BBC 4 - Who Killed the Honey Bee? - "Bees are dying in their millions. It's an ecological crisis that threatens to bring global agriculture to a standstill. Introduced by Martha Kearney, this documentary explores the reasons behind the decline of bee colonies across the globe, investigating what might be at the root of this devastation."
BBC2 - English Heritage (new 6-part series) - programme 1 - "When English Heritage bought Apethorpe Hall - a huge, crumbling Jacobean mansion hidden away in the Northants countryside - it was supposed to symbolise everything that was good about the energy that their new chief executive, Simon Thurley, was bringing to English Heritage. They would buy the place, do it up, and then recoup the enormous investment of public money by selling it off. Theory and practice have proven rather different, and could yet leave the taxpayer with a bill running to millions."
Channel 4 - Unreported World - India: Children of the Inferno - "A dispatch from north-east India, where the coal mines that are fuelling India's growth have resulted in vast, subterranean coal fires burning out of control beneath towns and villages."
BBC4 - Jimmy and the Wild Honey Hunters - "Jimmy Doherty, pig farmer and star of Jimmy's Farming Heroes, travels to Nepal to meet an ancient group of people who risk their lives to farm their local honey.
A keen bee keeper with a passion for honey, Jimmy has always been blown away by the sheer variety of flavours, appreciating a good honey like others enjoy a fine wine. So when he heard about an ancient group of people in Nepal who are willing to risk their lives to taste their local honey, he knew he wanted to share the experience.
As a 'honey hunter' Jimmy must scale a massive cliff to reach the home of more than two million bees and dangle 200 feet up to get their honey. If successful, the reward is not only to learn more about these amazing bees, but also to taste one of nature's finest bounties, beautiful wild honey."
BBC4 - Horizon - The Company of Ants and Bees - "Documentary in which Professor James Gould argues that ants and bees have important things to tell us about human society and its future chances."
BBC2 - Cruickshank on Kew: The Garden That Changed the World - "As the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, prepare to celebrate their 250th anniversary, Dan Cruickshank unearths some of the surprising stories that shaped the famous gardens. His travels take him from the royal gardens to the corridors of power and the outposts of Empire as he pieces together Kew's story, uncovering tales of bravery, high adventure, passion and drama."
BBC2 - The Weather (3 part series) Programme 1 - Rain -"Documentary series about the weather looks at rain. It's an essential part of being British, giving us the English lawn, the sliding tackle and endless grounds for complaint, but what do we really know about rain?
The programme uncovers the true shape of a raindrop, shows how and why rain falls and tells remarkable stories of how we have adapted or succumbed to this elemental force of nature, such as James Glaisher's seven-mile hot air balloon ascent in 1862 and how Charles Macintosh invented the waterproof coat.
The Victorians believed that they could master the rain and push it aside, but today climate change threatens us with rain that is wilder and more unpredictable than ever."
BBC4 - Farm to Pharma - the Rise and Rise of Food Science - (no programme details avaialable online yet) - "Time Shift documentary looking at the history of British food science, examining how produce came to be enhanced in laboratories, and looking at the innovations that have changed the nation's diet."
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