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Travelling to Arran and Holy Isle, Ben Fogle learns how they're a haven for diverse faiths and beliefs, makes Jewish challah bread and visits a Buddhist peace centre.

Ben Fogle journeys to Islay and Jura, tracing the route of 6th-century Christian monks across wild seaways to discover communities going the extra mile to look out for one another.

Ben Fogle heads for the Orkney Isles to investigate Norse Christian heritage and how they are a place of modern pilgrimage, offering a place of deep time and space to reconnect.

On the breathtaking Isle of Skye, Ben Fogle investigate how spiritual and religious power still survives in the face of so many visitors and sets off to discover sacred places.

Simon Reeve crosses the parched desert of southern Africa, tracking wildebeest with the famous hunter gatherers of the Kalahari before heading to the oasis of the Okavango Delta.

The search for a home brings tragedy and triumph as baby hippo Mafuta faces new dangers. Crocodile Magamba defends her hatchlings, and Duma the cheetah struggles to make friends.

As the land dries, everyone struggles to find water. The hippos get trapped in the shrinking lake, and Nalla the elephant finds a clever solution to quench everyone's thirst.

As the animal families escape the drought, the land returns to its former beauty. New life is born, old rivalries are laid to rest and new alliances are forged.

Comedian and travel enthusiast Griff Rhys Jones continues his journey Down Under. On the Spirit of the Outback, travelling to Queensland's west, Griff seeks to uncover what makes 'the good life'.

Griff tumbles into the humid tropics of Darwin in a historic bi-plane.

Tony Robinson uncovers machines that are the world's unsung heroes. From a vehicle that makes airport runways safe for landing, to the atomic clocks keeping humankind on time.

Deserts are hostile to life. Temperatures soar and plummet and water is rare. Yet even here plants have found ingenious ways to survive.

Gregg Wallace is in South Shields at a clothing factory where they produce 650 waxed jackets a day.

Ben journeys to the Suffolk countryside and a secretive patch of woodland, to spend the week with unique character Will, 50, who could be described as a true British caveman.

Sue continues to restore her cabin. Ricko travels with his son to the family cabin. Jessie gathers firewood. The Hailstones go muskox hunting.

In Varanasi, Bettany takes part in a Hindu ritual which helps her process her own bereavement. She also takes a boat out to the Lake Palace on an island in Lake Pichola.

Deserts are hostile to life. Temperatures soar and plummet and water is rare. Yet even here plants have found ingenious ways to survive.

The discovery of an executed man in Northern Italy reveals the truth behind the Roman practice of crucifixion.

Ben journeys to the Suffolk countryside and a secretive patch of woodland, to spend the week with unique character Will, 50, who could be described as a true British caveman.

Gregg Wallace is in South Shields at a clothing factory where they produce 650 waxed jackets a day.

Sue continues to restore her cabin. Ricko travels with his son to the family cabin. Jessie gathers firewood. The Hailstones go muskox hunting.

In Varanasi, Bettany takes part in a Hindu ritual which helps her process her own bereavement. She also takes a boat out to the Lake Palace on an island in Lake Pichola.

Deserts are hostile to life. Temperatures soar and plummet and water is rare. Yet even here plants have found ingenious ways to survive.

The discovery of an executed man in Northern Italy reveals the truth behind the Roman practice of crucifixion.

Ben journeys to the Suffolk countryside and a secretive patch of woodland, to spend the week with unique character Will, 50, who could be described as a true British caveman.

Gregg Wallace is in South Shields at a clothing factory where they produce 650 waxed jackets a day.

The Arctic Vets team do whatever it takes to save the lives of sick animals.

Michael Portillo looks at how railways gave birth to modern tourism, as the first railway companies were quick to spot a business opportunity.

Alaskans brave the dangers of the Arctic to prepare for Dark Winters return.

Ben travels to Northumberland where he meets Kezz and Nathalie Petronelli-Stone. Their off-grid and environmentally sensitive approach to life means they don't even have a telly.

Griff tumbles into the humid tropics of Darwin in a historic bi-plane.

Martin explores the legendary Galapagos, getting up close to sealions.

Ben heads to Slab City in the Californian desert to explore an alternative community.

Alaskans are in the home stretch of preparing for the upcoming winter.

The discovery of an executed man in Northern Italy reveals the truth behind the Roman practice of crucifixion.

Adventurer Ben Fogle journeys to the mountains of central Portugal, to live with Alex, a British man who traded in his lucrative retail career for his own mountainside hideaway.

Sue Aikens tracks a deadly foe in Kavik, the Hailstones embark on a traditional task ahead of the freeze, and Jessie Holmes adds a vital comfort to his remote camp.

A tornado traps teachers in America, wildfires rip across England, a landslide hits hikers in Argentina, and a man descends into a deadly volcano.

Deserts are hostile to life. Temperatures soar and plummet and water is rare. Yet even here plants have found ingenious ways to survive.

The dark, a world of opportunity for mammals. More than two-thirds prefer the cover of the night, with some now returning to the safety of the shadows in order to avoid us.

Griff takes his first tandem parachute jump to visit an Australian landmark.

Michael examines how railways have shaped the world economy. He recalls how the first tracks were laid to shift coal and iron ore, using animals or winches, long before locomotives were invented.

Building for God reached a high point in the Middle Ages when a new engineering movement emerged in Europe, using pioneering architecture to create a glimpse of heaven.

Two out of five wild plants are threatened with extinction. Today people are finding remarkable ways to help them, and so make our world a little greener and a little wilder.

A war in the 1970s left Cyprus split in two and displaced a third of its population. Ben spends a week with the UN's Peacekeeping Force, who patrol the buffer zone.

With summer nearing its end, Alaskans kick into high gear.

Michael Portillo explores how railways have contributed to the creation of countries, linking people across deserts and mountains and binding together different ethnicities and religions.

Griff takes his first tandem parachute jump to visit an Australian landmark.