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Our Queen At 90
To celebrate Elizabeth II's 90th birthday, this ITV documentary has enjoyed privileged access to the Queen and to many members of the Royal Family during the year in which she became the nation's longest-reigning monarch. Prince Charles and his sons and daughter-in-law William, Harry and Catherine reveal how she has inspired them, while Prince Andrew and his daughters Beatrice and Eugenie explain what she means to them, while political leaders, celebrities and ordinary people from all over the world reflect on their experiences of meeting her.
Eagle-eyed viewers spotted this cushion during a scene in Balmoral:
To celebrate Elizabeth II's 90th birthday, this ITV documentary has enjoyed privileged access to the Queen and to many members of the Royal Family during the year in which she became the nation's longest-reigning monarch. Prince Charles and his sons and daughter-in-law William, Harry and Catherine reveal how she has inspired them, while Prince Andrew and his daughters Beatrice and Eugenie explain what she means to them, while political leaders, celebrities and ordinary people from all over the world reflect on their experiences of meeting her.
Eagle-eyed viewers spotted this cushion during a scene in Balmoral:
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A documentary with Morgan Freeman narrating. "In Search of God" or something like that. Exploring the worlds different religions and beliefs and philosophies pertaining to "God".
I caught that too. I was impressed how diplomatically they handled a potentially contentious topic, neither preachy nor judgey. Morgan Freeman is a good choice for that sort of thing, he is the type of actor that engenders the trust of the audience.
Tribes, Predators & Me
Episode 1 (of 3)
Anaconda People of the Amazon
In his new BBC documentary series, wildlife filmmaker Gordon Buchanan travels to three remote tribes to learn the wildlife secrets of people who live alongside the iconic and dangerous animals we fear the most.
In this first episode he joins a Waorani tribal family in Ecuador's Amazon jungle as they search for giant anacondas.
The tribe know this remote rainforest and its spectacular wildlife better than anyone else. They teach Gordon their secrets for surviving here, using blow pipes and sharpened sticks to hunt monkeys and wild pigs.
But his greatest challenge is to help them catch and release a massive anaconda, an animal of spiritual importance that could hold the key to their future.
Watch it here:
Tribes Predators and Me S01E01 - Video Dailymotion
Episode 1 (of 3)
Anaconda People of the Amazon
In his new BBC documentary series, wildlife filmmaker Gordon Buchanan travels to three remote tribes to learn the wildlife secrets of people who live alongside the iconic and dangerous animals we fear the most.
In this first episode he joins a Waorani tribal family in Ecuador's Amazon jungle as they search for giant anacondas.
The tribe know this remote rainforest and its spectacular wildlife better than anyone else. They teach Gordon their secrets for surviving here, using blow pipes and sharpened sticks to hunt monkeys and wild pigs.
But his greatest challenge is to help them catch and release a massive anaconda, an animal of spiritual importance that could hold the key to their future.
Watch it here:
Tribes Predators and Me S01E01 - Video Dailymotion
Tribes, Predators & Me
Episode 2
Lion People of the Kalahari
Gordon Buchanan joins a group of Bushmen in Botswana's Kalahari Desert to learn how to survive on foot among wild lions.
The Ju/'hoansi Bushmen teach Gordon their ancient survival secrets, how to make fire, find honey and gather water from desert plants. He sees them hunt with poisoned arrows and track predatory lions. These big cats are a terrifying presence, but can Gordon be brave enough to help his tribal family approach them on foot to retrieve meat to feed the tribe?
Watch it here:
Tribes Predators and Me 2 Lion People of the Kalahari - Video Dailymotion
Episode 2
Lion People of the Kalahari
Gordon Buchanan joins a group of Bushmen in Botswana's Kalahari Desert to learn how to survive on foot among wild lions.
The Ju/'hoansi Bushmen teach Gordon their ancient survival secrets, how to make fire, find honey and gather water from desert plants. He sees them hunt with poisoned arrows and track predatory lions. These big cats are a terrifying presence, but can Gordon be brave enough to help his tribal family approach them on foot to retrieve meat to feed the tribe?
Watch it here:
Tribes Predators and Me 2 Lion People of the Kalahari - Video Dailymotion
Connecticut > Syracuse in NCAA womens bball championship
Huskies are just too much - in a class by themselves
Huskies are just too much - in a class by themselves
James May: The Reassembler
Episode 1
Lawnmower
In his new manly BBC series, former Top Gear co-presenter James May explores the intricacies and engineering marvels of various objects by putting them back together again from a pile of hundreds of their component parts.
In this first episode, James is faced with the 331 pieces that make up a 1959 petrol lawnmower.
The Suffolk Colt helped make mowing accessible to the masses by producing a smaller and affordable machine to keep our nation's lawns at regulation height.
As this is a petrol lawnmower, James's first task is to put the engine back together before he gets to grips with the gearing, the clutch and the blades themselves.
Armed only with his toolbox and an endless supply of tea, James experiences the highs and lows only possible when attempting to put history back together again, piece by piece.
