's Not Easy Being Green – The first series was a huge hit with viewers and now Dick Strawbridge is back, though with a twist. [/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 9251[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]Friday 13th[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]T BBC1 2.10 – 2.40 am Sign Zone: Return to Lullingstone Castle A Storm Blows In[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 3593972[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]*T BBC1 9.15 - 10.00 am Animal 24:7 A visit to the RSPB Reserve at Geltsdale in Cumbria to see the important work of Investigations Officer Guy Shorrock and a dedicated team of workers and volunteers who protect one of England's rarest birds of prey the Hen Harrier[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 9818503 [/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]*T BBC2 12.45 – 1.45 pm Animal Park[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 990961[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]*T BBC1 3.05 – 3.20 pm Wildlife on One – Space-Age Reptile – David Attenborough looks at how research has finally revealed the secret behind the remarkable sticking power of the gecko's foot. This discovery may offer truly futuristic ways of sticking objects together, and may even help NASA to explore distant planets. [/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 2377690[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]T BBC2 7.00 – 7.30 pm Wainwright's Walks – Blencathra – Julia Bradbury explores the work of Britain's greatest fell walker and author, Alfred Wainwright. In the second part, Julia sets off to tackle her first mountain – Blencathra.[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 6139 [/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]With apologies for missing last week's walk. Ann[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]The following programme is not being shown in Northern Ireland, Scotland or Wales [/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]*T BBC2 7.30 – 8.00 pm Bill Oddie Goes Wild - North Norfolk [/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 690[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]T ITV1 8.00 – 8.30 pm Battle of the Bins: Tonight – As Britain prepares for a major upheaval in waste collection to meet European recycling targets, the programme goes on the trail of fly tippers who are taking advantage of the new measures by turning rubbish into a lucrative trade.[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 2313[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]T Channel 5 8.00 – 9.00 pm Super Snakes – Documentary following a groundbreaking study by scientists to discover more about constrictors – snakes that literally squeeze their prey to death. How long can they really grow, just how powerful are they, and do they really prey on human beings? The programme heads to the swamps of Venezuela and Malaysia in search of anacondas and pythons to find out.[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 5254110[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]The following programme is being shown in Wales at 9.30 – 10.20 pm VP 229961[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]T BBC2 9.00 – 9.50 pm Timewatch: Hijack – Documentary, September 1970: a BOAC flight with 20 school children on board was hijacked in the name of a Palestinian guerrilla group; the first and last time a British commercial aircraft has ever been hijacked. With hijacks attempted on five planes in total, this was just one part of an audacious plan called called Skyjack Sunday. With interviews from the hostages and their hijackers, Timewatch goes back to the time when air travel changed forever.[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 931348[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]The following programme is being shown in Wales at 10.20 – 10.30 pm VP 818226[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]T BBC2 9.50 – 10.00 pm Showdown in Elk Town – Every year in the heart of Yellowstone National Park the small town of Mammoth plays host to an unusual gathering. Hundreds of elk take over the town during their annual rut. This is a light hearted look at the mayhem they bring.[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 578416[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]Saturday 14th[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]*T Channel 4 4.30 – 4.45 am Water Stories – The stories of people whose lives are inextricably linked to the rivers, lakes and canals of Great Britain. T'ai Chi instructor Peter Chin reveals the healing qualities of water and shows how this ancient Chinese art takes the chore out of housework.[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 90075443[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]*T Channel 5 5.35 – 6.00 am Wildlife SOS[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 13499288[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]*T BBC2 12.45 – 1.15 pm Animal Park[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 395620[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]T BBC2 Scotland 3.15 – 3.35 pm Meerkat Manor – The Art of Leadership[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 2259240[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]T BBC2 Scotland 3.35 – 4.00 pm Meerkat Manor – Balance of Power[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 5651153[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]*T BBC2 5.05 – 5.30 pm Meerkat Manor – The Art of Leadership[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 5556085[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]*T BBC2 5.30 – 5.55 pm Meerkat Manor – Balance of Power[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 856191[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]T Channel 4 7.00 – 8.00 pm Born Survivor:- Former Special Forces adventurer Bear Grylls demonstrates how to survive in the world's most extreme environments. The tough Moab desert of Utah is Bear's latest challenge, as he battles against the 1100 degree heat and 3,600 square miles of terrain.