*Stands for repeat programme
T Stands for Subtitled Programme
Video Plus+ Nos.
Monday 29th
T BBC2 7.00 - 7.45 am Cbeebies: Springwatch Join Justin and Jelly at the watermill as Cbeebies welcomes the arrival of spring
VP 5445320
T Cbeebies 7.30 - 8.15 am Springwatch
VP 6126771
*T BBC1 9.00 - 10.00 Animal Park
VP 55233
T Cbeebies 12.00 - 12.45 pm Little Lunchers Springwatch
VP 3286962
*T BB2 2.20 - 2.30 pm Hands on Nature Skomer Chris Packham gets close to puffins on the island of Skomer. Puffin enthusiasts
VP 43911610
T CBBC 5.00 - 5.30 pm Really Wild Show - Nick and Steve go head to head in the ultimate wildlife challenges in Indonesia and Africa. Meanwhile, Michaela tracks down New Zealand’s rarest bird.
VP 87547436
T Cbeebies 5.15 - 6.00 pm Springwatch
VP 4118894
BBC2 8.00 - 9.00 pm Springwatch
VP 3691
Oddie Fans can learn more about him in a revealing interview with Mark Lawson at 9 pm on BBC4
Tuesday 30th
*T BBC 1.40 - 2.40 am Sign Zone: Planet Earth - Deserts This edition looks at deserts, which cover a third of the Earth's land surface. From space they appear lifeless but a closer look reveals a different picture, from Mongolia's Gobi desert where wild Bactrian camels have to eat snow in lieu of water, to the Atacama in Chile where guanacos survive by licking the dew off cactus spines.
VP 4047030
*T BBC1 2.40 - 3.40 am Sign Zone: The Perfect Shark
VP 7045363
T BBC2 7.00 - 7.45 am Springwatch
VP 5412092
T Cbeebies 7.30 - 8.15 am Springwatch
VP 6193943
T BBC1 Northern Ireland 11.30 - 12.00 pm Belfast Zoo
VP 4127
*T BBC2 1.00 - 1.10 am Hands on Nature. Richmond Park where the deer are rutting.
VP 800004169
T Cbeebies 12.00 - 12.45 pm Little Lunchers Springwatch
VP 3253634
T CBBC 5.00 - 5.30 pm Really Wild Show
VP 87514108
T Cbeebies 5.15 - 6.00 pm Springwatch
VP 4185566
T ITV1 Tyne Tees 7.30 - 8.00 pm Ice and Fire Andy Burn presents a series that looks into what climate change could mean for the North East. Hot Air - Thie edition meets the climate sceptics, including naturalist David Bellamy, who are not convinced about the argument for global warming
VP 363
*T BBC2 Scotland 7.50 - 8.00 pm Secret Squirrels - Bill Oddie looks at one of the last remaining strongholds in the country for red squirrels. How Formby in Merseyside has remained a home for Britain’s native squirrel, which has steadily become outnumbered by greys.
VP 290189
T BBC2 8.00 - 9.00 pm Springwatch
VP 6837
T BBC2 11.20 - 12.20 am If the Oil Runs Out This is one of those clever cocktails of fact and fiction that try to ring alarm bells about a coming disaster - in this case an imagined oil crisis in 2016 - using a mix of statistics, talking-head experts and laughably bad drama. The notional heroine is a blonde American geologist who has to decide between staying in London with her boyfriend and heading to Alaska to drill an oil well in a nature reserve (because "somebody has to keep the lights on"). To complicate matters the couple have fertility issues and while she's in Alaska, she finds she's finally pregnant. How, you may find yourself wondering, do these pointless dramatic scenes add to our understanding of global energy issues? They don't, and they're no fun to watch, either. But if the arresting statistics and relentless doom-mongering persuade us to switch off a few lights, the pain might just be worth it.
