1. Art and Diseño

TVO PRIMETIME PROGRAMMING
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FEBRUARY 2015 SCHEDULE
S U N D A Y
4:00 pm
F E B R U A R Y
1
Canadian Waterways
Rugged Coasts. Follow the 1941 voyage of
the St. Roch through the Northwest Passage
along the west coast, to the Arctic Ocean to
Newfoundland's Signal Hill.
5:00 pm
The Agenda with Steve Paikin [R]
6:00 pm The Shield
Rooted in Stone: West Parry Sound (1 of 2).
From the Anishinabek to the settlers,
people carved out a living amid the rocks
of West Parry Sound. [R]
7:00 pm Lost Sharks of Easter Island
Shark expert Enric Sala and his team of
scientists and explorers set out from Chile
to visit Easter Island.
8:00 pm
Hard Rock Medical
Woop Woop. Gary goes home to Australia
while the rest of the students head to the
back country.
8:30 pm
Hard Rock Medical
Other Side of the Fence. The students
head into uncharted territory in an old folks
home, while Gary travels to an Australian
Aboriginal community.
9:00 pm
The Polar Sea
Wild Science. We depart coastal civilization for
Lancaster Sound, a wilderness teeming with
whales, birds and bears which is now swarming
with scientists racing to understand the
biological effects of climate change.
10:00 pm
First World War
Genius Within:
The Inner Life of Glenn Gould
10:00 pm
Pianist Glenn Gould continues to captivate
years after his death in 1982. His complex
recording technologies were unprecedented
and his inimitable music and writing reveal
a world view that we are still unraveling. [R]
Between Richmond and the North Sea,
thirty bridges cross the Thames.
These structures have been the making
of London, Britain's capital, and according
to Dan Cruickshank, Europe's greatest city.
1:00 am
Green Heroes
Biting into Change. These Green Heroes are
finding planet-saving at the end of a fork. [R]
1:30 am
Green Heroes
Green is the New Black. Fashion and beauty
items can carry a high cost for the planet.
These Green Heroes are making it hip to
go green. [R]
In the Cascade Mountains, Portland General
Electric will take on the largest dam removal
in the state's history. [R]
2:00 am
4:00 am Empire of the Word
The Magic of Reading (1 of 4). Exploring the
genesis of the written word, from primitive
animal paintings on cave walls to the invention
of portable writing materials.
F E B R U A R Y
Walking Through History
Heartbeat
Unconsidered Trifles. After a theft at a house
in Whitby, Blaketon's car is found outside.
Mike knows Blaketon is hiding something
but can't figure out why. 14+ [R]
M. Hulot's Holiday (1953)
Monsieur Hulot goes to a seaside resort on
vacation, but mishaps and misunderstandings
make it less than peaceful for the stuffy
resort community. 14+ [R]
4:30 am Snapshot
Michael Levin (4 of 6). Michael Levin shoots
stunning soulful moments in time from all
over the Pacific Rim and has become one
of Canada's top-selling photo artists. [R]
2
From C to C:
Chinese Canadian Stories of Migration
8:00 pm
The Agenda with Steve Paikin
Filmed in Canada and China's Guangdong
province, this is a moving, cinematic tapestry
of Chinese Canadian stories of migration.
9:00 pm
Midsomer Murders
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The Polar Sea
3:00 am
11:00 pm
Weekdays at 8 pm
12:00 am
Megastructure Breakdown:
Dam Busters
3:00 am Big Ideas
The Grandest Challenge. This symposium
includes Dr. Abdallah Daar and Dr. Peter
Singer, as well as James Maskalyk, author
of Six Months in Sudan: A Young Doctor
in a War-Torn Village.
7:00 pm
In-depth analysis and intelligent
debate on the issues that are
changing Ontario and the world
beyond.
The Agenda with Steve Paikin [R]
1:00 am
2:00 am Art of Germany
A Divided Land (1 of 3). Art critic Andrew
Graham-Dixon begins his exploration of
German art by looking at the rich and often
neglected art of the German middle ages
and Renaissance.
M O N D A Y
11:00 pm
Wild Science.
See Sunday, February 1 at 9 pm. [R]
Under the Eagle. The early months of the war
on the Western Front saw many atrocities.
French and Belgian civilians suffered under
German occupation.
The Agenda
with Steve Paikin
The Bridges That Built London
with Dan Cruickshank
12:00 am
NEW!
Cornwall. Tony embarks on a four-day trek
along the stunning coastline between Plymouth
and Falmouth and discovers its history.
NEW!
The Flying Club (2 of 2). When a body is
discovered in a reservoir, Barnaby and Nelson
find the world of stunt pilots and military
heroes hides dark secrets. 14+
T U E S D AY
7:00 pm
F E B R U A R Y
A Park for All Seasons
3
NEW!
Garibaldi. Managers of Garibaldi Provincial
Park in B.C. try to understand the effects
of climate change.
7:30 pm Museum Diaries
Raja Deen Dayal Revealed. The ROM's World
Cultures Curator and her team launch an
exhibit of the photographs of Raja Deen Dayal,
personal photographer to India's Royalty in
the late 1800s.
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FEBRUARY 2015 SCHEDULE
8:00 pm
The Agenda with Steve Paikin
11:00 pm
9:00 pm Light and Dark NEW!
Light (1 of 2). The story of how we used light to
reveal the cosmos throughout history, allowing
us to peer deep into space and reveal the
composition and lifecycles of stars.
10:00 pm Wild Arabia
Shifting Sands (3 of 3). Examining the Arabian
people's changing relationship with nature.
Traditional camel races are ridden by robot
jockeys and falcons are trained with radiocontrolled planes, but wildlife is also protected. [R]
11:00 pm
The Agenda with Steve Paikin [R]
12:00 am Walking Through History
Cornwall.
See Monday at 7 pm. [R]
1:00 am
2:00 am Midsomer Murders
The Flying Club (2 of 2).
See Monday at 9 pm. [R]
5
In the world of mega-marine technologies,
three cutting-edge "green" machines go
head-to-head in a battle to be the leader in
sustainable marine energy.
8:00 pm
The Agenda with Steve Paikin
9:00 pm
Coast Modern
Showcasing the pioneers of West Coast
Modernist Architecture, and the homes that
have become their legacies.