[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 2801[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]Sunday 15th[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]*T Channel 5 5.35 – 6.00 am Wildlife SOS[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 13459660[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]T BBC1 11.00 – 12.00 pm Countryfile – John Craven and the team are in Sussex for the London Harness Horse Parade, an annual celebration of working horses. Jo Brand and Chris Packham help reveal details of this year's photographic competition.[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 30467[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]T BBC1 1.00 – 1.10 pm Wildlife on One – Super Mums – David Attenborough takes a look at the unique approaches of several different animal species to motherhood. The elephant seal mother loses 40% of her body weight during the four short weeks she has to wean her pup. The seahorse female leaves giving birth to the male. The amaurobious spider sacrifices everything for her children – she is their very first meal.[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 39585950 [/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]*T Channel 5 1.25 – 2.25 pm Killer Swarms – Wildlife documentary about a massive locust plague that threatens to devastate entire countries. British scientists and local combat squads race to find a solution before the insect army can devour West Africa's crops and drive millions towards starvation.[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 7645221[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]The following two programmes are being shown in Northern Ireland from 6.10 – 7.00 pm VP Nos. 165009 and 264979[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]T BBC2 5.20 – 5.45 pm Meerkat Manor - Growing Pains[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 5537950[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]T BBC2 5.45 – 6.10 pm Meerkat Manor – The Godmother[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 876757[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]T ITV1 5.30 – 6.30 pm Steve Irwin Special: Ocean's Deadliest – In his last documentary, Steve Irwin is joined by explorer and adventurer Philippe Cousteau as they explore the waters of the northern Cape York Peninsular, the Great Barrier Reef and the Great Southern Ocean. For thousands of years, venomous snakes, saltwater crocodiles and massive sharks have patrolled these waters, and now in the hope of studying nature's most dangerous creations, the two adventurers embark on an epic mission to discover some of the ocean's deadliest.[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 67979 [/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]T BBC2 6.10 – 7.00 pm Natural World – Battle to Save the Tiger – Film narrated by David Attenborough investigating why the Indian Tiger is in trouble. Thirty years ago India set aside over 30 tiger reserves [/font][font=Arial, sans-serif]controlled by Project Tiger. However, in recent years hundreds of tigers have been poached from under the officials' noses. Tiger scientist turned whistleblower Ragu uncovered the scale of the problem in one reserve. Tigers are now slipping towards extinction. They have come back from the brink before but can they do so again?[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 130979[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]T BBC2 7.00 – 8.00 pm Francesco's Italy: Top to Toe – The Heart of Italy[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 6028[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]T BBC2 9.00 – 9.50 pm Deer Diary with Simon King[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 895196[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]T BBC2 9.50 – 10.00 pm Wild Scotland – Otters and Eagles – Series in which Gordon Buchanan goes in search of Scottish wildlife. He goes home to Mull for a day, hoping to catch a glimpse of a Sea Eagle.[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 449554[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]T BBC2 1000 – 10.30 pm The Science of Superstorms – Taming the Storm – Due to global warming, the pressure has never been greater to come up with viable means of reducing or preventing the impact of extreme weather. This film reveals the extraordinary history of hurricane modification through cloud seeding – the only proven form of weather control – and explores the future possibilities of controlling hurricanes as predicted by some of the world's leading scientists.[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 16776[/font]
T Stands for Subtitled Programme
Video Plus+ Nos.[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]
Monday 9th