VP 286030
Wednesday 31st
T BBC2 7.00 - 7.45 am Springwatch
VP 5489764
T Cbeebies 7.30 - 8.15 am Springwatch
VP 6160615
T Cbeebies 12.00 - 12.45 pm Little Lunchers Springwatch
VP 3220306
T CBBC 5.00 - 5.30 pm Really Wild Show
VP 87574580
T Cbeebies 5.15 - 6.00 pm Springwatch
VP 4152238
T BBC1 Wales 7.00 - 7.30 pm Iolo’s Welsh Safari. Iolo visits Crychan Forest near Llandovery,
VP 3561
T BBC1 Northern Ireland 7.30 - 8..00 pm Around the World in 1,080 days Michael McGarrigle continues his three-year hike around the planet. He travels by bus across the island state of Indonesia, and as he comes to the end of his second year on the road, he encounters Komodo dragons, domesticated orang-utans and gibbons who give him the slip in the Sumatran jungle.
VP 141
T BBC1 8.00 - 9.00 pm Ocean Odyssey 2/2 The problem with any documentary about the ocean depths is that it's so murky, you can't tell if that's a sperm whale or an eel swimming towards you. But although the conclusion of this cGI-rich series maintains a stygian gloom throughout, it still allows us to glimpse some of the extraordinary sights down in the abyss. There are clusters of huge tube worms that, with the addition of some tissue paper and a yard of raffia, could be an ultra-modern arrangement of flowers; underwater volcanic eruptions that turn the sea bed into a massive lava lamp; and a field of steaming vents reminiscent of smoking factory chimneys in a desolate industrial landscape. The narrator dishes out impressive facts, too. "Throw a rock into the mariana Trench [the deepest location in the earth's crust] and it takes an hour to reach the bottom, 11km down," he booms.
VP 5257
T BBC2 8.00 - 9.00 pm Springwatch
VP 3899
The following programme is being shown on BBC2 Wales 11.50 - 12.50 am VP 873851
T BBC2 Art from the Arctic:BBC4 on BBC2 11.20 - 12.20 am Documentary following the progress of a diverse group of artists and scientists brought together by David Buckland. They visit the island of Spitzbergen, where they exchange ideas on raising awareness about global warming.
VP 527035
Thursday 1st
The following programme is being shown on BBC1 Northern Ireland on Saturday morning.
*T BBC1 1.20 - 2.15 am Sign Zone: The Bog Bodies Timewatch Documentary about the discovery of two perfectly preserved ancient Celt bodies in an Irish peat bog. The film follows archaeologists as they establish who these men were, when they lived and how they died.
VP 3851604
T BBC2 7.00 - 7.45 am Springwatch
VP 4348975
T Cbeebies 7.30 - 8.15 am Springwatch
VP 3967352
T Cbeebies 12.00 - 12.45 pm Little Lunchers Springwatch
VP 1822420
T CBBC 5.00 - 5.30 pm Really Wild Show
VP 61468401
T Cbeebies 5.15 - 6.00 pm Springwatch
VP 4710420
T ITV1 Anglia 7.30 - 8.00 pm Coastal Inspirations - Paul Gogarty stops off at the historic port of King’s Lynn and the Wash to explore their maritime roots, and visit’s the lighthouse that belonged to wildfowl painter and conservationist Sir Peter Scott. And in Hunstanton, artist Gerald Marsland puts the finishing touches to his oil paintings of the British coastline. Plus a look back at some of Paul's favourite artistic ports of call during the series.
VP 6
T ITV1 Border & ITV Border Scottish 7.30 - 8.00 pm Solway
VP 6
T ITV1 Carlton Central 7.30 - 8.00 pm Sky High - Lucy Kite flies by helicopter across the 18 counties that make up the Midlands. Today's journey begins over the largely rural county of Leicestershire, before turning south to Warwickshire and some of the country's most famous locations, including the birthplace of Shakespeare in Stratford-upon-Avon.
VP 6
T ITV1 Carlton West Country 7.30 - 8.00 pm Bendell’s West country. In the final programme of the series exploring the region, Ron Bendell pays tribute to the lumbering giants of yester-year thundering around a Cornish field and Buckfastleigh plays host to a nostalgic look back to WWll. Meanwhile, in Cornwall, careful driving takes a back seat on the racing circuit from hell.