Episode 1
Lawnmower
In his new manly BBC series, former Top Gear co-presenter James May explores the intricacies and engineering marvels of various objects by putting them back together again from a pile of hundreds of their component parts.
In this first episode, James is faced with the 331 pieces that make up a 1959 petrol lawnmower.
The Suffolk Colt helped make mowing accessible to the masses by producing a smaller and affordable machine to keep our nation's lawns at regulation height.
As this is a petrol lawnmower, James's first task is to put the engine back together before he gets to grips with the gearing, the clutch and the blades themselves.
Armed only with his toolbox and an endless supply of tea, James experiences the highs and lows only possible when attempting to put history back together again, piece by piece.
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The Vikings Uncovered
In this new one-and-a-half-hour long BBC documentary, historian Dan Snow (who also holds Canadian citizenship) uncovers the lost Vikings in Canada with space archaeologist Dr Sarah Parcak. Sarah uses satellites 383 miles above the earth to spot ruins as small as 30cm buried beneath the surface. As Sarah searches for Viking sites from Britain to Newfoundland, Dan explores how they voyaged thousands of miles when most ships never left the shoreline. He also tracks their expansion west, first as raiders and then as settlers and traders throughout Britain and beyond to Iceland and Greenland. In North America they excavate what could be the most westerly Viking settlement ever discovered.
In this new one-and-a-half-hour long BBC documentary, historian Dan Snow (who also holds Canadian citizenship) uncovers the lost Vikings in Canada with space archaeologist Dr Sarah Parcak. Sarah uses satellites 383 miles above the earth to spot ruins as small as 30cm buried beneath the surface. As Sarah searches for Viking sites from Britain to Newfoundland, Dan explores how they voyaged thousands of miles when most ships never left the shoreline. He also tracks their expansion west, first as raiders and then as settlers and traders throughout Britain and beyond to Iceland and Greenland. In North America they excavate what could be the most westerly Viking settlement ever discovered.
James May: The Reassembler
Episode 2
Telephone
James tackles a 1957 Bakelite dial telephone - 211 pieces, most of them very small indeed, must be reassembled in the correct order if this telephone is ever to ring again.
From the receiver with its carbon filings that enable speech to be amplified, to the electrical pulses created by the dial itself that connect the phone to the outside world, James soon discovers that every single piece of the telephone played a crucial role in revolutionising communication around the world.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpzUvLPZqBI&nohtml5=False
James May: The Reassembler
Episode 3
Electric Guitar
James concludes his quest to truly understand everyday objects by putting them back together piece by piece with an electric guitar.
147 pieces must be reassembled carefully and in the correct order, which will entail soldering, extensive use of James's precision Japanese screwdrivers and some fiddly electronics.
The electric guitar transformed the music industry and society itself and, channelling his namesake Brian, James will plug in his reassembled guitar and hope he puts all the bits together correctly as he gets ready to perform one of most unexpected guitar solos of all time.
Episode 2
Telephone
James tackles a 1957 Bakelite dial telephone - 211 pieces, most of them very small indeed, must be reassembled in the correct order if this telephone is ever to ring again.
From the receiver with its carbon filings that enable speech to be amplified, to the electrical pulses created by the dial itself that connect the phone to the outside world, James soon discovers that every single piece of the telephone played a crucial role in revolutionising communication around the world.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpzUvLPZqBI&nohtml5=False
James May: The Reassembler
Episode 3
Electric Guitar
James concludes his quest to truly understand everyday objects by putting them back together piece by piece with an electric guitar.
147 pieces must be reassembled carefully and in the correct order, which will entail soldering, extensive use of James's precision Japanese screwdrivers and some fiddly electronics.
The electric guitar transformed the music industry and society itself and, channelling his namesake Brian, James will plug in his reassembled guitar and hope he puts all the bits together correctly as he gets ready to perform one of most unexpected guitar solos of all time.
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Wainright Walks
Series 1
Episode 1
Haystacks
In this 2007 BBC Four series, Julia Bradbury follows in the footsteps of legendary fellwalker, guidebook author and illustrator Alfred Wainwright in this wonderful series featuring stunning aerial footage. Using Wainwright's Pictorial Guides of the Lakeland Fells, Julia discovers the treasures of the Lake District.
We accompany Julia on four of Wainwright's 214 illustrated walks, as she climbs to the top of the legendary fellwalker's final resting place, Haystacks; shimmies along Sharp Edge to reach the summit of Blencathra; absorbs the rugged beauty of Castle Crag; and takes on Wainwright's ultimate challenge, the tallest mountain in England, Scafell Pike.
Series 1
Episode 1
Haystacks
In this 2007 BBC Four series, Julia Bradbury follows in the footsteps of legendary fellwalker, guidebook author and illustrator Alfred Wainwright in this wonderful series featuring stunning aerial footage. Using Wainwright's Pictorial Guides of the Lakeland Fells, Julia discovers the treasures of the Lake District.
