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  • Chasing Perfection : From Birth to the Starting Line

    Chasing Perfection : From Birth to the Starting Line - EP2

    Broadcast
    2015 (49 mins)

    What is it that defines a champion? In our second episode Michael will be trying to understand what makes the difference between those who line up on the start line and those who end up on the podium time...

  • The Hunt

    The Hardest Challenge - Ep1

    Broadcast
    2015 (58 mins)

    The contests between predators and prey are the most dramatic events in nature; for both it’s a matter of life and death. The Hardest Challenge reveals the extraordinary range of techniques predators use...

  • The Hunt

    In the Grip of the Seasons - Ep2

    Broadcast
    2015 (58 mins)

    In the Grip of the Seasons looks at the challenges of hunting in the Arctic, the most seasonal place on Earth. To a predator, seasonal change is a problem. It means that all the parameters of the hunt -...

  • The Hunt

    Hide and Seek - Ep3

    Broadcast
    2015 (58 mins)

    Hide and Seek follows tigers, harpy eagles, chimpanzees, army ants and other predators as they rise to the challenge of hunting within the forest - a dense, confusing, three-dimensional world, one in which,...

  • The Hunt

    Hunger at Sea - Ep4

    Broadcast
    2015 (57 mins)

    The open ocean is an immense wilderness that covers more than half the surface of our planet, yet for the most part it’s a watery desert, largely devoid of life. Food is incredibly scarce and very widely...

  • The Hunt

    Nowhere to Hide - Ep5

    Broadcast
    2015 (58 mins)

    Half of all land is either desert or grassland: open habitats where predators like cheetahs, bald eagles, and lions can usually find their prey easily. But it works both ways: prey always knows where their...

  • The Hunt

    Race Against Time - Ep6

    Broadcast
    2015 (58 mins)

    The coast is the dynamic border between land and sea; powered by the tides and thrashed by waves this is a world of continuous change. Opportunities never last long here so hunters are always in a race...

  • The Hunt

    Living With Predators -Ep7

    Broadcast
    2015 (58 mins)

    It’s hard to imagine a world without lions, tigers and polar bears. But the earth’s wildest places are shrinking, and people are coming into deadly conflict with these ancient carnivores. Predators are...

  • Bang Goes The Theory Series 8

    Big Data

    Broadcast
    2014 (29 mins)

    We are living through a revolution that is bigger than the world wide web. The technology we are all using every day is beginning to share our data gadget to gadget, storing and analysing unimaginable...

  • Bang Goes The Theory Series 8

    Flooding

    Broadcast
    2014 (29 mins)

    With the waters receding Bang Goes the Theory takes a more considered look at the recent floods. Did Global warning play a part, or is this simply the extreme end of the natural cycle? Maggie investigates...