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- Professor Hannah Fry explores what life would be like if everything was either very large or very small. Could a supersized or miniaturized Earth sustain life? Could humans survive as giants or ants? Examples from nature hold the answers.
- Chef Matt Tebbutt is off to South Africa and he's about to have the food adventure of a lifetime. Discover the country's delicious diversity as Matt meets and makes meals with farmers, chefs, cooks and an assortment of other enthusiastic eaters and explores regional specialties, heritage recipes and contemporary culture in equal measure.
- Survival of the Species is a new and exciting 10-part series that examines the issues and solutions facing species survival and new species discovery. Join adventurer Ben Fogle and his team of Zoologists and wildlife experts as they travel the length and breadth of the African continent in search of the savage truth about our waning wildlife. In effort to remain impartial, Ben will meet with poachers, anti-poaching renegades, hunters, conservationists and agents of the black market. He will look at everything from sharks and oceans to rhino horn poaching and trophy hunting, from devastation caused by deforestation, to the diseases derived from bush-meat. Ben will experience fear, frustration, hope and joy on his journey to find the facts. Throughout this series Ben Fogle will be shining a light on the latest technologies, innovations and sometimes controversial methods being used to help the survival of the species on this incredible continent.
- "Mauritius was made first and then heaven; and heaven was copied after Mauritius." - (Mark Twain) In this 10 part series we get to experience a little piece of heaven as Brent Owens travels the island trying out every bit of adventure and food he can get his hands on. When one thinks of Mauritius, pristine beaches and coconut beverages are bound to spring to mind. However, masked from the view of the unsuspecting tourist is an array of adventures and experiences submerged beneath the facade of palm trees and sun tan lotion. Brent will unearth Mauritius's history and immerse himself in the thoughts and ideas of the people that belong to this beautiful island. He will explore her from ocean to peak, city to beach; unwrap the food and flavours, hear the authentic stories of the locals and have some extreme adventures in this little piece of paradise. Brent will experience adventures as rich and diverse as Mauritius's food culture, and cook up a storm while doing it.
- The Durbanville Wine Valley in the Western Cape region of South Africa plays host to Jack and Charlie Stein, sons of award-winning UK celebrity chef and restaurateur Rick Stein, for the 13-part TV series Wine, Dine and Stein. Created by Grant Bushby and Janine Walker and produced by Oxyg3n Media, Wine, Dine and Stein finds the Stein siblings spending a day on each of the 12 wine farms that make up the Durbanville Wine Valley, tasting their wines, sampling (and helping cook) their food and embarking on a series of dares and challenges. Some of the more interesting activities the brothers got up to - while not eating and drinking - included paragliding, firing a cannon, taking part in a wheelbarrow race, rounding up cattle with quad bikes and wake boarding. Each 24-minute episode of Wine, Dine and Stein features one of the 12 wine farms in the Durbanville Wine Valley, with the 13th episode covering other activities of interest in the area including a visit to the Durbanville Distillery to see how rum is made, speeding down the tracks at Cool Runnings, Africa's first downhill tobogganing track and ending with a final lunch, where the Steins meet up with all their newly made friends at celebrity chef Jenny Morris' local eatery, Yumcious.
- The Green House Effect is a factual entertainment series covering green buildings in the process of being built and their completed counterparts. In exploring the inspiration behind these brilliant buildings and the various energy efficient elements of design, presenter Rob Bell will interview the architects, building owners and builders. Viewers, regardless of income, will glean tips on how they can implement similar solutions in their own homes and effectively reduce their carbon footprint. Join Rob as he unearths the challenges faced during these buildings' development and gauges, through carbon reading, how much these buildings are truly assisting the environment in which they are envelope in this 6-episode story on sustainability and 'going green'.
- Eat, Grow, Love is a series about stories of sustainable gardening in South Africa. Follow presenter Frances Tophill as she travels the country, visiting community gardens across Johannesburg and Cape Town designed to provide food security and skills development for the populations' poor. Frances will glean facts about the unique history of these gardens and their owners. Whether she is visiting hungry AIDS orphans gardening in plastic bottles and discarded car tires, bearded hipsters growing heritage vegetables on rooftops or clergymen feeding their flocks in the space between the church and its fence, there are lessons in eat, grow, love to be learned and incredible stories to be told. This series is part gardening, part sociology, part cooking and a whole lot of sharing.
- After circumnavigating Africa by bicycle and rowing from Africa to America, Riaan Manser is one of the most accomplished adventurers.