VP 6
T ITV1 Granada 7.30 - 8.00 pm - Cookery - Grub’s Up
VP 6
T ITV1 London 7.30 - 8.00 pm Off the Beaten Track with Nigel Farrell -
Bizarre stories, strange events and odd characters that make up London's colourful history. Featuring an undeniably true ghost story from Dagenham, and the birthplace of that enduring symbol of sobriety - the bowler hat. Plus the extraordinary story of the oldest pair of spectacles in the world ? which were rescued from a pile of rubbish.
VP 6
T ITV1 Meridian 7.30 - 8.00 pm Coastal Ways A July visit to the mouth of the great river Medway in northern Kent sees fishermen and sailors, tugboats and sheepdogs, marshland and seabirds in this beautiful part of the country.
VP 6
T ITV1 West 7.30 - 8.00 pm - Slimbridge at Sixty
Last in the series celebrating the sixtieth anniversary of the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust at Slimbridge. The Bewick's Swans return for the winter, but another unwanted visitor may also be on the way with wild birds being caught and tested for avian flu.
VP 6
T BBC2 8.00 - 9.00 pm Springwatch
VP 9888
The following programme is being shown on BBC1 Northern Ireland on Sunday at 4.45 pm
T BBC1 9.00 - 10.00 pm Can We Save Planet Earth? In the second of a two-part documentary, David Attenborough explores just how much climate change is altering our planet. He looks ahead to find out what needs to be done to save Planet Earth from the worst impact of global warming and discovers what could happen to the planet once a 'tipping point' of carbon emissions is reached. He also discusses the solutions we can all adopt to prevent catastrophic change.
VP 4710
Friday 2nd
*T BBC1 Northern Ireland 12.45 - 1.45 am Sign Zone
lanet Earth Deserts Documentary series which celebrates our planet in all its glory, both its spectacular scenery and its captivating natural history. This edition looks at deserts, which cover a third of the Earth's land surface. From space they appear lifeless but a closer look reveals a different picture, from Mongolia's Gobi desert where wild Bactrian camels have to eat snow in lieu of water, to the Atacama in Chile where guanacos survive by licking the dew off cactus spines.
VP 729840
*T BBC1 2.15 - 3.15 am Sign Zone: The Lost World of Friese - Cirencester to Carlisle Dan Cruickshank retraces pioneering 1920s filmmaker Claude Friese-Greene's route around Britain. Dan travels from Wales, through the Midlands to Lancashire and the Lakes, discovering descendants of people featured in the archive, including two people who appear in the films as children.
VP 717005
T BBC2 7.00 - 7.45 am Springwatch
VP 4315647
T Cbeebies 7.30 - 8.15 am Springwatch
VP 3934024
T Cbeebies 12.00 - 12.45 pm Little Lunchers Springwatch
VP 1899192
T BBC1 4.55 - 5.25 pm The Really Wild Show Michaela Strachan and Mark Speight present a live show from the Springwatch farm in Devon that’s packed with tips on how to get up close and personal to British wildlife.
VP 6332956
T CBBC 5.00 - 5.30 pm Springwatch
VP 61435173
T Cbeebies 5.15 - 6.00 pm Springwatch
VP 4787192
T BBC2 7.00 - 7.30 pm The Real Cost of Going Green
As part of the BBC's Climate Chaos week, reporter Max Flint conducts a unique experiment. He spends a week with the Hutchinson family from Teesdale - the area in the UK with the highest carbon emissions per household - and asks them to try and cut back in order to meet the proposed new levels agreed by the UN.
VP 6753
Saturday 3rd
*T BBC1 Northern Ireland 1.35 - 2.30 am Sign Zone: The Bog Bodies Timewatch Documentary about the discovery of two perfectly preserved ancient Celt bodies in an Irish peat bog. The film follows archaeologists as they establish who these men were, when they lived and how they died.