4
Super Smart Animals
(1 of 2). Revealing the building blocks that
sculpt intelligence in animals, and the research
into the practical intelligence animals need to
manipulate the physical world.
The Agenda with Steve Paikin
The Great Canadian
Tax Dodge NEW!
9:00 pm
Examining the issue of tax avoidance, including
how corporations and wealthy individuals use
offshore tax havens to minimize their taxes.
10:00 pm
Martin Clunes travels down to the Indian Ocean
to witness what many fear is the lemur's last
stand – shoulder to shoulder with those who
would save them from forces which are slipping
out of control.
10:00 pm
Light and Dark
Light (1 of 2).
See Tuesday at 9 pm. [R]
11:00 pm
The Agenda with Steve Paikin [R]
The Bridges That Built London
with Dan Cruickshank
12:00 am
See Monday at 10 pm. [R]
1:00 am
Super Smart Animals
(1 of 2). See Wednesday at 7 pm. [R]
2:00 am
The Man Who Can Fly
Dean Potter has set the world record for height,
distance and duration in a wing-suit. Now he
aims to break his own record at the 9,000-foot
Mount Bute. [R]
3:00 am The Hospital (1971)
A suicidal surgeon works at a once-revered
hospital that's falling apart and failing its
patients. Though he's surrounded by chaos,
the doctor finds a reason to live. 14+ [R]
6
8:00 pm
The Agenda with Steve Paikin
9:00 pm
Heartbeat
10:00 pm Time Team
Hopton Castle. The team visits the remains
of Hopton Castle in Shropshire and attempt to
reconstruct the battle which took place there
during the English Civil War. [R]
Ajami (2009)
FEBRUARY
F E B R U A R Y
Heroes and Villains. Trevor and Stuart, two
known troublemakers, break into Mr. Sefton's
house while he is in hospital. 14+
Eco-engineering:
Electric Ocean
4:30 am Snapshot
Barbara Cole (5 of 6). Barbara Cole literally
dives into her work to photograph images
of models suspended in water. [R]
Martin Clunes:
Lemurs of Madagascar
Other Side of the Fence.
See Sunday, February 1 at 8:30 pm. [R]
7:00 pm
3:00 am The Gold Rush (1925)
Charlie Chaplin stars, reprising his Little Tramp
role, venturing to the Yukon to take part in the
gold rush. 14+ [R]
8:00 pm
Hard Rock Medical
THURSDAY
2:00 am Lost Sharks of Easter Island
See Sunday, February 1 at 7 pm. [R]
7:00 pm
1:00 am Hard Rock Medical
Woop Woop.
See Sunday, February 1 at 8 pm. [R]
1:30 am
F R I D A Y
7:00 pm Monty Don's Italian Gardens
Renaissance Italian Gardens (1 of 4).
Monty Don starts his tour with a garden built by
the powerful Medici family as a social space for
poets, musicians and artists.
These are five stories about everyday life in
Ajami, a mixed community of Muslims and
Christians in Tel Aviv. 14+
First World War
FEBRUARY
12:00 am The Great Canadian Tax Dodge
See 9 pm. [R]
3:00 am
Under the Eagle.
See Sunday, February 1 at 10 pm. [R]
WEDNESDAY
The Agenda with Steve Paikin [R]
11:00 pm
The Agenda with Steve Paikin [R]
12:00 am
The Great Escape (1963)
Based on a true story, the film follows the
escape of Allied POWs from a supposedly
impervious German Nazi prison camp
during World War II. 14+
3:00 am Big Ideas
Don Kurtz on Asteroseismology. Don Kurtz of
the University of Central Lancashire discusses
asteroseismology in a lecture entitled "Songs
of the Stars: The Real Music of the Spheres".
4:00 am Bang Goes the Theory
(7 of 10). Jem tests out a new braking system.
Liz looks at the origins of speech. Dallas takes
part in a sea race. And Dr. Yan Wong explains
a common optical illusion.
4:30 am Bang Goes the Theory
(8 of 10). Jem builds a microwave death ray.
Liz takes on the nature versus nurture debate.
Dr. Wong explains how gyroscopes work. And
Dallas tries to find a missing bit of the universe.
SAT URDAY
4:00 pm
FEBRUA RY
7
Undersea Explorer
Tek Wrecks. Extended range diving,
or technical diving, goes to depths below
60 metres. Divers off Key West explore the
wreck of a WWII cruiser.
4:30 pm
Undersea Explorer
The Yongola. The Yongola sank with no
survivors off northeast Australia in March 1911.
Found in 1958, the wreck is a protected site.
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TVO PRIMETIME PROGRAMMING
FEBRUARY 2015 SCHEDULE
5:00 pm The Shield
Rooted in Stone: West Parry Sound (2 of 2).
Many industries in West Parry Sound were
developed to combat foreign enemies – and
also the Shield itself.
6:00 pm
A Park for All Seasons
Garibaldi.
See Tuesday, February 3 at 7 pm. [R]
6:30 pm Museum Diaries
Raja Deen Dayal Revealed.
See Tuesday, February 3 at 7:30 pm. [R]
7:00 pm
National Geographic
Meerkats 3D. The engaging story of one family
of meerkats and their courageous leader Klinky
over the course of a year in South Africa's harsh
Kalahari Desert.
8:00 pm
Coast
NEW!
Winter. In a dramatic, storm-lashed climax,
the team explores what becomes of the
coast in winter.
Jean-Michel Basquiat:
The Radiant Child NEW!
9:00 pm
Jean-Michel Basquiat was 25 years old at
the height of his career, and today his canvases
sell for more than a million dollars. Tamra
Davis details the mysteries that surround
this talented artist whose fortunes mirrored
the rollercoaster quality of the downtown
scene he seemed to embody.
4:00 am
Undersea Explorer
4:30 am
Undersea Explorer
4:00 pm
F E B R U A R Y
8
Great Canadian Rivers
The Margaree. The Margaree River flows
through the heart and history of Cape Breton,
with a long history of fishing, farming and
settlement along its banks.
4:30 pm
Great Canadian Rivers
The Snake. Accessible only by air, the
Snake River flows through large tracts
of wilderness in the Northwest Territories
to the Beaufort Sea.
5:00 pm
The Agenda with Steve Paikin [R]
6:00 pm The Shield
Rooted in Stone: West Parry Sound (2 of 2).
