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- The Looney Tunes search for a man's missing father and the mythical Blue Monkey diamond.
- Venturing into the wilds of China, "Born in China" captures intimate moments with a panda and her growing cub, a young golden monkey who feels displaced by his baby sister, and a mother snow leopard struggling to raise her two cubs.
- A storytelling show on extreme sports.
- Mysteries are revealed like the words "Simple Plan," "Third Secret of Fatima" and also the mysterious white man which are all mentioned in the movie "SPEC: Heaven".
- This talk provides current research and development efforts on robotics autonomy at JPL, with an emphasis on safety, efficiency, and performance of robotic mobility even with risk-aware decision making and machine learning.
- This is no winter wonderland for Les Stroud. This barren, snowy wilderness will test the ultimate Survivorman. With only an axe, a multi-tool, and one blanket to shield him from the harsh cold, Les endures seven days of insane conditions.
- Latest US submarine 20% cheaper than the Seawolf. 6 years to design and build.
- As Livia moves into a family hut she lands in the middle of a dispute between two families. She also learns of the danger posed by a hostile neighbouring tribe.
- Livia witnesses the violence and intimidation the Mbendjele face due to their size when she films a conflict between her hosts and a neighbouring tribe. She also sees the theatrical rituals they practise to help laugh off adversity.
- The village Lothario faces accusations of adultery. Government officials arrive in the village to announce the building of a road that will pass right through it. The villagers welcome the idea but it could bring harm.
- Nigel starts his journey following wildlife in the Canadian Arctic.
- Nigel visits arctic foxes and their cubs; beluga whales arrive in the river.
- 2019– 1h 22m8.4 (12)Podcast EpisodeOne of the most unlikely tales of a society's fall is the incredible saga of the Vikings of Greenland. Series host Paul Cooper reveals how these European settlers built a society on the farthest edge of their world, and survived for centuries among some of the harshest conditions ever faced by man. He shows how this civilization was able to overcome the odds for so long, and examines the evidence about what happened to cause its final and mysterious collapse as revealed by Viking poetry, Inuit folktales and thousands upon thousands of walrus.
- 2019– 1h 38m8.6 (8)Podcast EpisodeDeep in the Cambodian Jungle, a ruined city crumbles among the roots of banyan trees. Series host Paul Cooper looks at the Khmer Empire of medieval Cambodia, and their capital, the ancient mega-city of Angkor. He explores how this great civilization rose to a size and wealth virtually unprecedented in the world, how it overcame the challenges of its climate and landscape, and all the factors that led to its final, dramatic collapse.
- 2019– 2h 28m8.9 (25)Podcast EpisodePaul Cooper explores the rise and especially the fall of the ancient cities that once flourished between the Tigris and Euphrates Rives in ancient Mesopotamia .
- 2019– 2h 16m8.7 (9)Podcast EpisodePaul Cooper traces the rise of the Songhai Empire of western Africa, the reasons it flourished and, ultimately, the reasons for it's demise
- 2019– 1h 43m8.3 (13)Podcast EpisodePaul Cooper examines one of archaeology's most enduring puzzles: the mystery of Easter Island where, on one of the world's most isolated islands, hundreds of vast stone statues lie moldering in the grass. Cooper discusses how this unique community grew up in complete isolation, severed from the rest of the world by a vast expanse of ocean, explains of how it survived for so many centuries, and analyzes the evidence to reveal what brought this society, and its statues, crashing down.
- 2019– 2h 52m9.1 (8)Podcast EpisodePaul Cooper examines the remarkable story of the Han Dynasty, the first empire of ancient China. Using ancient Chinese poetry, songs and folk music, he traces the first empire's rise, its remarkable technological advances, and its early, tentative attempts to make contact with the empires of the west. Finally, he looks at all the reasons behind the first age of Imperial China's final, dramatic collapse which left a city in ruins, a dynasty in tatters and an empire in ashes.
- 2019– 4h 13m8.5 (8)Podcast EpisodeBeneath the busy streets of Mexico City, a buried god lies waiting to be discovered - Paul Cooper looks back at the age of the Aztecs, examining how this society grew from nothing to create one of the world's largest cities in the middle of a lake. He reveals Aztec riddles, poetry and songs, the bloody ritual of the flower wars and tells the remarkable story of how this thriving empire collapsed all at once, in a matter of days.
- Stranded on northern Baffin Island, "Survivorman" Les Stroud learns harsh lessons in solo arctic survival in 24hour daylight.
- 2019– 1h 47m9.2 (9)Podcast EpisodePaul Cooper examines one of history's most incredible stories of survival - the thousand-year epic of the Byzantine Empire. He explains how this civilization suffered the loss of its Western half, and continued the unbroken legacy of Rome right through the Middle Ages. Cooper discusses how the ancient city formed a bridge between two continents, and two ages, and from the outskirts of modern Istanbul where a line of ancient walls lies crumbling into the earth, explains how the impregnable defenses of Constantinople were finally brought crashing to the ground. The second half of the two part episode covers the period from the 8th Century A.D. to the fall of the empire in the Fifteenth Century A.D.
- An avalanche leaves three friends fighting for their lives; a dust storm swallows an entire city; a landslide rips away the earth from a Norwegian shoreline.