VP 3851604
“T Channel 5 5.35 - 6.00 am Wildlife Down Under with Nick Baker - Manta Ray
VP 91656796
*T BBC2 6.35 - 6.45 am Our Planet
VP 5551661
T ITV3 11.15 - 11.40 am Savage Planet - Series looking at the powerful forces which affect the Earth. This edition looks at the phenomenon of meteorites, which collide with Earth on a daily basis. Although most burn up in the atmosphere, the threat posed by a monster meteorite - which could put an end to life as we know it - is one that many scientists are taking seriously. VP 73268116
T Cbeebies 11.15 - 12.00 pm Springwatch
VP 4649048
T Cbeebies 12.35 - 12.45 pm Our Planet
VP 81766999T CBBC 1.00 - 1.30 pm Really Wild Show
VP 82355845
T CBBC 1.30 - 2.00 pm Really Wild Show
VP 84375796
T Cbeebies 4.50 - 5.00 pm Our Planet
VP 71220864
T Cbeebies 5.15 - 6.00 pm Springwatch
VP 4754864
*T Channel 4 7.10 - 9.10 pm The Search for the NorthWest Passage A look at the search for the fabled Northwest passage, the legendary path through the ice across the Canadian Arctic, and the attempts made by wealthy British explorer Sir John Franklin and penniless Norwegian Roald Amundsen.
VP 24825947
T BBC2 9.10 - 10.10 pm The Summer of Drought, 1976 - A look back at the events of summer 1976, when the longest, driest spell on record led to drought, water rationing and forest fires. As the country sweltered, tensions rose - angry crowds helped James Hunt win the Grand Prix, violent rioting tore up the Notting Hill Carnival and punk reared its rebellious head.
VP 639951
Sunday 4th
*T Channel 5 5.30 - 6.00 am Wildlife SOS
VP 8695487
ITV3 6.00 - 6.25 am Savage Planet Star Wounds Series looking at the powerful forces which affect the Earth. This edition looks at the phenomenon of meteorites, which collide with Earth on a daily basis. Although most burn up in the atmosphere, the threat posed by a monster meteorite - which could put an end to life as we know it - is one that many scientists are taking seriously.
VP 37681013
T BBC2 6.35 - 6.45 am Our Planet
VP 5455433
T Cbeebies 10.50 - 11.00 am Our Planet
VP 65351907
T BBC2 11.30 - 12.00 pm Country File - John Craven heads for Abbotsbury Swannery in Dorset, where they’ve just hatched the first black cygnets in 650 years. Adam Henson investigates concerns that British gardeners are threatening the future of rare limestone pavements in the Republic of Ireland VP 1487
T BBC1 Scotland 11.30 - 12.00 pm Landward - This programme looks at how Scottish beef is being received following the resumption of exports. Plus the sport of hound-trailing in the Borders and searching out the nation’s lost villages.
VP 1487
T CBBC 1.00 - 1.30 pm Really Wild Show
VP 82259617
T CBBC 1.30 - 2.00 pm Really Wild Show
VP 84279568
T Cbeebies 4.50 - 5.00 pm Our Planet
VP 71124636
T BBC1 Northern Ireland 4.45 - 5.45 pm Are We Changing Planet Earth? In the second of a two-part documentary, David Attenborough explores just how much climate change is altering our planet. He looks ahead to find out what needs to be done to save Planet Earth from the worst impact of global warming and discovers what could happen to the planet once a 'tipping point' of carbon emissions is reached. He also discusses the solutions we can all adopt to prevent catastrophic change.
VP 740641
*T BBC2 6.00 - 7.00 pm Coast - Outer Hebrides to Orkney Islands
VP 64549
T ITV1 Meridian 6.00 - 6.25 pm Monkey Business
VP 462568
*T Channel 5 8.00 - 8.30 pm Ice Alert - Documentary about people's experiences of extreme cold, including explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes and Wade Truett, who survived 17 days of being trapped in his car in sub-zero temperatures. Plus a look at the dangers to entire communities which occur when ice storms come to the area, crippling movement in and out of towns and bringing down electricity pylons.