See Saturday, February 7 at 5 pm. [R]
7:00 pm
That Shouldn't Fly
At the highest reaches of the Malaysian
rainforest canopy live some of the world's
most unusual and least understood creatures.
Using Phantom camera technology, scientists
unravel the mysteries of wingless flight.
Coast Modern
1:00 am
The Story of Wales
The Making of Wales.
See Saturday, February 7 at 11 pm. [R]
The Yongola.
See 4:30 pm. [R]
S U N D A Y
12:00 am
See Thursday, February 5 at 9 pm. [R]
Tek Wrecks.
See 4 pm. [R]
2:00 am Art of Germany
Dream and Machine (2 of 3). A look at the
tumultuous 19th century and early 20th
century, when artists were at the forefront
of Germany's drive to become a single nation.
3:00 am Big Ideas
The Grandest Challenge – Part 2.
Featuring James Orbinski, author of
An Imperfect Offering: Humanitarian
Action in the Twenty-First Century.
4:00 am Empire of the Word
Learning to Read (2 of 4). What are the forces
that can hinder us from learning to read?
Neuroscientist Marc Joanisse tries to unravel
the meaning of reading inside the brain.
M O N D A Y
7:00 pm
F E B R U A R Y
Walking Through History
9
NEW!
Wigan Pier. Tony Robinson visits Liverpool
and Lancashire for a towpath exploration
of industrial engineering along the majestic
Leeds and Liverpool Canal.
8:00 pm
The Agenda with Steve Paikin
8:00 pm Hard Rock Medical
Face Off. The final anatomy test brings the
students face to face with “Romeo and Juliet,”
the cadavers they have been learning from
for the entire term.
9:00 pm
Midsomer Murders
The Making of Wales. Huw Edwards tells of
the earliest-known human burial, delves into
the biggest prehistoric copper mine in the
world, and visits the site of an Iron Age hillfort.
8:30 pm Hard Rock Medical
Diamonds and Dust. The end of term has
arrived, and the students bid farewell to
Romeo and Juliet.
10:00 pm The Great Canadian Tax Dodge
See Wednesday, February 4 at 9 pm. [R]
11:00 pm
The Agenda with Steve Paikin [R]
12:00 am Coast
Winter.
See 8 pm. [R]
9:00 pm The Polar Sea
Arctic Exiles. Halfway through their journey,
some explorers break down and fall back,
leaving others exiled. One such calamity
forces Richard Tegner into hitchhiking through
the passage.
12:00 am
The Polar Sea
10:35 pm Snapshot
Fred Herzog (1 of 6). Fred Herzog arrived in
Vancouver in 1952 and started documenting
the city he came to love. [R]
11:00 pm
The Story of Wales
Jean-Michel Basquiat:
The Radiant Child
1:00 am
See 9 pm. [R]
2:35 am Snapshot
Fred Herzog (1 of 6).
See 10:35 pm. [R]
3:00 am Big Ideas
Francis Broun: Genius Denied: The Art of Sir
Edwin Landseer. The art historian discusses
the work of the 17th century painter Artemisia
Gentileschi, who has only recently returned to
her rightful place as a groundbreaking painter.
10:00 pm
First World War
NEW!
The Killings of Copenhagen (1 of 2). When the
boss of Calder's Biscuit Company is murdered
in Copenhagen, Barnaby and Nelson join forces
with two female Danish detectives. 14+
Arctic Exiles.
See Sunday, February 8 at 9 pm. [R]
Eco-engineering:
Electric Ocean
1:00 am
See Thursday, February 5 at 7 pm. [R]
Global War. To divert attention away from the
Western Front, Germany took the war to the
Pacific, India, the Middle East, and Africa.
2:00 am
11:00 pm The Great Canadian Tax Dodge
See Wednesday. February 4 at 9 pm. [R]
3:00 am
Heartbeat
Heroes and Villains. See Friday,
February 6 at 9 pm. [R]
The Music Lovers
Ken Russell directs this biographical film on
19th century Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich
Tchaikovsky. Starring Richard Chamberlain. 14+
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FEBRUARY 2015 SCHEDULE
T UE S DAY F EBRUA RY 10
7:00 pm
A Park for All Seasons
NEW!
Liard River Hot Springs. This B.C. park has a
healthy bison population, but where they eat
puts them in danger.
7:30 pm Museum Diaries
Ancient Egypt Mummified. The ROM's Managing
Director of the Centre for Ancient Cultures and
the ROMKids Studio Assistant plan, prep and
execute an Ancient Egypt weekend at the ROM.
8:00 pm
The Agenda with Steve Paikin
9:00 pm Light and Dark NEW!
Dark (2 of 2). It is estimated that more than
99 percent of the cosmos is invisible to our
telescopes and beyond our comprehension.
Professor Jim Al-Khalili hosts.
10:00 pm Monty Don's Italian Gardens
Renaissance Italian Gardens (1 of 4).
See Friday, February 6 at 7 pm. [R]
11:00 pm
The Agenda with Steve Paikin [R]
12:00 am
Walking Through History
Wigan Pier.
See Monday at 9 pm. [R]
1:00 am
First World War
Global War. See Sunday,
February 8 at 10 pm. [R]
2:00 am
That Shouldn't Fly
3:00 am
North Dallas Forty (1979)
See Sunday, February 8 at 7 pm. [R]
An aging football player pumps his body with
painkillers in order to remain competitive to the
team's coaches and trainers. Loosely based on
the Dallas Cowboys in the early 1970s. Starring
Nick Nolte and Mac Davis. 14+ [R]
WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 11
7:00 pm
Super Smart Animals
(2 of 2). A look at exciting new studies of
social intelligence: how animals lie, cheat,
think, co-operate, use language and predict
the behaviour of others.
8:00 pm
The Agenda with Steve Paikin
9:00 pm Pink Saris
Sampat Pal Devi is the head of the Gulabi Gang
(the Pink Gang), and she's out to get justice for
other ostracized, abused women and girls.
11:00 pm
The Agenda with Steve Paikin [R]
12:00 am Pink Saris
See 9 pm. [R]
1:40 am Hard Rock Medical
Face Off.
See Sunday, February 8 at 8 pm. [R]
F R I D A Y
2:30 am Midsomer Murders
The Killings of Copenhagen (1 of 2).