[/font][font=Arial, sans-serif]*T BBC1 9.00 – 9.45 am Animal 24:7[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 9915460[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]*T BBC2 12.45 – 1.00 pm Wildlife on One No details given[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 77585286[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]*T BBC2 1.00 – 2.00 pm Animal Park[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 83712[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]*T Channel 5 12.30 – 1.00 pm – Built for the Kill: Ice Predators – Cold, Polar Bears, Killer Whales and Eagles.[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 6707625[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]T BBC1 7.00 – 7.30 pm Mission Africa[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 8373[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]The following programme is not being shown in Northern Ireland and in Scotland at 7.30 – 8.00 pm VP 422[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]*T BBC2 7.00 – 7.30 pm The Trees that Made Britain – The Scots Pine[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 6915[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]T BBC2 7.30 – 8.00 pm Johnny's Kingdom – My Grand Design – Building a new hide to film badgers from.[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 422[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]*T Channel 5 8.00 – 9.00 am Fire Storm - The Perfect Disaster [/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 5429422[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]The following programme is being shown in Northern Ireland at 9.15 – 9.45 pm VP 999489[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]T BBC2 8.30 - 9.00 pm Return to Lullingstone Castle – Poles Apart[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 4170[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]Tuesday 10th[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]*T Channel 4 4.50 – 5.35 am Wild Things[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 1833958[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]*T Channel 4 5.35 – 5.40 am Supporting Acts – Nick Gordon wildlife cameraman who talks about his time in the Amazon jungle.[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 3893687[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]*T BBC1 9.15 – 10.00 am Animal 24:7 – Appleby Horse Fair and the Owl Trust in Muncaster[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 9987687[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]*T BBC2 1.00 – 2.00 pm Animal Park[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 66213[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]T Channel 5 7.15 – 8.00 pm Big Ideas that Changed the World – Consumerism – This programme sees Jonathon Porritt, co-founder of the Green Party and former chairman of Friends of the Earth, examine consumerism. Porritt argues that consumerism a subject that is never far from the headlines today, has a dark and destructive side and is in danger of destroying the planet.[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 247584[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]T BBC2 9.00 – 9.50 pm Horizon – Moon for Sale – After 40 long years, man is preparing to return to the Moon. Across the globe, astronauts are gearing up for what has been dubbed the second Moon race. But this time the astronauts won't just land on the Moon, they plan to stay there. Some of the scientists and entrepeneurs who are ready to exploit this much anticipated colonization of the Moon are featured in this programme.[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 934039[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]*T BBC2 9.50 – 10.00 pm One Man and His Honey Bees[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 571107[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]Wednesday 11th[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]*T BBC1 3.25 – 3.55 am Sign Zone: An Island Parish [/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 83906184[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]*T BBC1 9.15 – 10.00 am Animal 24:7 – Wildlife Crime Officers are on the trail of specialist egg collectors, as they protect the raw Peregrine Falcon. Tom Heap is in Muncaster where the team at the World Owl Trust discover if their nest box programme has been a success[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 9881459[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]*T BBC2 1.00 – 2.00 pm Animal Park[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 29904[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]*T BBC2 7.00 – 7.30 pm Wild Mallorca – Midwife Toads, Black Vultures, lizards, loggerhead turtles, Balearic Shearwaters, Purple Swamp Hens and Egrets.[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 9091 [/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]T Channel 7.15 – 8.00 pm Lemur Island 5/10 Wildlife series following the lives of two warring troops of ring tailed lemurs in Madagascar. [/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 2445256[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]T BBC2 9.00 – 9.50 pm Natural World – Battle to Save the Tiger – film about mismanagement and poaching in India: beautiful photography, tragic story.[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 971362[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]*T BBC2 9.50 – 10.00 pm Dancing Cranes of Sweden[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 501140[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]T BBC2 11.20 – 12.20 am BBC Four on BBC2: Adventure for Boys: The Lost Worlds of Rider Haggard[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 169966[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]Thursday 12th[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]*T Channel 3.55 – 4.55 am Wild Things[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 5170299[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]*T BBC1 9.15 – 10.00 am Animal 24:7 – A house full of neglected cats. In the heart of the Pennines, Steve Downing abse3ils down a cliff to protect a Peregrine Falcon's nest and the Dangerous Wildlife Facility in Southend welcomes Tom Heap as they take a delivery of a collection of exotic and potentially life-threatening animals.