VP 2754471
*T Channel 5 8.30 - 9.00 pm Volcano Alert - Documentary about scientists Peter Hall and Patti Mothes and their self-imposed mission to save the people living in Banyos, Ecuador, from the volcano which overshadows the village. The scientists try to detect when the eruption of super-heated gas and dust will take and what course it will take.
VP 2740278
T BBC1 10.15 - 10.55 Panorama - Global Warming : Bush’s Climate of Fear - Investigation into allegations that US scientists were gagged by the Bush administration and that their reports on climate change were altered and suppressed in order to play down the scale of the problem.
VP 150758
T Stands for Subtitled Programme
Video Plus+ Nos.
Monday 29th
T BBC2 7.00 - 7.45 am Cbeebies: Springwatch Join Justin and Jelly at the watermill as Cbeebies welcomes the arrival of spring
VP 5445320
T Cbeebies 7.30 - 8.15 am Springwatch
VP 6126771
*T BBC1 9.00 - 10.00 Animal Park
VP 55233
T Cbeebies 12.00 - 12.45 pm Little Lunchers Springwatch
VP 3286962
*T BB2 2.20 - 2.30 pm Hands on Nature Skomer Chris Packham gets close to puffins on the island of Skomer. Puffin enthusiasts
VP 43911610
T CBBC 5.00 - 5.30 pm Really Wild Show - Nick and Steve go head to head in the ultimate wildlife challenges in Indonesia and Africa. Meanwhile, Michaela tracks down New Zealand’s rarest bird.
VP 87547436
T Cbeebies 5.15 - 6.00 pm Springwatch
VP 4118894
BBC2 8.00 - 9.00 pm Springwatch
VP 3691
Oddie Fans can learn more about him in a revealing interview with Mark Lawson at 9 pm on BBC4
Tuesday 30th
*T BBC 1.40 - 2.40 am Sign Zone: Planet Earth - Deserts This edition looks at deserts, which cover a third of the Earth's land surface. From space they appear lifeless but a closer look reveals a different picture, from Mongolia's Gobi desert where wild Bactrian camels have to eat snow in lieu of water, to the Atacama in Chile where guanacos survive by licking the dew off cactus spines.
VP 4047030
*T BBC1 2.40 - 3.40 am Sign Zone: The Perfect Shark
VP 7045363
T BBC2 7.00 - 7.45 am Springwatch
VP 5412092
T Cbeebies 7.30 - 8.15 am Springwatch
VP 6193943
T BBC1 Northern Ireland 11.30 - 12.00 pm Belfast Zoo
VP 4127
*T BBC2 1.00 - 1.10 am Hands on Nature. Richmond Park where the deer are rutting.
VP 800004169
T Cbeebies 12.00 - 12.45 pm Little Lunchers Springwatch
VP 3253634
T CBBC 5.00 - 5.30 pm Really Wild Show
VP 87514108
T Cbeebies 5.15 - 6.00 pm Springwatch
VP 4185566
T ITV1 Tyne Tees 7.30 - 8.00 pm Ice and Fire Andy Burn presents a series that looks into what climate change could mean for the North East. Hot Air - Thie edition meets the climate sceptics, including naturalist David Bellamy, who are not convinced about the argument for global warming
VP 363
*T BBC2 Scotland 7.50 - 8.00 pm Secret Squirrels - Bill Oddie looks at one of the last remaining strongholds in the country for red squirrels. How Formby in Merseyside has remained a home for Britain’s native squirrel, which has steadily become outnumbered by greys.
VP 290189
T BBC2 8.00 - 9.00 pm Springwatch
VP 6837
T BBC2 11.20 - 12.20 am If the Oil Runs Out This is one of those clever cocktails of fact and fiction that try to ring alarm bells about a coming disaster - in this case an imagined oil crisis in 2016 - using a mix of statistics, talking-head experts and laughably bad drama. The notional heroine is a blonde American geologist who has to decide between staying in London with her boyfriend and heading to Alaska to drill an oil well in a nature reserve (because "somebody has to keep the lights on"). To complicate matters the couple have fertility issues and while she's in Alaska, she finds she's finally pregnant. How, you may find yourself wondering, do these pointless dramatic scenes add to our understanding of global energy issues? They don't, and they're no fun to watch, either. But if the arresting statistics and relentless doom-mongering persuade us to switch off a few lights, the pain might just be worth it.