See Monday at 9 pm. [R]
12
Eco-Engineering:
Impossible Build
7:00 pm
The historic Academy of Sciences museum
must be rebuilt following an earthquake.
The result is the largest green museum
in the world.
The Agenda with Steve Paikin
9:00 pm The Next Big Thing NEW!
Prices for contemporary art are going
through the roof. This film investigates the
ins and outs of the soaring art market and
the consequences for artists, dealers,
museums and for art history.
10:00 pm
Light and Dark
Dark (2 of 2).
See Tuesday at 9 pm. [R]
11:00 pm
The Agenda with Steve Paikin [R]
12:00 am Battle for North America
The Battle of the Plains of Abraham would
lead to the creation of modern North America
as we know it today. Historian Dan Snow sets
sail up the St. Lawrence River to recreate the
British campaign.
1:00 am
Super Smart Animals
2:00 am
Meerkats 3D
(2 of 2). See Wednesday at 7 pm. [R]
See Saturday, February 7 at 7 pm. [R]
3:00 am
Billion Dollar Brain (1967)
The Agenda with Steve Paikin
9:00 pm
Heartbeat
10:00 pm Time Team
Cunetio. The team journeys to the heart of
Wiltshire for their most ambitious project to
date – to investigate Cunetio, an entire lost
Roman town.
4:30 am Snapshot
Michael Levin (4 of 6).
See Monday, February 2 at 4:30 am. [R]
8:00 pm
8:00 pm
Love Me Do. A school girl disappears on her way
home from a dance. David is the prime suspect.
Maggie admits her feelings for Neil. 14+
3:30 am Big Ideas
A Crisis in Leadership. John Ralston Saul,
Naomi Klein, Margaret MacMillan and Adam
Gopnik reflect on what constitutes a good
leader and why some fail while others thrive.
FEBRUARY
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7:00 pm Monty Don's Italian Gardens
Baroque and Rococo Gardens (2 of 4).
Monty tours the Baroque and Rococo gardens
that were among the first to incorporate
open-air theatres.
2:00 am Hard Rock Medical
Diamonds and Dust.
See Sunday, February 8 at 8:30 pm. [R]
THURSDAY
F E B R U A R Y
A former British spy stumbles into in a plot
to overthrow Communism with the help of a
supercomputer. Starring Michael Caine. PG [R]
11:00 pm
The Agenda with Steve Paikin [R]
12:00 am
The White Ribbon (2009)
In a village in northern Germany, on the eve
of WWI, strange incidents start occurring that
seem part of a punishment ritual. But who is
behind the bizarre events? Written and directed
by Michael Haneke. 14+
2:30 am
Green Heroes
The Tree of Life. Green Heroes like Tzeporah
Berman and Wangari Maathai are finding new
ways to tackle deforestation, GMOs, mass food
production and even poverty in Africa. [R]
3:00 am Big Ideas
Iain McGilchrist: The Divided Brain and
the Unmaking of Our World. The psychiatrist
lectures at McMaster University in
Hamilton, Ontario.
4:00 am Bang Goes the Theory
(9 of 10). Jem Stansfield puts spider silk
to the test. Liz joins the RAF's flight school.
Dr. Wong experiments with sodium acetate.
Dallas reveals the secret science of magic.
4:30 am Bang Goes the Theory
(10 of 10). Jem builds a rocket powered by
toffee. Liz investigates our sense of smell.
Yan demonstrates the connection between
electricity and magnetism. Dallas goes
to the circus.
SATURDAY
4:00 pm
FEBRUARY
14
Undersea Explorer
The Cayman Challenge. Divers use new dive
technologies in exploring reefs in the Cayman
Islands: a personal propulsion system and
passenger submarines for tourists.
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FEBRUARY 2015 SCHEDULE
4:30 pm
Undersea Explorer
Shark Encounters. Observing frantic shark
feedings has become a popular activity for
scuba divers.
5:00 pm
The Shield
Island of Great Spirit: Manitoulin (1 of 2).
Over the centuries diverse peoples have sought
to carve out lives from a land riddled with
lakes and limestone.
6:00 pm A Park for All Seasons
Liard River Hot Springs.
See Tuesday, February 10 at 7 pm. [R]
6:30 pm Museum Diaries
Ancient Egypt Mummified.
See Tuesday, February 10 at 7:30 pm. [R]
7:00 pm National Geographic
Gulf Animal Rescue. When workers capped the
Deepwater Horizon gusher, one long battle was
finally over, but a new one had just begun. While
the oil was still churning, biologist Mireya Mayor
and cameraman Andy Casagrande raced to
various locations in the Gulf to document what
was happening at the height of the disaster.
8:00 pm Coast Australia NEW!
The Kimberley. Neil Oliver discovers Broome's
dark pearling history. Tim Flannery walks
in primeval tracks along the Dinosaur Coast.
Xanthe Mallett explores a maritime war grave.
Brendan Moar learns the art of Indigenous raft
making and Emma Johnston investigates the
protected habitat of migratory shorebirds.
9:00 pm Herb and Dorothy
In the early 1960s, Herbert Vogel, a postal
clerk, and Dorothy Vogel, a librarian, quietly
began purchasing the works of unknown
artists. Over the years they built one of the
most important contemporary art collections
in history.
10:30 pm Snapshot
Lincoln Clarkes (2 of 6). Clarkes has been
documenting life and death on the streets
for over three decades. His work includes
the documentary series Heroines. [R]
11:00 pm
The Story of Wales
Power Struggles. Host Huw Edwards recounts
the history of Wales spanning seven centuries.
He begins with the building of a great frontier
and Owain Glyndwr's struggle for
independence.
12:00 am
Coast Australia
The Kimberley.
See 8 pm. [R]
1:00 am Herb and Dorothy
See 9 pm. [R]
2:30 am Snapshot
Lincoln Clarkes (2 of 6).
See 10:30 pm. [R]
10:00 pm
3:00 am Big Ideas
Simon Winchester on The Man Who Loved China.
The journalist, broadcaster and bestselling
author tells the remarkable story of an English
chemist who wrote a vast book on Chinese
science which remains the longest book about
China ever written in the English language.
4:00 am
Undersea Explorer
F E B R U A R Y
1 5
Great Canadian Rivers
The Cowichan. The Cowichan runs through
a heavily populated valley at the southern end
of Vancouver Island.