We accompany Julia on four of Wainwright's 214 illustrated walks, as she climbs to the top of the legendary fellwalker's final resting place, Haystacks; shimmies along Sharp Edge to reach the summit of Blencathra; absorbs the rugged beauty of Castle Crag; and takes on Wainwright's ultimate challenge, the tallest mountain in England, Scafell Pike.
The Beginning and End of the Universe
Prof Jim Al-Khalili tackles the biggest subject of all, the universe, through a series of critical observations and experiments that revolutionised our understanding of our world.
Episode 1
The Beginning
Jim Al-Khalili, Professor of Theoretical Physics at the University of Surrey, takes us back in time to tackle the greatest question in science: how did the universe begin? Uncovering the origins of the universe is regarded as humankind's greatest intellectual achievement. By recreating key experiments Jim unravels the cosmic mystery of science's creation story before witnessing a moment, one millionth of a second, after the universe sprang into existence.
Episode 2
The End
In this second part, Professor Jim Al-Khalili carries us into the distant future to try to discover how the universe will end - with a bang or a whimper? He reveals a universe far stranger than anyone imagined and, at the frontier of our understanding, encounters a mysterious and enigmatic force that promises to change physics forever.
Prof Jim Al-Khalili tackles the biggest subject of all, the universe, through a series of critical observations and experiments that revolutionised our understanding of our world.
Episode 1
The Beginning
Jim Al-Khalili, Professor of Theoretical Physics at the University of Surrey, takes us back in time to tackle the greatest question in science: how did the universe begin? Uncovering the origins of the universe is regarded as humankind's greatest intellectual achievement. By recreating key experiments Jim unravels the cosmic mystery of science's creation story before witnessing a moment, one millionth of a second, after the universe sprang into existence.
Episode 2
The End
In this second part, Professor Jim Al-Khalili carries us into the distant future to try to discover how the universe will end - with a bang or a whimper? He reveals a universe far stranger than anyone imagined and, at the frontier of our understanding, encounters a mysterious and enigmatic force that promises to change physics forever.
A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
RAF pilot Peter Carter (the wonderful David Niven) is on his way home to Britain from a World War II bombing mission in a badly damaged aircraft. Before he bails out of the plane into the ocean, he contacts June (Kim Hunter), an Allied radio operator with whom he shares what he believes to be his final moments on Earth. But Peter survives, finds June and they fall in love. But a problem arises when a divine messenger (Marius Goring) arrives to escort Peter to heaven to rectify his wrongful survival.
Seen as ahead of its time, beautifully produced, shot in both colour and black and white, and portraying a bit of Anglo-American rivalry - with the Brit getting the American girl and an American depicted as an anti-British bigot - at a time when there was a degree of anti-Americanism in Britain ("overpaid, oversexed and over here"), A Matter of Life and Death is often viewed as the greatest British film ever made.
RAF pilot Peter Carter (the wonderful David Niven) is on his way home to Britain from a World War II bombing mission in a badly damaged aircraft. Before he bails out of the plane into the ocean, he contacts June (Kim Hunter), an Allied radio operator with whom he shares what he believes to be his final moments on Earth. But Peter survives, finds June and they fall in love. But a problem arises when a divine messenger (Marius Goring) arrives to escort Peter to heaven to rectify his wrongful survival.
Seen as ahead of its time, beautifully produced, shot in both colour and black and white, and portraying a bit of Anglo-American rivalry - with the Brit getting the American girl and an American depicted as an anti-British bigot - at a time when there was a degree of anti-Americanism in Britain ("overpaid, oversexed and over here"), A Matter of Life and Death is often viewed as the greatest British film ever made.
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Britain's Treasure Islands
Episode 1
Ocean Odyssey
Naturalist and explorer Stewart McPherson has climbed dozens of unexplored mountains and discovered many new species and yet the journey he has always wanted to make is to the most remote parts of Britain - not the islands of Scotland or the mountains of Wales, but to the UK's 14 overseas territories.
His exploration of these British outposts begins in Bermuda, in the north Atlantic, where he finds ancient castles and a bird that had been thought extinct for more than 300 years.
Stewart then travels to the British Indian Ocean Territory, which lies halfway between Tanzania and Indonesia, where he comes across the world's biggest land invertebrate - the coconut crab.
He eventually reaches the Pitcairn Islands, in the southern Pacific, where he meets the descendants of the mutineers of the Bounty.
Episode 1
Ocean Odyssey
Naturalist and explorer Stewart McPherson has climbed dozens of unexplored mountains and discovered many new species and yet the journey he has always wanted to make is to the most remote parts of Britain - not the islands of Scotland or the mountains of Wales, but to the UK's 14 overseas territories.
His exploration of these British outposts begins in Bermuda, in the north Atlantic, where he finds ancient castles and a bird that had been thought extinct for more than 300 years.
Stewart then travels to the British Indian Ocean Territory, which lies halfway between Tanzania and Indonesia, where he comes across the world's biggest land invertebrate - the coconut crab.
He eventually reaches the Pitcairn Islands, in the southern Pacific, where he meets the descendants of the mutineers of the Bounty.
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