VP 286030
Wednesday 31st
T BBC2 7.00 - 7.45 am Springwatch
VP 5489764
T Cbeebies 7.30 - 8.15 am Springwatch
VP 6160615
T Cbeebies 12.00 - 12.45 pm Little Lunchers Springwatch
VP 3220306
T CBBC 5.00 - 5.30 pm Really Wild Show
VP 87574580
T Cbeebies 5.15 - 6.00 pm Springwatch
VP 4152238
T BBC1 Wales 7.00 - 7.30 pm Iolo’s Welsh Safari. Iolo visits Crychan Forest near Llandovery,
VP 3561
T BBC1 Northern Ireland 7.30 - 8..00 pm Around the World in 1,080 days Michael McGarrigle continues his three-year hike around the planet. He travels by bus across the island state of Indonesia, and as he comes to the end of his second year on the road, he encounters Komodo dragons, domesticated orang-utans and gibbons who give him the slip in the Sumatran jungle.
VP 141
T BBC1 8.00 - 9.00 pm Ocean Odyssey 2/2 The problem with any documentary about the ocean depths is that it's so murky, you can't tell if that's a sperm whale or an eel swimming towards you. But although the conclusion of this cGI-rich series maintains a stygian gloom throughout, it still allows us to glimpse some of the extraordinary sights down in the abyss. There are clusters of huge tube worms that, with the addition of some tissue paper and a yard of raffia, could be an ultra-modern arrangement of flowers; underwater volcanic eruptions that turn the sea bed into a massive lava lamp; and a field of steaming vents reminiscent of smoking factory chimneys in a desolate industrial landscape. The narrator dishes out impressive facts, too. "Throw a rock into the mariana Trench [the deepest location in the earth's crust] and it takes an hour to reach the bottom, 11km down," he booms.
VP 5257
T BBC2 8.00 - 9.00 pm Springwatch
VP 3899
The following programme is being shown on BBC2 Wales 11.50 - 12.50 am VP 873851
T BBC2 Art from the Arctic:BBC4 on BBC2 11.20 - 12.20 am Documentary following the progress of a diverse group of artists and scientists brought together by David Buckland. They visit the island of Spitzbergen, where they exchange ideas on raising awareness about global warming.
VP 527035
Thursday 1st
The following programme is being shown on BBC1 Northern Ireland on Saturday morning.
*T BBC1 1.20 - 2.15 am Sign Zone: The Bog Bodies Timewatch Documentary about the discovery of two perfectly preserved ancient Celt bodies in an Irish peat bog. The film follows archaeologists as they establish who these men were, when they lived and how they died.
VP 3851604
T BBC2 7.00 - 7.45 am Springwatch
VP 4348975
T Cbeebies 7.30 - 8.15 am Springwatch
VP 3967352
T Cbeebies 12.00 - 12.45 pm Little Lunchers Springwatch
VP 1822420
T CBBC 5.00 - 5.30 pm Really Wild Show
VP 61468401
T Cbeebies 5.15 - 6.00 pm Springwatch
VP 4710420
T ITV1 Anglia 7.30 - 8.00 pm Coastal Inspirations - Paul Gogarty stops off at the historic port of King’s Lynn and the Wash to explore their maritime roots, and visit’s the lighthouse that belonged to wildfowl painter and conservationist Sir Peter Scott. And in Hunstanton, artist Gerald Marsland puts the finishing touches to his oil paintings of the British coastline. Plus a look back at some of Paul's favourite artistic ports of call during the series.
VP 6
T ITV1 Border & ITV Border Scottish 7.30 - 8.00 pm Solway
VP 6
T ITV1 Carlton Central 7.30 - 8.00 pm Sky High - Lucy Kite flies by helicopter across the 18 counties that make up the Midlands. Today's journey begins over the largely rural county of Leicestershire, before turning south to Warwickshire and some of the country's most famous locations, including the birthplace of Shakespeare in Stratford-upon-Avon.