4:30 pm
Great Canadian Rivers
The Slave. The Slave River, separating
the Canadian Shield from the Lowlands,
takes its name from the Slavey people.
5:00 pm
The Agenda with Steve Paikin [R]
6:00 pm The Shield
Island of Great Spirit: Manitoulin (1 of 2).
See Saturday, February 14 at 5 pm. [R]
7:00 pm
Wild Alaska
As Alaska thaws from a long dark winter, animals have a few short months to make the
most of the endless sunshine. This is the story
of the creatures, both great and small, that
endure this harsh reality and live life
on Alaska's edge.
8:00 pm
Hard Rock Medical
NEW!
Trouble. With school on hiatus, the students
pursue personal interests – but the break
is anything but quiet.
8:30 pm
Hard Rock Medical
The Story of Wales
Power Struggles.
See Saturday, February 14 at 11 pm. [R]
Shark Encounters.
See 4:30 pm. [R]
4:00 pm
Invisible City
Two boys from Toronto's Regent Park cross
into adulthood, their mothers and mentors
rooting for them, their environment and social
pressures tempting them to make poor choices.
1:00 am
Undersea Explorer
S U N D AY
11:00 pm
12:00 am The Next Big Thing
See Thursday, February 12 at 9 pm. [R]
The Cayman Challenge.
See 4 pm. [R]
4:30 am
First World War
Jihad. The Allies thought Turkey would be
a small factor in the war. But the Ottoman
Empire's "Holy War" tied up Allied troops
for four years.
NEW!
2:00 am Art of Germany
In the Shadow of Hitler (3 of 3). Andrew
Graham-Dixon concludes his exploration of
German art by investigating the difficult times
of the 20th century. How did artists deal
with a past that everybody wanted to forget?
3:00 am Big Ideas
The Grandest Challenge – Part 3. Featuring
Samantha Nutt, Founder and Executive
Director of War Child and Stephen Lewis,
Chair of the Stephen Lewis Foundation.
Both address the challenges of humanitarian
intervention in Africa.
4:00 am Empire of the Word
Forbidden Reading (3 of 4). The battle for
freedom to read is worldwide as the internet
moves unprecedented amounts of information
across the planet.
M O N D AY
7:00 pm
F E B R U A R Y
Walking Through History
1 6
NEW!
Northumbria. Over five days, from Melrose
in the Scottish Borders to Holy Island off the
coast of Northumberland, Tony Robinson is on
the trail of one of Northumbria's greatest sons:
Saint Cuthbert.
8:00 pm
The Agenda with Steve Paikin
9:00 pm
Midsomer Murders
NEW!
Tent City. It’s the first day back and the
students are thrown into the deep end with
a visit to a “tent city,” where they minister
to the disenfranchised and the homeless.
The Killings of Copenhagen (2 of 2).
The detectives discover that Eric Calder had
more linking him to Copenhagen than just his
famous Golden Clusters. 14+
9:00 pm The Polar Sea
Surviving Civilization. This episode takes us
deep into the Northwest Passage into a world
where civilization is very new. In Gjoa Haven,
modern Canadian life brings darkness to the
lives of people who were previously able to
survive anything. [R]
10:00 pm Lost Kingdoms of Africa
The Zulu Kingdom (1 of 4). Art historian
Dr. Gus Casely-Hayford travels to South Africa
to explore the history of one of Africa's most
famous kingdoms. He searches for the secrets
behind the Zulus' cultural power and military
strength – and why Zulu identity endures.
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11:00 pm
The Agenda with Steve Paikin [R]
12:00 am
The Polar Sea
Surviving Civilization.
See Sunday, February 15 at 9 pm. [R]
Eco-Engineering:
Impossible Build
Heartbeat
Love Me Do.
See Friday, February 13 at 9 pm. [R]
Please Give (2010)
7:00 pm
Green Heroes
7:00 pm
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Hard Rock Medical
Trouble.
See Sunday, February 15 at 8 pm. [R]
7:30 pm
Hard Rock Medical
Tent City.
See Sunday, February 15 at 8:30 pm. [R]
8:00 pm
The Truth About Lions
The Social Cat (1 of 2). Why is it that lions,
alone amongst all the wild cats, are so
intensely social? The Serengeti Lion Project,
lead by Craig Packer, may have finally found
the answer to the conundrum.
Biting into Change.
See Sunday, February 1 at 1 am. [R]
T UE S DAY
Question Period
WEDNE SDAY FEBRUARY 18
A married couple wants to expand their
apartment. They own the unit next door,
but realize they're going to have to wait for
their unfriendly older tenant to die. Written
and directed by Nicole Holofcener, the film
stars Catherine Keener, Oliver Platt,
Rebecca Hall and Amanda Peet. 14+ [R]
4:35 am
3:00 am
4:05 am Monarchy
Return of the King. In 1660 the monarchy
was restored and Charles II returned from exile.
Could he heal the wound of political and
religious division?
See Thursday, February 12 at 7 pm. [R]
3:00 am
Wild Alaska
See Sunday, February 15 at 7 pm. [R]
Aired when the Ontario Legislature is in session.
1:00 am
2:00 am
2:00 am
The Agenda with Steve Paikin
Hayley: The 96-Year-Old
Schoolgirl
8:00 pm
The Agenda with Steve Paikin
9:00 pm
Somewhere Between
Four teenaged girls who live in different parts
of the United States are united by one thing:
all four were adopted from China because
their birth parents could not keep them due to
China's "one child policy". These strong young
women show us what it's like to come of age
in today's America as trans-racial adoptees.
10:30 pm Snapshot
Lincoln Clarkes (2 of 6).
See Saturday, February 14 at 10:30 pm. [R]
11:00 pm
The Agenda with Steve Paikin [R]
12:00 am
Somewhere Between
9:00 pm
See 9 pm. [R]
Hayley Okines has the rare medical
condition progeria – which causes the body
to age eight times faster than normal. Director
James Routh follows Hayley as she starts
secondary school, something her parents
thought would never happen.
1:30 am Snapshot
Lana Slezic (3 of 6). Lana Slezic's work
includes stunning portraits of Afghan women.
She arrived in Kabul on assignment expecting
to stay a month, but she stayed on for
one year. [R]
10:00 pm Monty Don's Italian Gardens
Baroque and Rococo Gardens (2 of 4).
