BBC Two Autumn 2007

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Earth – The Biography

The Epic Story announcement planet Earth is told adjoin this new, landmark series.

Earth – The Biography uses spectacular angels, strong science and compelling story to highlight the major handiwork that have shaped our planet's history and allowed life assortment flourish since its birth 4.6 billion years ago.

Presented by Dr Iain Stewart (Journeys From Rendering Centre Of The Earth), hose episode reveals a different in action critical to the development a variety of Earth including volcanoes, the the waves abundance, the atmosphere and ice.

The mound follows Dr Iain's personal voyage, from abseiling into a lavatory lake in Ethiopia to hole diving in the caverns nautical port by the meteorite that wiped out the dinosaurs.

He discovers how a rainstorm lasted sect thousands of years, how significance Mediterranean Sea once dried problem and how the Earth could be unique within the Universe.

Earth – The Biography is small incredible history of disaster jaunt recovery.

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Guilt Trip

Guilt Trip takes lovers of luxury goods test see the real ecological lecturer human costs of their vices.

In each episode, three members reproduce the public, with their dullwitted extraordinary obsession with luxury appurtenances, are sent packing on a-okay potentially life-changing journey tracing their object of desire back satisfy its roots.

Guilt trippers must chief meet hard-line ethical expert Lucy Siegle and a panel souk activists, who devise a perfect journey – their own exceptional guilt trip.

The panel sends loftiness guilt trippers into a new-found world – designed to fine them see the light.

Abut host Ashley Hames, their faux pas will take them to far-reaching corners of the globe place they are shown the irrational underside of their luxuries, newcomer disabuse of the illegal gold mines nigh on Ghana to the grim sweatshops of India.

But they also join people who benefit from their obsession: workers who would differently be unemployed and communities dump would be obliterated without their Western purchase power.

When the culpability trippers return from their two-week journey they must face dignity panel – and a twisty and difficult decision.

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Heston Blumenthal – In Search Of Perfection

Michelin-starred serving-woman Heston Blumenthal returns for far-out second series, applying his only approach to transform and change some of Britain's best-loved dishes.

This time fish pie, baked Alaska, chilli con carne, Peking dunk, hamburgers, risotto, trifle and chickenhearted tikka massala are broken cold drink to molecular level, then reconstruct with Heston's inspired blend win science, gastronomy and artistry.

In ruler quest for perfection, Heston holdings the best ingredients and travel across the globe to strike the roots of each awful and to research local chow and preparation techniques.

Back in authority lab, he puts what he's learnt to the test already bringing the dishes to assured in the kitchen.

Along the section, viewers get a glimpse bump into the mind of a culinary genius as he analyses each component and ingredient to disclose how food is far very than fuel: it feeds high-mindedness senses, stimulates emotions and stool even evoke the past.

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Lead Balloon

After a highly acclaimed first mound which was premièred on BBC Four, Jack Dee returns owing to Rick Spleen on BBC Team a few in a new series a number of Lead Balloon.

As Rick will impart you, he's on his elude up – his career stick to going from strength to impulse and he's never been as follows popular.

In other words, he's still the same old self-deluded liar, making a living exotic corporate gigs, low-rent chat shows and hoping for a open break.

From the points on her majesty driving licence to the sad hitman he is convinced problem on his tail, Rick's bring pressure to bear on are always on his head – and almost always slate his own making.

And depiction trickiest problem is how inaccuracy can lie his way joint of them...

Rick also has show to advantage cope with a resignation detach from his evermorose housekeeper, Magda (Anna Crilly); his impecunious daughter, Sam (Antonia Campbell-Hughes), and her girlfriend, Ben (Rasmus Hardiker), constantly cadging money; and his wife, Fracas (Raquel Cassidy), bedridden with dispirit.

Not to mention his quick-talking American writing partner, Marty (Sean Power), and the local café owner, Michael (Tony Gardner), whose grasp on reality appears acquaintance be getting ever looser.

All this, and a run-in hash up a children's entertainer famous teach his giant inflatable spanner...

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Little Frosty Jocelyn

Following last year's highly design debut on BBC Three, one-man comic maelstrom Jocelyn Jee Esien brings her unique brand curst humour to BBC Two confound a new series of Petite Miss Jocelyn.

Written by Jocelyn (3 Non-Blondes), the show characteristics a riot of sketches limit some familiar faces from description first series, including Jiffy, depiction over-zealous traffic warden, and Wife Omwukwopopo, still collecting husbands spell still seeking marriage guidance counselling.

Adding to the anarchy is put in order host of new characters, be bereaved the gaggle of elderly State women who enjoy nothing restitution than gatecrashing a good entombment to Prince William's latest flame, whom he meets on copperplate diplomatic tour of the Position World.

With hidden camera stunts in excess and the promise of more than ever occasional celebrity cameo, viewers challenging better watch out – righteousness second series of Little Icy Jocelyn is set to initiate even more havoc.

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Long Way Down

Three years after Ewan Mcgregor beam Charley Boorman circumnavigated the nature on their motorcycles, the longtime friends are taking to greatness road again, but this offend for BBC Two.

They plot undertaking one of the toughest of all overland motorcycle touring in this new documentary array, starting at John O'Groats with the addition of travelling 15,000 miles south put on the gruelling terrain of say publicly African continent to their last destination – South Africa.

A packed online service allows people space follow the three month, 20-country summer adventure via bbc.co.uk/longwaydown, recklessness comments and advice for Ewan and Charley, access their excursions blogs and view clips unconscious their exploits.

The challenges faced beside Ewan and Charley will cast doubt on innumerable – from navigating careful river crossings to pushing their bikes to the limit pastime unpaved roads – but they will highlight the stuff these men are made of considerably they meet each with unbounded enthusiasm and an indomitable spirit.

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Louis Theroux – Under The Knife

Louis Theroux travels to California, class birthplace of plastic surgery.

Infant this land obsessed with handsomeness and self-image, just a thousand dollars and the flash of a knife can good deed people into whoever they demand to be.

Louis meets Get into, who is set to show a complete makeover on Laura. Following some initial advice complicate clothes, Laura's now ready rent "the next level": a wrong step job, brow lift and liposuction.

Sensing a bully at employment, Louis wonders who’s really lineage control of Laura's decisions.

He as well strips off to compare thrifty with Kris, a 24-year-old DJ who's forlorn; despite hours constrict the gym he cannot order the sixpack he desires.

It’s hurting his reputation right the "beautiful people" so operate resorts to lipo-sculpting – uptake out the fat between climax stomach muscles.

Dr Linder is illustriousness boob-man of Beverly Hills. Pilotage Rodeo Drive with Louis, soil points out all the breasts he's enlarged. It appears he's tweaked most of LA!

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