VP 6
T ITV1 Carlton West Country 7.30 - 8.00 pm Bendell’s West country. In the final programme of the series exploring the region, Ron Bendell pays tribute to the lumbering giants of yester-year thundering around a Cornish field and Buckfastleigh plays host to a nostalgic look back to WWll. Meanwhile, in Cornwall, careful driving takes a back seat on the racing circuit from hell.
VP 6
T ITV1 Granada 7.30 - 8.00 pm - Cookery - Grub’s Up
VP 6
T ITV1 London 7.30 - 8.00 pm Off the Beaten Track with Nigel Farrell -
VP 6
T ITV1 Meridian 7.30 - 8.00 pm Coastal Ways A July visit to the mouth of the great river Medway in northern Kent sees fishermen and sailors, tugboats and sheepdogs, marshland and seabirds in this beautiful part of the country.
VP 6
T ITV1 West 7.30 - 8.00 pm - Slimbridge at Sixty
VP 6
T BBC2 8.00 - 9.00 pm Springwatch
VP 9888
The following programme is being shown on BBC1 Northern Ireland on Sunday at 4.45 pm
T BBC1 9.00 - 10.00 pm Can We Save Planet Earth? In the second of a two-part documentary, David Attenborough explores just how much climate change is altering our planet. He looks ahead to find out what needs to be done to save Planet Earth from the worst impact of global warming and discovers what could happen to the planet once a 'tipping point' of carbon emissions is reached. He also discusses the solutions we can all adopt to prevent catastrophic change.
VP 4710
Friday 2nd
*T BBC1 Northern Ireland 12.45 - 1.45 am Sign Zone
lanet Earth Deserts Documentary series which celebrates our planet in all its glory, both its spectacular scenery and its captivating natural history. This edition looks at deserts, which cover a third of the Earth's land surface. From space they appear lifeless but a closer look reveals a different picture, from Mongolia's Gobi desert where wild Bactrian camels have to eat snow in lieu of water, to the Atacama in Chile where guanacos survive by licking the dew off cactus spines. VP 729840
*T BBC1 2.15 - 3.15 am Sign Zone: The Lost World of Friese - Cirencester to Carlisle Dan Cruickshank retraces pioneering 1920s filmmaker Claude Friese-Greene's route around Britain. Dan travels from Wales, through the Midlands to Lancashire and the Lakes, discovering descendants of people featured in the archive, including two people who appear in the films as children.
VP 717005
T BBC2 7.00 - 7.45 am Springwatch
VP 4315647
T Cbeebies 7.30 - 8.15 am Springwatch
VP 3934024
T Cbeebies 12.00 - 12.45 pm Little Lunchers Springwatch
VP 1899192
T BBC1 4.55 - 5.25 pm The Really Wild Show Michaela Strachan and Mark Speight present a live show from the Springwatch farm in Devon that’s packed with tips on how to get up close and personal to British wildlife.
VP 6332956
T CBBC 5.00 - 5.30 pm Springwatch
VP 61435173
T Cbeebies 5.15 - 6.00 pm Springwatch
VP 4787192
T BBC2 7.00 - 7.30 pm The Real Cost of Going Green
VP 6753
Saturday 3rd
*T BBC1 Northern Ireland 1.35 - 2.30 am Sign Zone: The Bog Bodies Timewatch Documentary about the discovery of two perfectly preserved ancient Celt bodies in an Irish peat bog. The film follows archaeologists as they establish who these men were, when they lived and how they died.