See Friday, February 13 at 7 pm. [R]
2:00 am Midsomer Murders
The Killings of Copenhagen (2 of 2).
See Monday at 9 pm. [R]
11:00 pm
The Agenda with Steve Paikin [R]
12:00 am Walking Through History
Northumbria.
See Monday at 7 pm. [R]
1:00 am
First World War
Jihad.
See Sunday, February 15 at 10 pm. [R]
3:00 am Question Period
Aired when the Ontario Legislature is in session.
4:05 am Monarchy
The Glorious Revolution. When James II
mishandled attempts to promote toleration
for Catholics, Parliament invited his Dutch
son-in-law to invade.
T H UR S DAY F EBRUA RY 19
7:00 pm
A New Age of Exploration
Meet the trailblazers who are working on
the unexplored frontiers of human imagination
and innovation such as Bob Ballard and
the anthropologist behind the Genographic
Project, Spencer Wells.
8:00 pm
The Agenda with Steve Paikin
Learning From Light:
The Vision of I.M. Pei
9:00 pm
Culture, nature and light provide the
structure for an exploration of the mind
and heart of one of the world's master
architects while chronicling his latest creation:
the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, Qatar.
10:00 pm Codebreaker
Alan Turing's World War II codebreaking helped
save two million lives. Yet few people know his
name or understand his legacy. 100 years after
his birth, a production team aims to rediscover
the man and the mystery.
11:00 pm
The Agenda with Steve Paikin [R]
12:00 am Lost Kingdoms of Africa
The Zulu Kingdom (1 of 4).
See Monday at 10 pm. [R]
1:00 am
The Truth About Lions
The Social Cat (1 of 2).
See Wednesday at 7 pm. [R]
2:00 am
Gulf Animal Rescue
See Saturday, February 14 at 7 pm. [R]
3:00 am Question Period
Aired when the Ontario Legislature is in session.
4:05 am Monarchy
Rule Britannia. David Starkey examines the
Duke of Marlborough's victories in European
wars, the union with Scotland in 1707, and
financial and banking reforms.
F R I D AY
F E B R U A R Y
2 0
7:00 pm Monty Don's Italian Gardens
Gardens from the 19th and 20th Centuries
(3 of 4). In the early 20th century, a number
of British expatriates sought inspiration from
the Renaissance period when constructing
their own gardens in Italy.
8:00 pm
The Agenda with Steve Paikin
9:00 pm Hard Rock Medical
Trouble.
See Sunday, February 15 at 8 pm. [R]
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9:30 pm Hard Rock Medical
Tent City.
See Sunday, February 15 at 8:30 pm. [R]
6:00 pm
10:00 pm Time Team
Tregruk. The team gets lost in the mists of a
Welsh forest as they investigate the remains of
one of the biggest castles ever built in Britain.
11:00 pm
The Agenda with Steve Paikin [R]
12:00 am
Coming Home (1978)
Sally (Jane Fonda) volunteers at a local
veteran's hospital after her Marine husband
(Bruce Dern) goes to Vietnam in 1968.
While there she meets an angry paraplegic
(Jon Voight) and begins to fall for him. 14+
2:10 am
Green Heroes
Oil Changers. Green Heroes such as Clayton
Thomas Muller and Ian Clifford are cutting
down on emissions and preserving our earth.
2:30 am
Green Heroes
Groundbreakers. From the family of
Greenpeace's co-founder, to America's
Greenest CEO, these Green Heroes have
been involved in visionary efforts that
have changed the face of environmentalism.
3:00 am
7:00 pm National Geographic
Congo: On The Lava Trail. Lake Kivu hides
enough carbon dioxide and methane to kill all
two million people who live in the lake basin.
Looming over it is a volcano which threatens
to blow the whole thing sky-high. A National
Geographic expedition goes into the heart of
the Congo hoping to prevent a catastrophe.
8:00 pm Coast Australia NEW!
Botany Bay to North Head. Neil Oliver explores
the network of fortification to protect 'Fortress
Sydney'. Xanthe Mallett learns how to make
lime. Tim Flannery reveals the geological
secrets of the city's harbour. Brendan Moar
examines an icon in engineering and design.
Emma Johnston hunts for tropical fish in
Sydney's harbour.
9:00 pm
Finding Vivian Maier
The story of Vivian Maier, a nanny whose
previously unknown cache of photographs has
earned her a posthumous reputation as one of
America's most accomplished street
photographers. [R]
Big Ideas
Douglas Thomas. The author of A New
Culture of Learning delivers a lecture on
the intersections of technology, culture
and education.
4:00 am
Canada Over the Edge
Best of Nova Scotia. From the highlands of
the Americas to the world-famous tidal flats
of the Bay of Fundy, this exploration of Nova
Scotia reveals some of its best-kept secrets.
10:30 pm Snapshot
Lana Slezic (3 of 6).
See Wednesday, February 18 at 1:30 am. [R]
Accused
11:00 pm
The Story of Wales
Stephen's Story. 17-year-old Stephen stands
charged with a serious offense as his anxious
father looks on. 14+
England and Wales. Host Huw Edwards charts
how Henry VII captured the English crown
and established the Tudor dynasty.
SATURDAY
12:00 am
4:00 pm
FEBRUARY
21
Undersea Explorer
Sea of Steel. In the 1990s three large naval
vessels were intentionally sunk as part of the
world's most ambitious artificial reef project.
4:30 pm
Undersea Explorer
Treasure Hunters. Modern-day treasure
hunters search for artifacts and coins off
Bermuda's treacherous reefs.
5:00 pm
The Shield
Island of Great Spirit: Manitoulin (2 of 2).
Exploring the complex and often conflicting
relationships between the Anishinabek,
the French, the British, and the settlers,
who have all shared the Great Manitoulin
and its resources.
Coast Australia
Botany Bay to North Head.
See 8 pm. [R]
1:00 am Finding Vivian Maier
See 9 pm. [R]
2:30 am Snapshot
Lana Slezic (3 of 6).
See Wednesday, February 18 at 1:30 am. [R]
3:00 am Big Ideas
Jordan Peterson on The Necessity of Virtue.
The author, professor and clinical psychologist
delivers the 2010 Hancock Lecture on virtue
from a contemporary perspective that both
encompasses and extends beyond moral and
religious contexts.