[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 984831[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]*T BBC2 1.00 – 2.00 pm Animal Park[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 977218[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]T Channel 5 3.30 – 5.30 pm Triumph over Disaster: The Hurricane Andrew Story[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 1786812[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]T BBC2 8.30 – 9.00 pm It's Not Easy Being Green – The first series was a huge hit with viewers and now Dick Strawbridge is back, though with a twist. [/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 9251[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]Friday 13th[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]T BBC1 2.10 – 2.40 am Sign Zone: Return to Lullingstone Castle A Storm Blows In[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 3593972[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]*T BBC1 9.15 - 10.00 am Animal 24:7 A visit to the RSPB Reserve at Geltsdale in Cumbria to see the important work of Investigations Officer Guy Shorrock and a dedicated team of workers and volunteers who protect one of England's rarest birds of prey the Hen Harrier[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 9818503 [/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]*T BBC2 12.45 – 1.45 pm Animal Park[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 990961[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]*T BBC1 3.05 – 3.20 pm Wildlife on One – Space-Age Reptile – David Attenborough looks at how research has finally revealed the secret behind the remarkable sticking power of the gecko's foot. This discovery may offer truly futuristic ways of sticking objects together, and may even help NASA to explore distant planets. [/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 2377690[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]T BBC2 7.00 – 7.30 pm Wainwright's Walks – Blencathra – Julia Bradbury explores the work of Britain's greatest fell walker and author, Alfred Wainwright. In the second part, Julia sets off to tackle her first mountain – Blencathra.[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 6139 [/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]With apologies for missing last week's walk. Ann[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]The following programme is not being shown in Northern Ireland, Scotland or Wales [/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]*T BBC2 7.30 – 8.00 pm Bill Oddie Goes Wild - North Norfolk [/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 690[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]T ITV1 8.00 – 8.30 pm Battle of the Bins: Tonight – As Britain prepares for a major upheaval in waste collection to meet European recycling targets, the programme goes on the trail of fly tippers who are taking advantage of the new measures by turning rubbish into a lucrative trade.[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 2313[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]T Channel 5 8.00 – 9.00 pm Super Snakes – Documentary following a groundbreaking study by scientists to discover more about constrictors – snakes that literally squeeze their prey to death. How long can they really grow, just how powerful are they, and do they really prey on human beings? The programme heads to the swamps of Venezuela and Malaysia in search of anacondas and pythons to find out.[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 5254110[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]The following programme is being shown in Wales at 9.30 – 10.20 pm VP 229961[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]T BBC2 9.00 – 9.50 pm Timewatch: Hijack – Documentary, September 1970: a BOAC flight with 20 school children on board was hijacked in the name of a Palestinian guerrilla group; the first and last time a British commercial aircraft has ever been hijacked. With hijacks attempted on five planes in total, this was just one part of an audacious plan called called Skyjack Sunday. With interviews from the hostages and their hijackers, Timewatch goes back to the time when air travel changed forever.[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 931348[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]The following programme is being shown in Wales at 10.20 – 10.30 pm VP 818226[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]T BBC2 9.50 – 10.00 pm Showdown in Elk Town – Every year in the heart of Yellowstone National Park the small town of Mammoth plays host to an unusual gathering. Hundreds of elk take over the town during their annual rut. This is a light hearted look at the mayhem they bring.[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 578416[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]Saturday 14th[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]*T Channel 4 4.30 – 4.45 am Water Stories – The stories of people whose lives are inextricably linked to the rivers, lakes and canals of Great Britain. T'ai Chi instructor Peter Chin reveals the healing qualities of water and shows how this ancient Chinese art takes the chore out of housework.