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Antiques Roadshow

Long-running family series in which experts invite members of the public to bring along their antiques for examination and valuation.

Amazon with Bruce Parry

Join Bruce Parry on a breathtaking journey from the Amazon’s source deep in the Peruvian Andes to its vast mouth on Brazil’s Atlantic coast.

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Boys' Weekend

Boys’ Weekend brings together four of the most entertaining chefs for a weekend of fun, food adventure and good times.

Bang Goes The Theory

Fizzing, bubbling and exploding experiments test cutting edge science, from space rockets to brain training.

Banded Brothers: The Mongoose Mob

Don’t be taken in by their cute looks, these creatures are hard-nosed, unruly, troublemakers… meet the ‘mafia’ of banded mongoose.

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Come Fly With Me

Little Britain’s Matt Lucas and David Walliams play almost 50 characters between them in this eagerly-anticipated return to television screens: a hilarious mock-documentary series set in a busy airport terminal.

Colin & Justin’s Home Heist

Britain’s most outrageous decorating duo is back to overhaul Canada’s tackiest interiors and bring good taste and design to Canadians across the country.

Coconut Coast

Flamboyant Anglo-Indian celebrity chef, Reza Mahammad, explores Kerala, the spice capital of India, where he finds the cuisine is as exotic and colourful as the landscape and people.

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Dancing With The Stars

Full of glitz, glamour, sequins and stardom, Dancing With The Stars returns for another series pairing celebrities with professional ballroom and Latin American dancers.

Don’t Tell the Bride

The series where the groom must choose every detail of his wedding, right down to the wedding dress that his bride will wear.

Don't Die Young

Dr Alice Roberts continues her user's guide to the body revealing how to take care of ourselves with the appliance of science. This is a straight-talking, evidence based series.

Doctor Who Confidential: The Eleventh Doctor

When the Doctor arrives and starts to investigate a spate of mysterious deaths, he’s surprised to meet another Doctor, with his own sonic screwdriver and cockney assistant. How could this be possible? Could this Doctor be a future incarnation? But if so, where are his memories?

Doctor Who: The End of Time

It’s the Tenth Doctor’s final journey – but his psychotic nemesis the Master has been reborn, on Christmas Eve.

Doctor Who Series 5

Matt Smith makes his debut playing the eleventh incarnation of the Time Lord as Doctor Who returns for more adventures in time and space.

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Extreme Makeover: Home Edition

The families are expecting a few changes when the show packs them off on a well deserved holiday - but they aren't expecting a complete makeover!

Elephant Diaries

A heart-wrenching, emotional roller-coaster ride through the daily lives of baby orphaned elephants.

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First Life

Sir David Attenborough takes a journey back in time and across the globe to discover how the very first animals developed on our planet, while groundbreaking CGI re-creates their world.

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Greatest Cities of the World

Griff Rhys Jones explores a day-in-the-life of Rome, Sydney, Hong Kong, New York, London and Paris

4 June 2012 at 05:00

Gok’s Fashion Fix

Gok Wan returns to fix the nation’s fashion woes, in the second series of Gok’s Fashion Fix.

Galapagos

Much more than just a chain of islands, the Galapágos is a living laboratory, one which has changed our whole understanding of life on Earth.

20 May 2012 at 06:00

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Human Planet

This epic series looks at how human beings have adapted to life in every habitat on Earth.

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Jack Osbourne – Adrenaline Junkie

Burger-muncher and son of rocker Ozzy Osbourne — Jack Osbourne is on a mission! In this new series he travels the world, pushing his limits; tests his adrenaline-fuelled resolve to take on daring challenges.

James May on the Moon

Top Gear presenter (and space buff) James May dons his space suit and sets off on a fascinating journey to discover the stories of the heroes behind the moon landings.

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London Live

Direct from the heart of London’s live music scene, this dynamic music programme featuring the world’s hottest artists of today and tomorrow returns for its 5th series.

Luther

John Luther is a deeply troubled man, a philosophical cop possessed by the insoluble problem of evil and justice in a Godless world.