4:00 am
Undersea Explorer
Sea of Steel.
See 4 pm. [R]
4:30 am
Undersea Explorer
Treasure Hunters.
See 4:30 pm. [R]
S UNDAY
4:00 pm
FEBRUARY
22
Great Canadian Rivers
The Red. The Red River was the route west for
the Red River Colony, a long-time route for the
fur trade, and the birthplace of the Métis nation.
4:30 pm Queen's Park This Week
A look at the issues and discussions that
have occupied the Ontario Legislature over
the past week.
5:00 pm
The Agenda with Steve Paikin [R]
6:00 pm The Shield
Island of Great Spirit: Manitoulin (2 of 2).
See Saturday, February 21 at 5 pm. [R]
Great Migrations:
Behind the Scenes
7:00 pm
Starting in 2007, National Geographic crews
dispersed all over the planet to film the
most amazing and unique animal migration
stories ever told.
8:00 pm
Hard Rock Medical
NEW!
Prison Confidential. A visit to a prison farm
opens the students’ eyes to a very different
class of patient.
8:30 pm The Water Brothers
The Pure and the Poisoned. Each stop along
the river Ganges reveals how an ancient
religion, a vast human population and pollution
intersect in the context of water.
9:00 pm
The Polar Sea
Arctic Crossroads. August finds our explorers
at the halfway point of the Northwest Passage.
This is an ancient crossing place where cruise
ship passengers cross paths with Inuit elders,
while ancient Inuit arts combine with the roots
of documentary film. [R]
10:00 pm
First World War
Shackled to a Corpse. The war on the Eastern
Front initiated many horrors of 20th-century
warfare: chemical weapons, mass expulsions
of civilians, persecution of Jews. On the Italian
Front soldiers endured avalanches and frostbite. Meanwhile, Germany and Austro-Hungary
were allies in name only.
11:00 pm
Unheralded
A week in the life of The Lakefield Herald,
a newspaper published in Lakefield, Ontario.
Local news reporters have a difficult job,
especially when the readers are their
neighbours.
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11:30 pm Deadman
Matt Sandvoss is a Wild West-obsessed
visionary constructing a replica of an OldWest town in a remote part of British Columbia
called Deadman Creek. Matt's mission
raises questions for a Cree resident named
Gerald Carter—about stereotypes, the
"commodification" of sacred land, and
the disparity between fantasy and history.
Learning From Light:
The Vision of I.M. Pei
12:00 am
See Thursday, February 19 at 9 pm. [R]
1:00 am
3:00 am Big Ideas
Tyler Cowen and Andrew Coyne.
Cowen discusses his book The Great
Stagnation: How America Ate All the
Low-Hanging Fruit of Modern History,
Got Sick and Will (Eventually) Feel Better.
Coyne presents a rebuttal and the pair
discuss Cowen's thesis.
7:00 pm
Walking Through History
1:00 am
A New Age of Exploration
See Thursday, February 19 at 7 pm. [R]
2:00 am Big Ideas
Iain McGilchrist: The Divided Brain and
the Unmaking of Our World.
See Friday, February 13 at 3 am. [R]
FEBRUA RY
2 3
NEW!
North Norfolk. Tony Robinson walks along
the North Norfolk coast and through one of
the least developed spots in the country.
This rural, remote area may now be cherished
as the homeland of Alan Partridge, but Tony is
determined to get back to the Victorian age.
The Agenda with Steve Paikin
9:00 pm
Codebreaker
10:00 pm
Monty Don's Italian Gardens
See Thursday, February 19 at 10 pm. [R]
Gardens from the 19th and 20th Centuries (3 of 4).
See Friday, February 20 at 7 pm. [R]
The Agenda with Steve Paikin
9:00 pm
Finding Vivian Maier
10:00 pm
Stephen Fry's Key to the City
See Saturday, February 21 at 9 pm. [R]
When Stephen Fry was nominated for the
Freedom of the City of London, he knew this
would involve a ceremony and an oath to the
Queen and the Lord Mayor, but wanted to
discover the what, how and why of this ancient
and mysterious entity. [R]
11:00 pm
The Agenda with Steve Paikin [R]
12:00 am
Finding Vivian Maier
See Saturday, February 21 at 9 pm. [R]
1:00 am Big Ideas
Jordan Peterson. The University of Toronto
Psychology Professor lectures on the
psychology of redemption.
2:00 am
New Tricks
Bermondsey Boy.
See Monday at 9 pm. [R]
12:00 am
Walking Through History
3:00 am Question Period
Aired when the Ontario Legislature is in session.
First World War
4:05 am Monarchy
The Crown Imperial. Family feuds, a secret
marriage, a murder mystery and defection
marked the reigns of Edward IV and
Richard III. [R]
New Tricks
1:00 am
The Berber Kingdom of Morocco (2 of 4).
The land that is now Morocco once lay at
the centre of a vast African Kingdom. Dr. Gus
Casely-Hayford reveals how the very forces
that forged the kingdom ultimately helped to
destroy its indigenous African identity.
8:00 pm
The Agenda with Steve Paikin [R]
9:00 pm
NEW!
The Truth About Lions
The End of the Road? (2 of 2). With as few as
25,000 lions left, understanding their social
lifestyle in detail is vital if we are to protect
these unique cats.
11:00 pm
North Norfolk.
See Monday at 7 pm. [R]
Lost Kingdoms of Africa
24
8:00 pm
The Agenda with Steve Paikin
10:00 pm
7:00 pm
7:30 pm The Water Brothers
The Pure and the Poisoned.
See Sunday, February 22 at 8:30 pm. [R]
8:00 pm
Bermondsey Boy. As Sasha is forced to work
alongside her ex-husband, Gerry returns to
his roots in Bermondsey for his daughter's
wedding, where he is thrown into a case
involving the possible murder of a student. 14+
4:05 am Monarchy
Survival. When the French Revolution began
in 1789, few in Britain thought that it would
lead to a cataclysmic war with France.
The execution of Louis XVI in 1793 was a
moment of crisis. Would Britain go the way
of France and cast aside the institution of
the monarchy in the name of progress?
W ED NE S DAY F EBRUA RY 2 5
7:00 pm Hard Rock Medical
Prison Confidential.
See Sunday, February 22 at 8 pm. [R]
The Future of Reading (4 of 4). What will the
future of reading and writing be? Will people
continue to read books or will electronic
reading replace them?
