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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.

Bettany enjoys the breath-taking journey through the Tamil Nadu hills, between Mettupalayam and Udhagamandalam (Ooty).

Jamali Maddix and Larry Dean experience the Land of the Thunder Dragon, a place of mystery and wonder in the rarely-visited and remote kingdom of Bhutan.

The adventurer meets Jeff and Rose and their five daughters who live in the vast wilderness of north-west Canada. It's late autumn, and before long the family will be locked in by two metres of snow.

In the midst of dark winter, Arctic residents must brace for the dangers that lurk in the constant darkness.

A series that explores engineering mega projects worldwide, and relates them back to the original scientific discoveries that made these modern day projects possible. In this episode we are in New York City.

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.

Becky struggles to secure a steady supply of winter water.

The owl rescuers set a trap for a hadada seen in someone's garden with plastic stuck around its head. Plus, they rescue and treat a spotted eagle owl from a fountain.

British comedian and travel enthusiast Griff Rhys Jones explores the Frozen Wilds of Manitoba, North Canada, and visits a town that sometimes has more polar bears than people.

British comedian and travel enthusiast Griff Rhys Jones explores the prairies and vast sprawling plains of both Saskatchewon and Alberta provinces and discovers they reveal riches from fossils to farmland.

Griff Rhys Jones finishes his journey across Canada in the popular, lifestyle province of British Columbia in the Pacific Northwest and discovers what it is about this place that makes people so happy.

The world's tallest roller coaster is in Los Angeles' Six Flags Amusement Park, which was inspired by scenic railways and steam catapults on aircraft carriers.

The Perdido oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico was inspired by the first drilled oil well, pioneering remote manipulator arms, and the discovery of fireproof chemicals.

A story of exploration and modern-day adventure, this episode reveals how human ingenuity enables us to survive at the Poles.

Frozen Planet returns with a spellbinding journey through magical icy lands.

Martin explores French Polynesia through French baguettes and coral wine.

In the heaving megacity of Jakarta, Michael Portillo uncovers Indonesia's colonial past as part of a Dutch empire and its rich history as a port.

Beginning in Java's royal city, Yogyakarta, Michael Portillo visits the Sultan's Palace and witnesses the ancient art of shadow puppetry, known as wayang.

Michael rides one of the steepest and fastest funicular railways in the world and steps into a tropical paradise as he releases exotic specimens at Malaysia's first butterfly sanctuary.

The latest series from the BBC and Sir David Attenborough explores North America - a land of change where pioneering animals make the most of surprising opportunities.

From deep in the undergrowth to the highest tree, forests are home to two-thirds of all mammal species. Discover how they overcome the many challenges of life in a crowded world.

Martin climbs an active volcano in Vanuatu, and in Tonga meets a third gender leiti and a princess. In Fiji he visits a tribe tricked out of their homeland by a British mining company.

Alice Roberts begins her Ottoman adventure in Adana, near Syria.?She explores an historic mosque and finds out about the origins of Turkish delight.

Bettany enjoys the breath-taking journey through the Tamil Nadu hills, between Mettupalayam and Udhagamandalam (Ooty).

Becky struggles to secure a steady supply of winter water.

Nazaré in Portugal is the site of the biggest ocean waves ever recorded on Earth. To understand what creates these monsters, we use specialist jet-ski cameras to ride the waves.

Martin climbs an active volcano in Vanuatu, and in Tonga meets a third gender leiti and a princess. In Fiji he visits a tribe tricked out of their homeland by a British mining company.

From deep in the undergrowth to the highest tree, forests are home to two-thirds of all mammal species. Discover how they overcome the many challenges of life in a crowded world.