[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 90075443[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]*T Channel 5 5.35 – 6.00 am Wildlife SOS[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 13499288[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]*T BBC2 12.45 – 1.15 pm Animal Park[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 395620[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]T BBC2 Scotland 3.15 – 3.35 pm Meerkat Manor – The Art of Leadership[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 2259240[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]T BBC2 Scotland 3.35 – 4.00 pm Meerkat Manor – Balance of Power[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 5651153[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]*T BBC2 5.05 – 5.30 pm Meerkat Manor – The Art of Leadership[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 5556085[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]*T BBC2 5.30 – 5.55 pm Meerkat Manor – Balance of Power[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 856191[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]T Channel 4 7.00 – 8.00 pm Born Survivor:- Former Special Forces adventurer Bear Grylls demonstrates how to survive in the world's most extreme environments. The tough Moab desert of Utah is Bear's latest challenge, as he battles against the 1100 degree heat and 3,600 square miles of terrain.[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 2801[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]Sunday 15th[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]*T Channel 5 5.35 – 6.00 am Wildlife SOS[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 13459660[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]T BBC1 11.00 – 12.00 pm Countryfile – John Craven and the team are in Sussex for the London Harness Horse Parade, an annual celebration of working horses. Jo Brand and Chris Packham help reveal details of this year's photographic competition.[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 30467[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]T BBC1 1.00 – 1.10 pm Wildlife on One – Super Mums – David Attenborough takes a look at the unique approaches of several different animal species to motherhood. The elephant seal mother loses 40% of her body weight during the four short weeks she has to wean her pup. The seahorse female leaves giving birth to the male. The amaurobious spider sacrifices everything for her children – she is their very first meal.[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 39585950 [/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]*T Channel 5 1.25 – 2.25 pm Killer Swarms – Wildlife documentary about a massive locust plague that threatens to devastate entire countries. British scientists and local combat squads race to find a solution before the insect army can devour West Africa's crops and drive millions towards starvation.[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 7645221[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]The following two programmes are being shown in Northern Ireland from 6.10 – 7.00 pm VP Nos. 165009 and 264979[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]T BBC2 5.20 – 5.45 pm Meerkat Manor - Growing Pains[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 5537950[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]T BBC2 5.45 – 6.10 pm Meerkat Manor – The Godmother[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 876757[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]T ITV1 5.30 – 6.30 pm Steve Irwin Special: Ocean's Deadliest – In his last documentary, Steve Irwin is joined by explorer and adventurer Philippe Cousteau as they explore the waters of the northern Cape York Peninsular, the Great Barrier Reef and the Great Southern Ocean. For thousands of years, venomous snakes, saltwater crocodiles and massive sharks have patrolled these waters, and now in the hope of studying nature's most dangerous creations, the two adventurers embark on an epic mission to discover some of the ocean's deadliest.[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 67979 [/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]T BBC2 6.10 – 7.00 pm Natural World – Battle to Save the Tiger – Film narrated by David Attenborough investigating why the Indian Tiger is in trouble. Thirty years ago India set aside over 30 tiger reserves [/font][font=Arial, sans-serif]controlled by Project Tiger. However, in recent years hundreds of tigers have been poached from under the officials' noses. Tiger scientist turned whistleblower Ragu uncovered the scale of the problem in one reserve. Tigers are now slipping towards extinction. They have come back from the brink before but can they do so again?[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 130979[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]T BBC2 7.00 – 8.00 pm Francesco's Italy: Top to Toe – The Heart of Italy[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 6028[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]T BBC2 9.00 – 9.50 pm Deer Diary with Simon King[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 895196[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]T BBC2 9.50 – 10.00 pm Wild Scotland – Otters and Eagles – Series in which Gordon Buchanan goes in search of Scottish wildlife. He goes home to Mull for a day, hoping to catch a glimpse of a Sea Eagle.[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 449554[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]T BBC2 1000 – 10.30 pm The Science of Superstorms – Taming the Storm – Due to global warming, the pressure has never been greater to come up with viable means of reducing or preventing the impact of extreme weather. This film reveals the extraordinary history of hurricane modification through cloud seeding – the only proven form of weather control – and explores the future possibilities of controlling hurricanes as predicted by some of the world's leading scientists.[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]VP 16776[/font]
