BBC Earth

Paddy McGuinness and Cherry Healey visit a factory in Market Drayton that produces 100,000 festive gingerbread biscuits a week.

Stanley Tucci explores Bologna, seen by many as the food capital of Italy. He breaks open a fresh cheese wheel with Massimo Bottura and meets the niece of Federico Fellini.

Xander has a close-up encounter with a cobra, and travels north to Tamil country where he helps dig up mines remaining after the bitter civil war that raged for 30 years.

The last leg of Joanna Lumley's journey takes her by dhow to Zanzibar, the spice island of Africa where merchants from around the world have left their mark on the architecture, religion and music.

Many passionate people are dedicated to saving the wild animals of Asia. These individuals and their ingenious solutions give us hope and optimism for the future of the continent.

Having learnt where a hippos aggression comes from Steve wants to find out if we can live alongside hippos that kill up to 500 people a year. He visits St.Lucia, a town where hippos roam the streets.

Xander has a close-up encounter with a cobra, and travels north to Tamil country where he helps dig up mines remaining after the bitter civil war that raged for 30 years.

Paddy McGuinness and Cherry Healey visit a factory in Market Drayton that produces 100,000 festive gingerbread biscuits a week.

Many passionate people are dedicated to saving the wild animals of Asia. These individuals and their ingenious solutions give us hope and optimism for the future of the continent.

The last leg of Joanna Lumley's journey takes her by dhow to Zanzibar, the spice island of Africa where merchants from around the world have left their mark on the architecture, religion and music.

In the footsteps of Livingstone and Stanley, Ben Fogle and Dwayne Fields try to solve one of history's greatest mysteries, setting out to find the Nile's source, travelling through deadly jungles.

Paddy McGuinness and Cherry Healey visit a factory in Market Drayton that produces 100,000 festive gingerbread biscuits a week.

Many passionate people are dedicated to saving the wild animals of Asia. These individuals and their ingenious solutions give us hope and optimism for the future of the continent.

In the footsteps of Livingstone and Stanley, Ben Fogle and Dwayne Fields try to solve one of history's greatest mysteries, setting out to find the Nile's source, travelling through deadly jungles.

Stanley Tucci explores Bologna, seen by many as the food capital of Italy. He breaks open a fresh cheese wheel with Massimo Bottura and meets the niece of Federico Fellini.

Paddy McGuinness and Cherry Healey visit a factory in Market Drayton that produces 100,000 festive gingerbread biscuits a week.

Nick's journey begins in Prague, where he learns about the city's remarkable 600-year-old astronomical clock from its keeper.

In the footsteps of Livingstone and Stanley, Ben Fogle and Dwayne Fields try to solve one of history's greatest mysteries, setting out to find the Nile's source, travelling through deadly jungles.

Stanley Tucci explores Bologna, seen by many as the food capital of Italy. He breaks open a fresh cheese wheel with Massimo Bottura and meets the niece of Federico Fellini.

Xander has a close-up encounter with a cobra, and travels north to Tamil country where he helps dig up mines remaining after the bitter civil war that raged for 30 years.

Back in 1955 Tim had arrived in Nepal by crossing the Middle East, but today Iran is hostile, Iraq fragile and Syria at war. Alex and Nat are forced on a detour through western China and Central Asia.