VP 3851604
“T Channel 5 5.35 - 6.00 am Wildlife Down Under with Nick Baker - Manta Ray
VP 91656796
*T BBC2 6.35 - 6.45 am Our Planet
VP 5551661
T ITV3 11.15 - 11.40 am Savage Planet - Series looking at the powerful forces which affect the Earth. This edition looks at the phenomenon of meteorites, which collide with Earth on a daily basis. Although most burn up in the atmosphere, the threat posed by a monster meteorite - which could put an end to life as we know it - is one that many scientists are taking seriously. VP 73268116
T Cbeebies 11.15 - 12.00 pm Springwatch
VP 4649048
T Cbeebies 12.35 - 12.45 pm Our Planet
VP 81766999T CBBC 1.00 - 1.30 pm Really Wild Show
VP 82355845
T CBBC 1.30 - 2.00 pm Really Wild Show
VP 84375796
T Cbeebies 4.50 - 5.00 pm Our Planet
VP 71220864
T Cbeebies 5.15 - 6.00 pm Springwatch
VP 4754864
*T Channel 4 7.10 - 9.10 pm The Search for the NorthWest Passage A look at the search for the fabled Northwest passage, the legendary path through the ice across the Canadian Arctic, and the attempts made by wealthy British explorer Sir John Franklin and penniless Norwegian Roald Amundsen.
VP 24825947
T BBC2 9.10 - 10.10 pm The Summer of Drought, 1976 - A look back at the events of summer 1976, when the longest, driest spell on record led to drought, water rationing and forest fires. As the country sweltered, tensions rose - angry crowds helped James Hunt win the Grand Prix, violent rioting tore up the Notting Hill Carnival and punk reared its rebellious head.
VP 639951
Sunday 4th
*T Channel 5 5.30 - 6.00 am Wildlife SOS
VP 8695487
ITV3 6.00 - 6.25 am Savage Planet Star Wounds Series looking at the powerful forces which affect the Earth. This edition looks at the phenomenon of meteorites, which collide with Earth on a daily basis. Although most burn up in the atmosphere, the threat posed by a monster meteorite - which could put an end to life as we know it - is one that many scientists are taking seriously.
VP 37681013
T BBC2 6.35 - 6.45 am Our Planet
VP 5455433
T Cbeebies 10.50 - 11.00 am Our Planet
VP 65351907
T BBC2 11.30 - 12.00 pm Country File - John Craven heads for Abbotsbury Swannery in Dorset, where they’ve just hatched the first black cygnets in 650 years. Adam Henson investigates concerns that British gardeners are threatening the future of rare limestone pavements in the Republic of Ireland VP 1487
T BBC1 Scotland 11.30 - 12.00 pm Landward - This programme looks at how Scottish beef is being received following the resumption of exports. Plus the sport of hound-trailing in the Borders and searching out the nation’s lost villages.
VP 1487
T CBBC 1.00 - 1.30 pm Really Wild Show
VP 82259617
T CBBC 1.30 - 2.00 pm Really Wild Show
VP 84279568
T Cbeebies 4.50 - 5.00 pm Our Planet
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T BBC1 Northern Ireland 4.45 - 5.45 pm Are We Changing Planet Earth? In the second of a two-part documentary, David Attenborough explores just how much climate change is altering our planet. He looks ahead to find out what needs to be done to save Planet Earth from the worst impact of global warming and discovers what could happen to the planet once a 'tipping point' of carbon emissions is reached. He also discusses the solutions we can all adopt to prevent catastrophic change.
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*T BBC2 6.00 - 7.00 pm Coast - Outer Hebrides to Orkney Islands
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T ITV1 Meridian 6.00 - 6.25 pm Monkey Business
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*T Channel 5 8.00 - 8.30 pm Ice Alert - Documentary about people's experiences of extreme cold, including explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes and Wade Truett, who survived 17 days of being trapped in his car in sub-zero temperatures. Plus a look at the dangers to entire communities which occur when ice storms come to the area, crippling movement in and out of towns and bringing down electricity pylons.
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*T Channel 5 8.30 - 9.00 pm Volcano Alert - Documentary about scientists Peter Hall and Patti Mothes and their self-imposed mission to save the people living in Banyos, Ecuador, from the volcano which overshadows the village. The scientists try to detect when the eruption of super-heated gas and dust will take and what course it will take.
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T BBC1 10.15 - 10.55 Panorama - Global Warming : Bush’s Climate of Fear - Investigation into allegations that US scientists were gagged by the Bush administration and that their reports on climate change were altered and suppressed in order to play down the scale of the problem.
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