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Ash and team battle rapids, storms and injury on a brutal final push to the ocean, paddling for 36 hours straight before reaching the Atlantic and completing their record-breaking journey.

In the planet's most densely populated continent, animals live at extremely close quarters with people, from tigers making a home in town to elephants stopping traffic for food.

This time starting in Manaus, capital of the state of Amazonas, Robson's adventure kicks off with a truly astonishing natural phenomenon: the Meeting of Waters.

Michael Portillo's railway tour reaches its final stop - Singapore. Michael walks the streets of Chinatown with a local artist and uncovers the history of the Chinese community there.

Ash and team battle rapids, storms and injury on a brutal final push to the ocean, paddling for 36 hours straight before reaching the Atlantic and completing their record-breaking journey.

Steve takes us into the dangerous world of crocodiles - one of nature's most fearsome predators - entering croc-infested territory escorted by an armed safari guide.

This time starting in Manaus, capital of the state of Amazonas, Robson's adventure kicks off with a truly astonishing natural phenomenon: the Meeting of Waters.

Ash and team battle rapids, storms and injury on a brutal final push to the ocean, paddling for 36 hours straight before reaching the Atlantic and completing their record-breaking journey.

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 earth's toughest.

Michael Portillo's railway tour reaches its final stop - Singapore. Michael walks the streets of Chinatown with a local artist and uncovers the history of the Chinese community there.

Sue heads south to the enticing turquoise waters of Phuket, the country's largest island. Making her diving debut in the tropical waters of the Andaman Sea, she learns how destructive humans can be.

Michael Portillo's railway tour reaches its final stop - Singapore. Michael walks the streets of Chinatown with a local artist and uncovers the history of the Chinese community there.

Ash and team battle rapids, storms and injury on a brutal final push to the ocean, paddling for 36 hours straight before reaching the Atlantic and completing their record-breaking journey.

Sue heads south to the enticing turquoise waters of Phuket, the country's largest island. Making her diving debut in the tropical waters of the Andaman Sea, she learns how destructive humans can be.

Steve takes us into the dangerous world of crocodiles - one of nature's most fearsome predators - entering croc-infested territory escorted by an armed safari guide.

Get on board with a cool use for a Boeing 747's wings, which are now the roof of a California house, and step inside a theatre that rose like a phoenix from Industrial Revolution ashes.

Devastating floods in Italy, a mass evacuation in a Canadian wildfire, a deadly Texan storm surge and ferocious volcanic eruptions in Iceland.

Having been fearful of hippos since a young boy, Steve sets out to discover why hippos are considered the most dangerous animals in Africa, and if their aggressive reputation is misunderstood.