Last Chance to See

Stephen Fry and Mark Carwardine set out on an adventure of a life time to track down some of the rarest and strangest animals on earth.

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Monarchy: The Royal Family at Work

An intimate portrait of Royal commitments at home and abroad, with full behind-the-scenes access as the Queen meets celebrities and the US president.

16 June 2012 at 20:00

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Natural World: The Himalayas

The most massive mountain range on Earth supplies humanity with many remarkable gifts, from pets and perfumes to religion and rice.

Natural World: Forest Elephants

The forest elephant is a lesser known cousin of the African elephant and inhabits the dark rainforests of Africa. Critically endangered, can new research give the clue to saving this elusive species?

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Orang-utan Diary

Prepare for a rollercoaster ride of emotions following the life and death struggle to save irresistibly cute orangutan orphans at the Orang Jungle Hospital in the middle of Borneo.

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Ross Kemp - Middle East & Battle For The Amazon

Ross Kemp travels to the Middle East to explore a conflict which shapes our world yet remains largely misunderstood.

He also looks into the socio-economic and environmental pressures facing the Amazon regions in Battle For The Amazon.

Rick Stein's Mediterranean Escapes

Inspired by ‘good food that stays in the memory for a long time, sometimes forever’, Rick Stein journeys across the Mediterranean visiting islands and places that radiate a vibrant sense of individuality through their spirit, history and food.

Ross Kemp on Gangs

Ross Kemp risks life and limb yet again as he seeks to both expose and understand gang culture around the world.

Richard Hammond’s Invisible Worlds

Just beyond our naked eyes lies an invisible world of secret forces that touches every aspect of life on Earth and shapes it in unseen ways. Now, for the first time, this hidden world is revealed – in action.

Rhodes Across Italy

From pasta to polenta, prosciutto to panna cotta, Italy is crammed full of mouth-watering food. Doyen of cookery Gary Rhodes takes a tour of the country to discover the best.

19 June 2012 at 12:00

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South Pacific

Explore the sheer scale and majesty of the largest ocean on Earth, the isolation of its islands, the extraordinary journeys wildlife and humans have gone through to reach these specks of land, and what happened to both after their arrival.

11 June 2012 at 21:00

Seven Ages Of Rock

Seven Ages of Rock explores the music that has been the soundtrack of popular culture and defined each generation since the 60s.

Sherlock

The world’s favourite detective has come out of the fog, updated for a new generation.

10 June 2012 at 20:00

Spooks

The hit spy show returns for a ninth series, with more nail-biting stories and edge-of-your-seat action.

11 June 2012 at 20:00

Superstorm

In this exciting, reality-based thriller a team of scientists attempt to do the seemingly impossible – control the weather.

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The Apprentice Series 5

Sir Alan Sugar tests the nerves and brains of the hungriest hopefuls in the business world as they compete to win a six-figure salary job as his apprentice.

Tropic of Cancer

Simon Reeve circumnavigates the globe around the 22,835 mile long Tropic of Cancer.

Top Gear

Get ready for more thrills, spills and mayhem as television’s most daring trio return for the 15th series of the world’s biggest car show.

The Space Age: NASA’s Story

The Space Age: NASA's Story offers a fresh look at an amazing organisation and mankind's quest to understand the universe.

The Restaurant

Nine couples compete to go into business with award-winning chef and restauranteur Raymond Blanc. Who’s got what it takes to impress?

The Graham Norton Show

Each episode is brim full of chat, comedy, celebrity gossip and general weirdness. And there’s just enough risqué material to make viewers cringe with delight.

The Conspiracy Files

The Conspiracy Files thoroughly investigates widely held conspiracy theories and tries to find out what really happened. In an age profuse with wild theories about nearly every major global incident, this series provides an analytical counterpoint and takes nothing for granted.

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Undercover Boss USA

Undercover Boss is a new reality series that follows high level corporate executives as they slip anonymously into the lowest level jobs within their companies.

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