F E B R U A R Y
The Polar Sea
Arctic Crossroads.
See Sunday, February 22 at 9 pm. [R]
T UE SDAY
Empire of the Word
M O N D AY
12:00 am
4:05 am Monarchy
Empire. In 1714 a German prince was crowned
King George I. A new political relationship
with parliament and the new role of prime
minister helped establish the political pattern
we know today.
Canada Over the Edge
Best of Nova Scotia.
See Saturday, February 21 at 6 pm. [R]
4:00 am
The Agenda with Steve Paikin [R]
3:00 am Question Period
Aired when the Ontario Legislature is in session.
The Story of Wales
England and Wales.
See Saturday, February 21 at 11 pm. [R]
2:00 am
11:00 pm
Shackled to a Corpse.
See Sunday, February 22 at 10 pm. [R]
Great Migrations:
Behind the Scenes
2:00 am
T H UR S DAY
See Sunday, February 22 at 7 pm. [R]
7:00 pm
3:00 am Question Period
Aired when the Ontario Legislature is in session.
The Orange Bowl – home to the Miami Dolphins
for 21 seasons, and host of five Super Bowls –
is about to be demolished. It's a monster
breakdown job with a monster deadline.
FEBRUARY
26
Megastructure Breakdown:
Super Stadium
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8:00 pm
The Agenda with Steve Paikin
9:00 pm Art of China NEW!
(1 of 3). Chinese art is increasingly making
itself felt across the world, but it still remains
little understood in Western culture. Andrew
Graham-Dixon sets out to discover what
makes it so intriguing and unique.
10:00 pm
Codebreaker
11:00 pm
The Agenda with Steve Paikin [R]
See Thursday, February 19 at 10 pm. [R]
12:00 am Lost Kingdoms of Africa
The Berber Kingdom of Morocco (2 of 4).
See Monday at 10 pm. [R]
1:00 am
The Truth About Lions
Congo: On The Lava Trail
3:00 am
Question Period
4:05 am Monarchy
King and Emperor. Henry VII had seen a new
kind of politics. With no aristocratic backers
expecting favours, and no debts, he was in
a position of power from the beginning. [R]
2 7
7:00 pm Monty Don's Italian Gardens
Italy's Modern Gardens (4 of 4). Monty Don visits
a mix of modern gardens, starting with Giardino
di Ninfa, built in the 19th and 20th centuries
amongst the ruins of a medieval town.
8:00 pm
The Agenda with Steve Paikin
9:00 pm
Hard Rock Medical
Prison Confidential.
See Sunday, February 22 at 8 pm. [R]
9:30 pm The Water Brothers
The Pure and the Poisoned.
See February 22 at 8:30 pm. [R]
10:00 pm Time Team
Governor's Green. The team visit Portsmouth
to try and uncover one of the city's oldest
buildings – a medieval hospital.
11:00 pm
The Agenda with Steve Paikin [R]
12:00 am
Ajami (2009)
See Wednesday, February 4 at 3 am. [R]
9:00 pm
Green Heroes
The story of how the cross border
celebration of Emancipation Day –
“The Greatest Freedom Show on Earth” –
brought together communities in Detroit
and Windsor over a forty year period. [R]
Green is the New Black.
See Sunday, February 1 at 1:30 am. [R]
3:00 am Big Ideas
Neil Turok on The Universe Within: From
Quantum to Cosmos. Physicist Neil Turok
gives the fifth installment of his 2012 CBC
Massey Lectures.
Accused
The Greatest Freedom
Show on Earth
11:00 pm
The Story of Wales
The Furnace of Change. The Industrial
Revolution turns Wales into a global player,
bringing unimaginable wealth – and
desperate poverty.
Tracie's Story. An English teacher with an alter
ego nervously awaits the jury's verdict. 14+
12:00 am Coast Australia
Great Barrier Reef.
See 8 pm. [R]
S AT UR DAY F EBRUA RY 2 8
1:00 am
Undersea Explorer
Galapagos. Considered one of the world's
richest and most diverse ecosystems, the
archipelago is under attack from human
settlement and overfishing.
Aired when the Ontario Legislature is in session.
F E B R U A R Y
2:30 am
4:00 pm
See Saturday, February 21 at 7 pm. [R]
F R I D AY
Green Heroes
Biting into Change.
See Sunday, February 1 at 1 am. [R]
4:00 am
The End of the Road? (2 of 2).
See Wednesday at 7 pm. [R]
2:00 am
2:00 am
4:30 pm
Undersea Explorer
Giants of Socorro. South of Mexico's Baha
Peninsula, the remote Socorro Islands
provide expedition divers with an opportunity
to interact with giant manta rays.
5:00 pm
Green Heroes
Saving Species. Follow the efforts of
Ric O'Barry, Jane Goodall, Bill Lishman
and Rob Stewart to fight for the rights of
endangered species.
5:30 pm
The Greatest Freedom
Show on Earth
See 9 pm. [R]
3:00 am Big Ideas
Chris Hedges. The Pulitzer Prize winning
journalist delivers a lecture on his book,
The Death of the Liberal Class. He argues that
American liberalism is dead, having sold out
to corporate interests and abandoned its
original principles.
4:00 am
Undersea Explorer
Galapagos.
See 4 pm. [R]
4:30 am
Undersea Explorer
Giants of Socorro.
See 4:30 pm. [R]
Green Heroes
In My Backyard. Artists like Sarah Harmer and
Gord Downie work to protect their communities
from industrialization and pollution.
6:00 pm
Canada Over the Edge
South Shore, Nova Scotia. Nova Scotia's
southern coastline makes up more than
300 kilometres of stunning scenery.
7:00 pm National Geographic
Untamed Americas: Mountains. Stunning
HD cinematography produces an epic yet
intimate look at the mountains of North
and South America.
8:00 pm Coast Australia NEW!
Great Barrier Reef. Neil Oliver journeys through
the world's largest coral reef. Brendan Moar
discovers an Australian community renewing
island family ties. Tim Flannery examines
coral history. Xanthe Mallett dives a wreck.
Neil Oliver uncovers a bloody tale of cultural
misunderstanding. And at the southern end
of the Great Barrier Reef, Emma Johnston
heads underwater with Google.
Times listed are in eastern time. Programming is subject to change.
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