Saturday 9th
More4 - Death Of The Megabeasts - " Long after the extinction of the dinosaurs, other extraordinary species of giant beasts roamed the earth: the megafauna. Australia was home to some of the most bizarre of these creatures, including a giant wombat, a huge kangaroo, a massive lizard and the earth's biggest flightless bird. For hundreds of thousands of years these were the heavyweight champions of the animal kingdom. But suddenly and inexplicably they vanished. Something happened which wiped them off the face of the planet forever. There have been several mass extinctions of large terrestrial animals throughout history, but the death of Australia's megafauna is relatively recent. It occurred less than 60,000 years ago and no one knows why. For decades, scientific sleuths have been trying to solve the mystery. Now a team of top scientists from around the globe attempt to reveal what killed the megafauna in Australia. Their discoveries could offer an insight into environmental problems that threaten the world and all life today, and provide clues to our own future survival. This extraordinary prehistoric world is brought to life in high-quality, 3D animation. Walk with a giant wombat, the diprotodon; hop with a giant kangaroo, the procoptodon; and crawl with a giant lizard, the megalania."
Monday 11th
BBC1 - Panorama: Living With The Ayatollah - "Young Iranians speak out for the first time about life in a state where putting up a poster can get you jailed, releasing a rap CD calling for change gets you tortured and being gay is punishable by death. In a country where men and women can still be stoned to death for adultery, reporter Jane Corbin asks how much longer Iran can keep a lid on internal unrest as revolution and regime change sweep across the Middle East."
BBC2 - A Home For Maisie - "Sue Johnston narrates the story of Maisie, an eight-year-old girl with two failed adoptions behind her. Jim and Sue are a remarkable couple who have already successfully adopted eight other children. They are experts in parenting extremely damaged children but even they find Maisie's tantrums tough to cope with. But if Jim and Sue can't turn Maisie around, she'll be returned to care. They hope that a unique course of therapy programme offered by Family Futures can provide the key to Maisie's recovery. This extraordinary and moving fim follows the family's journey over the course of a year as they work towards their goal of adopting Maisie."
Tuesday 12th
BBC4 - The Great Estate: The Rise & Fall Of The Council House - "Journalist and author Michael Collins presents a hard-hitting and heartwarming history of one of Britain's greatest social revolutions - council housing. At its height in the mid-1970s, council housing provided homes for over a third of the British population. From the 'homes for heroes' cottages that were built in the wake of the First World War to the much-maligned, monolithic high rises of the 60s and 70s, Collins embarks on a grand tour of Britain's council estates. He visits Britain's first council estate, built as an antidote to London's disease and crime-ridden Victorian slums, the groundbreaking flats that made inter-war Liverpool the envy of Europe, the high rise estate in Sheffield that has become the largest listed building in the world, and the estate built on the banks of the Thames that was billed as 'the town of the 21st century'. Along the way he meets the people whose lives were shaped by an extraordinary social experiment that began with a bang at the start of the 20th century and ended with a whimper 80 years later."
Thursday 14th
BBC4 - Petworth House: The Big Spring Clean - 6 part series - "Andrew Graham-Dixon becomes an honorary member of the expert conservation team, as they commence the epic task of 'putting the house to bed' for the winter. He gets up close and personal with a Turner painting, does the dishes the National Trust way, vacuums one of Britain's rarest rugs and learns the secrets of a book which predates the invention of printing."
BBC4 - If Walls Could Talk: The History Of The Home - "Dr Lucy Worsley, chief curator of the Royal Historic Palaces, presents a new series for BBC Four exploring how homes have evolved into what they are today – and how our relationship with them has changed over time. If Walls Could Talk, tells the story of British domestic life from the Middle Ages to the present day through four rooms – the kitchen, the bedroom, the bathroom and the lounge – Lucy examines ever-shifting attitudes to privacy, class, cleanliness and technology. She recreates a range of domestic experiences, from attempting to do a Tudor laundry to cooking and eating a meal in a medieval crofter's cottage. Featuring interviews with a range of specialist historians, curators and living history experts, If Walls Could Talk will change the way you look at your home forever."
BBC2 - The Animal's Guide To Britain - 4 part series - "Chris Packham examines Britain from an animal's point of view as he tries to understand the needs, problems and histories of native species. He begins with freshwater creatures, visiting the Highlands, where he witnesses a fishing display by ospreys and learns how to tempt them to nest farther south. He also investigates what white-faced darter dragonflies, black water voles and brown trout can reveal about the changing nature of waterways.
Friday 15th
Channel 4 - Dispatches: Undercover Hospital - "With the coalition government pledging to protect the NHS, Dispatches reporter Tazeen Ahmad investigates what's really happening to the Health Service. Dispatches goes undercover inside one of the country's busiest NHS hospitals as it faces multi-million-pound cuts and hundreds of job losses in the next year."
Channel 4 - Unreported World - Pakistan: Defenders Of Karachi - "Unreported World visits Karachi, where last year more civilians were killed in political, ethnic and criminal violence than died across the whole of Pakistan in terrorist attacks."
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