- 2019– 1h 48m8.9 (8)Podcast EpisodeHigh up on the craggy peaks of the Urubamba Canyon, the lost city of Machu Picchu lies wreathed in cloud. In this episode, host Paul Cooper explores the mountains of the Andes, and traces the story of the Inca Empire. Find out how these mountain people built the largest empire in the Western Hemipshere, one that stretched across South America, in one of the toughest terrains on earth. With Inca poetry, Quechuan hymns and authentic Andean instruments, discover the unique culture of the Inca and find out what happened to bring their society crashing down around them.
- 2019–9.0 (8)Podcast EpisodeIn the second part of his story tracing the rise and fall of the sprawling Inca empire which at its peak stretched across South America, Paul Cooper describes how the indigenous people and their way of life was destroyed by invading Spanish conquistadors.
- Geologists believe the Rocky Mountains recently rose from an inland sea to twice their current size and becoming a new inland sea may be their not to distant fate.
- Steve's team visits the world's largest and most diverse ecosystem, the Amazon rain forest, whose eponymous stream and countless tributaries contain a fifth of the world's river water, enough to largely drive its own weather cycle. Its unequaled 3 million known plants and animal species lives in a multi-stores environment, in extremely complex interaction. Only a shallow soil layer contains mineral nutrients, so the huge trees need extra support roots and various symbiosis, especially with mycorrhiza, a type of fungus.
- Board a virtual space ship to travel along with a variety of comets; long and short period, sun grazers, comets masquerading as asteroids and comets still in deep freeze in the Oort cloud. Then ride along on the NASA probes that visited nearby comets.
- Take an extraordinary journey through North America and meet the incredible array of exotic wildlife that lives in our backyard. Through epic cinematography and compelling storytelling, we experience their struggle for survival in this land of extremes.
- Scattered across the globe lie mysterious ruins that are buried in sand-swept deserts, perched atop towering mountains, and shrouded in the heart of dense jungles. These age-old structures stand as silent sentinels from the past, their true history seemingly erased by time. Can modern archaeology unravel the enigma of how-and why-these wonders were built?
- Meta threatens to block news content in Canada with digital anthropologist Giles Crouch; BC to provide air conditioners to some vulnerable people with the BC Poverty Reduction Coalition Rowan Burdge; BC Gov't program will provide 8,000 A/C units with Global BC's Emily Lazatin; Rick Hansen returns to site of life-altering accident. Burn recovery supported by lottery with Stef Holland and Massimo Cerantola; Road trip from Whistler to Williams Lake in BC Adventure. The Morning Show Preview.
- For extreme athlete Mich Kemeter, nothing comes close to the freedom of free solo slack-lining. Having traveled the globe and taken on some of the world's highest lines without safety, Mich's now ready for a different challenge closer to home. He'll push the physical limits of his sport as he attempts a 250m world record waterline across the stunning Grüner See (Green Lake) in his hometown of Tragöß, Austria. At almost the length of two football fields Mich will have to utilize all of his combined physical and mental strength to overcome his greatest challenge yet.
- High Diving World Champion Orlando Duque sets off to the legendary Malpelo Island in Colombia, where Orlando fulfills a 20-year dream of diving from its breathtaking but treacherous rock faces. Located 30 hours from civilization it's a volcanic island forgotten by time and one of the most beautiful settings to perfect the art and beauty of cliff diving. The adventure then moves on when he and his crew head deep into the Amazon jungle in search of a uniquely Colombian diving spot - a towering tree in the vast rain forest.
- Windsurfer Thomas Miklautsch has a dream: He wants to surf around the infamous Cape Horn, the most Southern point in the world. He tried it once 10 years ago, but failed. To make it work this time he gets support from pro-surfers Ben van der Steen and Tine Slabe. But the rough ocean gives them a lot to chew on, their first attempt fails and their accompanying sailing boat strikes. Their patience is stretched to the maximum, but suddenly a short weather window opens. Will they achieve what no one else did before, surfing around Cape Horn?
- From underground movement to global sensation, it didn't take long for the sport of free running to spread all the way from the streets and onto people's televisions. Right there from the beginning and at the center of the world's gaze is three-time World Free Running champ, Jason Paul. An artist in motion, Jason discovered the fledgling discipline at a young age and as the sport has grown, so he has matured with it. Jason's tools are his mind and his athleticism; running, jumping, flipping, spinning and attempting what's never been done before. We follow the rise of free running through Jason's eyes as he travels the world; from training in the parkour playgrounds of Bangkok and LA, to a groundbreaking attempt to free-run where no other has before, Gunkanjima, the forbidden ghost island of Japan.
- Cyril has heard disturbing stories of people being accidentally injured and even killed by the huge jumping Gulf Sturgeon - and its even bigger cousin, the White Sturgeon, is the most massive freshwater fish in North America, growing to over 1500 lbs. In his quest to catch these prehistoric beasts, Cyril encounters accident victims, scientists and even Bigfoot hunters as he travels across the continent, from the murky rivers in Florida, to the mountains of British Columbia. But with a huge fish on the line in a raging alpine gorge, it's going to take everything Cyril has to land this monster.