BBC America - East

In the heart of Asia lie vast arid lands; these deserts and dry grasslands are so hostile, they push life to the limit; the animals that live here are some of the toughest on earth - they are Asia's great survivors.

A Chicago man (John Candy) and his family go camping with his obnoxious brother-in-law (Dan Aykroyd) and his family.

On Zambia's plains, a cheetah mother and her three growing daughters must travel thousands of kilometers every year to roam their vast territory searching for food; new challenges arise as the wet season arrives and floodwaters advance.

The great flood in the Okavango turns 4,000 square miles of arid plains into a wetland, drawing in millions of animals including elephants and hippos.

In Amboseli, Kenya, an incredibly rare drought event pushes a struggling elephant family to its limits as their only chance to save their dynasty is to work together and overcome the challenge of a lifetime.

A mother puma must battle rivals, tackle prey nearly three times her size and endure the wild mountain weather of Patagonia in her bid to raise four cubs, her biggest litter yet.

On the vast Zambian plains, a clan of hyenas must pull together to survive; the seemingly desolate territory could be the key to their success, and holding onto it until the wildebeest return will be vital for the clan's survival.

High in the mountains of Morocco lives a descendant of a long line of macaque rulers who has been in charge of her troupe for many winters - one of the longest recorded reigns of an alpha - but this year is likely to be her last.

For her pups to survive, a young meerkat queen must unite her family in the face of rivals, predators and immense dust storms in the harsh beauty of the Madgadikgadi salt pans of Botswana.

In the heart of Asia lie vast arid lands; these deserts and dry grasslands are so hostile, they push life to the limit; the animals that live here are some of the toughest on earth - they are Asia's great survivors.

In 2009, Somali pirates storm a U.S. containership and hold Capt. Richard Phillips (Tom Hanks) and his crew captive.

During World War II, a battle-hardened Army sergeant leads the crew of a Sherman tank on a deadly mission behind enemy lines to strike at the heart of Nazi Germany.

A World War II captain (Tom Hanks) and his squad (Edward Burns, Tom Sizemore) risk all to locate and send home a soldier whose three brothers died in combat.

During World War II, a battle-hardened Army sergeant leads the crew of a Sherman tank on a deadly mission behind enemy lines to strike at the heart of Nazi Germany.

In 2009, Somali pirates storm a U.S. containership and hold Capt. Richard Phillips (Tom Hanks) and his crew captive.

Creatures and the adaptations that allow them to cope with the harsh environment of the Namib Desert.

Highlighting eight of the most extraordinary sequences from BBC America's impactful and Emmy-winning "Planet Earth II" and "Blue Planet II"; featuring new narration from Sir David Attenborough.

A young farmhand (Nicholas Hoult) gets swept into the realm of legend when he must defend his land from a seemingly unstoppable force of giant warriors.

In 2009, Somali pirates storm a U.S. containership and hold Capt. Richard Phillips (Tom Hanks) and his crew captive.

A World War II captain (Tom Hanks) and his squad (Edward Burns, Tom Sizemore) risk all to locate and send home a soldier whose three brothers died in combat.

McCoy and Borgia target the unlikely hero who pursued a mass murderer through the streets of Manhattan in a deadly car chase that left one dead and one injured.

A celebrity chef comes under suspicion in the murder of a TV network executive when Fontana and Green learn that the two were having an affair and the chef's cooking show was about to be canceled.

While investigating a woman's murder, Fontana and Green uncover a cult that encourages sexual relations with children, and Borgia determines to put away its mesmerizing leader (Deborah Hedwall).

A promiscuous lawyer ends up bludgeoned to death in her office, and detectives treat her former lovers as suspects until DNA evidence points to a co-worker.

Fontana and Falco (Michael Imperioli) must tread lightly when they discover links between a powerful police commissioner and the murders of an infamous porn actress and a maverick publisher.

The shooting of a Panamanian jockey sends Fontana and Falco (Michael Imperioli) into the colorful world of horse racing, and they learn that the animal's owner used stolen funds for the purchase.

Fontana and Falco (Michael Imperioli) make an arrest after a blaze kills a firefighter, and the discovery of a charred pistol leads them to reopen the investigation into an old murder.

After a commuter train strikes an SUV parked on the tracks, leaving 11 dead, Fontana and Falco sift through the wreckage in search of clues until they find a depressed construction worker who claims he meant to commit suicide, not homicide.

Cool Veronica (Winona Ryder) and her quirky new boyfriend (Christian Slater) topple a high-school trio of too-cool Heathers.

Wildlife survives alongside people in Europe; a baby monkey is kidnapped in Gibraltar; grave robbing wild hamsters fight in the cemeteries of Vienna; wolves roam the forests.

Asia is the largest of all continents; in the frozen north, walrus congregate in extraordinary numbers, bears gather inside volcanoes and yeti-like monkeys fight in the remote forests of China; in the tropical south, the last few Sumatran rhino roam.